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April 19, 2006
Cruise and Holmes 'joyously welcome' baby Suri
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the Hollywood couple whose courtship and Scientology has won them almost as much publicity as their acting, have had a baby girl.
A spokesman said: "Both mother and daughter are doing well," adding that the couple "joyously welcomed" baby Suri, who weighed 7lbs 7oz and measured 20ins.
A statement said the name Suri had its origins in Hebrew, meaning "princess" or in Persian, meaning "red rose".
Suri is the first baby for Holmes, 27, and the first biological child for Cruise, 43. Cruise has a daughter and son from his marriage to Nicole Kidman.
The spokesman refused to disclose any details surrounding the birth, which was planned under the tenets of the Church of Scientology as a silent procedure.
But Cruise last week insisted that Holmes was free to take painkillers and "make as much noise" as necessary during the birth.
In another strange revelation, he said he was planning to eat his baby's placenta. He told GQ Magazine: "I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I'm gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there."
News that Holmes had given birth caps a whirlwind Hollywood romance that ranks as one of the most high-profile celebrity courtships in recent memory.
Cruise and Holmes, a star of TV's Dawson's Creek, were first photographed together in Rome in April 2005.
A month after their Rome holiday, Cruise appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to profess his love for Holmes during an hour-long interview.
Bootleg footage of the twice-divorced Cruise, jumping on Winfrey's guest sofa, dropping to one knee and pumping his fist in the air before ushering Holmes on stage to declare: "I love this woman!" was sold on eBay for £11.50.
Posted by admin at April 19, 2006 02:54 PM