The big celebrity news of the week was, of course, the unveiling of Tom Cruise's new project : Fatherhood. He had been keeping it under wraps for some time, ironing out the details, the supporting cast, and there were, it is understood, some rewrites, but Tom eventually showed Vanity Fair (and therefore, the world) the fruit of his labours. Oh, and Katie was photographed and interviewed too. But this was mainly about Tom.

In the same week that Cruise faced tough press over being dropped by Paramount, his alleged rift with Steven Spielberg, and questions over his possible loss of hair (just re-hire Pat Kingsley, Tom, and it will all end), this seemed like just the most recent in a long list of damage limitation projects. Indeed, it comes hot on the heels of Cruise's rather public apology to Brooke Shields for offensive remarks he made about her post-partum depression.

The Suri photos were shot by Annie Leibowitz, and Vanity Fair's Jane Serkin reporter is understood to have stayed with the couple for 5 days at their 'retreat' in Telluride, Colorado. One of the most interesting pieces of information which has been leaked from the 22 page spread is that Cruise proposed to Holmes at the Eiffel Tower, by getting down on one knee and reading a two page poem he had written her. Yes, that's right. Two pages of original, Tom-written poetry.

The first shots of the Vanity Fair cover featuring Cruise's first biological child were televised halfway through the CBS evening news. The internet immediately whirred into life. The clip of the news show was immediately uploaded onto YouTube, and chat rooms were inundated with vicious rumours and impartial observations over the baby's hair, age and genetic make up. It is, of course, somewhat ironic that Tom and Katie sought to quell the rumours with the Vanity Fair piece. To think that the couple thought they would end such slanderous gossip by showing them their baby - instead, it had much the opposite effect, fuelling an already highly flammable forest fire of rumour and innuendo.

Katie took the time to tell the magazine how the media were ruining her dream of life as Mrs Cruise. It has been very hard for Katie (now officially referred to in media circles as 'Tom's glassy-eyed wife'), once so excited about her most high-profile role to date, now finding herself holed up with various top-ranking Scientologists intent on 'auditing' her.

Katie complains of the tabloid rumours in the article, saying: "It's really frustrating the amount of shit that's out there. And the stuff they say about Suri?! You shouldn't say that about us, and you can't say that about my child." Holmes explains that the gossip "eats away at me because it's just not O.K.," but that she keeps up on it because "this is my future. This is my family, and I care so much about them. To see how someone as caring and good as Tom is - to see how things can just get so twisted and turned around. I mean, where does it come from?"

Well, colour me ashamed! Someone should sit Katie down and explain to her that were it not for her husband's rather 'erratic behaviour', no one would really think she had given birth to an ancient alien God miraculously born to humans. The source of the bad press is rather nearer to home.

And so to Suri, dubbed Tomkitten by various internet wags. She is, it must be said, a beautiful baby, with the eerie air of a very old spirit. She also bears an uncanny resemblance to Kevin from the Wonder Years. Entering the Hollywood scene with the most talked about hair since the Rachel cut, I for one wish Suri all the good mental health in the world.