Katie is to appear in the PBS National Memorial Day concert which is taking place this Sunday, May 24 at the United States Capitol and airs live on PBS from 8-9:30 PM (ET).

One of the features in this year’s concert will be the story of wounded soldiers. Katie Holmes and Dianne Wiest will join concert co-host Gary Sinise for a segment about the families of disabled vets. Sinise will narrate the story including how the soldier, Jose Pequeno, sustained a devastating traumatic brain injury in Iraq and was written off for dead. Dianne Wiest and Katie Holmes will then do a dramatic presentation of the story as told through the perspective of Jose’s mother, Nellie Bagley (played by Wiest) and his sister, Elizabeth (played by Holmes).

You can find out more information about it HERE.

Katie Holmes has signed on to star in Guillermo del Toro’s forthcoming scarefest Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark.

Based on a 1973 television movie, Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark revolves around an eight-year-old girl who moves into a new house with her dad and his girlfriend.

After she discovers that the property is infested with devilish monsters, she struggles to convince the adults.

Holmes will play the girlfriend in one of her first major movie roles since Batman Begins.

Guillermo del Toro, who made Pan’s Labyrinth, will co-write and produce the movie, while Troy Nixey will be directing.

Filming will start this summer in Melbourne.

A coroner has found “no obvious signs of foul play” in the death of Katie Holmes’ brother-in-law Joseph Fretti.

Popsugar are running a contest for their annual Pop 100 celebrity list. The competition is divided into March Madness style brackets. In the first round each eligible celebrity is matched up against another, and whoever gets the most votes by the end of the round will advance. Katie is up against Megan Fox.

Here’s a link to the contest rules: http://www.popsugar.com/3008879

And here’s where you can vote for Katie: http://www.popsugar.com/2999655/39

They are also giving away a Chanel bag to one random user who votes on all 64 match ups, which is just a fun added incentive.
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Katie Holmes is headed back to the stage, this time for the annual Memorial Day weekend concert in Washington, D.C.

Holmes and actor Gary Sinise are among the stars confirmed for the event, set for Sunday, May 24.

The wife of Tom Cruise along with actress Dianne Weist will team up to read one veteran’s personal story. Those readings have been based on veterans’ letters home in past concerts.

The concert will include appearances by Laurence Fishburne, Katharine McPhee, Trace Adkins, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Broadway stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Colm Wilkinson.

The show will be broadcast live on PBS.

Katie Holmes has been working on a highly secret fashion line for over a year, it has emerged.

She has been secretive about her plans for the line and will not yet unveil whether or not it will be available to the masses.

The line is titled Holmes-Yang and is a collaboration between Holmes and her stylist pal, Jeanne Yang.

“We started about a year ago, sketching different things, trying to find comfortable clothing for our daughters that is also pretty and cute,” the New York Daily News quoted Holmes, as telling Glamour magazine.

Holmes has stepped out twice in the line to rave reviews.

The first glimpse of the line was last summer, when Katie was seen in a leather and silk piece. The second peek came two months later, when she stepped out in an ivory silk jumpsuit with black lace sleeves.

Holmes was reported to be planning a full-fledged runway show at New York Fashion Week in September, but the rumours have been dismissed.

Holmes has hinted at public expansion of the line.

Katie Holmes has got one up on best pal Victoria Beckham – her child wins in the style stakes.

Suri, the actress’s daughter with hubby Tom Cruise, was named the best dressed celebrity child in a recent poll. The two-year-old beat Victoria and David’s kids Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, leaving the boys in second place in the poll by kids clothing company Chatterpants.

Also on the list were Myleene Klass’s daughter Ava and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s ever-expanding brood. Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne made it into fourth place despite the fact Knox was recently seen sporting a flat cap to match his megastar dad’s.

Next on the list were Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale’s children Kingston and baby Zuma, who are often seen sporting bright colours to match their mum’s outlandish style.

Madonna’s children – Lourdes, Rocco and adopted son David -have to make do with sixth place, despite Lourdes having a wardrobe that would be the envy of girls twice her age.

It seems that no celebrity kid can match up to the exacting standards of Tom and Katie’s little princess Suri.