Details Of Suri's Exclusive Shoot

Editor Says Tom And Katie Are Picture-Perfect Parents

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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2006 | by Amy Bonawitz

(CBS)  Now that the world has finally seen little Suri Cruise — Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' baby girl — details have emerged about the top-secret Vanity Fair photo shoot.

Last night's broadcast of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric marked the first time images of Suri, the daughter of Cruise, 44, and his fiancée, Holmes, 27, have been made public since her birth in Los Angeles on April 18 — ending months of speculation about the celebrity baby. The shots were taken by famed photographer Annie Leibowitz and will appear in print in the magazine, available today.

Jane Sarkin, Vanity Fair's features editor, chatted with The Early Show co-anchor Rene Syler this morning about the five days she spent with the celebrity couple for the exclusive Annie Leibowitz shoot which took place at Cruise's Telluride, Colo. compound in July. She revealed that the couple was very open throughout the photo shoot and that their wedding is imminent.

"It was incredible," said Sarkin. "It was an open experience. They let us go wherever we wanted. We shot whatever we wanted. We were there for five days. Annie Leibowitz and I did everything together. And it was a really incredible experience for us. Tom has never allowed anyone into his private world like that and I don't think he ever will again."

The cherubic-looking infant, who sported a full head of jet-black hair in the 22-page magazine spread, was being held by her parents in the shots shown on the newscast. In one photo, little Suri appeared to be giving a love bite to her father's nose. Contrary to tabloid reports that there is something wrong with the baby (a July cover of Star magazine read: "What's Wrong With Baby Suri?), little Suri appeared to be quite normal.

Less than two hours after Couric's first broadcast aired, blogs like Celebrity Baby Blog and I'm Not Obsessed had published the photos. On Wednesday, Vanity Fair made the cover available on their Web site.

Sarkin said that Cruise and Holmes are very content parents. "It was amazing to see the biggest movie star in the world trying to cuddle his little baby, feeding the baby, put the baby to sleep," she said. "He's a very hands-on father, and she is an incredible mother."

Cruise has two other children, Isabella and Connor, with his ex-wife, actress Nicole Kidman. Holmes, however, seems to be relishing her new role as mom.

"She is such a hands-on mother. They have very little help in the house, which was another thing that was incredible," said Sarkin. "But she does everything with that baby. Actually, Connor and Bella, Tom's children, are so helpful as well. They all chip in. Vanity Fair was so excited to be there."

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