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According to a FOX news report this morning, the reason we haven’t seen Suri Cruise at all is because nobody was willing to pay $4 million to print pictures of her! One has to wonder what kind of ugly monster she’s gotta be…

The article adds:

According to my sources, a photo shoot of Suri was offered to Wire Image, the prestigious agency, for sale to the various celebrity magazines right after the little “Mission: Impossible”/”Dawson’s Creek” tyke was born in silence to her unmarried movie star parents Tom Cruise and the dazed-looking Katie Holmes. An auction was conducted, with People, US Weekly, Star and the lesser names like In Touch all putting in their two cents.

But apparently the bids weren’t enough for TomKat. The article writes, “The Cruise auction is said to have produced not more than a $3 million bid. At that point, the offer was rescinded.” So basically since they couldn’t fetch a nice sum for their baby, they’ve taken to hiding her in the house out of embarassment. Wow. This is after Tom Cruise tried to simultaneously congratulate Angelina Jolie on Shiloh and convert her to Scientology. Speaking of Scientology, apparently had the pictures of Suri Cruise been properly auctioned, the Church would have gotten a cut:

Exactly who from Cruise’s strange inner circle initiated the contact is still unknown, although I am told the enterprise was “official.” It’s likely that the Church of Scientology would have gotten a cut, too, considering they like to take 10 percent of everything from their celebrity clients.

The article also claims that Shiloh’s $4 mil is probably the highest price baby pictures will fetch for a long time:

“Shiloh was the whole deal,” my source said. “We won’t see a baby like that again for a while.”

Just imagine what poor little Suri Cruise will have to face when she meets Shiloh one day.

Update: Contrary to the above report that Suri Cruise photos weren’t sold for $3 million, Tom Cruise is now apparently saying that his Scientology beliefs wouldn’t let him bring the newborn outside, anyway. The article writes:

It has now been claimed Tom is reluctant to show off Suri because Scientology doctrine teaches followers of the sci-fi cult to avoid taking newborn babies out unless absolutely necessary.

A friend of the actor told Britain’s Grazia magazine: “Tom insists he’ll do it in his own time. He won’t be bullied into showing his world his precious angel. Tom wants to obey Scientology rules about keeping babies out of … the public eye.”

I recently got a strange email claiming to have a memory stick with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie photos:

I am contacting you because I have recently acquired some digital photos (450 pictures). On this memory stick are personal photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their children. These photos are in thier home and on vacation, are good quality and are close up. These pictures have not been seen by anyone else. I am contacting you and several other Papers, magazines and websites to see what these photos may be worth. I am attaching 3 photos so you can verify the authenticity of them.

The EXIF information on the photos says they were taken in late May, 2006 by a Sony DSC-N1. I have no way of authenticating the photos, except to say that they do not appear to be taken by paparrazi. Perhaps one of you, our readers, could tell me if these pictures really are of Shiloh Nouveau Jolie-Pitt’s babyshower. Anyway, here are scaled down versions of what I was sent.

Update: The photos have been removed.  According to an email circulating from their lawyers, the photos were stolen from their home.  Our sympathies go out to the Jolie-Pitt family.

Angelina Jolie will announce today on Anderson Cooper’s show that Brad Pitt and her will adopt another child after having given birth to Shiloh Nouvel. The article writes:

“We don’t know which … country. But we’re looking at different countries. And we’re–I’m just–it’s gonna be the balance of what would be the best for Mad and for Z right now. It’s, you know, another boy, another girl, which country, which race would fit best with the kids,” she explained, referring to her adopted kids Maddox and Zahara.

But before you begin to think about child number four, you might want to mitigate the situation you’ve created in Namibia due to birth of child number three, Angelina. Apparently charities in Namibia are quite pissed off that Brangelina took advantage of the remoteness of the country. The article states:

Namibia’s National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) branded the couple “colonial overlords” and accused them of taking over the African country when Shiloh Nouvel was born this month.

Perhaps they’ve forgotten the positive press coverage the country has gotten because of Brangelina? Nevertheless, the human rights group continue:

An NSHR spokesman said: “To shut down a national border so she can give birth in peace is a massive abuse of power.” The human rights campaigners claim Angelina and Brad “used heavy-handed and brutal tactics” to persuade the Namibian government to agree to their demands.

Do these “heavy-handed and brutal tactics” involve guns and assassination, like their roles in Mr. and Mrs. Smith? One can only imagine. Everything, it seems, revolves around that movie, seeing as Brad Pitt is now advising co-star Vince Vaughn to marry Jennifer Aniston. He even thinks they’re “perfect for each other.” The article reads:

“You and Jen are perfect for each other,” he reportedly said, according to an insider cited by Life & Style. “You should get married.”

Apparently Vince could foresee the troubles ahead while filming the movie. The article adds:

Vince was Brad’s wingman in the film Mr. and Mrs. Smith and at one time it was reported that Vince had told Brad to be cautious as he believed Angie and Brad were getting too close on the set.

The reported quote from Vince to Brad was “go home to your wife.”

You’ve got good intentions, Vince, but too little, too late.

And most spectacular of all, given all this publicity, what do the pair want to do? Build a 200-foot wall around their Malibu home to protect their kids! A source has said:

Brad wants to make the home secure for the baby and Angelina. They don’t want people seeing in.

Don’t believe me? How about additional reports that they’ve met with builders to discuss the 200-foot high wall in front of their cliff top, beach front home? We’ve learned the following juicy detail:

Mr. Pitt and Mrs. Jolie met builders last week to discuss the daft plan. At its tallest section the wall would stretch upwards from the beach.

This is after we’ve reported that there are huge curtains surrounding the home, making it virtually impossible for photographers to catch a glimpse of the family except if they brave the waves.

What can we anticipate next? Will Angelina buy an island in the middle of the Pacific to escape? Or maybe they can rent a room on the International Space Station, where there are currently only 3 astronauts to bother them. The possibilities are endless.

Update: For those who weren’t able to watch Angelina Jolie’s interview with Anderson Cooper about World Refugee Day, there are some short excerpts available online at CNN.com. Here are the links:

• Angelina Jolie on Namibia (and having her baby there)
• Angelina Jolie on her charity work

And Gawker has a play-by-play synopsis of the two-hour interview, if you’re so inclined to read what seems mostly their reactions to what is said, rather than the substance of the interview.

Apparently Tom Cruise is so happy with Suri that he wants 9 more children — or so he said at a press conference in Tokyo yesterday while promoting Mission Impossible: 3. He said:

I always wanted to be a father. I remember my whole life, I wanted to be a father. So I’m hoping maybe I have 10 children.

These extra 9 children would be in addition to the two adopted children he had with ex-wife Nicole Kidman. The press also asked him about his Father’s Day, and he had this to say:

It was the best Father’s Day … I think you all know how, what a gift it is, children. [sic]

The question remains: will Cruise also keep his other nine locked away like he’s done with Suri? Whether or not he was joking about having more kids, the public is still dying to know the outcome of the first. He claims he loves his children and is even feeling particularly fatherly nowadays:

I feel the responsibility of that, because they are the future. So I feel so overwhelmed with emotion at times when I look at my children, which I think we all know when you are looking at your own child you love so much.

Well, maybe too much public scrutiny is bad for a youngster, but just a few pictures can’t hurt. It’s even made Brangelina’s Shiloh Nouvel a fashion icon. So come on, Tom, give us a peek.

Were you aware that you could be nominated for your noble service in protecting celebrities? I certainly didn’t, and I bet Perry Taylor didn’t either.

Either way, it seems Britney Spears’ new manny — aka bodyguard — has been nominated for a US Veterans’ award as a graduate of the US Naval academy. Usually, the award goes to corporate leaders or politicians such as “Senator John Warner, former Continental Airlines CEO Gordon Bethune, and director Oliver Stone, U.S. military veterans who have achieved top positions in their respective fields.”

I suppose earning the position of Spears’ new bodyguard is pretty high up in the field of security jobs. But I’m not the only one shocked by this announcement. The article states:

“I was surprised when several of our members nominated Mr. Taylor,” said Scott Higgins, CEO of Veterans Advantage. “But after reviewing Mr. Taylor’s service as a Naval Officer and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, and that he has risen to a top position in his field in a relatively short period of time, I believe we can consider him for this position.”

Apparently security is a top career move made by veterans after their service, so I guess Taylor’s new job is not unique. The article adds:

Protective service occupations are a popular career choice for veterans such as Mr. Taylor, which includes professions in public police work, private security contracting overseas, as well as protecting the rich and famous. The training, skills, and other qualifications acquired through veteran’s military service, are often much sought after requisites for professional security recruiters who seek to fill positions in this growing industry.

Before we rush to give him such an award though, I’d like to point out that nobody’s quite certain what the guy’s job is:

There is some question as to whether Mr. Taylor is a security professional employed as Ms. Spears’ bodyguard, as depicted in movies such as “The Bodyguard” with Kevin Costner or “In the Line of Fire” with Clint Eastwood, or if he is indeed employed as her male nanny, as in “The Pacifier,” in which Vin Deisel portrays a former Navy Seal who becomes a nanny. Mr. Perry has been employed by Ms. Spears since April of 2006.