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!

Director J.J. Abrams recast Scarlett Johansson and Carrie-Anne Moss back in May 2005, opting for his Felicity leading lady Keri Russell.  Here are some awesomely fantastic production stills and candids of actress Keri Russell,  29, filming scenes from the highly anticipated Mission: Impossible III opening nationwide in theaters May 5th, 2006.  More pictures in the gallery! Anybody looking forward to Kanye West writing the theme song for Mission Impossible 3?
 

Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt), Maggie Q and Ving Rhames (Luther
Stickell) aid struggling Keri Russell in Mission: Impossible 3.

Actors Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, 28, and Keri Russell, 29, filmed scenes for Kirsten Sheridan’s August Rush (Release date :: Late 2006) late last week in Washington Square Park. (Thanks Marissa!) August Rush tells the story of boy who has lost his parents and embarks on a magical musical journey to be reunited with them. Robin Williams plays the role of a mysterious benefactor wizard while the role of Terrence Howard is still unknown.  More pictures in the gallery!