Tom Cruise’s Suri promise

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have promised to release photographs of daughter Suri.

The new parents – who have been inundated with requests to see the baby – have hit back at claims they are reluctant to show their daughter off and insist they are planning to release photographs of Suri soon.

Cruise’s spokesman Arnold Robinson told The Scoop: “Cruise hasn’t been reluctant at all. He and Katie will be making a decision about when to release the photographs of Suri shortly.”

Only the couple’s closest family members and a handful of celebrities have been introduced to Suri.

‘Matrix’ actress Jada Pinkett Smith – who is a member of the Church of Scientology like Tom – recently revealed she has visited “gorgeous” Suri twice and says she takes after her Hollywood star dad.

‘Kings of Queens’ actress Leah Remini – another Scientologist – also said she had seen the “beautiful” tot and described Tom and his fiancee Katie as “great parents”.

Potter No. 6 claims Thanksgiving ‘08

Hary Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth installment of the lucrative franchise, will come out in theaters on November 21, 2008.

Now, Warner Bros. just needs to hire a director and confirm the cast. The fifth installment, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” bows in July.

The “Prince” date will mark a return to the Thanksgiving period for the sorcerer series. Of the four “Potter” films to date, only the third installment, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” has been released during the summer.

Paramount Pictures also has just planted a flag in November 2008, declaring November 7 for DreamWorks Animation’s “Madagascar” sequel. Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith and David Schwimmer are set to reprise their roles as the main characters of the animated franchise.

Warners also announced films for holiday weekends next year. The studio has set the Mandy Moore romantic comedy “License to Wed” on the July 4 holiday weekend in an early counterprogramming move against the Paramount/DreamWorks production “The Transformers,” from director Michael Bay. Warners also has declared November 21, 2007, for the Will Smith sci-fi vehicle “I Am Legend.”

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Cruz On Cruise’s Kid.

Tom Cruise’s ex-girlfriend, Penelope Cruz, is the latest celeb to say she’s seen Suri Cruise.

“I met Suri. She is really beautiful. She is really special,” the 32-year-old actress told reporters Thursday at the London premiere of her new film, Volver. “One of the most beautiful babies I have ever seen. And I am extremely happy for them. They are really happy and doing great.”

Cruz, who dated Cruise from 2001 to 2004, declined to offer other details of the meeting.

Suri, the daughter of Cruise, 44, and Katie Holmes, 27, hasn’t been seen in public since she was born on April 18.

But this month, Jada Pinkett Smith told PEOPLE that she also has seen the baby. “She’s one of the sweetest babies I’ve ever met in my life,” she said. “She’s an absolute beauty and she’s Daddy’s little girl.”

Cruise’s pal and fellow Scientologist, Leah Remini, has also met Suri. The King of Queens star told PEOPLE Suri “looks like Tom and Katie. She’s just beautiful.”

In other Cruz news, when asked at the London premiere about another ex-boyfriend, Matthew McConaughey, with whom she split in June, her eyes became teary. “I’m not going to talk about it,” she told PEOPLE.