Katie Holmes stepped out to run errands in LA this morning. Both she and Tom Cruise skipped out on all of last weekend's Oscars festivities, but he did manage to sneak out for one preparty honoring the work of Irish people in film. Katie was in another flowy dress today, sticking with the voluminous style she's recently been all about. It's not doing much to diminish the rumors that she's expecting, but you guys aren't convinced she is just yet.

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Okay, I’ve waited long enough for Star Magazine to put this week’s cover story online, and they still won’t give it me, so I’m just going to make up my own story to go with what I think (hope) the cover story is. It seems to be all about those rumors that Katie was/is undergoing “intense auditing” by the Church of Scientology in preparation for her second pregnancy. Star even chose a photo of Katie looking a bit pregnant, although that’s not hard to do. She’s been “looking pregnant” off and on for a year. I’m starting to think she’s just a really bloaty girl with bad posture.

Anyway, Star gives us some clues about the story on the over. Katie is apparently going to be getting pregnant for the second time “against her will”. Which, in my mind, means “rape.” Which shouldn’t be splashed around tabloid covers just for the sheer tabloid trash of it all, even if it is “raped psychologically by Xenu.” Star’s headlines continue: Katie’s “prenatal Scientology sessions” and “agonizing detox” and “Tom tightens the leash”. All of this sounds really scary, right? And like it could be true.

You know what this reminds me of? Rosemary’s Baby. I’ve been thinking about that film for days now, ever since it was included in the Horror montage at the Oscars. I saw it first when I was in college, and it freaked my sh-t out. I came into the film knowing basically what it was about, but the first part - which is just like a hippie-dippy 1970s relationship movie lulled me into a fake comfort, and then, BAM! SPOILER: She gets raped by the devil. Cue terror. Do you think this has ever occurred to Katie? Like, she’s just sitting around and all of a sudden she’s like, “Holy crap, I’m being psychologically raped by Xenu, and it’s like Rosemary’s Baby for the 21st century!”

Anyway, there are some new photos of Katie shopping where she looks a little pregnant (once again, she often looks like that). We don’t have access to them, but you can see them at X17. Here are a couple more where Katie looks weird:

Eh, she doesn’t look that bad here. But notice how she’s trying to keep her purse in front of her stomach.

I call this photo, “Mommy, what the f-ck is up with your peep-toe boots?”

Still of ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ courtesy of Google Images. Cover courtesy of CoverAwards.

Tom Cruise drove his motorcycle to LA's Wilshire Ebell Theatre last night to join JJ Abrams for the fifth annual "Oscar Wilde: Honoring the Irish In Film" event. The ceremony was scheduled for just before Oscars weekend starts - make sure to fill out Buzz's ballot with your winner predictions! Earlier in the day, Katie spent her afternoon out shopping with Suri. Tiny dancer Suri wore a tutu but no shoes as they hopped back into their car and headed off for a doctor's appointment. Their outing, plus Katie's bunchy dress, won't do much to quiet rumors of another pregnancy, though you guys think their family's perfect as it is already.

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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have always said they want more children, and some people are thinking they might be getting ready to give Isabella, Connor, and Suri a younger brother or sister. Katie has apparently been logging many hours at the Scientology Center in LA, which is where she spent time spiritually preparing for her pregnancy with Suri a few years ago. Now that Suri's a little older, it just might be the right time for the Cruises to welcome another baby. So, tell us what you think - would you be excited if Katie Holmes was pregnant again?

I was just thinking last week that it’s been a while since we heard anything good or juicy about The Bride of Xenu, Katie Holmes. Despite the fact that Katie spent much of 2009 looking bloated enough that we ran several “Is Katie pregnant?” stories, she’s been keeping a low profile in 2010. I should note, however, that despite the faux-pregnancy bloat, Katie also spend a lot of time last year finding her own stuff to do, separately from Xenu. She went to Australia and filmed a movie, spending significant time away from Tom. She also filmed a movie in New York, also spending time away from Tom.

Still, Tom and Katie seemed to weather the tabloid storm claiming that they were done, and now we’re getting a little taste of some vintage Xenu gossip. It seems Katie might have been largely absent from the gossip world for the past two months because she’s been undergoing rigorous auditing at the LA Scientology center. X17’s sources have her there for hours and hours at a time, while Page Six’s sources claim that “This is exactly what happened just before she got pregnant with Suri… It is almost as if she is being prepared for it.”

Katie Holmes has been undergoing intense Scientology “auditing” — sparking rumors that she’s “being prepared” for her second baby with high-priest husband Tom Cruise. After promoting the Kevin Kline movie “The Extra Man,” and the dramedy “The Romantics,” at Sundance, Holmes is back to spending hours at the Hollywood Scientology Center.

Last week, she spent more than four hours there. A source told Page Six, “This is exactly what happened just before she got pregnant with Suri. Tom has made no secret of the fact that he would like another baby. It is almost as if she is being prepared for it.”

Scientologists believe the “health and the sanity of the child begin long before birth,” according to a church-run Web site, which campaigns for silent birth. A rep for Holmes didn’t return e-mails.

[From Page Six]

My father thinks Scientology is hysterical, and whenever he sees Nicole Kidman, he makes a crack about how she couldn’t handle being audited by two tin cans and a string. Chuckle. Honestly, though, the more I hear about CoS’s “auditing” the more I fear for Katie. Auditing can get hardcore, like psychological torture. Which begs the question… if Katie is spending all of this time at the CoS center, preparing to get pregnant again, why? Why does she need to be “prepared”? Is this a Rosemary’s Baby situation?

Katie Holmes in New York on February 9, 2010. Credit: WENN.