A UK paper, The Daily Mail, says that the Bride of Cruisenstein is having a bit of trouble getting her acting career back on track since getting married and birthing the "Spawn of Thetan."

Hubby's outspoken views, couch-jumping antics, habits of alienating power-players in Hollywood, and her own recent conversion to Scientology really aren't helping her cause.

Holmes has asked her agent to re-launch her career, but "Studios may be gun-shy of her new status as a tabloid fixture," one movie insider told the Wall Street Journal yesterday. "And her expectations may be raised as the new Mrs. Cruise. Stars of much bigger stature, including Meg Ryan and Demi Moore, have found it tough to regain their momentum after taking time off."

Case in point, Katie is not appearing in the sequel to 'Batman Begins', in spite of having a role in the first film, and is taking just under a $2 million pay cut to co-star in a comedy caper with Queen Latifah instead.

Reps for Holmes cite scheduling conflicts as the reason for bowing out of 'The Dark Knight', but other rumors abound that she was not asked to return. The Cruises' beliefs are deemed a potential box-office liability, and could ultimately hurt the bottom line of the profits.

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