Keri Russell Archives

Keri Russell looked stunningly beautiful last night at the Children’s Defense Fund 16th Annual Los Angeles ‘Beat the Odds Awards’ at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Keri, 30, wore a beautiful high-waisted, floaty dress in forest green.

The next film for Keri is Waitress, reportedly scheduled for a January 2007 release. Waitress is about a pregnant girl named Jenna (Russell), who is an unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness. Waitress also stars Nathan Fillion (Firefly) and Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm). More pictures in the gallery!

Chinese media have speculated that flashes of underwear and other "inappropriate" images in the China scenes of Mission Impossible 3 (MI3) might jeopardise the mainland release of Tom Cruise’s latest Hollywood blockbuster. Despite hitting American screens over a week ago, China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), is yet to approve MI3’s mainland distribution, the Beijing News newspaper said on Monday. Underwear hanging out to dry and other images "harmful to China" might be responsible, local papers have suggested. "In the Shanghai scenes, all the roofs and alleys have raggedy clothes hanging from bamboo sticks everywhere," said the Beijing Times.

Oh no!!!!!!!!!  Underwear hanging from bamboo sticks everywhere!!!!!!  Everbody run for your lives!!!!!!!!!!   Mission Impossible 3 stayed atop the box office this weekend with an estimated $24.5 million in weekend ticket sales. Poseidon managed a disappointing $20.3 million. Enjoy this new set of Mission Impossible 3 stills. Above are MI3 co-stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Maggie Q. More pictures in the gallery including Keri Russell, Laurence Fishburne and Ving Rhames.

How do you like Tom Cruise dancing atop Shanghai rooftops?

New York, NY :: Mission: Impossible 3 cast members made an appearance on MTV’s Total Request Live show at the MTV Times Square Studios yesterday afternoon where they were interviewed by MTV VJs Damien Fahey and Susie Castillo. Pictured above L to R :: Keri Russell, Tom Cruise, Laurence Fishburne, Connor Cruise (Tom Cruise’s son), Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Maggie Q, Michelle Monaghan and Ving Rhames (not pictured).  I unfortunately don’t have the M:I3 cast on TRL video, so I have the next best thing.  Keri Russell on The Late Show with David Letterman!

Mission: Impossible III co-star Keri Russell (TV’s Felicity) said she at least partially understood public fascination with [Tom Cruise's] superstar baby. "I don’t know. I think it’s natural to feel like you know people that you see. It’s just like it’s a fairy tale. You’re watching these archetypes. You’re watching them and you’re trying to find connections with your own life, and those are two very accessible people. And I get it. But you got to let them have their kid, do their own thing."

Enjoy these new Keri Russell for Mission Impossible III pictures! The 30-year-old actress also has another film in the works called Waitress co-starring Nathan Fillion and Andy Griffith.  Keri plays Jenna, a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south that meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness. More pictures in the gallery!

Rome, Italy :: Movie star Tom Cruise was in Rome to promote his latest blockbuster on Monday, but his main mission was to rush back home to his bride-to-be Katie Holmes and baby daughter and resume diaper duties. The 43-year-old told a news conference in Rome ahead of the world premiere of "Mission: Impossible III" that he would cut short the European promotional tour, which was also to have taken in Paris where he and Holmes were engaged 10 months ago. "It was everything that we wanted it to be and more," Cruise said of the birth last week of Suri. "It was really very spiritual." The Hollywood A-lister suggested that he wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. "I changed her first," he said. "I change diapers all the time. I have to tell you I love it. We have a whole system worked out. It’s the ‘B and B’ - she does the breast feeding and I do the burping and changing the diapers. It’s teamwork. It’s fun." (continued after the jump, pictures in the gallery!)

Tom Cruise creeps up and very enthusiastically greets
Mission: Impossible 3 co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Holla atcha boy, Jay-Z!  Tom Cruise shouted you out, throwing up
 the trademark Roc-a-fella Records hand sign. TEAM ROCAFELLA!

(continued before the jump) Cruise has two older children that he adopted during his marriage to actress Nicole Kidman — 13-year-old Isabella and 11-year-old Connor. Suri was his first biological child.

Cruise said he would be in Rome for eight hours, allowing him to attend the red carpet before the premiere, but would then fly back to the United States.

He was joined at the briefing by other stars from the film, including Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman who plays the arch-villain, a black-market arms dealer.

 Mission: Impossible III is an adrenaline-packed two hours of death-dodging that sees the action star leaping from Shanghai skyscrapers and breaking into Vatican City.

Part of the film was shot in Rome, but the eternal city also has personal history for Cruise.

Rome was the city where Cruise and Holmes, known in tabloid shorthand as "TomKat," first made their romance public in late April 2005, smiling for photographers during the David di Donatello awards.

The following month, the twice-divorced Cruise made a manic, couch-hopping profession of love for Holmes on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The couple got engaged in Paris in June.

His whirlwind romance and public discussions of his belief in Scientology, the church founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, have also made Cruise the butt of countless jokes. — Reuters

Rome, Italy :: Tom Cruise, 43, certainly has an affinity for climbling on top of things.   Tom climbs atop his car and stands on the roof top during the world premiere of Mission Impossible III held in the Eternal City, where many of the MI3 scenes were shot.  Many more pictures in the gallery!

Tom Cruise collects a stuffed animal bear as a souvenir for baby Suri.

Rome, Italy :: The cast of of Mission: Impossible III — (left to right) Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Monaghan, director JJ Abrams, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Phillip Seymor Hoffman — pose for a group photo in front of the Coliseum during the world premiere of M:I3 this morning at the Palazzo Colonna.  They all attended a photo call and press conference later on in the day.  Mission: Impossible III opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 5.  More pictures in the gallery!

The hotties of Mission: Impossible 3 to heat up the big screen –
Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Maggie Q.

New York, NY :: 29-year-old actress Keri Russell, looking fantastic in a black trenchcoat and scarf, continued to film scenes for Kirsten Sheridan’s August Rush this past Monday in Washington Square Park. The story of August Rush revolves around charismatic young Irish guitarist Louis Rush (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and sheltered young cellist Lyla Rush (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above in New York’s Washington Square Park, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush (Freddie Highmore), orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger  / mentor / wizard (Robin Williams), August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.  More pictures in the gallery!