Font ResizeSix-year-old Suri Cruise will not be attending a Catholic school after all. Life & Style magazine now reports that the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will start first grade this fall at the brand-new Avenues in New York City -- with a whopping $40,000-a-year tuition.
The 215,000-square-foot school is set to open in the Chelsea neighborhood this fall. It features a rooftop playground and fitness center, making it ideal for celebrity children who are often hounded by paparazzi. The school also will open campus worldwide with the possibility for study abroad in places such as Beijing, Mumbai and Sao Paulo.
Reports earlier this year had Suri headed to Convent of the Sacred Heart School in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Avenues seems a better fit as its only a block from Suri's apartment with Holmes.
Rare disease for O'Donnell's fiancee: Rosie O'Donnell revealed Friday that her fiancee is battling a rare disease.
The comedian announced on her blog that fiancee Michelle Rounds has been diagnosed with desmoid tumors, which O'Donnell called a "strong and sneaky non-cancer that acts cancerous." The disease, which attacks tissue and even bones, affects three out of every million people.
Rounds is recovering from surgery she had in June, O'Donnell said, adding that the couple will postpone their wedding, which was scheduled for summer 2013.
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Former 'Bachelorette' arrested: Former "Bachelorette" contestant Kasey Kahl was arrested Friday on felony charges for allegedly attacking two people earlier this year while under the influence of a paint thinner.
The incident reportedly occurred at a Fresno nightclub on Jan. 15. Legal documents obtained by TMZ say Kahl was drunk and high on toluene, an inhalant associated with paint thinner, when he attacked Richard Cheney and Cheney's girlfriend outside Club Habano.
Kahl faced two counts of felony assault, one count of battery with serious bodily injury and one count of public intoxication. If convicted on all four charges, he could spend up to eight years in prison.
Kahl's reps said the reality TV star is innocent.
Oscars want Jimmy Fallon?: The Oscars is courting comedian Jimmy Fallon to host the 2012 awards ceremony and "Saturday Night Live" veteran Lorne Michaels to serve as producer, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
Sources say Tom Sherak got the ball rolling on discussions with both Fallon and Michaels before exiting his post as Motion Picture Academy president earlier this week. An academy spokeswoman denied that talks have begun with either.
The denial seems surprising considering the Oscars desperately needs a host with comedic chops, especially after the debacle two years ago when a very unfunny James Franco teamed up with actress Anne Hathaway. The last telecast fared somewhat better when Billy Crystal was brought back as host, although some say the Oscars have to find a way to attract younger viewers.
Fallon is a great choice as a popular late-night funnyman. Problem is, ABC is on tap to host the Oscars and Disney chief executive Bob Iger -- whose company owns ABC -- doesn't want to spotlight the rival of its own network late-night star Jimmy Kimmel.
Why not tap Kimmel to do the Oscars then? Well, he's slated to host the Emmys and apparently double duty is frowned upon in the award ceremony business.
But ABC's ruffled feathers won't necessarily keep Fallon from the Oscar gig, because the academy doesn't need network approval in picking the host. Fallon also is a safe bet because he pulled off emceeing the 2010 Emmys without getting blistered by television critics.
Wow, this is starting to play out like a soap opera.
Hawk Koch, who replaced Sherak as academy president, said in a Wednesday interview that finding a producer and restoring comedy to the Oscars is top priority.
Stevie Wonder divorcing: Music legend Stevie Wonder has filed for divorce.
Wonder had divorce papers signed, sealed, delivered to his estranged wife Kai Millard Morris, to whom he has been separated since October 2009.
Apparently, she isn't as lovely as she once was. She is no longer the sunshine of his life. Maybe things would have worked out if he called to say he loved her more.
OK, that's enough playing off the lyrics -- let's get down the serious stuff. Wonder, who filed under his legal name of Stevland Morris, cited irreconcilable differences. He has asked for joint custody of the couple's sons, ages 10 and 7, and has agreed to pay spousal and child support.
Who's a tramp-ire?: Kristen Stewart endured the latest consequence of her cheating scandal Thursday night: She was the butt of Will Ferrell's jokes.
Appearing on "Conan," Ferrell feigned distress over the news that Stewart and "Twilight" co-star boyfriend Robert Pattinson had broken up in the wake of Stewart's fling with married "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders.
"What they had was so special," Ferrell deadpanned, complete with hitched voice, mock tears and indignation. "You don't even know what they had. They were in love, and she just threw it all away."
The comedian milked his bit for all it was worth. (OK, really at almost two minutes, he stretched it a little far, but when stars of very big franchises such as "Twilight" make very big mistakes that require very big apologies, we should expect very big comedic sketches at their expense.)
"I don't know if there was anything I could have done to prevent it," Ferrell continued "And I don't know what it means to the 'Twilight' franchise. I just don't know."
And in case there is any doubt, Ferrell places all that blame squarely on Stewart. "She is a tramp-ire. That's what she is."
Maybe Ferrell is on to something here. We smell another possible sequel brewing for the "Twilight" franchise, which is supposed to end with "Breaking Dawn: Part 2" in November -- Kristen Stewart as Bella, the vampire turned tramp-ire. Very dramatic stuff.
Today in History
Today is Saturday, Aug. 4, the 217th day of 2012. There are 149 days left in the year.
1735: A jury found John Peter Zenger of the New York Weekly Journal not guilty of committing seditious libel against the colonial governor of New York, William Cosby.
1790: The Coast Guard had its beginnings as the Revenue Cutter Service.
1830: Plans for the city of Chicago were laid out.
1892: Andrew and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, Mass. Lizzie Borden, Andrew's daughter from a previous marriage, was accused of the killings, but acquitted at trial.
1914: Britain declared war on Germany while the United States proclaimed its neutrality.
1916: The United States reached agreement with Denmark to purchase the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million.
1936: Jesse Owens of the U.S. won the second of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he prevailed in the long jump over German Luz Long, who was the first to congratulate him.
1944: 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was arrested with her sister, parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. (Anne died the following year at Bergen-Belsen.)
1964: The bodies of missing civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found buried in an earthen dam in Mississippi.
1972: Arthur Bremer was convicted and sentenced in Upper Marlboro, Md., to 63 years in prison for his attempt on the life of Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace (the sentence was later reduced to 53 years; Bremer was released from prison in 2007).
1977: President Jimmy Carter signed a measure establishing the Department of Energy.
1987: The Federal Communications Commission voted to abolish the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and television stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.
1991: The Greek luxury liner Oceanos sank in heavy seas off South Africa's southeast coast; all 402 passengers and 179 crew members survived.
2002: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew up a bus in northern Israel during rush hour, killing himself and nine passengers. Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada won the presidency of Bolivia for a second time.
2007: President George W. Bush toured the site of a collapsed highway bridge in Minneapolis, pledging to cut red tape that could delay rebuilding. Three students, Iofemi Hightower, Terrance Aeriel and Dashon Harvey, were shot to death execution-style in a Newark, N.J., schoolyard. (Five defendants have since been sentenced to prison; a sixth is awaiting trial.) Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's 755 career home runs as his San Francisco Giants lost 3-2 to the San Diego Padres. Alex Rodriguez became at age 32 the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 home runs with a first-inning homer in a 16-8 Yankees victory over Kansas City.
2011: A Texas jury convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs of child sexual assault in a case stemming from two young followers he'd taken as brides in what his church called "spiritual marriages." (Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison.)
Today's Birthdays
Journalist Helen Thomas (92), singer Frankie Ford (73), actress-singer Tina Cole (69), actor-comedian Richard Belzer (68), Football Hall-of-Famer John Riggins (63), former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (57), actor-screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton (57), actress Kym Karath (54), track star Mary Decker Slaney (54), actress Lauren Tom (53), President Barack Obama (51), TV producer Michael Gelman (51), retired MLB All-Star pitcher Roger Clemens (50), actress Crystal Chappell (47), author Dennis Lehane (47), rock musician Rob Cieka (44), actor Daniel Dae Kim (44), actor Michael DeLuise (43), actor Ron Lester (42), race car driver Jeff Gordon (41), rapper-actress Yo-Yo (41), country singer Jon Nicholson (39), rhythm-and-blues singer-actor Marques Houston (31), actress Meghan Markle (31), actress Greta Gerwig (29), country singer Crystal Bowersox (27), rock singer Tom Parker (24), actors Cole and Dylan Sprouse (20) and singer Jessica Sanchez (17).
