Celebrity Mound

Spies spotted the 30-year-old actress and her husband Tom Cruise dining with actor John Lithgow and his wife at West Hollywood’s popular Italian restaurant Il Sole on Saturday evening, and although Cruise was overtly cheerful we’re told Holmes was super skinny and seemed miserable.

“Katie and Tom ordered a meal to share but Katie hardly ate a thing and just picked at her food,” said an insider. “She barely said a single word and looked very uncomfortable. People couldn’t stop whispering about how gaunt she looked.”

Prior to their dinner meeting, security for the high-profile pair insisted on doing a sweep of the restaurant, and even though they requested a high-chair, Cruise and Holmes showed up sans Suri but instead with Cruise’s adopted son, Conner. After the quick meal, the “Top Gun” star did his usual polite ritual of stopping by the kitchen to shake hands with the chef and kitchen crew before the three scurried into their chauffeured SUV with curtained windows.

According to an inside source, Katie’s return to being itty bitty is a sign of stress both in her personal and professional life.

“She is constantly flying back and forth between New York and Los Angeles — sometimes all in one day — and gets really run-down trying to keep everyone happy,” said our insider, adding that hubby Tom is always concerned about the health of his beloved and they are still very happily married despite numerous reports to the contrary. The rumor mill is even churning that the two are prepping to conceive baby number two in the very near future. Stay tuned.

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Katie Holmes spent her 30th birthday performing in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons – but her big day did not go unnoticed. As the curtain fell Thursday, the cast and crew presented her with a specially-made birthday cake, a surprise orchestrated by none other than Tom Cruise.

Addressing the audience, Holmes’s costar John Lithgow announced, “Tom Cruise, our good friend, devoted fan to the show, doting husband of Katie, could not be here tonight. He’s heartsick that he couldn’t be here … but he wanted to make his presence felt. So, he’s joining us, inviting all of you, to celebrate Katie’s birthday.”

And with that, crewmembers wheeled out a five-tiered, white-frosted, circular birthday cake as the crowd cheered and applauded.

“I planned it so that when she comes out for the standing ovation, John [would] get the whole audience to wish her a happy birthday,” Cruise – who was in Los Angeles to premiere his new film, Valkyrie – told PEOPLE, just as the surprise was sprung.

“It’s going to be great,” he said, adding that they’d already had a private celebration the night before. (“That was the big one,” he noted.)

Suri Helped, Too
A genuinely surprised Holmes, who had been celebrating her birthday all week long, brought her 2-year-old daughter Suri on to the stage as the cast – including Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson – encouraged the entire audience to sing “Happy Birthday.” Together, the mother-daughter duo blew out the candles.

Speaking softly, Holmes graciously thanked the audience, saying, “Thank you for coming out to the show tonight. It was a real pleasure.”

The cast and crew then disappeared offstage, where they enjoyed dessert and champagne, courtesy of Cruise.

Meanwhile, across the country, the Top Gun was waiting anxiously to hear how his elaborate plan played out.

“I’m waiting to talk to her now,” he said, “to see her reaction.”

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