"Joel, get off the babysitter!"

In April, they were just dating.

Since June, they've been engaged.

Now, in October, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are expecting a baby.

I guess now we know what they've been engaged in.

Off the topic, but still interesting nonetheless:

The babysitter who occasioned the famous line in Risky Business was played, in an uncredited cameo, by actress Anne Lockhart, best remembered by drooling fanboys as perky Lt. Sheba on the original Battlestar Galactica series.

Lockhart, the daughter of June Lockhart, the wholesome matron on Lassie and Lost In Space, has carved out a nice little career for herself popping up in uncredited roles in feature films. Among the many popular movies in which Lockhart makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-her screen appearance: E.T., City Slickers, Basic Instinct, and The Last Boy Scout. She's also a much-in-demand voice actor, specializing in post-production dialogue recording.

And, back in the day, Anne Lockhart was every bit as cute as Katie Holmes is now. (She may still be — I don't have access to a recent photo.)

Which explains the business with Joel and the babysitter.