French Law Prohibits Creepy in Nightclubs, Tomkat Denied

In America there is a well-defined celebrity hierarchy. Your Kristin Cavallaris and your Kim Kardashians can get into clubs when there's room in the VIP section, but once a Lindsay or a Britney or a Paris arrives it's back to the Gap-clad masses with those other girls. But they do things a bit differently in France. Nothing short of the reanimated corpse of Maurice Chevalier will get a Frenchy to push aside a paying customer. Not even Tom and Katie. Our own personal bouncer, FemaleFirst, reports:

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were left red-faced after being refused entry to a St. Tropez nightclub on Friday (03.08.07).

The Hollywood couple were turned away from the Byblos Hotel's Caves Du Roi club after being told there was no room for them in the VIP area, where other stars including P. Diddy were already partying.

Club bouncers refused to let Tom and Katie into the club when they arrived at 11pm, despite pleas from the pair's security, who reportedly said: "Are you serious? It's Tom Cruise."

A club source explained: "The VIP area was full and the management weren't willing to move the guests already there to make room for Tom.

"It wouldn't have been fair – they'd spent a fortune."

A hotel spokeswoman confirmed they turned the pair away, adding: "It would have been dangerous to allow any more people in – no matter who they were."

Tom and Katie are said to have stormed off, making their way to the VIP Room club where owner Jean Roch immediately gave them their own table.

We might harbor a general disdain for Tom and his Scientological fervor in the States, but we've got nothing on Europe. Germany likes its thetans just fine, thanks, and won't let Tommy spread his e-meters on their soil, and France has seen what happens when the Cruises hear a bumpin' Will Smith song on the dance floor.