Earlier this week we saw photos of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in Brazil and we got an eyeful of Tom’s bulging muscles that couldn’t help but show thru his very tight, very thin sheer shirt. Yesterday we saw photos of Katie and daughter Suri Holmes-Cruise enjoying an afternoon away from Tom’s watchful eye (but, alas, the ladies weren’t able to make a successful getaway). Today, the best photos yet … Tom Cruise — shirtless by the pool, behold:

And by “best”, I mean “UGH!” I had a feeling that Tom’s penchant for the sheer shirt might lead to something along these lines. Surely, one cannot fault him for disrobing in order to enjoy the lovely Brazilian sun (or for sucking in his gut cuz he knows he is being photographed) but … the mere thought of Tom Cruise in any state of undress is … unsettling … which is why I’m making all y’all endure my unsettlement along with me ;) Tho, I must confess, there was once a time when the sight of a mostly nekkid Tom Cruise wasn’t a scary thing … quite the contrary. At any rate, I understand that TomKat have already left the country and, presumably, are fully dressed once again. And for that, we give thanks.

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Here are a couple photos of Katie Holmes and her robotic daughter Suri Holmes-Cruise taking a break from Tom Cruise as they strolled together on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil yesterday (you may recall that TomKat are in South America to do some promo work for his new film Valkyrie) … and it looks like they tried to make a break for it:

I don’t believe that little Suri is programmed for escape cuz … well, her little robot legs didn’t let her escape. I understand that Xenu-lovin’ friends of Tom jumped out of the bushes with nets and dragged gently encouraged Katie and Suri back to their pen hotel room. Ah well, better luck next time!

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How’s about a little game, HMM? Here is a pic of Katie Holmes with her arms loaded with her daughter Suri Holmes-Cruise interspersed with various dolls … can YOU find the real child in this mix of items in Katie’s very full arms?

HAHA! Trick question! The answer is that THERE IS NO REAL CHILD mixed in with these dolls as I contend that Suri is the cutest little robot child-doll ever fashioned by the hands of Scientology artisans. Thanks for playing!

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Yesterday we saw pics of Les Beckhams (David and Victoria along with their children Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz) out and about with TomKat (Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and their possibly real daughter Suri Holmes-Cruise) at various places around NYC. Today, we get to see more pics of the family friends (including Tom’s adopted children Isabella and Connor with former wife Nicole Kidman) enjoying other parts of the Big Apple in full display of any camera within a 10 mile radius. First up, the families made their way en masse to Central Park:

But soon after they arrived, the ladies in the group decided that they were tired of walking and decided to hop aboard a horse-drawn carriage for a little ride:

Clearly, Vicki B. and her middle child Romeo were not impressed. Incidentally, I do realize that Romeo Beckham isn’t really one of the “ladies” but, lets be honest here, the little lad is the closest thing that VB has to a daughter so there you have it.

After the carriage ride bored them to tears, the families made their way to the Big Apple Circus for a little family fun …

… complete with photo op afterward. Lord … I realize that these people are insanely famous and that they are apt to drawn a massive crowd of onlookers wherever they go but I would’ve expected the families to spend at least part of their day out of the public eye perhaps enjoying one another’s company. In any event, it appears that the Beckham-TomKat Bunch were doing their best to get the most out of this Thanksgiving holiday. While they all look entirely miserable, I do hope that they were able to enjoy their time together and be thankful for the wealth and privilege they are all able to enjoy.

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Thanksgiving is a time to be with family but it is also a time to be with friends as well … here are a bunch of pics of very famous friends Les Beckhams (David, Victoria, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz) and TomKat (Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Suri Holmes-Cruise) hanging out together ALL OVER NYC yesterday after the Beckham clan flew cross country to spend Thanksgiving in the Big Apple. From hanging out at the TomKat NYC home to catching a performance of Katie’s play All My Sons on Broadway to a big ol’ family dinner at Il Cantinori, the Beckham-TomKat Bunch really took over NYC yesterday:

The Cruises were among the first to welcome the Beckham clan to America, but for more than five months the two families have not been photographed together. But any rift between Hollywood’s biggest celebrity families appears to be healed as the couples celebrated Thanksgiving eve. David and Victoria Beckham and their three sons were pictured with Tom Cruise and his older children Connor and Isabella. Tom’s wife Katie Holmes and their two-year-old daughter Suri were absent from the gathering. But after meeting Tom in downtown New York the Beckhams left their sons with a babysitter while they went to watch Katie in her hit Broadway play All My Sons … Later, the whole clan – Katie included – headed off for dinner at Il Cantinori. Thanksgiving is one of the biggest holidays in the American calendar, traditionally marked by a family celebration, so to be spending it together perhaps marks a resurgence of the close friendship the Beckhams once enjoyed with the Cruises. After initially being pictured constantly together – be it shopping, eating out or publicly supporting each other’s work – the relationship between the two families apparently soured. This was rumoured to be because the Beckhams had refused to consider joining the Scientology religion – a subject close to Tom’s heart. There were also reports Katie and Victoria were caught up in a feud over a Vogue front cover. The fashionable friends apparently fell out after the former Dawson’s Creek actress became jealous after Posh was asked to appear on the front cover of the top magazine.

To be honest, I never really bought the whole idea that the Beckhams and Cruise-Holmeses were feuding. These people are hella bizzy all the time and I suspect it’s very difficult for them to all coordinate their schedules in order to hang out together. As much as I like to give them grief sometimes, I really do love seeing these two families when they are hanging out together. I suspect it’s difficult for the rich and powerful to make “normal” friends so it makes sense that they were gravitate towards other rich and powerful folks. I can’t even imagine what sorts of mindless banter they have to talk about across the dinner table … what do YOU suppose these ridiculously wealthy/famous people will talk about and give thanks for at the Thanksgiving dinner table today?

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Here are a few adorable pics of Suri Holmes-Cruise keepin’ dry in rainy NYC this week by utilizing her cute ladybug umbrella:

I gotta say, even tho those terrible Rihanna Umbrella jokes are way over … like, way over … I think the sight of Suri with her little ladybug umbrella really makes me want to coo ella-ella-ella over all the cuteness. While I still have my doubts that this cute little child isn’t really a wind-up toy, I must admit that she is seriously the cutest.thing.ever. with umbrella in hand.

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Here are a couple pics of baby doll Suri Holmes-Cruise being carried in her mother’s arms as the ladies made their way to a nearby park in NYC yesterday afternoon to spend some quality time together. Suri says Hi:

Clearly the little darlin’ is becoming totally comfortable with the crush of paparazzi who follow her family around and she is happy to throw out a gentle wave to her adoring fans. She is just a doll, an absolute doll.

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