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Tom Cruise Named Sexiest Short Man in Poll

Tom Cruise topped a British poll of the sexiest short men. Other sexy short men ranking high in the poll include British TV presenter Richard Hammond, James McAvoy and Robert Carlyle. Take a look:



Posted on January 11, 2010
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Lauren Bacall on Tom Cruise: He's a Maniac

Screen legend Lauren Bacall has a few choice words about Tom Cruise: she says he's a maniac. Bacall was interviewed for an Elle magazine piece about Nicole Kidman. And she didn't hold back about Nicole's ex.
Bacall told Elle that Kidman was "unhappy" during the filming of 2003's Dogville, after splitting with Cruise.

"Tom had taken off for Penelope Cruz or some g***mn thing - one of his more ridiculous moves," Bacall told the magazine. But she didn't stop there. "Tom Cruise is a maniac. I can't understand the way he conducts his life," Bacall added.

Kidman, herself, also weighed in on life after Cruise in the article, telling Elle that following her split with the "Top Gun" star, she was surprised to find love with singer Keith Urban. "I didn't foresee it, that you can meet somebody who you have a deep and more profound love with," she said. "I don't mean to take away anything with Tom, but I would hope that he has the same thing."
Nicole says very nice things about Tom in the interview: how she'd marry him all over again, how she learned from him and so on. In contrast, you have the outspoken Lauren Bacall blasting Tom for being a maniac. It's just too funny.

Posted on October 8, 2008
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Tom Snowmobiles With Oprah

Photo of Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey


Tom Cruise welcomed Oprah Winfrey to his Telluride, Colorado home for an interview about his life, his religion and his relationship with Nicole Kidman. Cruise said that Nicole shares custody of Isabella and Connor and that they have a great relationship. He gave Oprah a tour of the house and even took her snowmobiling. On Monday, he appears in Oprah's studio in the second part of the "Rehabilitate Tom Tour." Which is going much better than the Reverend Jeremiah Wright tour, we must say.

Posted on May 2, 2008
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Katie Holmes Re-Programmed

Photo of Star MagazineStar magazine is reporting that Katie Holmes has been packed off to Scientology boot camp for trying to move to New York temporarily to star in a Broadway play. She's be "re-educated" with fasting, sleep deprivation and constant auditing sessions.
In the new issue of Star, we report exclusively on how Katie was recently secluded for three days at Gold Base, the remote, supersecret Scientology compound in Hemet, Calif., where she was put through a demanding schedule.

"It included various tests, confession sessions, tons of reading and physically challenging purification processes," a Scientology insider reveals. "Tom insists that auditing and purification practices are incredibly beneficial to Scientologists at all levels."

Katie's intensive Scientology training and treatments have been accelerated in recent weeks, says another source, because she wanted to go to New York City without Tom to star in a Broadway play. But Tom stepped in and put the kibosh on her plans. And now Katie's been going in for a series of intensive auditing sessions, some which have lasted for 36 hours straight — with little sleep or food.

The controversial religion's practices have been shrouded in mystery for years. But with the defection of Cane actor Jason Beghe, more information about the church — which counts John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and Leah Remini among its members -- has become public. Read all about these new findings — from the grueling auditing sessions to "personal spiritual counseling," where members are hooked up to a lie-detector-like device called an E-meter and bombarded with the most personal of questions....
Well, if that isn't enough to make you run out and buy the latest issue of Star for all the details, we don't know what is. Poor Katie and Suri!!

Posted on April 30, 2008
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Tom Cruise Returns to The Oprah Winfrey Show

Tom Cruise is returning to the scene of his couch-jumping crime. He will appear on The Oprah Winfrey show in a two part segment. He'll appear on the regular show and also for an interview at his home in Telluride, Colorado.
The actor hasn't appeared on Winfrey's daytime talk show since his June 23, 2005, appearance where in addition to promoting "War of the Worlds," he very enthusiastically expressed his love for future wife Katie Holmes (we're putting the whole couch incident in the past).

It's not clear what the focus of this show will be, but it is well-timed to May sweeps, and a quick look at the calendar shows that this summer is the 25th anniversary of Cruise’s breakthrough role in Risky Business.
We must have missed the memo about thet 25th anniversary of Risky Business being a national holiday. Although, to be fair, we loved the movie. It was funny, no question.

Posted on April 26, 2008
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Madonna Thinks Tom Cruise Is Getting a Raw Deal

Madonna talked with New York Magazine about lots of interesting things. She thinks Tom Cruise is getting a raw deal in the press, even if he does worship turtles and frogs. Wait, what?
Interviewer: Tom Cruise was at a recent fund-raiser [for Malawi]. Do you sympathize with him?

Madonna: I do. I don't care if people worship turtles or frogs--if they're good people, that's all I care about, and he is a good person. I think he gets a raw deal, just as I think the orphans in Malawi get a raw deal, just as I think a lot of marginalized people get a raw deal.
How big a check did he write to Raising Malawi? Ok, that's pretty cynical of us. We just can't help ourselves. But we do love Madonna.

Posted on April 21, 2008
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Cher Discusses Past Relationship With Tom Cruise

This is a bit of a shocker for a Friday: Cher used to date Tom Cruise, back in the day. She finally talks about their relationship.
Cher told ET about her relationship with Tom Cruise, "It was a long, long time ago and neither one of us ever talked about it and I don't know why. When we were together he was such a private person. He always has been until lately. He didn't mention it and I didn't mention it. I loved him though, he was amazing. Now it's hard for me to look at this person and this press. How many times can I watch him jumping up and down on Oprah's couch?"

On why they broke up, "It was after Risky Business and right before The Color of Money. I couldn't go to Chicago and that was kind of the straw that broke the camel's back."

She goes on to say she still feels close to ex-husband Sonny Bono, who passed away in 1998, "I always kind of feel him in a strange way. I've got these lights in my bedroom and they go on and off for no reason and I always think it's him trying to piss me off."
Cher and Tom Cruise. The mind boggles.

Posted on February 8, 2008
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Tom Cruise Doesn't Own a Wallet

In a recent interview, Tom Cruise revealed that he doesn't have a cellphone, a watch or an email address. What is he, some kind of Luddite?
Hollywood star Tom Cruise has said he longs for the simple life - despite his £125 million fortune. The Mission: Impossible icon revealed he doesn't have a watch, a mobile phone, a wallet or an email address. The actor said: "I wear jeans, socks, shirt and a belt - all totally normal.

"I get my hair cut on the set. I have no iPhone, no mobile, no email address, no watch, no jewellery, no wallet. "I simply want to be with my children and make movies. I dreamed of the cinema as a child. I have had good luck. "My values for my children never change - love, responsibility, curiosity at the wonder of life.

"Every day is a gift. You must take your life in your hands, then you can reach any goal. "The message of life is you can make your dreams come true, only if you really believe in yourself." Cruise, 45, denied wife Katie Holmes, mother of his daughter Suri, was pregnant again. He said: "We are enjoying what we have. But we want lots more children."
Why doesn't he have a wallet? That's not living the simple life, it's just plain weird. What parent today doesn't have a cellphone? What if there's an emergency and his wife needs him? We hope this was lost in translation -- the original interview appeared in a German magazine.

Posted on November 8, 2007
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Tom Cruise Building Emergency Bunker

Tom Cruise is building a $10 million bunker underneath his Telluride, Colorado home, in preparation for some kind of apocalypse. Or an alien invasion. We're not really sure.
The 'Top Gun' star, who is a devout follower of Scientology, is said to believe evil intergalactic ruler Xenu will attack Earth and so has designed a place to hide underneath his Colorado mansion. A source told America's Star magazine: "Tom is planning to build a $10 million bunker under his Telluride estate. "It's a self-contained underground shelter with a high tech air-purifying system where up to ten people can survive for years."

Scientology's founder, science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, claimed extra-terrestrial beings were sent to Earth by intergalactic ruler Xenu, who then destroyed the aliens with hydrogen bombs in a volcano. The aliens' souls attached themselves to chosen humans, known as thetans, who will be one day be saved. Tom is a devout follower of the bizarre sci-fi cult and has been hailed by leaders of the faith as the "chosen one" who will spread the word of the religion.
Star magazine is such a reliable source, so how could this story be anything but true? And anyway, maybe the bunker is really in preparation for global warming. Or it could be a place to hide from his fans. Or, it could just be a really awesome party room.

And speaking of bunkers, remember when Dick Cheney's neighbors were so mad at him because of the round the clock construction at the Vice presidential mansion? They were putting in a state of the art underground bunker, just like the one Tom's building. These days, if you don't have a bunker you're just a nobody.

Posted on September 28, 2007
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Amid Controversy Tom Cruise Begins Filming Valkyrie

Photo of Tom Cruise as a Nazi for the film ValkyrieDespite extreme unhappiness from certain quarters in Germany, Cruise is going forward with filming his World War II movie, Valkyrie, in which he plays a Nazi who tried to assassinate Hitler.
Filming started Thursday on a movie starring Tom Cruise as the real-life mastermind behind a plot to kill Adolf Hitler, amid German grumbling about the high-profile Scientologist playing a national hero. A spokeswoman for Babelsberg Studios outside Berlin told AFP that director Bryan Singer ("The Usual Suspects") had begun shooting "Valkyrie" on location in the region surrounding the German capital. German officials have baulked at the choice of Cruise to play Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, who was executed by firing squad in 1944 after the failed assassination attempt.

They cite the actor's ties to the Church of Scientology, which is viewed here as a "totalitarian" group that exploits vulnerable people, as making him unfit to play a German martyr. "I find that Stauffenberg stood for the most noble motives a person can have," Frank Henkel, the general secretary of the Berlin chapter of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, told rolling news channel NTV. "I consider Tom Cruise as a self-proclaimed ambassador of Scientology inappropriate for the role." The remarks came after sharp criticism from a number of politicians and even Stauffenberg's eldest son Berthold, 72, who has told the German press that Cruise "should keep his hands off my father."

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Although he was an ardent Nazi in the early years, he realised by 1944 that Germany was entrenched in a disastrous war that Hitler had no intention of ending. Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators planted a bomb under a table in Hitler's headquarters in East Prussia on July 20, 1944. But the Fuehrer escaped, though he was injured, because an officer had moved the briefcase containing the explosives behind a sturdy leg of the oak table. Stauffenberg and other officers were rounded up that same night and executed by firing squad. The filming of "Valkyrie," after the code name for the assassination plot, is scheduled to continue until October 31 with the movie due for release next year.
Cruise is flying home from the shoot to attend a welcome party for David and Victoria Beckham co-hosted by Will and Jada Smith. It's an A-list invitation list with studio heads and lots of stars, and no press will be allowed.

Posted on July 19, 2007
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Tom, Katie and the Scientology Vows

Photo of Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are in Rome for their Scientology wedding. The Washington Post reports on what a Scientology ceremony is like.
When Tom Cruise marries Katie Holmes this weekend, like many a devout Scientologist, he may promise to provide her with "a pan, a comb, perhaps a cat." The formal wedding of the Hollywood stars in Italy on Saturday is shaping up as not only the celebrity wedding of the year but as the most famous Scientology wedding since science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard founded the church in Los Angeles more than 50 years ago.

Unlike the mysteries of "silent birth" -- the no-words method used when Holmes delivered daughter Suri in April -- Scientologists say their weddings generally are like Christian affairs with flower girls, a ring, music and a party afterward. "A photo of a Scientology wedding usually has a bride wearing a white dress and the groom wearing a dark suit and the party behind them. It is a joyous affair," said Church of Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw. Pouw said what makes a Scientology wedding unique is the advice offered in the ceremony for couples to maintain and improve their relationship.

"They make a vow to each other that they won't go to sleep at night without having repaired any upset they may have had during the day," Pouw said. Twice-divorced Cruise, Scientology's most prominent advocate, and Holmes, 27, announced their engagement in June 2005 after a whirlwind courtship. It is the first marriage for Holmes, who was raised a Catholic. The couple are expected to choose from five versions of the wedding ceremony, ranging from the Traditional to the Double Ring. Each includes traditional vows and lasts between 20 minutes to one hour.

In the old-fashioned language that marks the Traditional version, the groom is reminded that "girls" need "clothes and food and tender happiness and frills, a pan, a comb, perhaps a cat" -- and is asked to provide them all. The bride, in turn, is told that "young men are free and may forget" their promises. In the Double Ring ceremony, the ring is a symbol of permanency and reaffirms the Scientology principles of affinity, reality and communication. While some outsiders may find the concepts of Scientology difficult to grasp, Pouw said Scientology weddings are "quite normal."
Sounds perfectly normal to us. Because when we get married, we absolutely expect our groom to promise us "frills, a pan, a comb, perhaps a cat." Only we're going to change the ceremony to say "absolutely a cat -- a Persian - and maybe a dog -- a collie. But no gerbils."

People magazine is so excited about the Italian nuptials that it has launched its own TomKatWedding Blog.

(Photo via Splash News.)

Posted on November 17, 2006
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Tom Cruise Tries To Convert Superman To Scientology

Mike Walker of The National Enquirer reports that Tom Cruise is trying to convert Superman Returns star Brandon Routh to Scientology.
Does TOM CRUISE want the "S" on Superman's chest to stand for SCIENTOLOGY? My Favorite Alien — who just tried to convert ANGELINA JOLIE — targeted new Superman hunk BRANDON ROUTH faster than a speeding bullet! Tom met Routh — who just made the cover of gay mag "Advocate" under the headline "How Gay Is Superman?" — in a back booth at Factor's Famous Deli, where the Interplanetary Lord of Galactic CruiseControl was overheard inviting him to Hollywood's Scientology Center. (Tell-tale signs Superman's gay, according to "Advocate": "His camp hands-on-hips stance"... and "Loves stripping off in phone booths.")
Well, we're just not sure about the whole "Is Superman Gay" controversy, but we will say this: Tom Cruise is on a Mission to convert as many stars to Scientology as possible. After Angie and Brad slipped through his hands, he clearly decided to try for an up and coming Hollywood star. Run, Superman, Run!

Posted on June 26, 2006
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Tom Cruise Named Most Powerful Celebrity

Forbes magazine has named Tom Cruise as the most powerful celebrity in its annual list of the 100 most powerful Hollywood players.
Couch-jumping, cradle-robbing Tom Cruise soared to the No. 1 spot in Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 Power List. The "M:i: III" star trounced last year's Forbes topper Oprah Winfrey, who fell to third place. The celeb roster, which hits newsstands today, ranks big shots based on the size of their paychecks and the amount of attention they get.

Cruise got the top billing because he commands the biggest box office and pockets the most bucks in Hollywood, earning $67 million last year from his cut of "War of the Worlds." "Love him or hate him, Tom Cruise is Hollywood's most bankable star," Forbes Celebrity 100 editor Lea Goldman told the Daily News. But don't cry for Oprah - even though she had to witness Cruise's crazed couch dance on her show. She way outearned him, pulling in $225 million.

Also hitting high notes: aging rockers. The Rolling Stones got a bang from their $172 million "A Bigger Bang" tour, hitting No. 2. Global peacemaker Bono pushed U2 to No. 4. Tiger Woods rounded out the top 5 with $90 million in pay. King of all media Howard Stern was among the royalty on the Forbes list, coming in at No. 7 thanks to his $302 million Sirius payday. His earnings were second only to Steven Spielberg, whose sale of DreamWorks helped bring him $332 million.

Pouty-mouthed Angelina Jolie's Third World-saving put her at No. 35 on the list. She's tied with her squeeze Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. Making the scene for the first time were "American Idol"'s Simon Cowell at No. 29 and Ryan Seacrest at No. 88. Forbes' biggest loser of the year was "Passion of the Christ" crusader Mel Gibson, who went from No. 3 in 2005 to nowhere this year. Also looking like she's been through three days of rain is Julia Roberts, another Forbes no-show. "She hasn't been in a movie in two years and was critically panned" on Broadway, Goldman said.
So Tom Cruise is the most powerful celeb, eh? Then why can't he get little Suri a $5 million photo deal? Because we'd really like to see a picture of the little tyke.

Posted on June 16, 2006
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Tom Cruise Causes Bomb Scare In L.A.

People magazine reports on Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible III marketing disaster:
A Mission: Impossible III marketing scheme went haywire--literally--Friday when a Los Angeles Times reader in Santa Clarita mistook his friendly neighborhood newspaper rack for a device on the verge of spontaneous combustion. In this day and age, you really can't blame the guy for being a bit concerned when he inserted his quarter, opened the lid and saw a small plastic box with a few wires poking out of it sitting on top of the papers.

He subsequently called the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at 9:05 a.m., according to sheriff's office spokeswoman Deputy Dana Camarillo, and the Canyon Country division's arson and explosives team was dispatched to investigate, arriving on the scene about 20 minutes later. After spying the red plastic box, authorities proceeded to "render the device useless," Camarillo said. Or, to put it in more Mission: Impossible-friendly terms: They blew that sucker up!

As it turned out, that sinister-seeming object was one of approximately 4,500 digital music players placed in Times dispensers throughout the city programmed to play the Mission: Impossible theme when the rack's door was opened.

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Law enforcement officials received several other calls later in the day and the West Los Angeles federal police called in the sheriff's office bomb squad at one point, but by then the various departments had received word of Paramount Pictures' marketing campaign. "I think Paramount is pretty happy about it," Mark Kurtich, senior VP of operations for the Times, said, referring to the bonus publicity that inevitably accompanies an actual explosion.
And if a mere citizen had left a suspicious plastic box with wire sticking out of it in a newsrack? Why, they'd have been arrested, of course!

Posted on May 2, 2006
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Suri Cruise Makes Her Arrival

Photo of TomKatPeople magazine reports that Katie Holmes had her baby yesterday.
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise "joyously welcomed the arrival of a baby girl, Suri, today," Cruise's rep said in a statement after PEOPLE first broke the news Tuesday afternoon. "The child weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and was 20 inches in length. Both mother and daughter are doing well." The name Suri has its origins in Hebrew meaning "princess," or in Persian meaning "red rose," the rep added.

In October, barely six months into their romance, an ecstatic Cruise and Holmes revealed that they were expectant parents. Cruise, 43, and Holmes, 27, had made no secret of their desire to start a family together: When asked by PEOPLE last June if they were planning to have children, Holmes smiled and said simply, "Yes."

Friends of the Toledo, Ohio-bred Holmes called her perfectly suited to her upcoming role. "She almost seems born for motherhood," said Oliver Hudson, actress Kate Hudson's brother and an old pal who costarred with Holmes in Dawson's Creek. "She's a nurturer. She's got mother qualities a lot of girls her age don't have." Cruise, meanwhile, is "a great dad already," according to his pal, actress Leah Remini. He has two children from his marriage to Nicole Kidman: Isabella, 13, and Connor, 11, whom Cruise and Kidman adopted as infants. Remini told PEOPLE that both kids are "so cool…You can sit and talk to them about life."
Did Katie get to scream? Did the doctors get to scream? Did Tom really eat the placenta (EWWWWW!)? We need more details. In an interesting twist of fate, Brooke Shields gave birth to a baby girl on the same day. Somehow we doubt Brooke is going to be calling Tom to arrange playdates for the tykes.

Posted on April 19, 2006
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