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I'm cynical – surely no one will be surprised to read it here – about celebritydom and attendant press. I rarely go to movies, never watch the award shows, more often than not find actor interviews & profiles worthless, etc. – confirmed to the point of curmudgeonry in my distaste for Hollywood. Moreover, since of course I do manage a more-than-adequate intake of standard Hollywood fare in spite of all my high-mindedness, I can say that I usually find the sort of movies that actors like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes appear in unappealing (especially if I'm paying to watch). And still much less am I interested in Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes as public figures, individually, or as private individuals, figurally (or even literally), than in their movies.

That being said, I'm happy, with all sincerity, for this Hollywood couple, as for anyone into whose keeping the Lord gives a beautiful little girl. In fact it happens I'm – like a sap – very taken tonight with a few photos, featuring their new daughter, that have just hit the press for the vindication of Cruise & Holmes, & their inevitable full restoration to checkout-line favor. I feel strange fellow-manly warmth right now toward the ridiculous Mr Cruise. What a beautiful baby he's got!

So, I'm a sap. But I've always been something a fool for babies (& not only for the pretty ones), of course, as people who know me well know well enough.

Here, then, a prayer against Hollywood & the Devil (and their envy toward all real beauty), that this celebrity pair might somehow hold out & be good parents for their celebrity child. A daughter is a very precious thing.

posted by paul bowman @ 12:24 AM