Katie Holmes is apparently struggling to cope with the sudden death of her brother-in-law and has therefore found it more difficult than ever to stop smoking.

The 30-year-old actress was spotted by the National Enquirer lighting up at Victoria Beckham’s birthday party in West Hollywood on April 15th, just three days after the death of Joseph Jeffrey Fretti – known as Jeff – who was the 48-year-old husband of Katie’s oldest sister, Tammy.

“Katie has tried to quit and was doing really well, until she got the news that her brother-in-law had died,” said a source.

Katie gave up smoking when she met Tom Cruise, but she’s had several ‘relapses’ since then…

At the SAG Awards in January, she took a ciggy break with Josh Brolin and Sean Penn and it seems she’s been lighting up more and more since Jeff’s death.

Jeff and Tammy had filed for divorce earlier this year, citing “gross neglect, extreme cruelty and incompatibility.”

“Katie was already heartbroken that her sister was going through a difficult split with him,” said the insider. “She loved Jeff.”

Jeff was visiting with his mother in Florida along with his two young sons when she found him unconscious and he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Katie’s spokesperson said Jeff died of heart failure.

In Touch magazine reported today that “Katie Holmes was glowing as she had a late afternoon lunch with her daughter, Suri, at Cristoni Pizzeria in Beverly Hills”.

And apparently, while Suri ate her lunch of bolognese, Katie was overheard as she chatted on her mobile with a friend and reportedly said, “I’ll be pregnant this year for sure”

Sokol Aliaj, who was sitting next to Katie, told In Touch that Katie then said, “Tom can’t wait!”

Katie’s representative denies the story, but it’s apparently common knowledge in ‘the business’ that Katie’s been deliberating for months whether to add to her and Tom’s family or concentrate on her career and if this report is correct, then I guess she’s chosen family… Read more & comment »

According to BANG International,
Lindsay Lohan is embroiled in a feud with Tom Cruises’s wife, Katie Holmes.

But why? What did Katie do that was so bad as to enrage Ms Lohan??

Wel, it seems La Lohan was “expecting” to appear on the cover of the April edition of America’s Glamour magazine but was “fuming” when she found out the much coveted cover page was given to Katie Holmes instead.

A source is quoted as saying: “Lindsay did a Madonna-themed photo shoot and was totally under the impression it would be the cover.

“Her Marilyn Monroe shoot for New York Magazine made her relevant when she did it, she thought the same would happen this time.

“Only she wasn’t on the cover, Katie was, and she’s mad at her now.”

Wow… has anyone washed off her dummy since she spat it out?

Lindsay apparently wore a “vintage wedding dress, white gloves and jewellery” to replicate Madonna’s performance of ‘Like A Virgin’ at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards as part of the magazine’s ‘American Icons: Seven Decades of Rule Breakers, Risk Takers and Style Makers’ photo series… Read more & comment »

According to The Telegraph, Katie Holmes has managed to spend a staggering $14m in just six months.

“While ordinary city dwellers are cutting back, Mrs Cruise has been valiantly doing her bit to boost our economy,” the magazine said.

“We tally up a conservative estimate of her 24-week NYC spending spree, and crown her Manhattan’s Most Valued Shopper.”

Katie has reportedly spent a reported $13,987 on child care and day trips for Suri in the last six months

And apparently, she and Tom have bought three new apartments in the building where they live. The magazine says that a similar, three-bedroomed home on the same street is on the market for $4.8 million and reckons that the Cruises would’ve spent $14.4 million on their apartments.

The article also claims that the couple have spent an estimated $7,315 on dining out and more than $17,000 on clothes.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are reportedly living in fear after receiving death threats. Sources close to the stars say the threats are believed to have come from groups opposed to Scientology. Read more & comment »

Katie Holmes spent her 30th birthday performing in the Broadway show All My Sons, but notable by his absence on the day was her husband Tom Cruise.

As the curtain fell on Thursday’s show, the cast and crew presented Katie with a birthday cake, which was a surprise orchestrated by Tom according to People magazine. Read more & comment »