Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' divorce may have been the fastest in Hollywood history! Less than two weeks after Katie filed for divorce from her husband of five years, she met with lawyers to hammer out a settlement and decide who would get custody of her and Tom's 6-year-old daughter, Suri Cruise.
Looks like Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise will avoid a public trial for their divorce. TMZ reports that the pair have reached an out-of-court settlement Monday (July 9).
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Celebrity couples don't have to do their own landscaping and cleaning; they can skip over the mundane tasks of life. If things are not working out, they can split their millions and multiple homes and go off to the next hot relationship. While I am sure that celebrity couples are devastated by divorce, especially when children are involved, they certainly do have it easier when they have a staff of lawyers, movers, nannies, personal assistants — you name it — to help facilitate the transition.
In the wake of the split, Tom has been scrutinized for his supposedly controlling ways and intense belief in Scientology. But, he's not such a bad guy, people! So, as our birthday gift to him, we're taking a stroll down memory lane and recalling Tom's mushiest quotes about his wife.
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It is reported that Tom Cruise was shocked when Katie Holmes filed for divorce. The decision to break up a family when the children are young is such a serious one, I hope that Katie tried everything she could to keep her family together before making this decision. If Tom was truly shocked, then we know at least two things: 1. Katie is a hell of an actress and 2. He was missing signals that were loud and clear ... at least in her mind.
As more details emerge, it seems 33-year-old Katie Holmes seems to have been planning this divorce for awhile, as she already has a place of her own in Chelsea. So, what pushed her away from Tom?
Since her divorce from Russell Brand was finalized earlier this year, Katy Perry has talked about her split from her husband of 14 months in snippets. However, in her new movie "Part of Me," the 27-year-old singer shows footage of what it was like during those months when they were breaking up.
After five years of marriage, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have split.
Dreamy James Marsden, who most recently played Tina Fey's boyfriend on 30 Rock, is going to be a dad again, reports the New York Post. The baby's mom is rumored to be a pretty Brazilian model named Rose Costa, whom he may not have exactly intended to knock up.
It was the divorce the entire world saw coming—Jon and Kate Gosselin of TLC's uber-popular reality show, Jon & Kate Plus Eight. We watched the couple bicker as they raised their 8 children, made up of one set of twins and a set of sextuplets. That many kids alone would cause any couple a ton of stress, but when your problems are also broadcast to the entire world on television, it seems to only compound how ugly a breakup can be.
According to People, Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli have found a way to keep an amiable relationship for their three children post-split. So, it was no surprise when Garth tweeted at her ex with an extremely endearing Happy Father's Day message.
