Before Katie Holmes (but after wives Nicole Kidman and Mimi Rogers, not to mention a romance with his Vanilla Sky co-star Penelope Cruz), Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology reportedly interviewed actress Nazanin Boniadi to be his new ladylove.

In the October issue of Vanity Fair, reporter Maureen Orth claims that in 2004, Shelly Miscavige, wife of Scientology chief David Miscavige, was trying to set Cruise up with actresses who were already Scientology members. The young starlets were told they were auditioning for a new movie and then asked several questions including, "What do you think of Tom Cruise?"

Orth claims Boniadi dated Cruise from November 2004 until January 2005. "In a month-long preparation in October 2004, she was audited every day, a process in which she told a high-ranking Scientology official her innermost secrets and every detail of her sex life," Orth writes. "Boniadi allegedly was told to lose her braces, her red highlights, and her boyfriend." One source says Boniadi signed a confidentiality agreement, yet Scientology representatives deny any audition process took place.

Boniadi, 32, first met Cruise, 50, in New York City in November of 2004, and according to Orth, "That's when she first sensed that this was possibly going to be an arranged marriage." So what did they do on their first date? "The two spent that first night together but, according to several sources, they did not have sex," Orth writes.

Boniadi eventually moved into Cruise's home and they shared a bedroom, and she was also given a credit card issued in the name of his production company. However, in late January, Boniadi was asked to move out of Cruises's home and into Scientology's Celebrity Centre. She was then told that Cruise "wants someone with her own power -- like Nicole." When Boniadi asked why the A-list actor would not break up with her in person, she was told he "was not to be disturbed."

Boniadi was later sent to a Scientology center in Florida, where she reportedly spilled the beans to a friend about her relationship with Cruise. According to Orth, the pal reported Boniadi, and she was punished for violating her confidentiality agreement by being assigned to scrub toilets with a toothbrush, clean bathroom tiles with acid and dig ditches in the middle of the night. A Scientology spokesperson denied Orth's source's claim, telling Vanity Fair, "The Church does not punish people, especially in [that] manner."

Hmm, do you believe any of this?

But she will give Shauna Sand a run for her money when it comes to sky high lucite heels and scandalicious outfits!

18-year-old Courtney Stodden and her 52-year-old hubby, Doug Hutchison, lunched at Cecconi's in West Hollywood on Sunday, and the now legal teen bride gave photographers (and the valet guys!) an eyeful in her super short denim skirt and a midriff-baring top.

When asked if she will do porn now that Playboy has reportedly passed on doing a spread with her, Stodden told our X17 videographer, "I'm not doing porn. No porn. With Playboy we're in talks with a certain source from Playboy, so I can't really say too much about that. But no porn!"

And there you have it! Can't wait to hear more about her possible Playboy pictorial...

We love the color coordination!

Hilary Duff grabbed some grub at Which Wich sandwich shop in Los Angeles on Sunday, and afterwards she ran errands with baby Luca near their Toluca Lake home. The 24-year-old starlet seemed to be in a pretty good mood, but once she got behind the wheel it sounds like she had a minor case of road rage!

Hil tweeted, "Dear student driver in front of me... You can ALSO get a ticket for driving UNDER the speed limit!" Wonder if she gave them a friendly honk?

Miley and Liam are back on the Left Coast!

After visiting her fiance in Philadelphia on the set of his upcoming film Paranoia, the soon-to-be Mrs. Hemsworth is back in LA, showing off her new cropped 'do for the first time.

Meanwhile, Liam's career is going full-force, as the trailer for his new film Love & Honor was released yesterday. Hemsworth plays Mickey Wright, a soldier in Vietnam who decides to go AWOL and return to the US to help his army friend reunite with his girlfriend. But the real key to the script is Liam going shirtless. Check it out ...

So did she, or didn't she?

After Seal gave an impromptu on-camera interview to TMZ at LAX airport, where he blasted ex-wife Heidi Klum for cheating on him with her bodyguard and rumored new boyfriend Martin Kristen, the "Kiss From A Rose" singer is back pedaling and has since denied his accusations.

When asked how he felt about the Project Runway host's new relationship, the British pop star revealed, "I would have preferred Heidi show a little bit more class and at least wait before we were separated first before deciding to fornicate with the help, as it were. But I guess you now all have the answer that you've been looking for for the past seven months."

Coincidentally, the couple split in January, so it sure sounds like he was citing her rumored infidelity as the cause of the split. Following Seal's candid tell-all, Klum's rep was quick to shoot down the claims.

"It is sad that Seal has to resort to this kind of behavior and spread these untruths about the mother of his children," her rep said in a statement on the model's behalf.

The following day, Seal's rep went into damage control, insisting that his remarks were misconstrued. "Seal would like to clarify that he was not implying his wife was cheating while they were together, but he was merely pointing out that their separation and divorce were not final and they are still legally married," the rep explained.

We don't know what to believe anymore!

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P. Diddy celebrated the holiday weekend with a "Sexiest Party in the City" bash at Chateau Nightclub & Gardens at the Paris Las Vegas. And who decided to show up? Sexy star Chris Brown, of course!

While Diddy was busy promoting his new movie Lawless and pouring lots of Ciroc, Chris joined the original bad boy at his booth and the two "spent most of the evening talking closely and joking around with each other," according to a source inside the club.

Diddy also took time to pay tribute to his former manager, Chris Lightly, who died Aug. 30: "We don’t do moments of silence; we do three seconds of noise." And the crowd went wild.

The premiere of the all-star season of Dancing With the Stars is still three weeks away but rehearsals began Saturday to give the alumni plenty of time to brush up on their moves.

Kirstie Alley Tweeted yesterday of practice with her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy: "I feel like my first day of school…ugh…butterflies and nausea.” And: “Dancing is an emotional thing…today my emotion was happy and freaked out my mind…there’s always tomorrow!!! Rise to the challenge!!!"

And though Maks is often criticized for being too tough on his dance partners, he was gracious in Tweeting back at Kirstie yesterday: "So happy I got my friend back for DWTS All Stars. Kirstie Alley was AMAZING today! Let the games begin!!!"

This popular pair will square off against these other couples from seasons past:

- Pamela Anderson and Tristan MacManus
- Sabrina Bryan and Louis Van Amstel
- Helio Catroneves and Chelsie Hightower
- Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson
- Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough
- Drew Lachey and Anna Trebunskaya
- Giles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd
- Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy
- Apolo Ohno and Karina Smirnoff
- Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas
- Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani
- Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke

Who will YOU be rooting for?

It's always good to have grandma around!

Kris Jenner held on tight to her grandson Mason during a morning shopping trip in Malibu with her daughter Kourtney and baby granddaughter Penelope (in the stroller).

Kourt hit the Country Mart with her mom ... and a corp of paparazzi, of course!

Photographers swarmed the mother-daughter duo as they made their way from Kitson Kids to Toy Crazy, making purchases only for little Mason and baby Pene!

The two-year-old his baby sister, now almost two months old, live the high-life just like the rest of his reality-show family. Who knows, maybe one day they'll be hopping in private helicopters just like their Aunt Kim!