Thanks to Madd and Natalie! From: People.com Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes Take Miami Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes took their traveling party to Miami, Fla., this weekend. The engaged pair, who spent Thursday dining, shopping and ice-skating in New York City to celebrate Holmes turning 27 on Dec. 18, arrived in Miami on Friday afternoon. Also in town: Will Smith (in the city to perform at the Y 100.7 Jingle Ball on Saturday) and wife Jada Pinkett Smith, Cruise's costar in the 2004 movie Collateral. Early Friday evening, sources say, Cruise watched Will Smith rehearse at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla.; later, Cruise, Holmes and the Smiths dined at Miami Beach eatery Barton G. The Restaurant. At about 1:20 a.m., the two couples hit the South Beach rock club Snatch, where they chilled for nearly an hour in a roped-off area on the second floor. (Also partying at Snatch was baseball slugger Sammy Sosa.) Holmes, who is expecting her first child with Cruise, kept her arms around her fiancé, even hugging him from behind as they all left through a back door. (The next night, says a source, when a well-wisher asked why Holmes hadn't ridden the club's mechanical bull, Cruise joked, "If she wasn't pregnant, she would have been on the bull.") On Saturday, the four friends spent the afternoon on a private yacht touring the bay off the Florida coast, and stopped for lunch on the exclusive Fisher Island. Later, Cruise and Holmes headed to the BankAtlantic Center for the Jingle Ball. As they hung out backstage waiting for Will Smith's performance, they took photos with all who asked. Finally, Smith took the stage, arriving via a sleigh that "flew" over the audience on wires. After two songs, he brought out his wife and their daughter Willow, 5, as well as Cheryl Romero, whom he described as a woman "who had a tough time this year." He handed her several gifts, then said, "I have another Christmas present for you and the audience. I want to bring out someone who has never been to Miami before: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes." As the crowd exploded in applause, the couple walked out hand in hand. "How's it going?" Cruise asked the audience. "This is my first time in Miami and I love it. Is it always like this?" Smith replied, "It is every time I come here." "Then I can see why you keep coming back," Cruise said. Before he and Holmes left the stage, he added, "I'd like to wish you all a happy holiday and Merry Christmas and just a great year." From: People.com MIAMI HEAT Tom Cruise gives a shout out to the crowd alongside fiancée Katie Holmes and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith in Sunrise, Fla., on Saturday. Will Smith, a performer at the Y 100.7 Jingle Ball, brought his wife and friends onstage, noting that Cruise "has never been to Miami before.” GOODBYE, N.Y.! Earlier, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes hop a helicopter Friday out of New York City after a whirlwind visit. (They spent Thursday shopping, dining and ice skating in Central Park to celebrate Holmes turning 27 on Dec. 18.) From: Scene in the Tropics - Blog Katie Holmes and the Fresh Prince This just in from someone who was lucky enough to snag an invite to Katie Holmes's forty seventh 27th birthday party shindig, this time on Saturday night at Casa Larios. "I was invited to her birthday party at Casa Larios after Jingle Ball and they were all over each other for more than two hours. They are definately in love. It was actually nice to see two people so in love. Other guests were Will Smith, Jada Pinkett, Jazzy Jeff, and Alfonso Ribiero--(ed. note: a Fresh Prince Reunion!). There was a live band, an all you can eat 5 course dinner and open bar. Will Smith took care of the bill. It was pretty amazing. Unfortunately there are no pics because it was strictly forbidden for anyone to take pictures at the party where Katie blew out the candles of huge three dimentional pineapple cake. So there you have it." From: E! Online Ted Casablanca’s The Awful Truth All the Slight Moves Yo! Remember when Tom C. was famous for being an actor? I do. And one of his old flicks that still gets my juices flowing is The Firm. All of that John Grisham-style drama, Holly Hunter in her cute, trashy little outfits and, of course, that glorious, scandalous time in the Caymans. It seems Tom-babe might be headed back to Grand Cayman. And it ain't for The Firm: Page Deux. But wait. Before we go that far away, let's stop our jet in Miami for a weekend, shall we? After all, that's where Tom and Katie just spent a stiff-ass weekend together. Now, if there was ever a place that inspired that when-in- Rome style of attire, it's Eff-Hell-Ay . I mean, I feel overdressed there when I have pants on for gawd's sake. And that's precisely why I get such an enormous kick out of Tom and Katie's attempt at partying Miami style. Picture it. Mansion. Saturday night. Katie's birthday. Snatch. (Literally, that's the name of the bar.) Big soiree going down, and in walks Tom Cruise wearing a trademark dark suit and burgundy shirt, with his girlfriend-unit clad in black slacks and a frumpy beige blouse more fit for a church secretary. Now, that's what I call taking advantage of yer fame, don't you agree? I'm also disappointed in Will Smith. He greeted TomKat rather "awkwardly," so say rigidity witnesses. I don't get it. If the engaged duo's so happy and so intent on sharing that happiness, how come it seems like it only comes out when they're on a damn stage? (See those photos of Tom and Katie onstage with Will and his wifey at that concert in Miami? Oy.) So, anyway. Are ya ready for the Caymans now? Yeah, me too. Apparently, some folks who work at the Ritz-Carlton there have been opening their big mouths and bragging. The hotel opened Dec. 17, see, and the buzz is that Ms. H. thinks it's the perfect place to don a white gown and do some smiling for the cameras... Now, it's a rumor, kittens. I heard it from a friend of mine who runs in the Ritz crowd. But if you feel a twinkling in your noggin' and the sudden urge to jump on a couch and have some champagne today, it could be because TomKat have finally become one. At last! Yep, some sources say the wedding already happened this weekend. Of course, Camp Tom says it's "absolutely not true" and won't happen till summer at the earliest. And Camp Katie--oh come on, as if she needs her own people. Video of Tom and Katie leaving a nightclub in Miami: Click On Video

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