August 17, 2001
The liaison between Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz has angered his ex-wife Nicole Kidman, who resents how quickly the actor has insinuated the actress into the lives of their children, New York's Daily News reports.

Friends of Nicole say Cruise angered Kidman by inviting Cruz to his Telluride, Colorado, spread during time that was supposed to be devoted to Connor, 6, and Isabella, 8, the paper says.

"He parked the children with his sister at what he calls 'Camp Cruise,' so that he and Penelope could spend their days together," the friend told The Daily News.

"Nicole is furious ... She feels that if he wants to move on with Penelope, fine, just let the kids stay with their mother."

Cruz -- who co-stars with Cruise in the upcoming "Vanilla Sky" and is currently on screen opposite Nicolas Cage in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" -- recently took the children on a toy shopping spree, telling them they could buy whatever they wanted, something Kidman, who has steered clear of spoiling the kids, would disapprove of, the report said.

Cruise's publicist told The Daily News that Kidman had turned the kids over to her ex-husband so that she would be free to promote her new film, "The Others."