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Tom Cruise stories: 95 news summaries

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 Cruise, Lauer Grip and Make Up 

Calmer interview follows 2004 Today showdown

Dec 15, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer met on Today for the first time since an infamously tense 2005 interview, and this time, things were more relaxed, People reports. The pair chatted about their previous meeting. "I came across as arrogant," Cruise said, adding, "that's not the person I... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • psychiatry • Matt Lauer • Today show • interview

 Suri Pans Dad's Santa Act 

Cruise isn't fooling youngest child with Christmas getup, promises improvement

Dec 15, 08 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise’s acting skills got a thumbs-down from a very important fan—his daughter, E! Online reports. Cruise, who always plays the role of Santa during family Christmas celebrations, said astute tot Suri recognized him immediately last year: “I did my best Santa impression. She looked at me... More »

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Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • celebrity • Christmas • Santa Claus • Suri Cruise • celebrity parents • celebrity baby

 Cruise: I'd Do a Musical  

Actor does a mean Elvis impersonation

Dec 12, 08 9:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise in a musical? After prodding from Jay Leno last night, the star says he wouldn't mind following wife Katie onto the stage, Broadway World reports. "Yes, I do movies and everything, but I wouldn't say no to Broadway," said Cruise. Turns out, he got his start... More »

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Tom Cruise • Broadway • celebrity • Jay Leno • musical • actor

OPINION

 Cruise's Craziest Moments 

From blow-ups over Scientology to couch acrobatics on Oprah, Tom's had his share

Dec 11, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Three years after Tom Cruise and Today's Matt Lauer went a few rounds over Scientology, drugs, and Brooke Shields' postpartum depression, the pair is set for a rematch Monday—which spurred the Los Angeles Times to list Tom's top 5 head-smacking interviews:
  1. Oprah, May 2005: Cruise dances around proclaiming
... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Matt Lauer • list • Katie Holmes • Today show • interview

 TomKat: You've Got 
 Us All Wrong 

Celebrities tell it like it really is in dueling Times interviews

Dec 6, 08 7:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise stalked Marlin Brando. Katie Holmes vogued like Madonna. The celebrity couple shares a few anecdotes—and thoughts about acting, parenthood, and the paparazzi—in separate interviews with the New York Times T Magazine. Cruise also reflects on his fame, his “perfect” image, and the fear of losing... More »

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Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • celebrity • celebrity interview

 Cruise Cool With 
 Paparazzi Snapping Suri  

Actor dishes on cute daughter

Nov 25, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise doesn’t mind the paparazzi snapping away at hot-tot daughter Suri—in fact, he thinks some of the shots are “incredible.” “It’s certainly different these days with the media, but people have been very good to us and do give us space, so I... More »

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Hollywood • Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • paparazzi • celebrity • Suri Cruise • celebrity baby

Hollywood Scientology Guard
Kills Samurai Man

Shooting of former church member was self-defense, police conclude

Nov 24, 08 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - A man brandishing two Samurai swords was shot dead by a guard inside a Hollywood Scientology church yesterday. A security tape revealed that the guard used his automatic weapon to protect himself and two colleagues, police concluded. The sword man had a history with the church, but was not a... More »

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California • Hollywood • Scientology • Tom Cruise • shooting

Cruise in an Eye Patch May Prove Hard Sell in Valkyrie

Shifting release date shows studio's concerns with film

Nov 23, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - A fear that audiences won't take to Tom Cruise in an eye-patch has kept Valkyrie, about a failed plot by German officers to assassinate Hitler, in United Artists' vaults. Advertising Age reports that studio execs postponed the film’s release multiple times over worries it wouldn’t stand up in... More »

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film • Tom Cruise • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • World War II • assassination attempt • political movies

 Fangs for the 
 Memories: Best 
 Bloodsucker Stars 

Baddest vampires deliver the tingles

Nov 23, 08 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - As Twilight fans storm the box office, Entertainment Weekly offers up its picks of a dozen of the best toothsome vampires:
  • David (The Lost Boys, 1987): Before he drew blood as Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland drank blood with the two Coreys.
  • Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996):
... More »

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film • Tom Cruise • Quentin Tarantino • Robert Rodriguez • cinema • Kiefer Sutherland • Salma Hayek • movies • Sarah Michelle Gellar • horror movies • vampires • David Boreanaz

OPINION

 Betty's Ugly Charms Wear Thin 

Star Ferrera's rumored off-set cattiness isn't helping, either

Oct 31, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - When she lost the poncho, she lost the charm: America Ferrera’s Ugly Betty character “seems to be losing her very Betty-ness,” lament the Fug Girls in New York. “Ferrera and her scrappy, brace-faced alter ego” once brought “surprising heart” to ABC’s show, but “... More »

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television • Tom Cruise • Lindsay Lohan • Ugly Betty • Katie Holmes • celebrity • Gossip Girl • America Ferrera • Dawson's Creek • James Van Der Beek

theater review

 Holmes Holds Own on Stage 

Supporting performer is center of attention in Broadway production of All My Sons

Oct 17, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a perfect world, stars John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest would be the center of attention in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. “In this world, however, Mrs. Tom Cruise is playing a supporting role,” writes Natalie Finn of E!. So with tabloid-lovers... More »

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theater • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Broadway • Katie Holmes • reviews • Anonymous • Arthur Miller • John Lithgow • Dianne Wiest

(AP) - Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut in All My Sons last night, but not before about 30 anti-Scientology protesters put on a show of their own outside Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The protesters, some masked, chanted "Scientology kills! and carried "FREE KATIE" placards. And, yes, her famous hubby showed... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • New York City • Broadway • Katie Holmes

 Kidman Is Most Overpaid Actor 

Ex-husband makes the list, too

Sep 10, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With an ignominious 1:1 ratio of salary to receipts, Nicole Kidman snags the top spot on Forbes’ list of most overpaid movie stars. In other words, her films make a mere $1 for every dollar she’s paid, an average $15 million per flick. Ex-husband Tom Cruise is close... More »

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Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • film • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Cate Blanchett • Jennifer Lopez • Cameron Diaz • Drew Barrymore • Jennifer Garner • Nicolas Cage • actor • Will Ferrell • movie industry • movies • Jim Carrey

 Hurt German Extras 
 Sue Cruise's Studio 

Actors launch $11 million suit after falling out of truck during Berlin filming of Valkyrie

Aug 25, 08 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - German extras from the upcoming Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie are suing the actor’s film studio for $11 million after they fell out of a moving truck during shooting. The accident, which happened a year ago in Berlin, landed all 11 in the hospital. “The studio knew the trucks... More »

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film • Tom Cruise • Germany • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • lawsuit • World War II

 Cruise's Partner Quits UA

Actor's new role is trying to revive his own career

Aug 14, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next mission impossible for Tom Cruise may be reviving his own career, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Cruise's business partner Paula Wagner is quitting her job as CEO of United Artists just weeks after her husband, Cruise's agent Rick Nicita, left CAA. The changes likely reflect the star's unhappiness... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Tom Cruise • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • DreamWorks • Paula Wagner • United Artists • MGM • The Last Samurai • Tropic Thunder • Rick Nicita • Morgan Creek • Mission: Impossible • Vanilla Sky

 Pint-Sized Men on Top of World

MLK, Bob Dylan, John McCain— all 5-foot-7

Aug 13, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The most successful Americans aren't towering over the rest of us from 6-foot-plus heights. The real elite stand at a modest 5-foot-7—not one inch taller, or shorter, writes comedian Dennis O'Toole in NPR. Martin Luther King, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, John McCain—all short in stature but high on... More »

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Tom Cruise • height • short

MOVIE REVIEW

 Tropic Thunder
 Declares Comedy War

No targets are safe in Ben Stiller's gross-out war comedy

Aug 13, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The action comedy Tropic Thunder, a send-up of Vietnam War movies, crosses some lines—intentionally. In fact, Peter Hartlaub writes in the San Francisco Chronicle, "if you're not offended by at least one aspect of this film, then you're probably not getting out enough." But it has... More »

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Tom Cruise • comedy • movie review • DreamWorks • Robert Downey Jr. • Ben Stiller • Jack Black • Tropic Thunder

 Jolie Takes Role
 Meant for
 Cruise

Spy thriller lead must undergo gender change

Aug 12, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - What Angelina Jolie wants, she gets. The actress is nearing a deal to play the lead in a spy thriller originally intended for Tom Cruise, Variety reports. The well-regarded script, Edwin A. Salt, is the story of a CIA agent on the run from espionage charges. Should Jolie seal the... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Tom Cruise • celebrity • movie industry

Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

Risqué humor draws smaller crowds, but stars can cut loose

Aug 5, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie studios are gambling on R-rated comedies more than ever as audiences open up to raunchier humor and stars push to showcase their talent in a less restricted setting, the AP reports. PG-13 flicks almost always draw bigger crowds, but R-rated features like Sex and the City, Wedding Crashers, and... More »

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Tom Cruise • MPAA • comedy • Sex and the City • Ben Stiller • Jack Black • Knocked Up • movies • Tropic Thunder • R-rated • Wedding Crashers

Lawsuit Targets Cruise, Scientology 'Crime Syndicate'

Files harassment lawsuit under federal RICO statute

Jul 31, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ex-Scientologist says the organization is a “crime syndicate” in a $250 million federal lawsuit that names Tom Cruise as the head honcho's "right-hand man," reports the Daily News. The suit uses a statute designed to counter organized crime in an attempt to have the Church of... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • racketeering • RICO • David Miscavige • Peter Letterese

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