IT'S A GIRL!

{LOS ANGELES} -- Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had a baby girl Tuesday, said Cruise spokesman Arnold Robinson. The baby, named Suri, weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20 inches long, he said. "Both mother and daughter are doing well," Robinson said in a prepared statement. The name Suri has its origins in Hebrew, meaning "princess," or in Persian, meaning "red rose," the statement said. The baby was born in Los Angeles but the exact location was not disclosed. It's the first child for Holmes, 27. Cruise, 43, has an adopted daughter and son from his marriage to Nicole Kidman.

Details surrounding the birth, which was planned under the tenets of the Church of Scientology as a silent procedure, weren't disclosed. Outside the Beverly Hills home where Cruise and Holmes live, about a dozen reporters and photographers stood by. Security officers inside the compound videotaped the journalists. A security guard at the gate — which was shrouded in black to prevent anyone from seeing in — refused to release any information. A few cars did arrive and were allowed into the estate. It was just about a year ago that Cruise's romance with Holmes became a world sensation. Cruise hopped up and down on a couch during an interview with Oprah Winfrey as he professed his love. "I can't be cool. I can't be laid-back," Cruise declared at the time. "Something happened and I want to celebrate it." The antics were widely mocked but Cruise was unfazed and continued to avow his affection for Holmes. He and Holmes, a star of TV's "Dawson's Creek," had been first photographed together in Rome in April 2005. In June, Cruise announced to a Paris press conference that he had proposed to Holmes atop the Eiffel Tower. "Today is a magnificent day for me, I'm engaged to a magnificent woman," he said.

No wedding date has been disclosed.