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Not Again! Cruise Back to Oprah

First appearance since raving antics in 2005

By Elizabeth Wolff, Newser User

Posted Apr 25, 2008 10:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – What hopping mad announcement does he have now? Tom Cruise will return to the Oprah Winfrey Show for the first time since his notorious couch-jumping, Katie-Holmes-crazed fiasco in 2005, MSNBC reports. In addition to a studio interview, the two-part show, planned for May sweeps, will tour his Telluride mountain getaway, People notes. Read: possible cameos by Holmes or daughter Suri.

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Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey in 2004 (AP Photo/Scanpix, Erlend Aas, File)

Tom Cruise jumps on Oprah's couch in his infamous Katie Holmes love-proclaiming outburst in 2005. (JDBCreations)

U.S. actor Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes in 2007, in Berlin. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at Madonna's Raising Malawi benefit in February. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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