katie holmes

The gap between America's super-wealthy and the rest of us has grown so vast it's hard to even comprehend the sums they spend on their luxuries. But if you measure, say, a $200 million luxury yacht in terms of the average U.S. family's household income, the picture comes back into focus.

Katie Holmes is a well known actress, but now she's helping disadvantaged kids become professional dancers. She recently founded the Dizzy Feet Dancing Foundation, which provides scholarships to dance students. Her hope is to help young people who cannot afford such programs to achieve their...