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Sensing that Michael Jackson's financial and legal woes have left the erstwhile King of Pop's "Strangest, Most Off-Putting Celebrity" title suddenly vulnerable, Tom Cruise interrupted his publicity duties surrounding M:i:III's Rome premiere to climb on top of the nearest car, pound his chest, and announce to the assembled throng, "I am the craziest man in the world!" No fewer than a dozen Italian fans were trampled to death in the ensuing crush to lay hands upon the star, who was inexplicably bathed in a an etheral, greenish glow following the declaration. · Page Six reports that a former resident (OK, it's producer Jon "Pistol-Whipped By Brett Ratner" Peters' teenage daughter, if you must know) of the home that Cruise and Katie Holmes are renting claims that the house is "creepy" and "haunted," which should provide Holmes with plenty of other souls trapped for eternity with whom to commiserate. [Page Six] · Cruise skipped out on a press commitment in Paris to go shopping for baby clothes for new daughter Suri. When a boutique clerk expressed concern that an outfit the actor picked out might be too large for the newborn, he replied, "Eh, that's OK, they'll just bring me a bigger baby. [AP]