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Katie Holmes Enlists a New Apprentice: Stepdaughter Bella
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PEOPLE
5/10/11
Tom Cruises oldest daughter is joining the family business. While Isabella
Bella Cruise wont be lighting up the silver screen anytime
soon, shes recently taken on the role of apprentice at stepmom Katie
Holmess fashion label Holmes & Yang. Kates designing
and [Bella] is just working her way up, a beaming Tom Cruise told
PEOPLE at the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance National
Tribute Dinner in Beverly Hills Thursday, where he was joined by Holmes and
son Connor. Shes an artist, Bella, so its really great
that she gets to work with it, he added. Shes loving it.
While her family gathered at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel to support Cruise,
who was honored with the Humanitarian Award, 18-year-old Bella was on a flight
back from New York City where shes been learning about the burgeoning
Holmes & Yang line. This is my wifes company, so you talk
about movie sets with me, I can tell you [about] that, Cruise joked
while attempting to explain what exactly his daughter is doing with her
step-moms brand. Youve got to go to all these different
factories and verify and make sure you get the correct clothes, he
said. And is the father of three proud of his daughters new design
aspirations? I am, he confirmed. Its wonderful!
Jessica Wedemeyer