Cruise control.

Life and Style Weekly broke hearts everywhere yesterday when they announced that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had ended their whirlwind relationship. The magazine story claims that despite the break up, the two would continue to act as a couple for the sake of the media, but stay in separate bedrooms of their Beverly Hills mansion until the birth of their baby. At that point, they would publicize their split and Katie would be installed in a place of her own, close enough to Tom so that he could freely visit their child.

When news of this article reached Tom and Katie, the couple immediately went into denial mode, issuing their own statement to the contrary. Publicist Arnold Robinson said, “It should be known that the story is 100 percent false. Mr. Cruise and Ms. Holmes are still engaged and are moving forward with their wedding plans, as well as planning for the arrival of their child.” And if that official denial isn’t enough to convince you of the couple’s solidarity, take it from an unnamed Holmes family friend, as reported in Star Magazine, who says “there is no ‘buzz’ whatsoever in Toledo” (which is where Katie is from) about the break up (now that’s a reliable source).

Well, what a relief. Because they’ve been through so much together that you’d just hate to see things end. A romantic proposal just months after their initial meeting, a pregnancy shortly thereafter - the odds are so in their favor that things are on the right path between the 43-year-old twice divorced actor and the 27-year-old bride-to-be…