One of the most anticipated movies in a while is Thank You For Smoking, starring Aaron Eckhart, KatieHolmes, Maria Bello, William H. Macy and Sam Elliott. A few weeks ago there was quite a brouhaha because a sex scene with Katie Holmes was omitted during the showing of the movie at the Sundance Film Festival. Rumors spread that the omission was the work of Tom Cruise, who didn't want the scene shown.

But Jason Reitman, the movie's director says the scene was omitted as a result of an error. He said that the scene was "at the end of the reel, the projector probably just accidentally cut it out." He adds: "The problem with 'projection error' is that it’s the truth but it sounds like a lie. It sounds an awful lot like 'wardrobe malfunction.'"

I buy Jason's story. No question Tom Cruise has exhibited some odd behavior lately, but the rumors that he had something to do with the removal of the scene make no sense. Not only is the sex scene "as tame as anything you’d see on the Disney Channel" according to Reitman, but the movie was just released and it includes the scene.