In Search Of Suri

It seems people will do anything for a look at today's celebrity babies. At Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York, a statue of baby Shiloh, the baby daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, made its debut.

But when it comes to Suri, the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the public is being kept in the dark.

Katrina Szish, a contributing editor for Us Weekly magazine, joined The Early Show co-anchor Rene Syler for a little "TomKat Chat."

ShowBuzz is offering a "Build Your Own Suri" feature, and Us Weekly is keeping such a close eye on news of the baby that it is maintaining a countdown clock on its Web site, calculating how many days, hours, minutes and seconds it has been since Suri was born and the public has not seen her.

"I don't think we're going to be seeing her any time soon," said Szish. "I think the clock is going to keep ticking away. I don't guess we'll see her before she is 1 year old."

That would be in line with Cruise's Scientology beliefs, which call for keeping children safely removed from outside influences. And it was several years before photos were made available of Bella and Connor, the two children who were adopted by Cruise and his former wife, Nicole Kidman.

"It's not out of character for Tom to be very protective of his children," Szish pointed out, while acknowledging that there is a public hunger to see Suri.

"Especially with the TomKat situation," she added. "His courtship of Katie Holmes was so public, engagement so public, pregnancy so public. They really did make us hungry, and now they're not … following through on that. That's what makes this one extra delicious. We're just waiting to see that baby."

But then, what about the concept of pulling back? Why must Cruise and Holmes show their baby to the world? After all, their courtship was so public that they were criticized and some people even accused them of pulling a publicity stunt.

"It seems so out of character, based on the fanfare we all went through, the infamous couch jumping, which we've all talked about," Szish explained. "The fact that someone who was that public and that over the top would suddenly decide to withdraw and be very reserved does seem a little bit strange."

Many of TomKat's friends haven't even seen Suri, although actress Leah Remini of "King of Queens," also a Scientologist, recently told the press she has seen and held the baby.

As for rumors of an imminent TomKat wedding, Szish said, "I don't think it's true. We've heard from sources that they're not going to get married until Katie gets her pre-pregnancy body back, because she wants to look gorgeous on her big day. Who doesn't?"