Nibbly Things: Stepford Katie

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Has Katie Holmes turned into a 'Stepford' fiance? During an interview for Parade, reporter Dotson Rader writes, "Holmes seemed dazed, passive and vacant. She never stopped smiling." Holmes continued smiling through the interview as Tom Cruise described how his father beat him, and as Cruise was "hooting how beautiful she was, touching and kissing her like a teenage boy on his first backseat date, aware that he was being watched." I hear that taking too many vitamins make people do strange things. [Page Six]
A judge has awarded Cameron Diaz damages in a civil lawsuit filed against a photographer who took topless photos of the actress when she was 19 and later tried to sell them back to her for $3.5 million. For now we are safe from Cameron Diaz's tits. [AP]
Will Katie Couric's hairstyles change as often as they did now that she's going to be a big news anchor? [TMZ]
How did Star Jones afford Chanel suits when she was just starting out in her career? She didn't. The suits were from the Dress Barn and Lane Bryant, and then she would go down to Canal St. and buy the little Chanel buttons and sew them on. Now you know. [Lowdown]
Things are looking good for a Gwen Sefani and Jane Pratt magazine collaboration. [SuicideGirls]
Matt LeBlanc left his wife for his Joey co-star Andrea Anders. There are so many things in that last sentence I'd never thought I'd write. [The Awful Truth]
The lovable Lohan's are actually misquoted (this one's for real) in a magazine. So for the record, Dina Lohan and her children have not visited daddy in prison. [Page Six]
With a reported salary of $15 million a year, Katie Couric far outpaces her CBS predecessor Dan Rather, not to mention her soon-to-be ex-colleague NBC anchorman Brian Williams or the late Peter Jennings of ABC. Is Katie worth $15 million a year. No. [Daily Dish]
Barbara Walters denies the London Times' claim that she tap-danced as a child as Babs Elliot. "It's an urban legend," the newscaster told Webster Hall's Baird Jones. Everyone knows that Barbara only knows how to perform interpretive dance. [Rush & Molloy]