We all know what Tom Cruise must see in Katie Holmes. She's young, she's cute, she's a good and improving actress; everything he was looking for when he married Nicole Kidman...twelve years ago. Tom may never want to grow up, but at least the perks of dating him are good, or so says the New York Post. Katie may already be getting a little insider casting through her cradle-robbing Cruise.

It looks like Holmes may be up for a role in Mission: Impossible 3. And why not? Ever since J. J. Abrams took over the helm the potential cast list has read more like Charlie's Angels 3. Names like Lindsey Lohan, Scarlett Johansson and Keri Russell have been flying around movie news sites like beads at Mardi Gras. Frankly, I think its just an excuse for the lonely editors of those sites to post suggestive pictures of the ladies in question. For shame.

All this talk is just that...talk. The source for this latest tidbit is "insiders" at the ever reliable New York Post, but internet sites have been all over it like Tom on Katie. I guess we here at CB are no better. Until we get the official word it's just speculation. On that note, Abrams had better get on the ball with this one. Cast members like Carrie-Anne Moss and Johansson have been dropping out due to the delayed shooting schedule. If Tom and Katie go sour and she hasn't signed on M:I-3's dotted line, you can bet it's likely she'll be dropping her part in the movie as well.

UPDATE: Apparently Michelle Monaghan of Bourne Supremacy non-fame and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, teenybopper hearthrob from Bend It Like Beckham have also been cast. No word yet on when the entire cast of "The O.C." will also be added to the list.