Article: Hollywood puts spin on Holmes' deleted sex scene

As far as conspiracies go, it doesn't rank up their with the Kennedy assassinations or "The X Files," but the mysterious disappearance of Katie Holmes' sex scene during the screening of "Thank You for Smoking" at January's Sundance Film Festival certainly has tongues wagging.

Was the person responsible really, as many suggest, a jealous Tom Cruise looking to avoid embarrassment as he and his pregnant fiance joined in the audience that night? Or was it a ploy by religious groups opposed to a Mormon (Aaron Eckhardt) and a Scientologist (Holmes) going at it on screen?

According to the film's director, Jason Reitman, neither rumor is true. But is that really the truth? Or is he just part of the ...

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