Other Crap

Cruise is "more than enamored" with Katie.

• Say what? How much "more" is there? OED defines "to be enamoured" as "to be in love."
• Keep your eye on this girl. If she has stock shares, this is the time to "buy." The Cruise romance could be the major career breakthrough for Katie. Although she's been an internet fave and a surrogate girlfriend for about half of a generation, her career had stalled. Combine a top spot in all the tabloids with a summer role in Batman Begins, and she's an A-list star if everything works out right.
• Do you remember how Hurley first became a megastar? She was an obscure model/actress and Hugh Grant's long-term girlfriend when Hugh got into trouble with that hooker in L.A. Instead of dumping Grant, Hurley clung to him 24/7, always dressed and groomed to the nines. Grant was photographed constantly for about a month, and there in every photo was Hurley, advertising her impressive face and figure to the world. Soon, she was the #1 cover girl and had a big cosmetics contract. Keep your eyes open, because the Hurley phenomenon will (or should) happen to Katie in the next six months.
• By the way, I don't mean to imply that Katie is dating Cruise for the career boost, or that the studios have cooked it all up to promote War of the Worlds and Batman Begins. I suppose those are possibilities, but I'd rather think that she has found her dream guy and the career boost is just a serendipitous corollary.