Katie Holmes Crushes on Texas Women and Michelle Obama During Whirlwind Dallas Visit

What: Chick Lit Luncheon benefitting Community Partners of Dallas

Where: Hilton Anatole hotel

PC Moment: Speaking on-stage at the Hilton Anatole hotel during this year’s Chick Lit Luncheon, megawatt actress Katie Holmes dished deets on her Dawson’s Creek reunion, her girl crush Michelle Obama, a bold haircut she braved for a role that didn’t pan out and more.

But after she declared, “Texas women are just amazing,” the sentiment was immediately followed by cheers and applause from the well-heeled crowd.

Holmes was posh perfection in a citrus-hued Gucci frock, sitting opposite PaperCity Dallas editor-in-chief Christina Geyer during a frank exchange that covered entertaining tales of Holmes’ Hollywood adventures and a more sobering discussion of the work CPD does for abused and neglected children in Dallas, a cause important to Holmes as a mother.

The sold-out luncheon is in its 12th year and continually thriving since it relocated three years ago from Brook Hollow Golf Club to the Anatole’s much roomier Chantilly Ballroom.

The event also recognized Jan Rees-Jones for her support of the CPD’s Rainbow Room emergency resource center on behalf of The Rees-Jones Foundation.

Seen: Chick Lit chair Mersina Stubbs, honorary chair Nancy Perot, presenting sponsors Bob and Lara Tafel, Community Partners of Dallas president and CEO Paige McDaniel, Partners for Children Award recipient Jan Rees-Jones, Lisa Cooley, Daniella Giglio, Lisa Ogle, Katy Bock, Bora Song, Rachel Trowbridge, Deborah Scott and Brooke Hortenstine.