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Tom and Katie host gala dinner for Sept 11 heroes

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20 APRIL 2007

Fresh from unwrapping the presents for daughter Suri's first birthday, Hollywood power couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes jetted into New York for a charity event on Thursday. The pair had been celebrating their little girl's big day in Louisiana, where the 28-year-old actress is filming female crime caper Mad Money with Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah.

Classically dressed in elegant black, Katie accompanied her husband as he hosted a fundraiser for September 11 firemen and paramedics in Manhattan. Engagements like this are now part and parcel of the actress' high-profile lifestyle as a Tinseltown wife and mum. And with rather more on her plate than your average 20-something, the Batman Beginsstar makes an effort to keep her priorities straight.

"My work is very important to me. My family is very important to me", she said in a interview before cameras begun rolling on her new flick. "When I go to work, it will be the right thing, worth my time and worth my time away from my family."