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Tom Cruise stories: 94 news summaries

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  Top 9 Oprah Moments 

Crazy Tom Cruise, faker James Frey, and Sarah Palin make the cut

12 hours, 8 minutes ago
(Newser) - After 23 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the queen of talk has racked up quite a few memorable moments. In the wake of news that she's going to end the show in 2011, E! runs down the top nine, including Tom Cruise’s crazy couch dance, her car giveaway,... More »

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entertainment • Tom Cruise • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • James Frey • Jennifer Aniston • talk show • David Letterman • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • Michael Jackson • Sarah Palin • Portia de Rossi • Sarah Palin Oprah Winfrey

KINKY INTERVIEW

 Nicole Kidman: 
 I've Explored 
 Fetish Sex 

She admits to sexual experimentation, talks 'danger' of marriage

Nov 4, 09 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - She still won’t discuss what went wrong in her marriage to Tom Cruise—but ask her about kinky sex and Nicole Kidman is happy to deliver. “I’ve explored obsession,” she tells British GQ . “I’ve explored strange sexual fetish stuff.” She adds that her... More »

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entertainment • Nicole Kidman • Tom Cruise • sex • celebrity • Keith Urban

FOR THE XENU WHO HAS EVERYTHING

 Inside the 
 Scientology 
 Holiday Catalog 

And yes, that is a picture of Santa at a Scientology Christmas bash

Nov 4, 09 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Not sure what to buy Tom Cruise for Christmas? Just take a gander at the Scientology Holiday Catalog, which Jezebel's Dodai got her hands on by way of a reader. Noteworthy items include a collection of 18 Nigerian goatskin-bound books of The Basics for a cool $2,000, a $4,... More »

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entertainment • Scientology • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Christmas • Scientologists

Bale's American Psycho Inspiration: Tom Cruise 

Cruise's lifeless eyes impressed Christian Bale as he studied serial killer role

Oct 22, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - To capture the "Martian-like" behavior of serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, Christian Bale studied a fellow Hollywooder with a well-publicized belief in aliens, says director Mary Harron: Tom Cruise. Bale-as-Bateman looked at the world "like somebody from another planet," she tells BlackBook."One day... More »

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entertainment • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Christian Bale • horror film

 Kanye Lives!  And So Do 
 These Other Hoaxed Celebs 

Fake rumors of celebrity death from Kanye West to Frank Sinatra

Oct 22, 09 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - We're happy for you Kanye, but Paul McCartney's may have been the best celebrity death hoax of all time. An elaborate Internet hoax fooled many into thinking Kanye West had been killed in a car crash yesterday, prompting the Los Angeles Times to look at other celebs who fell victim... More »

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Paul McCartney • Tom Cruise • Kanye West • celebrity • Tom Hanks • hoax • rumor • hoaxes • Frank Sinatra • celebrity death

 Cruise Hails 
 Scientology at 
 Secret Confab 

'We never took our eyes off prize,' actor tells faithful

Oct 21, 09 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Cruise was one of the inspirational speakers at a secret Scientology confab in Britain, apparently attributing his success to his membership in the controversial organization. Cruise was joined by Katie Holmes and daughter Suri, John Tavolta and Kelly Preston, and some 4000 other guests at the hush-hush international gathering... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • John Travolta • England • Katie Holmes • celebrity • cult • Suri Cruise • Kelly Preston • celebrities

Your Brain Has
a Neuron Just for Tom Cruise

...and another for every celeb you recognize, study finds

Oct 9, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - You have a neuron in your brain devoted entirely to recognizing Tom Cruise. Another specializes in Barack Obama, yet another LeBron James, and, yes, Jon and Kate are taking up two. By studying a decade worth of brain activity, researchers have discovered a series of cells that act like celebrity... More »

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Barack Obama • Tom Cruise • LeBron James • brain • neurology • neurons • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • celebrities

 Suri Cruise's Wardrobe: $3.2M 

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes outfit kid with designer duds

Sep 30, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conspicuous celebrity consumption has reached new heights (or lows?): Three-year-old Suri Cruise reportedly has a designer wardrobe worth $3.2 million. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes “really splurge on” their daughter, sometimes commissioning top designers to make her custom outfits, a source tells the Sun. “Suri is... More »

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entertainment • Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • celebrity • Suri Cruise • celebrity parents • celebrity baby

INTERVIEW

 Penélope Cruz: 
 'I Can Fly and 
 Go Far' 

And no, she's not pregnant it seems—but she does have two major new films

Sep 28, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Penélope Cruz found herself suffering a panic attack after filming the scene in Broken Embraces when her character decides to try acting. “I don’t know what happened to me that day, but before and after we filmed I could not breathe,” she says—perhaps because... More »

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entertainment • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Javier Bardem • Woody Allen • Penelope Cruz • Pedro Almodovar

 Celeb Couples 
 Who Could Be Siblings 

Sienna Miller, Jude Law: Separated at birth?

Sep 12, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Judging by their love mates, some celebrities really are attracted to themselves above all others. Nerve lists five couples that look like siblings:
  • Sienna Miller and Jude Law: Back before the nanny breakup, they "seemed like the pretty, popular siblings all high schools seem to have."
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Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • Jude Law • Sienna Miller • Marilyn Manson • Pete Wentz • Ashlee Simpson • celebrity marriage • celebrities

OPINION

 Cruise Just Cooler than Pitt 


Aug 26, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Brad Pitt rep says the Inglourious Basterds star didn’t actually make fun of Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie, as one German magazine reported. But just in case he did, Joal Ryan of E! wants to you to know that Cruise is way cooler anyway. Why?
  • Eye
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entertainment • Brad Pitt • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Brangelina

Basterds Should Be Last WWII Movie Ever: Pitt

...and calls Tom Cruise's Valkyrie 'ridiculous'

Aug 21, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brad Pitt thinks Inglourious Basterds is so good that no one should ever bother making a World War II movie again, People reports. “I believe that Quentin put a cover on that pot. With Basterds, everything than can be said to this genre has been said,... More »

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Brad Pitt • Tom Cruise • Valkyrie • World War II • movies • Inglourious Basterds

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Cruise Daughter 
 Gets $59K Makeover 

Plus, Pamela Anderson was a nympho, and Lady GaGa is a hermaphrodite

Aug 7, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Cruise’s 16-year-old daughter felt a little insecure—so he shelled out $59,000 for a makeover, Australia’s News Network reports. Isabella “was complaining that boys never notice her,” a source tells the National Enquirer, adding that since the makeover, she’s “more confident and... More »

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entertainment • Tom Cruise • celebrity • hermaphrodite • Pamela Anderson • Renee Zellweger • celebrity parents • Bradley Cooper • Lady Gaga • Isabella Cruise


 New Book Spotlights 
 Cruise-Becks Bromance 

Tom influences David on everything, except Scientology

Jul 9, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Beckham and Tom Cruise have such an amazing friendship, it inspired almost a chapter in a new book about the soccer star, reports the New York Daily News. The two met in 2003 and now share an agency, PR firm, vacations, and zip code. And Cruise has influenced many... More »

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entertainment • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • Victoria Beckham • celebrity • David Beckham

(Newser) - Nerve’s list of the sexiest ugly people demands a counterpart, and here it is: The most unsexy beautiful people—those who may have symmetry and cheekbones—but no sex appeal.
  1. Nicole Kidman: She’s like a Barbie. Who's 40. And Botoxed. And lifeless.
  2. Tom Cruise: He was
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Nicole Kidman • Leonardo DiCaprio • Tom Cruise • list • Jennifer Aniston • Gwyneth Paltrow • Jonas Brothers • Beauty • sexy • unsexy

(Newser) - Holy scientology, Batman! The film crew on Katie Holmes' newest movie are being forced to sign pacts agreeing not to ask the scientology convert about her religion, reports the Australian Herald Sun. The Batman Begins actress, hubby Tom Cruise and daughter Suri are in Melbourne taking in the sights... More »

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Australia • Tom Cruise • Melbourne • Katie Holmes • Batman • Suri Cruise

Scientologists Got Me Fired: Fox Columnist

Friedman says he
was targeted  for
his criticism of cult

Jun 14, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Fox News columnist sacked after he reviewed a pirated copy of Wolverine insists he was actually fired because he was targeted by Scientologists, reports the New York Daily News. Kelly Preston and a Scientology spokesman pressured Fox News boss Roger Ailes to ax Roger Friedman because of his pieces... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Fox News • firing • Kelly Preston • Roger Friedman

France Tries
Scientology for Fraud


May 25, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The church of Scientology goes on trial for fraud today in a landmark case in France, reports the BBC. The American organization is widely regarded in the nation as a sect, and if Scientology is found guilty of a crime, it could be banned in the country. It's the first... More »

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fraud • Scientology • Tom Cruise • crime • France • religion • Paris • L. Ron Hubbard • criminal trial

OPINION

 Best. Bromance. Ever. 


May 13, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some people may see Star Trek for the action. Some go for the bromance. In Star Trek II, when Spock used his dying breath to tell Kirk, “I have been and always shall be your friend,” it cemented them as the greatest bromance ever. But not all... More »

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Tom Cruise • Star Wars • Star Trek • M*A*S*H • Anthony Edwards • Kelly McGillis • Top Gun • Jay-ZTV • bromance • Shawshank Redemption • Alan Alda

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Kidman Slams Cruise

Plus, ex won't admit dating LiLo, more

May 1, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicole Kidman doesn’t miss being married to Tom Cruise, Marie Claire reports. “I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and be seen and not heard,” the actress told Easy Living. “I felt I became a star only by association. We would... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • Nicole Kidman • Tom Cruise • Simon Cowell • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity

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