It once looked destined to become one of Hollywood’s most enduring romance stories.

Two decades ago, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise exchanged vows in an elaborate, fairytale-style wedding at a 15th-century Italian castle. Yet the glamorous marriage came to an end in 2012, when Holmes filed for divorce. She left the couple’s Beverly Hills estate with daughter Suri and relocated to a modest two-bedroom apartment in New York City, beginning a very different chapter of her life.

Since then, the former Dawson’s Creek star has remained notably private about her split from Cruise. Although she has been linked to Jamie Foxx, Bobby Wooten III and Emilio Vitolo Jr., Holmes appeared to keep her romantic life carefully guarded.

To outside observers — and reportedly even some people close to her — the Ohio-born actress seemed likely to embrace life on her own as Suri, her only child, headed to Carnegie Mellon University for college.

Now, however, Katie Holmes appears to be opening her heart again. The actress has reportedly fallen for Manhattan artist Jason Bard Yarmosky, sharing dozens of affectionate Instagram photos from their recent Lake Como, Italy, getaway, where the pair were seen cuddling together.

While Holmes, 47, has reportedly been dating the 39-year-old painter for just three months, sources say she is already open to the possibility of a more serious future with him.

“Katie would definitely entertain the thought of marrying Jason one day because she is in love and he makes her feel amazing,” a source close to the actress told the Daily Mail. “She is over the moon that she has found a guy who makes her sparkle.”

The reported change of heart marks a major shift for the movie star, who was previously said to have no desire to walk down the aisle again.

‘After her divorce from Tom, she pretty much swore off marriage, but these days she is reconsidering. It might happen,’ the source continued. 

Her sudden change of thinking comes in part from a recent tragedy in her life when dear friend, Dawson’s Creek costar James Van Der Beek, passed away in February from colorectal cancer at the age of 48. She was reminded that life is short.

‘After James died, Katie started to realize she better enjoy the days she has ahead and just live life to the fullest no matter what,’ said the source.

‘She is looking at the glass as not just half full but totally full. It’s like Carpe Diem in fast forward. She wants to have fun, she wants to explore and laugh and love. Here is an example: she loves Italy and was like, “Let’s go there!” That “some day” feeling is today, she is doing what she wants now.’

And Yarmosky is a worthy suitor: he is already an accomplished artist, with his work in galleries in NYC, Los Angeles, Paris and Brussels. His pieces have also been seen in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, San Antonio Museum of Art, Brigham Young University Museum of Art and the Huntington Museum of Art, to name a few.

As far as a wedding to the swarthy artist, the insider said Holmes won’t jump into anything this year. ‘Katie is having a fantastic time, but she is also sensible, so she will wait a year before she makes a big move like marriage,’ they said.

‘With Tom she jumped right in; she had so much confidence in their union, but with Jason she will first make sure they are a very good fit.’

And if they do wed, there won’t be a massive star-studded ceremony. ‘The next time Katie marries, it will be a small celebration with family and close friends; it won’t be showy,’ said the source.

When Holmes married Cruise in 2006, the wedding took place at Odescalchi Castle in Italy, with high-profile Hollywood guests such as actor Jim Carrey and his then-girlfriend Jenny McCarthy; actress Brooke Shields and her husband Chris Henchy; and singer Jennifer Lopez with her then-husband, singer Marc Anthony.

But in 2012, the couple shocked the world when they announced their divorce after six years of marriage. The split was resolved with surprising speed, with negotiations wrapping up after just 11 days and Holmes getting primary custody of Suri.

‘After she divorced Tom, she totally focused on raising Suri, so she put dating on the back burner,’ said the source.

She wanted to get back to re-establishing her identity away from Cruise, which meant moving to New York City and proving her acting chops in smaller films such as the 2014 movie Days And Nights. 

In an interview that year with People magazine, Holmes made it clear she didn’t want to be remembered as one of Cruise’s wives: ‘I don’t want that moment in my life to define me… I was an actor before, an actor during and an actor now.’

In the years since, Holmes has hardly addressed her love life, instead choosing to talk about her hobbies. 

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In 2016, she told More magazine, ‘I don’t have a five- or ten-year plan. I feel like I’m still a teenager in a lot of ways. I do a lot of things I did then. I paint, I color. I cook sometimes.’

And yet, that all seems to have changed with Yarmosky, as he and Holmes have already been in the public eye plenty.

They met in June at a Tribeca Festival event, before going red carpet official in early August. In late August, Holmes took to Instagram to share a photo of one of his works of art as she linked to his Instagram account, making it clear she supports his career. 

Earlier this month, she shared a glowing birthday tribute for Yarmosky that included a photo of them cuddling and an image of his birthday cake, writing in the caption, ‘Happy Birthday to the best of the best…’

Then, last Sunday, she shared his 20-photo carousel from their late summer vacation in Lake Como, Italy. His caption read, ‘Life is a friend of art,’ and he linked to his lady love.

The images were atypical for Holmes, who could be seen showing off her toned figure in a white bikini and a low-cut black dress while smiling from ear to ear, clearly in a state of bliss with her new man. They were also seen in bed together.

Even her fans noticed how in love she seemed, with one commenting, ‘Happiness is something you can’t fake, this woman is happy,’ and ‘the soulmate vibes I’m getting.’ 

Hours later, there was another photo-packed post which featured Yarmosky, in which they cuddled while sitting on a wooden deer and held on to each other during a hike. 

According to those close to her, the actress seems like an entirely new person.

‘Katie is really letting her hair down these days because she is enjoying midlife where she has already accomplished so much in her career and she has also done such a great job of raising Suri alone, that she feels in a way all the hard work is behind her and now she can just chill a little bit more,’ a source told the Daily Mail.

Indeed, her career has been doing well as she won raves for her latest dream projects, a film titled Happy Hours, which she wrote, directed and starred in with her ex-boyfriend turned close pal Joshua Jackson, who was also one of her Dawson’s Creek costars.

And 20-year-old Suri seems to be in a great place as she enters her sophomore year at Carnegie Mellon University. 

Holmes’ only child has even started to follow in her mother’s footsteps, as last month she made her official stage acting debut in a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream titled Midsummer! at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

As for what’s next for Holmes, our insider said she may take on the role of artist’s muse.  

‘Yarmosky might paint Katie, who knows, maybe even in the nude. He is known for painting nudes. He is also teaching Katie how to become a better painter,’ said the source.

Holmes started painting about ten years ago and got more into the hobby during the lockdown from Covid-19. Her paintings such as Peony 2021 and Winter flowers 2021 have been displayed on her Instagram page.

‘She is not a bad painter at all, she has talent, and maybe she will do more of that like Sharon Stone has in her later years,’ said the source. ‘It could be a nice side hustle for her.’

For the Giants, every grim statistic from recent years can now be placed in a new category: BJH.

Before John Harbaugh.

Perhaps you had heard the reminders: The Giants had dropped eight consecutive Week 1 primetime meetings with the Cowboys dating to 1986. They had gone 51 games — 1,331 days — without sitting above .500. They were 1-14 over their previous 15 matchups against Dak Prescott. They had lost eight of their last nine season openers and had not won a Week 1 home game since 2010.

On an electric Sunday night at MetLife Stadium, none of that history carried any weight. The flawed but forceful Giants survived four fumbles, losing one, ran for 166 yards and watched Jaxson Dart operate with the calm of a point guard, spreading the ball between playmaking targets Malik Nabers and Isaiah Likely. The result was a 28-20 win over the Cowboys in Harbaugh’s Giants debut.

“We have guys in here that expect to win,” Nabers said following his first game since Sept. 28, 2025. “During the walk-through, I looked in everybody’s eyes … and I could tell they were ready to play. There was no doubt in anyone’s mind that we were coming out to put our best foot forward and win the game.”

Harbaugh and a young Giants roster still learning how to win were expected to unravel after taking a fourth-quarter lead.

Instead, the math of past disappointments produced a different answer. Harbaugh blew 18 double-digit second-half leads during his 18 seasons with the Ravens — more than any other head coach since at least 1991, though few coaches have had enough longevity and success to lead so many games by that margin. Add that to the Giants’ five blown fourth-quarter leads last season, and somehow the negatives became a positive.

“We were out there feeling the fans,” edge rusher Brian Burns said. “Really feel that energy and let it fuel you.”

The Giants knelt out the final 110 seconds as a reenergized MetLife Stadium crowd waved white towels. For once, fans were reminded that the parking lots get crowded when people are not rushing for the exits in the third quarter.

“None of us were tired,” right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor said. “At the end of the fourth quarter, they had to huddle up. When you see a team huddle up, that’s when you know you are breaking them. I can’t tell you how many times they rotated their D-line. They just broke in the fourth quarter.”

Offensive coordinator Matt Nagy dialed up plays to give Dart (23-for-29 for 230 yards and three touchdowns) uncontested throws all night — and never was it more obvious than on a 65-yard drive that pushed the Giants’ lead to 28-14 with 7:25 remaining. 

Nagy kept calling what looked like the same play — a dump-off to third-string running back Devin Singletary in the left flat — and it worked four times in a five-play span. Ultimately, the ball was floated into Singletary’s trusty arms —after Cam Skattebo and Tyrone Tracy Jr. fumbled — and he carried it across the goal line from 8 yards. 

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Charged by many emotional pregame 9/11 tributes, the official returns of Odell Beckham Jr. (after his trade in 2019) as well as Nabers and Skattebo (after their season-ending injuries) during pregame introductions, and the sight of Harbaugh on the sideline, the home crowd was bursting during the first quarter. 

“More dubs [wins] are on the way,” Likely said. 

The energy only picked up on a fourth-and-1 as Prescott fruitlessly tried to draw an offsides penalty with a hard count. It was a three-and-out in the image of old-school Giants defense, which was improved from a year ago under new coordinator Dennard Wilson but did not register a sack with its vaunted pass rush. 

The Giants’ two first-half touchdown drives couldn’t have looked less similar. 

The first was a 10-play, 83-yard match that chewed more than six minutes off the clock. With a heavy dose of fullback Patrick Ricard paving the way, the Giants ran seven times, including a 22-yard RPO by Dart that was furthered by a 15-yard roughing penalty and Skattebo’s walk-in misdirection 3-yard touchdown. 

Of course, Skattebo — playing in his first regular-season game since suffering a gruesome fractured tibia last October — announced his return to the end zone with a handstand into a backflip. 

The Giants doubled the Cowboys’ yardage (82-41) and held a 7-2 edge in first downs in a first quarter that made it clear an encore of the 2023 season opener — a humiliating 40-0 home loss — was not in store. 

The second touchdown — for a 14-7 halftime lead — came from a two-minute drill. 

Dart completed 5-of-6 passes to four different targets for 60 yards over 29 seconds. He converted a third-and-9 with a 16-yard sideline strike to Nabers, found Darnell Mooney cutting toward the sideline for 18 yards and then went to Likely on back-to-back plays for a 5-yard gain and 15-yard touchdown pass.

Likely finished with eight catches (on eight targets) for 78 yards and two touchdowns, and Nabers added six catches for 69 yards. Skattebo ran for 81 and a touchdown. 

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had expressed on hometown radio before the game that his biggest concern was “Can we block them up?” It turns out the answer to that was yes — and the bigger concern was on the other side of the line of scrimmage. 

The Giants offensive line held its own, especially in allowing Dart and the rushing attack to go 9-for-10 converting third downs and run out the final five minutes. 

“We could’ve played another two or three quarters,” Eluemunor said. “They were ready to go home.”

Police in Canada are investigating after a person dressed in a Cat in the Hat-style costume allegedly chased a teenage girl through a neighborhood, amid a disturbing online trend that has recast the familiar Dr. Seuss character in sinister social media posts. The trend has also led to investigations and school alerts involving students in several U.S. states.

The incident happened around 9 p.m. on Aug. 24 in West Kelowna, British Columbia, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Authorities said the unidentified teen was walking when someone wearing a costume resembling the iconic children’s book character allegedly began running after her.

The girl was able to get away and make it home safely. Investigators are continuing their efforts to identify the person behind the costume.

“Regardless of whether the individual intended the behavior as a joke, following a young person and causing them to fear for their safety is extremely concerning,” Cpl. Devon Gerrits said.

“People should understand that behavior intended as a prank can have serious consequences when it causes another person to reasonably fear for their safety.”

RCMP officials stressed that simply wearing a costume is not illegal. However, chasing or following someone in a manner that makes them reasonably fear for their safety may amount to criminal harassment. Depending on the circumstances and available evidence, authorities said possible allegations could also include assault, threats or intimidation.

Anyone who thinks they are being followed or chased should head to a busy public area, seek help from a trusted adult and call 911 if they face immediate danger, West Kelowna RCMP said.

Police are seeking doorbell-camera, security-camera or dashcam footage recorded near the 2000 block of Shamrock Drive at roughly 9 p.m. on Aug. 24. Anyone with information is asked to contact West Kelowna RCMP.

Police have not said whether the real-world chase is connected to a separate “Cat in the Hat” social media trend that has spread across the United States, putting schools on alert and landing some juveniles in custody.

The online trend features edited or AI-generated images and videos depicting a sinister version of the Cat in the Hat lurking outside homes, standing near schools or prowling through communities. Some anonymous accounts have added the names of students, staff members, campuses and towns, sometimes accompanied by ominous messages or threats.

Authorities from California to Florida, Virginia and Texas have responded with investigations and increased patrols as they work to separate internet hoaxes from credible dangers.

The Baldwin Park Police Department in California said it was reviewing “concerning social media posts” that referenced local schools and named students and staff members.

“Any threat directed toward our schools, students, staff, or community will not be dismissed as a joke or prank,” the department warned.

Police urged residents not to interact with or recirculate the accounts. Anyone who encounters a threatening post is asked to preserve the content, account name, screenshots, dates and times before reporting it to investigators.

In Virginia, the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation after an account posted content referencing Mechanicsville High School and the trend. Deputies increased their presence at the campus while attempting to identify the person behind the account.

The sheriff’s office similarly urged residents not to repost the material, warning that doing so could amplify the message and complicate efforts to trace its origin.

Florida’s St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said it was investigating content involving county schools but had not identified a credible threat. Deputies nevertheless increased their presence on campuses across the county as a precaution.

Texas law enforcement agencies have also warned that creating or spreading the threatening posts could carry consequences far beyond school discipline.

The Frio County Sheriff’s Office said some anonymous accounts have attached lists of students, schools or communities to menacing images and videos in an apparent attempt to provoke fear.

Authorities there determined posts mentioning the area did not appear to present a credible threat but increased patrols and law enforcement visibility around schools.

“Participating in, re-creating, or spreading these threatening posts is not a harmless joke,” the sheriff’s office said, warning that copycat accounts and forwarded threats could lead to charges involving cyberbullying, harassment or terroristic threats.

Laredo police delivered a similar warning, saying criminal charges and arrests may follow even when the person responsible claims the post was only meant as a prank.

“A few seconds on social media can result in a police investigation, school disciplinary action, and potentially serious criminal consequences,” the department said.

Premont police met with school district leaders after learning of the trend and warned that fake accounts, AI-generated content and purported pranks involving threats could result in charges including making a terroristic threat or filing a false alarm or report under Texas law.

The warnings come as authorities in multiple states have traced threatening accounts to juveniles.

Four girls between 13 and 15 years old were arrested in Berwick, Louisiana, after police linked them to TikTok accounts that alarmed families and schools, according to Police1. Three were charged with terrorizing or menacing, while a fourth was charged with cyberbullying.

A 12-year-old Florida student was accused of posting a written threat to kill tied to the trend, while a 14-year-old Colorado student was arrested after a post referenced a middle school and several homes, the outlet reported. Authorities in Alabama, Ohio and Kentucky have also announced juvenile arrests or pending charges connected to similar posts.

Police across the affected communities have repeatedly asked parents and students not to share the content, even when attempting to warn others. Instead, users should capture screenshots showing the account name and threatening material and send the evidence directly to school officials or law enforcement.

News Media reached out to TikTok for comment.