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   Has Marc Anthony started smacking J-Lo upside her head? I heard that he   
   has a history of beating women.   
      
   PUSSSYKATT@aol.com wrote:   
   > By Karen Thomas, USA TODAY   
   > Movies. Dinner. Shopping. Holiday parties.   
   >   
   > Hollywood's new circle of socializing couples is painting the town red.   
   > The elite clique: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes; Jim Carrey and Jenny   
   > McCarthy; Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony; and Victoria and David   
   > Beckham.   
   >   
   > On Sunday, Carrey and McCarthy hosted a holiday party for friends and   
   > family, including Carrey's daughter, Jane, 19, and McCarthy's son,   
   > Evan, 4. Holmes and Cruise were there.   
   >   
   > The event was the second high-profile get-together for the famous   
   > couples. The first was Nov. 18, when Carrey and McCarthy attended the   
   > TomKat wedding outside Rome.   
   >   
   > The A-list wedding guests had celebrity watchers scratching their   
   > heads; Holmes and Cruise hadn't been known to be friends or colleagues   
   > with many of them.   
   >   
   > Holmes started stepping out with guest and former Spice Girl Beckham   
   > just weeks before the nuptials. (David Beckham's contract with Real   
   > Madrid required him to be at a soccer match that day.) Since the   
   > wedding, Holmes and Cruise have been on several social outings with   
   > Victoria Beckham and wedding guests Lopez and Anthony.   
   >   
   > "Power attracts power," says Janice Min, editor of Us Weekly. "Whether   
   > or not it was genuine before the wedding, it seems to have developed   
   > into something real."   
   >   
   > Boston-based image consultant Evangelia Souris suggests the new clique   
   > is a move to improve Cruise's image. "His old circle was strongly   
   > affiliated with Scientology, and he doesn't need the public to define   
   > him in just that circle," Souris says.   
   >   
   > The stars' reps say they're all just good friends. Cruise's fellow   
   > Scientologist Leah Remini introduced TomKat to her pals Lopez and   
   > Anthony shortly before the wedding, and Carrey and Cruise have been   
   > socializing on and off at backyard barbeques for several years.   
   >   
   > And the Beckhams? Cruise befriended David years ago, Min says. "But   
   > it's clearly driven now by Katie and Victoria, who are both in very   
   > similar places in their lives."   
   > * * *   
   > A look at one Hollywood clique's social calendar:   
   > By Karen Thomas, USA TODAY   
   > Friends of TomKat (newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes) have been   
   > plenty busy the past few months.   
   >   
   > Oct. 6: Victoria Beckham and Holmes attend several Paris fashion shows   
   > together.   
   >   
   > Nov. 18: Carrey, McCarthy, Lopez, Anthony and Victoria Beckham attend   
   > Cruise and Holmes' wedding in Bracciano, Italy. David Beckham is there   
   > in the days leading up to the wedding   
   >   
   > Dec. 6: Cruise, Holmes, Lopez, Anthony and Victoria Beckham dine   
   > together at Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills steakhouse, Cut.   
   >   
   > Dec. 7: Anthony, Lopez, Cruise and Holmes attend the Hollywood premiere   
   > of The Pursuit of Happyness, starring another Cruise pal, Will Smith.   
   >   
   > Dec. 9: Lopez and Anthony attend TomKat's second wedding reception at   
   > producer pal Paula Wagner's Beverly Hills home.   
   >   
   > Dec. 17: Cruise and Holmes attend a holiday party hosted by Carrey and   
   > McCarthy on the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles. The event   
   > collected more than 1,000 toys and sporting goods for the L.A. Fire   
   > Department's annual toy drive for needy children in Southern   
   > California. Cruise's daughter Bella, 13 and his son, Connor, 11, were   
   > there, but baby Suri, 8 months, stayed home. Brooke Shields and Chris   
   > Henchy brought daughters Rowan, 3, and Grier, 8 months. Director Ron   
   > Howard was there with his whole family. Among the attractions: an   
   > Olympic-sized skating rink, reindeer, penguins and snow.   
   >   
      
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