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Taking a break from his promotional duties, Tom Cruise visited the Department of Foreign Affairs and Tourism in Dublin, Ireland today (April 3).
The ?Top Gun? hunk, who has been busy plugging his new flick ?Oblivion,? received a Certificate of Irish Ancestry from Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore after tracing his roots back to 12th Century Ireland.
Cruise told press his relatives would get a kick out of the whole ordeal- ?They?re gonna love it. We love a good story in our family and to really see the history in a [new] way. I knew I was from Ireland, that?s why I wanted to make ?Far and Away,? but to have this, and the work these ladies did is just unbelievable. It?s just brilliant.?
During his Dublin rounds, Tom also stopped in to the Guinness Storehouse to sample some stout and poured himself a pint!
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| | ?Generous' Tom Cruise threw a $150,000 party for his London cast & crew | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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A rough-looking Tom Cruise has finally wrapped filming on All You Need Is Kill, which he’s been working on in London since last September (with the first mega-craptastic film still of Tom crapping his pants in robot suit surfacing in November). If that seems like a long time even for an big-budget action movie to finish filming, consider also that the film relies on a time-loop gimmick, so it’s been a case of the entire cast and crew being subjected to very similar situations that probably feel like the same scenario on repeat. So it’s like Groundhog Day, but instead of Bill Murray, we’re getting an evil, lift-wearing monkey, and any humor will be of the unintentional variety.
But alas, the film has now wrapped, and Tom Cruise has decided that his time in London was such an amazing experience (which is interesting since much of Tom’s time has been spent awkwardly raving in nightclubs) that he decided to throw the party to end all parties for the cast and crew to the tune of $150,000, and of course his team leaked the details of the bash to make Tom look like such an awesome dude. I noticed that the informant in this story neglected to mention the Scientology-themed goody bags, but here are the nauseatingly gushy details:
Tom Cruise may just be the most generous superstar in all of Hollywood. The acting legend spent a whopping £s;100,000 on a wrap party for cast and crew on his latest blockbuster – but failed to attend the glitzy celebration himself.
Tom, 50, was in London filming All You Need Is Kill, and planned the huge celebration for the entire cast and crew. Unfortunately, the Top Gun star found himself stuck on set until late on Saturday night as filming ran over and he was not able to join the lavish party he had paid for.
Cruise booked one of the top five star luxury venues in town with free food and drink all night for the 400 people who worked on the film. Tom got his people to book the luxurious Altitude London venue on the 28th floor of the Millbank Tower near the Houses of Parliament.
A source close to the action hero told Mail Online: “He chose the venue because it has the most amazing panoramic view of the whole of London.” But due to filming over-running Tom wasn’t able to attend his own leaving do. The source added: “He was still at the studios right up till late Saturday night filming last minute action sequences to the multi-million budget action flick.”
Instructions were sent from the set to managers at the venue that there should be a free bar all night with unlimited champagne and cocktails. The source said: “By the end of the night over 350 bottles of champagne had been popped. There were also delicious canapes of crab cakes, Chinese dim sum, mini Kobe beef burgers, sausage and mash, and satay chicken.”
One of the crew at the party told Mail Online: “Tom’s had an incredible time filming this movie, he’s ridden a vintage motorbike down the Mall to Buckingham Palace and dropped out of a helicopter into Trafalgar Square.
“He said that filming in London has been one of the greatest experiences of his life, and this was his way of saying thank you to all the production team that made it possible.”
The crew member added: “I’ve worked on quite a few Hollywood films and with big star names, but this is without a doubt the most lavish wrap party I’ve ever been to. There’s going to be a few sore heads on Sunday morning though.”
The shindig included a DJ playing all night up to 3am and the party got started early with people wading in at 9pm at the free bar. Hundreds of full champagne flutes were lined up across the bar and were replenished as soon as they were drunk. Waitresses kept going round with seemingly never ending trays of canapes.
There was even a dressing up cupboard laid on complete with Mission: Impossible style outfits and a photo-booth so that crew could take pictures of themselves because there was a strict no photos rule in the party.
[From Daily Mail]
Well of course Tom missed the party that he so selflessly organized because he’s such a hard little worker bee and had to finish the last night of filming on set. I would be willing to bet a copy of Dianetics that this party was written into the film’s budget with Tom necessarily getting all of the credit. I’m sort of wondering exactly what Tom will be doing in the immediate aftermath of this latest gig. He’s got a lot of movies on his roster and is due to start promoting Oblivion soon, but this will be his first official mini-break since Katie filed for divorce last summer. Tom doesn’t do well with downtime, so this could get funky.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN
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| | Tom Cruise was a naughty little Catholic boy, got 'kicked out' of seminary school | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Tom Cruise wants everyone to know that he visited with Suri last week in London. Now, there won’t be pictures of the alleged meething — because he’s a very private person (cough) who doesn’t want us to reset our “Suri clocks” on him — but Tom made sure his people spoke to People magazine about how he and Suri spent “four to five” blissful days in each other’s arms. According to People, “they kept such a low profile that nobody really knew she was there.” At this point, we just have to take Tom’s word for it, but it’s strange that Suri was pulled out of school for the trip.
There’s also a new story about how Tom was dismissed from seminary school in the late 1970s, and the details come from one of Tom’s old buddies. He wasn’t exactly kicked out, but he got in trouble for stealing alcohol and was known to sneak out and smoke ciggies like a naughty little boy. We’ve heard about Tom’s previous intention to become a priest, but these additional details about how he was discouraged from returning to school (he lasted two years) after he got in trouble for swiping beer from the Franciscan fathers are quite amusing. Here’s some excerpts about Tom’s brief stint as a seminary student:
Father Ric Schneider on Tom: “Tom was instantly hooked. He as a typical teenager, trying to find his way in life. We would give them an IQ test, and he just about made the cut. The cutoff is 110, and he scored exactly 110.”
BFF Shane Dempler on Tom: “He had a very strong Catholic faith. We went to Mass, spent time in the chapel and enjoyed hearing stories from the priests. We thought the priests had a great lifestyle and we were really interested in priesthood. In truth, we were too young to make that decision.”
Tom and Shane, bad boys: One night, the duo got the bright idea of stealing some liquor from their Franciscan fathers, who were planning a celebration. Dempler sneaked into the room where the liquor was stashed and threw bottle after bottle out the window to Cruise, waiting below. “(I) tossed about six, most broke, but we managed to get a couple and hide them in the nearby woods. The priests didn?t even realize until some of the other boys found out about our plan and snuck into the woods and got drunk. They were caught staggering down the road to the seminary and forced to confess. The school wrote a letter to our parents saying they liked us both, but would prefer if we didn’t return. So we weren’t kicked out, just preferred not to go.”
Teacher Salvio Russo on Tom: “He was very unremarkable. You would never have thought he’d make it, although he did have a really neat smile.”
[From NY Daily News]
From Tom’s speedy move from Catholicism (where he was apparently very interested in joining the priesthood) to Scientology (where he has enthusiastically risen to the point where many would consider him #2 in charge after David Miscavige) may illustrate a tendency towards religious fanaticism. Tom can’t simply identify himself as Catholic or Scientologist — he has to see himself as the best Catholic or Scientologist. In fact, if he had somehow managed to become a priest and was still in the Catholic faith, you can guarantee that he’d be in Vatican City lobbying for the empty Pope slot as we speak. Scary thought, right?
Here’s some photos of Tom last week on the set of All You Need Is Kill in London. The cameras have been rolling on this movie since November, which feels overly long even for a big-budget action movie. Check out Tom’s combat-boot lifts! He looks slightly winded, no?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN
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| | Tom Cruise's Presidential Dreams and Saluting Dogs | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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The Hollywood Reporter has an excerpt from Lawrence Wright’s new book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison Beliefabout, what else, Scientology. You can read the excerpt here but I wanted to highlight a couple points. Namely, Tom Cruise’s presidential aspirations and glorious leader David Miscavige’s Scientology beagles he dresses up and makes people salute. First up, Tom Cruise’s dream of becoming the leader of the US.?Bush may be an idiot,? Miscavige observed, ?but I wouldn?t mind his being our Constantine,? referring to the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. Cruise agreed. ?If f?ing Arnold can be governor, I could be president.? Miscavige responded, ?Well, absolutely, Tom.?It’s unclear weather Miscavige was patronizing Cruise or if he was really serious. It’s hard to tell with the guy anymore. I mean, he dresses his five beagles up as Scientologists with the rank of Sea Org Captain and makes people salute them. He’s been in his ivory volcano for so long he doesn’t even know what reality is.Miscavige keeps a number of dogs, including five beagles. He had blue vests made up for each of them, with four stripes on the shoulder epaulets, indicating the rank of Sea Org Captain. He insists that people salute the dogs as they parade by. The dogs have a treadmill where they work out. A full-time staff member feeds, walks and trains the dogs and enters one of them, Jelly, into contests, where he has attained championship status. One of Miscavige?s favorites, a Dalmatian/pit bull mix named Buster, went on a rampage one day and killed 10 peacocks on the property, and then the dog proudly laid out his kill for all to see. Buster also attacked various members of the staff ? sending one elderly woman to the emergency room ? before being transferred to another base, causing staffers to joke he had been sent to the dog equivalent of Scientology rehabilitation.Everything about that paragraph is spectacular. From the dog captains to the one dog who went on a rampage killing 10 peacocks. I feel like they just glanced over the peacock thing though like it was common knowledge. Tell us more about these peacocks. Why are they there and how many does he actually have? Do they serve a purpose in Scientology or does David Miscavige just love him some peacocks?
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| | Tom Cruise, politician: 'If f?ing Arnold can be governor, I could be president' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Let me first start out by saying that I am seriously bummed that our photo agencies didn’t get any photos of Tom Cruise at the Tokyo premiere of Jack Reacher. Tom is always very manic and entertaining when he hits Japan because he’s pretty huge there, and I mean that in a figurative and literal sense. Not only do the Japanese enjoy Tom’s movies, but Tom loves the fact that he can actually tower over some of the men in the country. But we will have to make do with these (sort of) old photos of Tom while he was in NYC last month to appear on Letterman (where Tom learned the “F” word). I never noticed before how much I love how Tom’s shadow is wearing lifts too.
To divert slightly from the main point today, a story in this week’s In Touch paints a lovely picture of Tom’s new relationship with Cynthia Jorge, the 26-year-old restaurant employee with whom he was dirty dancing in NYC clubs. Apparently, Cynthia feels that dating Tom “feels like a fairy tale,” and “they have a lot in common and are seeing where things go.” But they’re taking it slow! “They’re getting to know each other. It’s like any relationship in the beginning phase.” This basically means that Scientology is performing its filtering functions right now. Cynthia is probably undergoing the usual processing method of introductory auditing and incisor filing, and I wouldn’t be surprised if her family and friends haven’t spoken to her in weeks. So sure, it’s a “fairy tale” if there ever was one.
Now back to the “F” word. Tom has spoken that word before in some of his movies, but I’m not sure that he knows what it means. I’m not trying to be rude — that’s just how I see Tom: asexual and (to paraphrase Mimi Rogers) the proud owner of a “pure instrument.” Yes, I believe that Tom is Suri’s biological father, but I’m not entirely convinced that he had actual sex to get there. Instead, it seems like Tom has a hero-like fascination with CO$ leader David Miscavige.
The relationship between Tom and Dave is being detailed further in a new book by Lawrence Wright (staff writer from The New Yorker) called Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief. The Hollywood Reporter provides a multi-page summary of this book, but it’s a lot of stuff that we’ve heard already (including the familiar details about how Miscaviage and Tommy Davis instructed Isabella and Connor Cruise that their mother, Nicole Kidman, is a raging sociopath), so mostly, I am going to excerpt the parts about Tom and David Miscavige’s strange relationship. In short, not only are Dave and Tom the ultimate “big beings,” but they also plan on getting in their little spaceship of love together for an actual rendevous with L. Ron Hubbard himself once day. Here are some excerpts, which include a disturbing story about Dave’s dogs and Tom using the “F” word to describe his hopeful candidacy in running the United States:
Miscavige’s taste in music and movies: [Every evening], Miscavige retires to his den and drinks Macallan scotch and plays backgammon with members of his entourage or listens to music on his $150,000 stereo system (he loves Michael Jackson) or watches movies in his private screening room (his favorite films are Scarface and The Godfather trilogy). He usually turns in around three or four in the morning.
Miscavige makes Scientologists salute his dogs: Miscavige keeps a number of dogs, including five beagles. He had blue vests made up for each of them, with four stripes on the shoulder epaulets, indicating the rank of Sea Org Captain. He insists that people salute the dogs as they parade by. The dogs have a treadmill where they work out. A full-time staff member feeds, walks and trains the dogs and enters one of them, Jelly, into contests, where he has attained championship status. One of Miscavige’s favorites, a Dalmatian/pit bull mix named Buster, went on a rampage one day and killed 10 peacocks on the property, and then the dog proudly laid out his kill for all to see. Buster also attacked various members of the staff — sending one elderly woman to the emergency room — before being transferred to another base, causing staffers to joke he had been sent to the dog equivalent of Scientology rehabilitation.
Tom & Dave plotted to take over the US: “Bush may be an idiot,” Miscavige observed, “but I wouldn’t mind his being our Constantine,” referring to the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. Cruise agreed. “If f–ing Arnold can be governor, I could be president.” Miscavige responded, “Well, absolutely, Tom.”
Tom & Dave have a future rendezvous with L. Ron Hubbard: “[Miscavige would] say that Tom Cruise was the only person in Scientology, other than himself, that he would trust to run the Church,” one former Sea Org member recalled. Rathbun observed: “Miscavige convinced Cruise that he and Tom were two of only a handful of truly ‘big beings’ on the planet. He instructed Cruise that LRH was relying upon them to unite with the few others of their ilk on earth to make it onto ‘Target Two’ — some unspecified galactic locale where they would meet up with Hubbard in the afterlife.”
[From Hollywood Reporter]
HAhahahaha. Tom Cruise as Presidential candidate? Don’t worry, it would never happen. Neither Tom nor the CO$ could afford the pay cut (the article points out that in 2004 alone, Tom “donated” $3 million to “the church”). Also, even if Tom managed to convince a political party to nominate him, there’s no way he could handle even one live political debate. It would be all about blinding-white smiles and sticking his finger in his opponent’s face. “But what about the economy, Tom?” You don’t understand the history of psychiatry! I do.”
There’s also a separate article from Hollywood Reporter that is devoted to the portions of Wright’s book that cover John Travolta’s “blithe” acceptance of “the faith,” and it details an auditor’s defection from the CO$ after her baby (who was denied vaccinations) had developed whooping cough: “The baby’s eyes were welded shut with mucus, and her diaper was wet — in fact, her whole crib was soaking. She was covered with fruit flies.” The really sad part of this story? It is probably all true.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet
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| | Tom Cruise loses his delicate sensibilities when Letterman drops an F-bomb | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Tom Cruise stopped by the “Late Show with David Letterman” last night, and that means he’s in New York City, so maybe he’ll decide to take a few minutes from his very important, hectic schedule and visit Suri. It’s the least he can do. I kind of love the above photo, which is rather enlightening because Tom’s red eyes are betraying the very moment when Xenu comes out to play.
Now onto a more important topic, which is the re-appearance of Tom’s moobs. We are officially back on Moob Watch, people. Kaiser was the first one to notice Tom’s adorable little A-cups, and then she called him out on trying to use his shiny, blue, puffy jacket to hide those suckers. The moobs went away for a few months while Tom got in shape to shoot a few action flicks, but then Tom wore the moob-hiding jacket last week in Madrid, so I guess that’s a good indication that they’re back, right? Look at them. They are so perky. Honestly, I wish my rack was this small. I’d save so much money on sports bras:
Tom’s actual appearance last night on Letterman was an eventful one, but not because there was much talk of Jack Reacher. They did show a clip, but Paramount’s promotion has dropped to a mere trickle in regards to discussing the movie, which is quite violent with all manner of gunplay and Tom beating the living crap out of various characters. That is, in the fallout of the Sandy Hook shootings, the NYC premiere has been postponed out of respect to the victims of the tragedy, which is a smart move. So good on Tom for taking it down a notch too when it comes to pimping his latest project (although other Scientologists haven’t been nearly as well-behaved, and I’ve been giving Juliette Lewis the middle finger all weekend for retweeting “news stories” about how all violence is a direct result of psychiatry — because Xenu drugged his peeps before blowing up all the volcanoes).
In lieu of discussing much about Jack Reacher, Tom and Dave talked about their kids. More specifically, Dave pondered when having “the talk” was appropriate, and then Dave started in on how his kid knows a dirty word or two. Here’s Tom’s shocked face when Letterman drops the F-bomb and a video clip of the moment below:
Oh, Tom. His response is rather hilarious yet ultimately predictable here. He’s such a “clean” guy, you know? I remember how Adam Carolla talked about how Tom stopped by Jimmy Kimmel’s house to watch football (and Tom brought his mom), and Tom was so offended (although he was trying to hide it) at all the poop jokes and alcohol-ridden behavior on display. In Adam’s words, “He comes across as a guy who?s battling to be normal, like he?s from another planet, and he?s studying guys and saying, “What would a guy do in this situation?’.” And then Adam did a really gross thing with a football in front of Tom. Wait, what was I talking about?
Right. MOOBS.
Screencaps courtesy of YouTube, photos courtesy of WENN
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| | Tom Cruise & Rosamund Pike Host "Jack Reacher" Spanish Screening | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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In anticipation of next Friday's release, Tom Cruise and Rosamund Park attended the premiere of their new film, "Jack Reacher" at the Callao cinema in Madrid, Spain on Thursday (December 13).
The 50-year-old actor faced the chilly Spanish weather in a dark sweater, jeans, and a blue winter coat while his likely chilly costar wore a long-sleeved short gold dress and open-toed heels.
Based on a character created by British author Lee Child, Jack is described as 6ft 5 in and weighing between 210 and 250 pounds.
If it seems like Tom Cruise might be a strange choice, the "Mission Impossible" star recently addressed the question to Reuters, saying, "You know, [Child] created the character. I had my own opinion that I didn't say to Lee and then he came back and pretty much reflected what I had felt about it. But had he said 'look I'd rather not,' I would not have played the character." He then described Reacher's size as a characteristic and not an entire being.
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| | Tom Cruise Dines with Director Ridley Scott in London | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Looking like the movie star that he is, Tom Cruise had dinner with director Ridley Scott at Scott's restaurant in London on Saturday (October 13).
The "Mission Impossible" star was clad in all black with a blazer, dress pants, and shades as he headed into the awaiting vehicle.
Meanwhile, rumors are swirling as to whether the high-profile Scientologist may be leaving the church to try and win back Katie Holmes.
An insider tells The People, "Now he's lost the most precious thing in his life, he sees that his Scientology beliefs may not have hurt his box office [success] but have ended not one but two marriages."
The source added, "Now he's lost the most precious thing in his life, he sees that his Scientology beliefs may not have hurt his box office [success] but have ended not one but two marriages."
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| | Tom Cruise steps out with another 'mystery woman,' plus thoughts on 'The Master' | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Tom Cruise continues to live it up in the London nightlife, and I am seriously wondering what the hell is up with him. Not only is he thumbing his nose at suggestions that he’s not spending enough time with Suri (because phone calls are enough) and moobing it up with “mystery ladies,” but Tom was also spotted at the same nightclub as Tara Reid the other night, which is never a good sign. Not even for a moment would I have ever expected Tom to be boogying down in close proximity with Tara, but I guess he feels the need to feel young and funky these days. Whatever.
Tom was out again on Friday evening for yet another late night, and it’s a wonder that anything is getting done with the movie, All You Need Is Kill, that Tom is supposed to be working on right now. Never mind that he could have hopped on his private jet and visited Suri over the weekend, right? Here’s Tom’s latest “mystery woman” who was part of his dinner party and exited with Tom. While I don’t think they are actually dating (because Tom is a huge fan of PDA with the women that he does become involved with, contractual or otherwise), there’s a statement of some sort being made here. Obviously, these ladies could have exited out a different door than Tom or even just a minute before or after him, but he has wanted to be seen with these chicks. This one seems (as Kaiser suggested) as if she could be closely
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| | Katie Holmes, pre-divorce with C mag, doesn't mention Tom's name even once | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Katie Holmes covers the September issue of C Magazine, and the interview took place on June 27, which is one day before she filed for divorce from tiny tyrant Tom Cruise. She looks gorgeous on the cover, right? I’m sure the shoot took place either at the same time or in close proximity to the interview, so I’m assuming that bit of a glint in Katie’s eye is rather telling. Also quite telling is the interview itself. As Kaiser noted in regard to Katie’s recent Elle feature, there’s quite a bit of telegraphing to be had from what is revealed by what Katie says (or in this case, what she doesn’t say). She’s definitely evasive here, but I have to wonder why she’s suddenly appearing on various magazine covers with very little to promote other than her suddenly single status. Perhaps that’s the answer, or maybe Katie talks about her Holmes & Yang line here and that’s just been left out of the excerpts revealed thus far:
“Going back over the tapes, there were signs: Holmes was certainly very aware of herself, laying a couple cards on the table but never showing her whole hand,” senior editor Kelsey McKinnon, who interviewed Holmes, tells WWD. “Most noticeably, the one name decisively absent from her lexicon: Tom Cruise. She never actually refers to him by name over pages and pages of transcription.”
When McKinnon asked Holmes if having Suri, 6, brought her and Cruise, 50, closer together, the Ohio native became flustered. “I don’t know. I mean. . . I don’t know,” Holmes responded. “People have been having babies a long time.”
Regarding her future, Holmes told the magazine that she is “ready to take on some more challenging roles.”
“I feel like I worked so much at such a young age that I really wanted to have life experiences. I feel more balanced and like I have more to bring to the table,” she explained. “I always felt like I wanted to catch up [in my personal life] to what I was doing [in my career].”
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