Katie Holmes is kind of ready to start cautiously dating again, maybe

Katie Holmes might be ready to start dating again … verrrrrry cautiously. It's been seven months since the 34-year-old actress pulled the plug on her five-year marriage to Scientology's scariest shill, Tom Cruise. Since escaping Cruise's reportedly "controlling" clutches, Holmes has been thoroughly enjoying her hard-won freedom as a single mom to daughter Suri in Manhattan. But Holmes is starting to miss having a bit of male companionship, sources say, though she's gun-shy about getting into anything serious. (She needs to protect that aforementioned sweet freedom — remember, TOM CRUISE?) Somehow we doubt Holmes will have any trouble finding a dude to casually date without getting tied down. In fact, it looks like a line of hopeful suitors is accumulating right over there … [Source]

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