Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have made it no secret that they want more children in addition to daughter Suri ó and no one is rooting for a new Cruise baby more than Tomís ex, Nicole Kidman!

In the December issue of Glamour, the star of the upcoming Australia explains that Connor, her teenage son with Tom, is still hoping for a brother. ì[He] would like one of us to have a boy,î she confesses. ìHe wants that boy. Katie?î

The idea that Nicole is throwing down a challenge to Katie, her successor in the role of Mrs. Tom Cruise, may seem odd to some. But since the actress married country superstar Keith Urban she and Tom have become increasingly civil, almost friendly ó especially when it comes to their adopted children, Bella and Connor.

The two couples exchange Christmas gifts, and Katie personally selected $2,000 worth of baby goodies from Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills to send to Nicole shortly before the July 7 birth of Sunday Rose, her daughter with Keith. As OK! exclusively reported at the time, Bella and Connor flew to Nashville to meet their new half sister just days later.

ìAt 41, Nicole knows sheís not likely to have another baby,î a friend of the actress tells OK!. ìItís obviously up to the much younger Katie to give Connor that baby brother.î

And the Cruises are more than ready to welcome a new child into their lives.

ìKatie and Tom very much want another baby,î a friend of the couple tells OK!. ìThere may be no better time than now for Katie to get pregnant again and absolutely nothing would make Tom happier."

When Connor sat his adoptive mom and his stepmom down to present his request that one of their wombs be filled with a teeny little baby penis, Nicole screamed, "No, I can't! I can't take another nine months without Botox! I won't do it! You do it, Katie, it's your turn. Tom's paying you way more than he paid me anyway. It's your duty."


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And you know what else? You can also see Nicole Kidman nude there.

According to our sources, Katie, who was offered a role on Broadway, is trying to break away from her controlled life under the watchful eyes of her husband and move to Manhattan in what will be a sort of trial separation.

"She desperately needs to be on her own for a while, but there's no way Tom Cruise is going to let her take Suri away," an insider tells Star. "There's no way he'll allow it. He just doesn't want Katie ó or Suri ó out of his sight for long. He told her that if she goes to New York, fine, but he goes with her."

Tom's just jealous. Because he would love to go away to New York. Just go and . . . romp . . . and play . . . and just . . . do that. There are times he'd like to do that. But he can't because . . . he knows. He knows.

Katie gets NAKED at MrSkin.com.

ï Even when you take away her hand-held communication devices and remove her from the vicinity of assistants, Naomi Campbell will come out swinging and hissing and–yes–spitting. (Yeeeah!)

ï Brandon Davis, alias "Greasy Bear", aka "Fat Elvis", is no longer anti-Firecrotch. He's decided he hates black people and gays way more. (TMZ)

ï Angelina Jolie at a nubile sixteen! Before the blood, the Brad, the Billy Bob, the babies there was . . . really unflattering 1990s bathing suits with curious sheer cut-outs? (Egotastic)

ï Mena Suvari's crapper is delectable in a thong. Do we mean "butt" or "toilet"? Click here to find out the shocking answer! (Drunken Stepfather)

ï Anne Hathaway's boyfriend was arrested for bouncing a $250,000 check. Aw, that could happen to anyone. Oh, wait, we though that said "$2.50 check". (Celeb Warship)

ï Who wears assless shorts? Gisele Bundchen wears assless shorts. (I Don't Like You In That Way)

ï I got fingered by Megan Fox (and it felt like a kiss). (Hollywood Tuna)

ï Lucky Kristen Bell gets to pose on the cover of Cosmopolitan next to the blurb "When Your Boobs Act Weird". (Daily Stab)

ï Jerry Seinfeld flipped his car. He's OK though, so we can all have a hearty guffaw or whatever. (Holy Taco)

ï Cameron Diaz is looking very Amazonian in GQ. (Bitten and Bound)

ï Tom Cruise takes Suri to the playground. Not to play, though. To have a series discussion about SPs and OC Clears. (A Socialite's Life)

Everyone knows that Suri Cruise, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmesí adorable little daughter, leads a charmed existence but her upbringing as a Scientologist remains largely a mystery. How does the religion started by L. Ron Hubbard influence Suriís life on a daily basis?

Us Weekly has learned that while Suri — who as a baby was breastfed and nursed on a mixture of barley water, milk and corn syrup which Hubbard advocated as being healthier than formula and breast milk — is too young to take classes at the Scientology Centre, the 18-month-old is constantly surrounded by believers, including her two nannies.

ìTom doesnít like associating with people who arenít Scientologists,î says an insider.

Additionally, Holmes, 29, and Cruise, 45, have a hard time saying no to Suri. But itís not simply because theyíre pushovers.

ìItís all about being positive and supportive,î says the coupleís friend (Hubbard advised parents to ìtry to be the childís friend.î) As for discipline, one former church member tells Us that Scientologists do not scold their children, but instead explain that bad behavior (like throwing a toy) is the ìwrong action.î (A Scientology rep tells Us, ìHow a parent disciplines their child is left up to the parent.î)

Cruise and Holmes, says their pal, are very lenient and do not like to give Suri too many rules: ìSuri pretty much does whatever she wants, whenever she wants. If she fusses before bed, they let her stay up later. If they want her to go swimming and she cries, theyíll take her out. If she whines about food, theyíll ask her what else she wants to eat. They always want to please her.î

So Suri's growing up wearing $500 Chanel diapers, drinking the infant version of Red Bull, and never hearing the word no. We're just going to start calling her Veruca Salt right now in preparation.

How's it flying, homeslice? It's me, your ultimate frenemy, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt!

Well, it's been a while since I've reached out to you, Suri Cruise. We're from two different worlds, you and me. You, with your e-meters, maniacally grinning midget sirer, and embarrassingly excessive designer wardrobe, and me with my saintly forebears, world travels, and infant philanthropy. But today I was perusing Life & Style and I damn near choked on my organic, locally-grown strained vegetables when I read that you, Suri NoMiddleName Cruise, were offered a "lucrative" modeling contract for Baby Gap. Oh, Suri. Poor, misguided, sad little Suri. For someone a full one month and eight days older than me, you're so unwise. Modeling is work for the untalented, the masses, the sad little tiny people hoping and praying that one day, a lesser Weinstein will see their face in a Kraft ad and catapult them into the Hollywood fast track via some sweet extra work. Me, I bypassed all that bullshit and went straight to the big fuckin' time–I've already had my first role in an F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation and I have my own profile at IMDb. I should have my SAG card before I see my second birthday and I'll be working with Lars Von Trier before my third. Hopefully by then you'll have hit the big time and be donning Toughskins for the Sears insert in the Sunday paper. Boo-yah, bitch.

See you in hell,

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt