Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

23 opinions for Tom Cruise Has Big Valentine’s Day Plans for Katie Holmes

• ng
  Feb 11, 2008 at 11:15 pm

  http://popsugar.com/gallery/225624?page=0%2C31%2C0

  I hope he shaves for his big fun date. The only way they can even remotely pull a nice photo opp is to include Suri. She hasn’t been seen since they were in New York and she said “hi” and blew a kiss to the person they planted outside. Sorry, but I really believe they planted someone outside. Possibly one of her nannies since I have NEVER seen Suri say HI to the press.

  Tomkat alone without Suri are kind of boring to look at. If Suri loses her cuteness these people will no longer be interesting to look at.

• jajorge
  Feb 12, 2008 at 12:38 am

  i dunno… how many other celebrities can keep relying on their child(ren) to generate public interest, fame when their own careers are CLEARLY falling apart? what other celebrity uses their child as a career crutch? my guess is we’re seeing a slow death for the tomkat’s careers, and no 2 year old is going to revive it. hollywood and fame are cruelly fickle when you don’t have the chops, the talent, the draw, and let’s face it, the years have been more than good and tom and katie more than lucky. they should just leave the fame, settle down, before they make themselves even worse laughingstocks than they already are!

• Battlemama
  Feb 12, 2008 at 9:22 am

  Are we getting desperate for attention? Wonder what the man will do to show what a stud he is. Yes, I agree Suri would be included, but not the adopteds.

  Wonder if his idea of romantic will take him to Clearwater, FL or on the Scientology yacht for auditing classes. She has been pouty in public lately.

  I thought KH was supposed to begin filming this month or are both of their calendars now empty in terms of their careers.

• Lilianne
  Feb 12, 2008 at 9:52 am

  I wonder what “big Valentine’s Day plans” means in terms of this couple? I wonder if they go all out?

  I don’t think my wants would change much if I had lots of money. I would still want simple things….an uninterrupted evening with my husband, a quiet moment to hold his hand.

  What is everyone here doing for Valentine’s Day?? A big evening of fun and parties or something simpler? Or maybe something in between? My husband and I will probably go out for Chinese food and then come home to watch Survivor and be in bed by 10:00.

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 10:18 am

  I have piano classes on Thursdays nights and so that’s where I will be. Trying to learn to play the piano is a dream I’ve had for the longest time. I decided to make it a reality last year in Nov.

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 10:32 am

  …and I also bought an 88 key keyboard, weighted action hammer keys to really learn to play the piano. Bought the chair, earphones, books, DVDs, monotrome, etc. This was a little expensive but it is something I’ve wanted to learn for the LONGEST time. When my sister passed away May 28, 2005 I took inventory of my life, of things I wanted to do and decided do this NOW. You sometimes have to make things happen because life is brief and then we are no more…

• Lilianne
  Feb 12, 2008 at 10:34 am

  Sounds like fun, ng ,and congrats on making your dream come true! My youngest daughter has been taking piano lessons for a year and half and has a love/hate relationship with it. Will you have recitals just like younger students do? I wish you all the best with your classes.

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 10:34 am

  Lillianne: I once read an article in People magazine where Will Smith says, the most luxurious things are the simpliest things. He proposed to his wife when they were lying together, quiet, staring at the ceiling. NO phones, publicists, agents, fans, no one around. He said this was a luxury. I believe it.

  This is a luxury with everyday folks, imagine celebrities.

• Lilianne
  Feb 12, 2008 at 10:42 am

  Ng..I never thought about it that way….how hard it must be for celebrities to steal quiet moments and enjoy simple things. I guess that is brought home when I see pictures of celebs trying to do the most basic things like pick up kids from school and can’t do it without flash bulbs going off constantly.

  And I am sorry to hear of your loss of your sister. I lost my own sister 2 years ago this month and know how hard it is.

• Battlemama
  Feb 12, 2008 at 11:39 am

  NG: I am glad to hear you are learning piano. I decided 2 years ago that I wanted to take ballet lessons. It was something I always wanted to, even as a little girl, and when I found out my girls’ ballet teacher had an adult class, I signed up. Since then, I jokingly tell everyone that it is therapy and exercise all rolled into one. I love going and talking with the other adults.

  Valentine’s Day: We have ballet for my girls. Also, nothing will top the Valentine’s Day my husband I shared several years ago when our only son and second child was born. I might add, he is the only one of our kids with natural red highlights. We had his party last Saturday, so it will be low key.

  I heard in a talk at Church once that if you are not behaving like you love and honor that person 364 days a year, then that one day really means nothing. It was in reference to Mother’s Day, but I think it applies for any holiday.

  I am sorry to hear about both of your loses. You were fortunate in that you had a close relationship with your sisters.

• Battlemama
  Feb 12, 2008 at 11:43 am

  Personally, I would not want to be a celeb. I would hate the constant commentary about my life, mistakes, etc. I also like my privacy! Besides, I would hate to have sit through all the make-up treatments in order to walk out the door.
  Also, watching TC/KH, you can see how phony the life style really is. Even with your “friends.” They are there when things are great, but leave when they can no longer bask in your glory.

  I would like the travel though!!

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 12:11 pm

  Learning to play the piano is great. I think even if you are an adult, a mom, a dad, whoever you are you should NEVER stop growing, dreaming, trying to develop because your love ones will find you more exciting and interesting. I think Moms have it harder because they love their children so much, they love their husbands and sometimes forget about themselves. Its a balancing act. Truly, someone once said before you can love others, you have to like yourself, be at peace with yourself. Then you can bring your love and joy to the other people in your life.

  I also would NOT want to be a celebrity. I have an aunt who was a very famous Mexican singer. Her name was Lola Beltran. She passed away in 1997. She had a great voice, divorced, had two children but her celebrity, fame sometimes isolated her from the public. She was a nice lady in private but always had to be protected from overzealous fans. I found that she also enjoyed the “simple” things life. Things that sometimes we take for granted.

  I just want to make a good living, enjoy my family, my health, help people, and worship my God, be able to practice my Christian faith. I say peace and love to the world. Life is brief.
  Seize the day, the moment. Tell your loved ones you love them so when they pass on you can be at peace with their memory and not have regrets. Regrets is a bit%%.

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 12:14 pm

  Learning the piano is great because I think it is also an analytical exercise, you learn to play both hands and various keys at the same time. You also practice your motor skills. I highly recommend children and adults to play the piano. It is also fun once you get the swing of things. In the beginning my hands were in shock, they were clenched, now I’m learning to RELAX my hands, etc. Its an excellent exercise.

• Lilianne
  Feb 12, 2008 at 12:22 pm

  Thanks, Mama, for the kind words regarding the loss of my sister. It has been a struggle for me to go through but nothing in comparison to what my mother has suffered. She has really had a hard couple of years since it happened and is only now starting to come out of that terrible time. She said that it is unnatural to bury your child and it is something that no parent should have to go through.

  Your Valentine’s Day sounds nice too. I think it is great that you are a student of ballet yourself. I can just picture you dancing with your daughters in matching leotards.

  Ng…I agree with you about not living a life of regrets. That is what I tell my girls…life is not a dress rehearsal. We only get one go round on this earth so you better spend every moment living your best life.

  Well, on that note…I have to get back to my dreaded task for the afternoon. I am filling out information for the FAFSA (Financial Aid for college) for both my oldest daughter and my step daughter. It is headache inducing!! Take care all.

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 12:36 pm

  Battlemama, Lilliane, Catilinthehat, Candice: You all sound like nice ladies and I hope you have a wonderful day on Valentine’s Day. Thank you for your words regarding the loss of my sister. She was a great lady. She was married 24 years and had three sons. Believe this or not, my brother told my mom and I that her husband REMARRIED quietly. We had not see him or the boys a lot lately. We heard he was trying to find a partner and on Sunday we were told he remarried. I am shocked. But I do recognize it will soon be 3 years. Wow! I think how their lives have changed. My sister was a woman that was very hands on with her sons and her home. She was the frame that held the portrait. When she got sick it was hard on everyone. But I have come to realize the hardest thing about losing a loved one is NOT the day you hear they die. Its not the day of the funeral. Its the weeks, months, years AFTER when you realize they are gone forever. There is no turning back…And that hurts but one must go on. No one will replace that unique, loving person but one must go on.

• lemon227
  Feb 12, 2008 at 12:43 pm

  Everyone’s comments have been inspiring and eye-opening. I wish everyone the best. Maybe I’ll finally got off my butt and pursue my dream of finishing my doctorate in Sociology. Thanks again for the the comments.

• Battlemama
  Feb 12, 2008 at 12:46 pm

  Thanks NG for the info about the earrings.

  It is a sad commentary though about her life that just one day has been the happiest of her life. I could honestly say it was a happy day for me, but not THE happiest. I don’t think I have one day of absolute day of happiness. I have been married almost 11 years and it has been a culmination of all 11 of those years, 12 if you include our courtship, that has made me all happy and content…more so than the wedding day. My husband and I have had our share our hard times, but just looking back, it makes me happy and the wedding day pales only because it was just the beginning of it all. It has gotten better from there. I am a lot more happy and content with my life and who I am than I was then.

  I hope I am making sense here.

  I am surprised a fairy tale wedding is better than the joy having your first baby, or anything for that matter. I think if anything, it shows her immaturity in her outlook about life. Either that or she has had serious doubts about the wedding since then and that this all was a contract. I feel sad for her.

  There is part of me that still thinks this was just love for each other and not just a contract. There is a lot evidence to the contrary though. It is showing with how desperate she is to look happy and prove she is still into all this. She only looks in love when things are going her way.

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 1:08 pm

  Lilianne: I am sorry for your loss. I agree with what you say about the hardest thing is to bury your child. My mom has lost two children: one daughter at 10 months and my oldest sister at 52 years of age. There was a 9 year difference between us and so when I was very little, she was a teenager and she was the one that combed my curly hair into girls aka, Shirley Temple. She was the oldest and like a second mom to her siblings. She is missed and never forgotten. She was a great lady. I don’t think her husband and sons really understood how much they depended or needed her until she was gone forever. God bless them always.

• jajorge
  Feb 12, 2008 at 11:04 pm

  NG: everyone else beat me in offering their condolences, but here they are….and you took up the piano after taking inventory of your life, so you say
  wouldn’t you also say that taking up the piano has given you an outlet to emote? (i guess ballet would do the same for battlemama). anyways, how long have you been playing? what style?

• jajorge
  Feb 12, 2008 at 11:46 pm

  i too would like to believe that tomkat truly loved each other, but i really don’t think that’s possible. how can two extremely egotistical and narcissistic people possible love one another, and by love i mean THE REAL DEAL. rilke once wrote something along the lines that love was most difficult of all human tasks, and that before the communion the individual was “highly induced” to “ripen.” in other words, one must spend time getting to know him/herself, one must mature in preparation for love. now, not everyone ripens at the same rate, and rilke believed that solitude was essential…….one could be ripe at 20, maybe younger and another at 80…..just a thought for st. valentine’s day…..

  but i also had a point, which is, tomkat could not possibly be TRULY IN LOVE, because they’re immature, infantile dimwits. they suit each other to a tee, and might enjoy each other’s company and even the s - e - x (if…….) but i wouldn’t call it L O V E. both need to grow up and get real. open their eyes to the world on which they’re living. realize they’re not infallible superstars, and that some people actually work really hard to make it in that business (and i mean legitimate work). it won’t be pretty, but isn’t that life? disillusionment is part of growing up, and there is a lot to be gained from it too!

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 11:46 pm

  Thank you for your condolences. I began playing (or trying to play) as of Thursday, November 1, 2007 and so I am still learning. I go to a piano lesson once a week on Thursday. Yes, you are right about it being an outlet. It is an exercise in using your analytical skills, motor skills, and its therapeutic. I’ve wanted to learn to play the piano since I was very young but something always came up. Finally last year I said to myself “no more excuses, just do it!!!”

  I highly recommend for everyone to learn to play an instrument. The piano has always been an instrument I have found very interesting because so many things are happening at once. But it does take persistance, discipline, patience, and the desire to want to learn. Like everything in this life, you have to keep practicing until you perfect your skill.

• ng
  Feb 12, 2008 at 11:51 pm

  I predict we will see TOMKAT and possibly Suri (dressed in red) at some Valentine’s Day event. I hope I am wrong because if these people actually go out on the town that means they have become so predictable. And Suri hasn’t been seen since New York and so they probably are prepping her for some photo op. Poor little girl.

• Libraesque2007
  Feb 14, 2008 at 11:11 am

  OMG ng, I’m awe struck!!!! I’ve always wanted to learn how to play the piano!!! what an inspiration you are!
  and lili, how very very sweet…your comment about holding your hubby’s hand, it IS the simple things in life that make your heart want to burst that no amount of money can buy….those are the moments we’re blessed to have

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