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Adorable detail in Channel 7 star's stunning Uluru wedding

<p>Channel 7 presenter Abbey Holmes has finally tied the knot with her partner, former AFL player Keegan Brooksby!</p> <p>After three long years of waiting the pair finally got married in a beautiful ceremony at the Northern Territory.</p> <p>“Mr & Mrs 6.11.23 — The perfect day with the most perfect person in the Heart of Australia. #WeDoInUluru,” Holmes captioned their wedding photo on Instagram.</p> <p>The pair got engaged at Uluru in 2020, and chose to tie the knot in the same location Brooksby proposed. </p> <p>The NT holds a special connection for them, aside from it being where they got engaged, it's also where Holmes was one of the highest profile female footballers, before breaking into the AFLW in 2017.</p> <p>Holmes revealed that their wedding was pulled together quite quickly, thanks to the help of their wedding planner. </p> <p>“We’ve actually pulled it together quite quickly after we had our engagement party on December 30 last year with no plans of when we were getting married,” she told <em>Seven News</em>. </p> <p>“It was only a week or so after that we kind of looked at each other and said if we don’t plan something it’ll never happen.</p> <p>“If it was up to Keegan and I it would never have got done. We would have been screwed without (our wedding planner).”</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzVTaUPPCgI/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzVTaUPPCgI/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Abbey Holmes (@abbeycholmes)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Their wedding was nothing short of glam with Channel 7 AFL commentators Luke Hodge and Brian Taylor, and Magpies star Mason Cox among the 100-person guest list. </p> <p>Celebrity friends and fans took to the comments to congratulate the newlyweds. </p> <p>“Absolutely stunning!!! Soo so happy for you both. the start of another amazing journey together … sending you both love and beautiful blessings. Xx," wrote Aussie swimming legend Steph Rice. </p> <p>“Beautiful guys,” commented AFL champion Joel Selwood.</p> <p>“Such a beautiful wedding for a beautiful couple," added Olympic champion Lydia Lassila. </p> <p>"Wonderful news! Congratulations team 🤍" wrote Sunrise weather presenter Sam Mac.</p> <p><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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Stan Grant's wife Tracey Holmes quits the ABC

<p>Veteran senior ABC journalist Tracey Holmes has announced her resignation from the public broadcaster, marking the end of an era for the network. This decision follows closely on the heels of her high-profile husband, Stan Grant, walking away from his role as host of the ABC's <em>Q&A</em> program, citing exhaustion due to persistent racial abuse.</p> <p>Holmes took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram to make her resignation public, leaving many to wonder about her future in the world of journalism.</p> <p>Holmes, a prominent figure in Australian journalism, has been a familiar face to ABC viewers for decades. With a career spanning over three decades, her contribution to the field of sports reporting has been nothing short of remarkable. However, as she shared her decision to part ways with the ABC, Holmes alluded to the exciting prospect of Paris 2024, which will mark her 14th Olympic Games as a journalist, reporter, and broadcaster. This time, though, it won't be under the ABC's banner since her resignation will take effect on November 30.</p> <p>In her heartfelt message to colleagues and listeners, Holmes expressed her gratitude and promised to continue her career in the future. "For now though, to channel a former governor of California in his former life as The Terminator, 'I'll be back,' that's a promise," she declared. Her departure from the ABC may be a farewell, but it's certainly not a permanent one.</p> <p>Holmes's career at the ABC began in 1989, and her groundbreaking role as Australia's first female host of the sports program, <em>Grandstand</em>, made her an icon in the world of sports journalism.</p> <p>Her trailblazing work has not only inspired countless aspiring journalists but also garnered the recognition she truly deserves. Earlier this year, she received the Australian Sports Commission's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, an accolade that cements her status as one of the most influential sports broadcasters in the country.</p> <p>Her decision to leave the ABC is undoubtedly a significant moment in Australian media. The circumstances surrounding her departure, coupled with her husband Stan Grant's recent exit, raise questions about the state of journalism and the challenges faced by those in the public eye. Grant cited exhaustion and racial abuse as reasons for his departure, highlighting the harsh realities that journalists and broadcasters often face.</p> <p>While Holmes may be bidding farewell to her long-standing role at the ABC, her departure by no means signifies the end of her illustrious career. As she prepares for her 14th Olympic Games, she's poised to continue making a significant impact in the world of sports journalism. Her resilience and determination, in the face of challenges that forced her and her husband to step away from high-profile positions, serve as a testament to her unwavering commitment to the craft.</p> <p>As we await her next move, the Australian media landscape is left with a void that will be hard to fill. Holmes leaves behind a legacy that future journalists can only aspire to match, and her impact on the industry will be felt for years to come.</p> <p>While the ABC bids her farewell, we can be certain that the world has not seen the last of this pioneering journalist. Paris 2024 beckons, and with it, a new chapter in the remarkable career of Tracey Holmes.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy7OVPzvUXF/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy7OVPzvUXF/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Tracey Holmes (@traceyleeholmes)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><em>Image: Instagram</em></p>

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Use this Sherlockian trick to improve your memory

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you have seen the BBC adaptation of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sherlock Holmes</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> starring Benedict Cumberbatch, you are probably familiar with a technique called the “mind palace”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the show, Holmes appears to visit an imaginary place in his mind where he performs associations between words, places, and objects, until he finds the information he wants to remember.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite appearing in a fictional TV show, this technique actually exists and is one of the older known mnemonic techniques.</span></p> <p><strong>How does the “mind palace” technique work?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “mind palace” memory technique is also known as the method of loci, which was used as a rhetorical technique by Roman speakers so they could remember and recite long speeches.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Generally, the first step is to imprint a series of places on the memory. Common place systems that people imagine are architectural, such as a house with a variety of rooms and different spaces, decorated with statues and other ornaments.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The next step involves inserting images related to the thing you want to remember. The more absurd the images, the easier it is to remember too. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For example, if you want to remember the phrase, “The world is suffering due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus”, you could imagine a globe sitting on a couch in the lounge room, sneezing and coughing while being tormented by the image of a giant coronavirus.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the technique to work, a person would “walk” through their imagined house, observe the objects in each of the rooms, and establish a story so they can remember what they want.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As another example, imagine you want to remember a shopping list that includes bananas, milk, eggs, and cheese. To remember the items and the order they appear in, you could imagine walking around a particular room and seeing bananas sitting in armchairs and drinking milk. After that, you walk down the hallway and see a picture hanging on the wall of a family of eggs on holiday. Then, when you turn into the next room on the right, you find a cheese sleeping soundly in bed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though distributing objects throughout your imagined house is part of the technique, the key component is the narrative created from the relationship between what you want to remember and the spatial arrangement within the “mind palace”.</span></p>

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Katie Holmes shares rare post of Suri on 15th birthday

<p>Katie Holmes has paid tribute to her daughter Suri Cruise as she celebrates her 15th birthday.</p> <p>The Hollywood starlet shared a series of black-and-white photographs with her daughter, who she shares with actor Tom Cruise.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840809/katie-holmes.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/0c331dd5772949279a344db21159a45a" /></p> <p>"Happy 15th Birthday Sweetheart! I love you!!!!!!!! ❤️💕😘 I can't believe you are already 15," Holmes wrote.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840807/katie-holmes-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/46925df50a334459889eb648db807a42" /></p> <p>Holmes, 42, and Tom, 58, welcomed Suri in 2006 — the same year they got married.</p> <p>The pair quickly divorced in 2012.</p> <p>Cruise also has two older children, Isabella, 28, and Connor, 26, whom he shares with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840805/katie-holmes-4.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/4e09562f7b2b4f7db9f8b3bde5a08656" /></p> <p>In March last year, Holmes revealed to<span> </span><em>InStyle</em><span> </span>that she loved moving to New York City with Suri.</p> <p>"That time was intense, It was a lot of attention, and I had a little child on top of it," Holmes said.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840808/katie-holmes-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/0e7dbb4f2df8432d91d51954385bfad0" /></p> <p>"[Suri and I] had some funny moments out and about in public."</p> <p>"We were followed a lot when she was little. I just wanted her outside, so I would walk her around to find parks at, like, six in the morning when nobody would see us," she said.</p>

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Where are the films starring successful women entrepreneurs?

<p><a href="https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-inventor-out-for-blood-in-silicon-valley">The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley</a>, now streaming in Australia on Binge, depicts Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes as a bewitching sociopath.</p> <p>Holmes wanted to revolutionise health care by providing a simple and cheap way to perform blood tests using only a finger prick. In 2003, she founded Theranos, with a vision of the company’s machines in every home in America.</p> <p>But, as the Wall Street Journal’s John Carreyrou <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-has-struggled-with-blood-tests-1444881901">revealed</a> in 2015, Holmes created an intricate web of deception. Even as machines found their way into chemists and were being used by medical insurance companies, they never actually worked.</p> <p>Holmes put patients’ lives at risk and cost investors millions of dollars.</p> <p>The documentary is compelling viewing, but as it enters a very slim field of movies about female entrepreneurs it is worth questioning the impact of the stories we choose to tell.</p> <p><strong>Fall from grace</strong></p> <p>The journey Holmes took from young idol to spectacular failure is a story about systemic issues and the <a href="https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/silicon-valley-work-culture/">sometimes toxic</a> culture of the world of start-ups.</p> <p>Prior to the scandal breaking, Holmes was <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler">celebrated in the media</a>. She was portrayed as a Stanford University dropout with a vision for changing the world. She raised hundreds of millions of dollars from powerful men in a start-up landscape known for its <a href="https://hbr.org/2020/01/how-the-vc-pitch-process-is-failing-female-entrepreneurs">discriminating funding practices</a>.</p> <p>She made the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/elizabeth-holmes/#338f337c47a7">cover</a> of Forbes magazine in 2014 as the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire. Holmes represented a heady mix of tech, science and business. She was the golden girl of the start-up world.</p> <p>This made her fall from grace even more spectacular.</p> <p>But compare Holmes’ portrayal with another well known example of a deceitful male entrepreneur: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/28/wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-sex-drugs">Jordan Belfort</a>, the “wolf of Wall Street”.</p> <p>Belfort ran an elaborate crime scheme linked to manipulating the stock market and was jailed for 22 months for securities fraud. Nonetheless, his <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/522776.The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street">autobiography</a> and Martin Scorsese’s 2013 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/">film adaptation</a> depict Belfort’s story as celebration of wealth and power, rather than a critical review of his fraudulent behaviour.</p> <p><strong>Where are all the good stories?</strong></p> <p>Feature films about female entrepreneurs are few and far between.</p> <p><a href="https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.21276abstract">Research</a> from one of the authors examined English-language films from 1986 to 2016 with female entrepreneurs as the central character. Over the 30-year period, only 11 films about women entrepreneurs were identified – fewer than the number of <a href="https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/apple/steve-jobs-movies-documentaries-to-watch-3786148/">films about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs</a> alone.</p> <p>From <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092605/">Baby Boom</a> (1987), where Diane Keaton’s character starts a baby food business, to Melissa McCarthy’s brownie empire in <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2702724">The Boss</a> (2016), these films overwhelmingly depicted female entrepreneurs as running small-scale kitchen table businesses in female-dominated industries.</p> <p>These movies told stories of cleaning, as in <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2446980/">Joy</a> (2015) and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862846/">Sunshine Cleaning</a> (2008); fashion, as in <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361509/">The Intern</a> (2015); and not-for-profit work, as in the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116313/">First Wives Club</a> (1996).</p> <p>Businesses depicted typically had low numbers of paid employees. The entrepreneurs were resource-poor, and most often it was a supporting male character who helped the female entrepreneur succeed.</p> <p>Additionally, the study found a woman starting her own business is seemingly not enough to hold audience attention: all films included a parallel romantic storyline.</p> <p><strong>The female entrepreneur as role model</strong></p> <p>Celebrating successful female role models <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487011000353">encourages women</a> to dream big and succeed in male dominated arenas.</p> <p>Role models provide a source of inspiration and contribute to self-belief. As the quantity of entrepreneurship related media increases, so does the amount of <a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11365-006-0018-8.pdf">entrepreneurial activity</a>.</p> <p>However, negative portrayals of careers may <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1997-04591-001">prevent</a> people from considering a profession.</p> <p>The case of Holmes and Theranos is damaging for the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-03-14/theranos-misled-investors-and-consumers-who-used-its-blood-test">betrayed</a> customers and investors, but also for the field of entrepreneurship, which only in recent decades has seen its reputation overhauled.</p> <p>Entrepreneurship was once the <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/a-brief-history-of-entrepreneurship/9780231173049">domain of racketeers</a>. Over time, it has evolved to be the domain of tech celebrities, socially conscious founders and a vehicle for upward social mobility – but still, too often, a domain of men.</p> <p><a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429279836/chapters/10.4324/9780429279836-26">One study</a> investigated how female entrepreneurs are featured on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine. Women were vastly outnumbered by men on the cover, and were often portrayed in a stereotypical female fashion.</p> <p>Words surrounding images of women tended to be about nurturing, health, beauty and fashion. Wording accompanying images of male entrepreneurs talked of power, innovation and risk taking.</p> <p>Women were “glamified” in full make-up and focus given to their face, while men were more likely to be standing and set against a corporate colour palette.</p> <p>How we tell stories of female entrepreneurs matters.</p> <p>In order to achieve equity in entrepreneurship, we need to acknowledge the role of the media in filling the entrepreneurship pipeline.</p> <p>Positive depictions of innovative women act as a mirror, showing girls and women what they can achieve. We need more, and better, stories about female entrepreneurs so stories about female innovation aren’t limited to failure and fraud.</p> <p><em>Written by Bronwyn Eager and Louise Grimmer. Republished with permission of <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-inventor-tells-a-story-of-a-fraudulent-female-billionaire-where-are-the-films-starring-successful-women-entrepreneurs-145922">The Conversation.</a> </em></p>

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Actress reveals Tom Cruise's plan to "lure" daughter Suri to Scientology

<p>Tom Cruise has been estranged from his daughter Suri Cruise for nearly a decade now, but former Scientologist Leah Remini believes the actor has a “master plan” to get her back.</p> <p>Speaking to the<span> </span><em>New York Post</em>, the actress things Cruise will “lure” his daughter away from his ex-wife Katie Holmes and convert her to the Church of Scientology when she’s older.</p> <p>Holmes divorced Cruise in 2012 and ever since then, she has had sole custody of their daughter, who is now 14-year-old.</p> <p>The last time Cruise was spotted with Sure was in 2013.</p> <p>“Scientology considers Katie a suppressive person which is an enemy and therefore Tom believes, like all Scientologists, that he can’t be connected to Suri,” Remini said.</p> <p>“I’m sure his master plan is to wait until Suri gets older so that he can lure her into Scientology and away from her mother.”</p> <p>The<span> </span><em>King of Queens</em><span> </span>actress also said she was “really proud” of Holmes “for getting her daughter out of something that would have been potentially very toxic and dangerous for not only Suri but for their relationship.”</p> <p>“I knew Katie when she was in [Scientology] and she seemed very indoctrinated into Tom’s world,” Remini said.</p> <p>“But as time went on, and I understood why she did what she did to protect her daughter … I’m only assuming that there’s some type of agreement to protect her daughter.”</p> <p>Remini was raised as a Scientologist but left the organisation in 2013.</p> <p>The 50-year-old has since been extremely vocal as she advocates against the belief system.</p> <p>Criuse is said to be close to his two children, Isabella, 27, and Connor, 25, who he adopted with now ex-wife Nicole Kidman — both are devout Scientologists.</p> <p>In an 2018 interview with<span> </span><em>Who</em><span> </span>magazine Kidman said she loved them regardless of their beliefs.</p> <p>“They have made choices to be Scientologists and as a mother, it's my job to love them,” she said.</p>

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Jo Griggs hits back at Tracey Holmes over Commonwealth Games criticism

<p>Channel Seven commentator and former athlete Johanna Griggs has hit back at critics that claimed Seven had a “minute by minute” rundown of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.</p> <p>ABC journalist Tracey Holmes wrote a <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-16/commonwealth-games-closing-ceremony-footage-channel-seven/9663266">piece</a></strong> </span>yesterday stating the network was briefed on the closing ceremony and the fact athletes would be “largely snubbed from the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony despite claiming to have been as shocked by the decision as the millions who watched.”</p> <p>Holmes wrote: “Prior to the Gold Coast closing ceremony all rights holders, including Channel Seven, were given a minute-by-minute briefing on Saturday morning detailing how the closing ceremony would unfold — complete with a 34-page media guide.</p> <p>“The guide makes no mention of athletes marching in as part of the ceremony. Organisers confirmed Channel Seven had a number of representatives at that briefing.”</p> <p>In a lengthy statement released on Twitter, Griggs hit back saying she wanted to “clarify and correct” several claims made by Holmes.</p> <p>“I still have the guide,” Griggs said. “At no point in the guide does it mention that there wouldn’t be one single shot shown of athletes watching the performances. We assumed, like every other Closing Ceremony ever shown, that the host’s vision would feature athletes non-stop, celebrating, letting their hair down… like we all expect at the Closing Ceremony.</p> <p>“If we’d left that briefing room with any indication given to us that no athletes would feature, then of course we would have made other arrangements to capture those moments. But instead we thought we were going to broadcast an innovative and exciting show.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Firstly, thank u to everyone for your overwhelming support around this issue. I’m still sad that a wonderful Commonwealth Games has been tarnished with such a sad ending. But when someone has a crack at your integrity, u have to respond. I hope this answers some of your questions <a href="https://t.co/BHY1mTvsSO">pic.twitter.com/BHY1mTvsSO</a></p> — Johanna Griggs (@JohGriggs7) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohGriggs7/status/985821438052454403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <p>Griggs went onto say that those who were in the meeting knew the organisers were “going to try something different” by having athletes in the stadium already when it began at 8.30pm.</p> <p>“There was no TV rehearsal of the Closing Ceremony as there is for the Opening Ceremony. That isn’t necessarily unique, but clearly a rehearsal would have rung alarm bells,” she wrote.</p> <p>“As rights holders, we were allowed one camera in the stadium, a news camera, on the condition we wouldn’t show the vision for 24 hours. We made the decision to show it anyway at the back of the ceremony when we realised what a farce the Closing Ceremony was turning out to be.</p> <p>“I stand by the fact that we could only show the vision supplied to us on the night, and that whoever made the decision to not cut away to the athletes made a bad call. And the athletes left because they didn’t feel at all included in the show, which is such a shame as they were the real stars who should have been celebrated.”</p> <p>The conditions applied to Channel Seven for the Commonwealth Games, Griggs said, were “very different to anything we’ve experienced before”.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/2018/04/furious-jo-griggs-blasts-commonwealth-games-closing-ceremony/">Griggs made headlines</a></span></strong> when she told viewers live on air she was “furious” with the closing ceremony organisers for “wrecking a tradition” by choosing not to show pictures of athletes or the flagbearer, Kurt Fearnley.</p> <p> </p>

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All grown up! Suri Cruise steals the show

<p><span>Many celebrities appeared at New York’s Z100 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball over the weekend, but 11-year-old Suri Cuise stole the show.</span></p> <p><span>Suri joined her mother Katie Holmes onstage at Madison Square Garden to introduce Taylor Swift to perform the final song of the night.</span></p> <p><span>Holding her mother’s hand, Suri announced the singer with a big smile.</span></p> <p><span>"She's one of our favourite performers and who is it tonight?" Katie asked the crowd, before Suri replied, "Taylor Swift!"</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Katie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Katie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Holmes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Holmes</a> and Suri <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cruise?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cruise</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Surprise?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Surprise</a> Fans at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jingle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jingle</a> Ball and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Introduce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Introduce</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Taylor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Taylor</a> Swift: Katie Holmes and child Suri Cruise shocked concertgoers on Friday when they appeared at Z100 s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2017 at Madison Square Garden and… <a href="https://t.co/tHB5QAqHxP">https://t.co/tHB5QAqHxP</a> <a href="https://t.co/MRljEm4LYN">pic.twitter.com/MRljEm4LYN</a></p> — Hetflix (@hetflixdotcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/hetflixdotcom/status/939526868109352961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2017</a></blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;"><span> </span></p> <p><span>Showing the Christmas spirit, Suri wore a star-patterned navy dress with a big red bow in her hair.</span></p> <p><span>Katie looked classy in a high-cut blouse, jeans and black heels.</span></p> <p><span>Taylor Swift concluded the evening by singing “Shake It Off”, “Look What You Made Me Do” and “…Ready For It?” She also performed “I Don’t Want To Live Forever”. </span></p> <p><span>Earlier in the night, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran joined together to sing their duet “End Game”.</span></p> <p><span>Other performers included Niall Horan, Sam Smith, Kesha and Demi Lovato. </span></p>

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Suri Cruise looks just like dad Tom in this eerily similar new photo

<p>We’ve always seen Suri Cruise as almost a <a href="/news/news/2017/03/katie-holmes-new-photo-of-suri/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">carbon copy of her mum, Katie Holmes</span></strong></a>, but it seems as the 11-year-old grows up, she’s <a href="/lifestyle/family-pets/2017/08/suri-cruise-looks-just-like-tom/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">taking after her famous dad Tom</span></strong></a> more and more.</p> <p>Over the weekend, Katie treated her daughter to a night out at the hockey to see the New Jersey Devils take on the New York Rangers, and we couldn’t help but notice how much Suri is starting to look like Tom.</p> <p><img width="499" height="595" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/44296/1508113205010_suri-cruise-2_499x595.jpg" alt="1508113205010_suri -cruise -2 (1)" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Can’t quite see the resemblance? Take a look at this retro shot of Tom from the ‘80s.</p> <p><img width="499" height="595" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/44297/1508113209856_tom-cruise_499x595.jpg" alt="1508113209856_TOM-CRUISE" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>The similarities – especially their eyes and smiles – are striking.</p> <p>It must be bittersweet for the youngster to look so much like dad but never get to see him – in fact, <a href="http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/tom-cruise-daughter-suri-exclusive-133056" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">recent reports</span></strong></a> suggest they haven’t had contact in almost four years.</p> <p>But Suri still has a father figure in her life after Katie debuted her relationship with actor Jamie Foxx <a href="http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/hook-ups-break-ups/all-the-times-katie-holmes-and-jamie-foxx-nearly-got-caught-out/news-story/1535f48dfa8e468613c4f11b1a9743ee" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>last month</strong></span></a> – four years after rumours began swirling that the two were dating. And judging by the grins on both Suri and Katie’s faces, they’re both more than content with family life at the moment.</p> <p>What do you think of the uncanny resemblance between Suri and Tom Cruise? Tell us in the comments below. </p>

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Tom Cruise makes first public comment about Suri in years

<p>For the past few years, Tom Cruise has remained silent when asked about his 11-year-old daughter, Suri – that is, until Monday. The star, currently in Australia to promote his new film The Mummy, made a rare comment about his daughter with Katie Holmes in an interview with the <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/tom-cruise-on-suris-acting-future-russell-crowes-break-from-spotlight-for-sons-20170522-gwaphw.html" target="_blank"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sydney Morning Herald</span></strong></em></a>.</p> <p>Upon being asked if Suri might be interested in pursuing an acting career, Cruise responded, “You never know, you never know,” before changing the subject.</p> <p>Tom and Suri’s troubled relationship made headlines last year, when an insider revealed to <em>Star</em> magazine that the 11-year-old had been trying to stay in contact with her dad. “Suri has been talking to Tom behind Katie’s back,” they claimed. “He looks forward to her texts.”</p> <p>It’s believed that Suri is not permitted to talk to her father in public due to his powerful position in the church of Scientology. “Katie is very concerned about Suri being brainwashed,” the source added. “That’s why she wanted to monitor every conversation. She’s well aware of how powerful Scientology is, and she doesn’t want Tom luring Suri away from her. It’s a constant fear.</p> <p>“It’s not surprising that Suri is confused by the lack of communication between her parents. She’s growing up, asking more questions and it’s becoming harder to shield her from the whispers. She wants to speak to her dad.”</p>

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Why Tom Cruise hasn't seen daughter Suri in 3 years

<p>Reports have emerged that actor and devote scientologist, Tom Cruise, has not seen his 10-year-old daughter, Suri, in three years.</p> <p>The 54-year-old actor divorced 37-year-old Katie Holmes and 2012 and broke off contact with her and his daughter shortly afterward. He is currently based in New York whilst the pair are living in Los Angeles. US reports state that “Tom has made no attempt to spend time with his daughter”.</p> <p>The estranged relationship reportedly has one sole driving factor; Tom’s controversial religious beliefs. According to the 2015 documentary on the strange practices of Scientology,<em> Going Clear</em>, Katie and Suri were declared “suppressive persons” by the Church and Tom was instructed to cut off all contact with them.</p> <p><em>OK magazine</em> cites a source close to Katie who says that Tom still pays $400,000 a year in child support and that Suri has “got lots of friends and a nice, normal life.”</p> <p>Reports also suggest that Nicole Kidman was labelled a “suppressive person” following her marital split from Tom in 2011.</p> <p>Do you think that Suri is better off without her father in her life right now? Let us know what you think in the comments below. </p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/06/expert-tips-for-connecting-with-your-grandchildren/"><em>5 expert tips for connecting with your grandchildren</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/06/things-i-am-saving-to-leave-behind-to-my-grandson/"><em>10 treasures I’m saving to leave behind to my grandson</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/06/tips-to-repair-a-distant-grandparent-grandchild-relationship/"><em>Tips to repair a distant grandparent-grandchild relationship</em></a></strong></span></p>

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