Tom Cruise Victim of the 'Rock of Ages' CURSE? 
 
 Divorces, violence, and even a racial controversy -- it seems the "" cast has been smothered in bad fortune from the moment the project began. It's almost like ... THEY'RE CURSED!Think about it ...--from Katie Holmes ... who filed in New York instead of California because she's gunning for sole legal custody of their daughter.-- Marriage to Katy Perry goes belly up after production begins on "Rock" ... later investigated by police in New Orleans for smashing an iPhone belonging to a paparazzo.-- Engulfed in racial controversy back in April ... after she was featured singing about fried chicken in a Burger King commercial. Mary's charity's went broke and was sued after failing to pay back a $250k loan.-- Kicked off a flight in Dec. after screaming at a flight attendant who asked him to stop playing "Words with Friends." Later went to cops to report an alleged stalker . Investigated by the NYPD after allegedly attacking a photog -- We can't think of anything ... yet ... but don't say we didn't warn you. ||||| Katie Holmes Scientology Is Watching Me 
 
 Katie Holmes -- Scientology is Watching Me 
 
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 believes Scientology now views her as a threat to the organization and has put a team on her tail ... sources close to the actress tell TMZ.We're told Katie believes in recent weeks -- as the discord between her andgrew -- Scientology has been following her moves, especially in New York City.This does not appear to be the mind of a paranoid person. People who have photographed Katie multiple times tell TMZ there have been several "mysterious" men and vehicles around Katie's apartment and following her when she's out.Specifically ... a white Cadillac Escalade and black Mercedes SUV (see above) have been seen near Katie's NYC apartment for the past week.FYI -- there is a publication that has put a tail on Katie, but the people doing that are separate from the people Katie believes have been dispatched from Scientology.It is unclear if the two vehicles that have been constantly spotted near Holmes' pad are from Scientology or from the publication.If Katie is able to keep the divorce in New York -- where courts generally like to award sole legal custody to one parent or the other when there is conflict -- proof that she's being tailed could help her case.We put in a call to Scientology ... so far, no word back. ||||| Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise Sleeping Apart in Weeks Leading Up to Divorce 
 
 Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes -- Sleeping Apart in Weeks Leading Up to Divorce 
 
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 andwere both in New York City in the weeks leading up to her filing for divorce, but they did NOT stay under the same roof ... TMZ has learned.According to our sources, Tom was in town for a few days around June 10 to film a movie. We're told Tom did not stay in the apartment the couple has in NYC ... but rather at The Greenwich Hotel ... and never once stepped in or near the apartment.Our sources say Katie, meanwhile, was going back and forth between the apartment she and Tom shared, and a new apartment she recently got. The two were both photographed during their time in NYC (see above) but never together.We're told Katie did bring Suri to visit Tom at the hotel on two occasions for a few hours and that the visits were unplanned -- Tom's own security didn't even know they were coming.According to the people we spoke to in Tom and Katie's building ... they couldn't remember the last time they had seen Tom. Our sources say that while they were clearly having problems, Tom had no idea this was coming and his entire team was caught flat-footed by the filing.
– Katie Holmes' breakup with Tom Cruise may have made her a powerful new enemy: the Church of Scientology. Two mystery vehicles, a white Cadillac Escalade and a black Mercedes SUV, have been following the actress—who believes the church hired them to spy on her, sources say. But TMZ notes that the pursuers may have been hired by a publication to tail her. Click to see the creepy black Mercedes. Before Katie's divorce filing apparently caught Tom off-guard, both were in New York for weeks but never stayed together, TMZ says. Katie stayed at their NYC apartment while Tom shacked up at The Greenwich Hotel, where he saw her only on two unexpected visits. Meanwhile, People notes that Katie has completely moved out to a new apartment. And TMZ wonders whether Tom Cruise is the latest victim of a Rock of Ages "curse," which has so far "afflicted" Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, and Alec Baldwin. Click for curse details.