luxury home Tom Cruise

Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in July 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become Tom Cruise, one of the highest paid and most sought-after actors in screen history. The only son (among four children) of nomadic parents, young Tom spent his boyhood eternally on the move, and by the time he was 14, had attended 15 different schools in the US and Canada. He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his mother and her new husband.

In a move that further dispels rumors of marital strife, Tom Cruise has plunked down $35 million for a Beverly Hills home for himself, Katie Holmes and baby Suri, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The star, 44, had been renting a home in Beverly Hills for the past several years (he and Holmes, 28, married last November), but that lease runs out next year, according to the paper.

The new address, which reportedly was not even on the market when Cruise made his offer, is described as a " traditional-style residence."

Originally built as a 10,000-sq.-ft. structure in 1937, the house was expanded four years ago and currently contains seven bedroom and nine bathrooms, say those familiar with the property.

The Cruises will have their privacy: the house sits on 1.3 acres behind gates and a lengthy driveway, and sports a tennis court and a pool.

As for the Cruises' current residence, the compound also serves as a gathering place for Cruise's children with ex-wife Nicole Kidman: Isabella, 14, and Connor, 12. (Suri is 1.) The actor's mother, Mary, 70, also lives there.

"Tom and Katie will get in the kitchen and make this amazing popcorn with chocolate," says a pal, Internet mogul Sky Dayton. "Suri is there playing. Kate feeds her a bottle and then Tom feeds her."

In addition, Cruise and Holmes's pals, Victoria and David Beckham, have bought a multi-million-dollar house only two minutes away. They plan to move in July.

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