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"Get ready for Katie Holmes 2.0.\r\nIn mid-May, the Kennedys actress, 33, sat down with ELLE magazine for a revealing cover story interview for its August issue, which hits stands July 17.  And, in new excerpts from the prescient sit-down -- exclusive to Us Weekly -- Holmes drops even more illuminating hints about her impending split from Tom Cruise and her planned reinvention.\r\n\r\n(About a month and a half after the Holmes and Yang designer chatted with ELLE, she filed for divorce from Cruise, 50, after nearly six years of marriage; the former couple settled their divorce on Monday, with Holmes getting primary custody of their daughter Suri, 6.)\r\n\r\nThe former Dawson&amp;apos;s Creek star admits to ELLE that, as a younger woman, she struggled with her sexual confidence: &amp;quot;I always felt like a little girl before . . . I didn&amp;apos;t even know what sexy was.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe secret to feeling sexy? &amp;quot;Anytime you feel good about yourself, you embody sexiness,&amp;quot; the soon-to-be-single Holmes advises. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s almost like a power or a confidence or a secret.&amp;quot;\r\nJust as tantalizingly, Holmes alludes to her ability to cope and address problems -- no matter how intimidating -- with adversaries.\r\n&amp;quot;If something&amp;apos;s not okay, then I make it known,&amp;quot; says the star. &amp;quot;I will deal with things . . . the way my mom taught us girls how to be.  She stressed listen, learn, always be strong and be true to yourself.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn previously released quotes from the interview, Holmes snapped when asked about the stigma of being &amp;quot;Mrs. Tom Cruise.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;He has been Tom Cruise for 30 years,&amp;quot; she said of the Rock of Ages star. &amp;quot;I know who I am and where I am and where I want to go, so I want to focus on that.&amp;quot;\r\nIndeed, a source told Us on Monday shortly after news of Cruise and Holmes&amp;apos; settlement: &amp;quot;She is . . . very happy. She can move on and finally live her life.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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