What the gossip magazines say

By Matt Buchanan and Lissa Christopher
Updated October 16 2012 - 11:08am, first published 3:00am

TOM hasn't seen Suri for 60 days. Tom needs to see Suri. Tom quits Scientology. Is it to see Suri? In a world where people differ on almost every topic from religion to politics to whether Coca-Cola is better than Pepsi, it's refreshing to read about at least one topic on which the glossy magazines can agree: that it is vitally important we continue to know absolutely everything about the life and times of Tom Cruise. ''He's had a brutal three months,'' Who reports. ''The toughest part has been his separation from [daughter] Suri Cruise.'' He hasn't seen her, Who adds, since August 1, when the pair went swimming at Disney World. ''He's pining for Suri,'' Woman's Day confirms, then casually adds that Tom has been pining in the company of ''attractive mystery women'' while ''enjoying nights out at London's A-list hangouts''. And the women, NW guesses, might not be Scientologists. ''He's distanced himself from those in the church and has been hanging out with good friends who aren't part of the religion.'' Oooh! Now things are getting interesting! Has the cock crowed for Cruise? Will he deny his science-fiction-writing saviour L. Ron Hubbard?