Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes Wedding: Friends Werent Invited
Tuesday , November 14, 2006
By Roger Friedman
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TomKat Wedding: Friends Weren't Invited
Scratch from the guest list two names you would think might have been invited to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' Italian wedding this Saturday.
Penelope Cruz, who was Toms companion between his divorce and the time he met Holmes, apparently didnt stay quite as friendly as we thought with her "Vanilla Sky" co-star.
Cruz will be in New York this weekend doing publicity for Volver, her Pedro Almodovar movie thats selling out every show.
Last night, Cruz was guest of honor at a small dinner at the Tribeca Cinema Gallery, followed by a screening of the film.
Because of the rain, some guests like hip-hop entrepreneur Damon Dash and designer wife Rachael Roy were late getting downtown and missed the show.
Not to worry: "Volver" is such a hot ticket among Oscar cognoscenti that a rain dates been arranged for Wednesday (my prediction: "Volver" will be the first foreign language film since Life Is Beautiful to make it into the Best Picture category.)
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And the second uninvited guest to the TomKat nuptials? Holmes former Dawsons Creek co-star and teenage boyfriend, Joshua Jackson. Hes in town for the launch of Emilio Estevezs sensational Bobby.
Jackson worked with Holmes for six years on the Creek, but like all her other friends hasnt heard one word from her since she met Cruise in April 2005 and became his insta-bride.
The invitation must have gotten lost in the mail, Jackson said without rancor or bitterness. Maybe just the single friends were cut out.
Jackson, Christian Slater, Estevez and Freddy Rodríguez all did a Q&A last night following a screening of Bobby for British Academy members at the multiplex on West 34th St.
Estevezs mom, Janet Sheen, had just arrived from a trip to Ireland and confirmed a story her son had told: that Warners TV made life difficult for Martin Sheen to shoot Martin Scorseses The Departed and the last episodes of The West Wing. It all worked out in the end, though, and Sheen did both.
Youd think it would have been easy since 'The Departed' was Warners too, Emilio said, shaking his head. Ah, corporate synergy!
A surprise guest at the Bobby screening last night: Ralph Macchio, aka "The Karate Kid," who co-starred with Emilio in Francis Ford Coppolas The Outsiders some 23 years ago. This instigated a few reminiscences.
I thought I was so independent, Estevez, who was 21 at the time, said. And remember? he asked Macchio, The mail came and there was an envelope from my dad. The note inside just said, Vote Yes. It was for some Screen Actors Guild election!
"The Outsiders," by coincidence, also starred Cruise in a small role. But none of those actors are on Saturdays guest list, either.
Oh wait what did we learn about Penelope on this trip? I never get to Spanish restaurants in New York, the Madrid native said, People keep taking me to Nobu.
Maybe El Rincon de Espana in Greenwich Village can send her a plate of paella, dios mio