Katie Holmes might have shocked Tom Cruise when she filed for divorce from the box-office superstar last week, but an interview she gave Elle magazine back in May offers some hints suggesting that the former "Dawson's Creek" actress was contemplating a big change.
"I definitely feel much more comfortable in my own skin. I feel sexier," she says in the interview, which will appear in the magazine's August issue (due out July 17). "I think in my 20s, it's like you're trying too hard to figure everything out. I'm starting to come into my own. It's like a new phase."
Ohio native Holmes was 26 when she and Cruise, now 50, went public with their romance in 2005. They married a year later.
"He has been Tom Cruise for 30 years," she says. "I know who I am and where I am and where I want to go, so I want to focus on that."
Holmes adds that though her main priority is the couple's daughter, Suri, 6, she's looking forward to more professional opportunities, even if there are some challenges along the way.
"Things are not handed to anyone," she says. "If anything, you work a little bit harder when you're in such visible circumstances."
Britney Spears demo leaked
Singer Don Philip isn't too thrilled with Britney Spears after she and the other "X Factor" judges dismissed him from the show's competition. Philip, who used to be a backup singer for the pop tart-turned-talent evaluator, put Spears' unreleased 2010 track "Pleasure You" on his SoundCloud page Wednesday, Digital Spy reports.
Philip explained on his Facebook page that his decision to drop the song online to get back at Spears followed the emotional reunion he had with the singer during an "X Factor" audition in San Francisco.
"Back to real life ... all my demons released ... I totally crocked when the pressure was on ... at least I didn't shave my head," he wrote. "My vocal (cords) tightened up like a snake around a mouse."
The second season of the U.S. edition of "The X Factor" debuts Sept. 12 on Fox.
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• According to the death certificate for Andy Griffith, the 86-year-old actor died Tuesday as a result of a heart attack he had 24 hours earlier. The certificate, which was filed Thursday in Dare County, N.C., also said Griffith had suffered for years from other illnesses, including coronary artery disease and hypertension.
• Rihanna, using her birth name Robyn Fenty, sued her former accountants at New York's Berdon LLP on Thursday. In the suit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, she blames them for tens of millions of dollars in losses, shoddy bookkeeping, a failure to recommend she trim expenses when a 2009 tour was losing money and an ongoing audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
• Disney released a poster for "Oz the Great and Powerful" on Thursday. The film, directed by Michigan native Sam Raimi ("The Evil Dead") and filmed in metro Detroit, is set to open in March.
• "Magic Mike" star Matthew McConaughey, 42, and his wife, Camila, 29, announced on Twitter Wednesday that they're expecting their third child together. The couple -- parents to son Levi, who turns 4 this week, and daughter Vida, 2 -- were married last month.
• Producers behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival have decided to move the massive concert out of Indio, Calif., after the city proposed an $18 ticket tax for 2014, the Wrap reports.
• "Homeland" star Claire Danes, 33, and husband Hugh Dancy ("Hannibal"), 37, are expecting their first child, www.people.com reports.
• Linkin Park's "Living Things" is the No. 1 album for the week ending July 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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1. MGM files 'Raging Bull' suit
In a bid to stop production on a sequel to "Raging Bull," MGM Studios has filed a complaint against Jake LaMotta, the former boxing champ whose life was portrayed by Robert DeNiro in Martin Scorsese's 1980 classic. MGM alleges LaMotta, 90, breached a contract by selling the rights to his follow-up film.
2. Seinfeld's new Web series
In a promotional video that debuted online Thursday, Jerry Seinfeld announced he'll star in a new Web series titled "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee." It's scheduled to launch at 9 p.m. July 19. Fans can view the "Seinfeld" star's new adventures at http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/
3. Nas, Winehouse's 'Cherry'
"Cherry Wine," a new single from rapper Nas featuring the late Amy Winehouse, left, made its online debut Wednesday at www. okayplayer .com . The song will be featured on Nas' new album, "Life Is Good," which is due July 17.
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More Details: Singer Frank Ocean says his first love was a man
R&B singer Frank Ocean, 24, who has collaborated with Jay-Z and Kanye West, created a stir this week when he revealed that his first love was a man.
"By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless," Ocean wrote on his Tumblr blog. "There was no escaping, no negotiating with the feeling."
In a post on his Global Grind website, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons called Ocean's revelation monumental.
"Today is a big day for hip-hop. It is a day that will define who we really are," Simmons wrote. "I am profoundly moved by the courage and honesty of Frank Ocean. Your decision to go public about your sexual orientation gives hope and light to so many young people still living in fear."
Rapper Tyler, the Creator, who is part of the group Odd Future with Ocean, tweeted that he was proud of his "big brother."
Ocean, whose debut solo album, "Channel Orange," is due July 17, is scheduled to play St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit on Aug. 1.
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