Tom Cruise (Merged Threads) [Archive]

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06-14-2005, 08:34 AM

Chicken of the Sea

06-14-2005, 01:49 PM

Yeah, I sometimes wonder the same thing. I think they are a little over the top but people are a lot of times too quick to judge celebrities... i guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Peter Oberth

06-14-2005, 01:50 PM

Katie Holmes just converted to Scientology, Tom Cruise's "religion"

blupun

06-17-2005, 07:05 AM

I am now watching the morning news and this is one of the leading stories. Apparently Tom needed seriously more media attention since Michael Jackson is taking a media break and felt that getting married ...again.....would be the way to go.

...and how long has he known KATHERINE HOLMES who has been quoted as saying 'When I was a little girl, I used to dream of marrying Tom Cruise'...

This is getting as bad as ...BENNIFER and BRADANGELINA.....LOL

Hakeem

06-17-2005, 08:02 AM

I believe the correct term is Bradgelina ;)

and dont forget about Bennifer 2 :p

Misha

06-17-2005, 11:46 AM

Poor Katie.

And I think it's been about seven weeks now that they've been dating. This is going to be a really embarrassing breakup when it flames out. Tom is old enough to know better than to splash his emotions all over the front page, and he's dragging "Kate" down with him.

flame

06-17-2005, 12:52 PM

I think Katie is benefited by this, actually. Now she is getting all the publicity... and thus more work. Remember when she is Chris Klein's fiancee, she is just that girl from Dawson Creek. Now... you know the rest. Ashton K. is the same too, he got incredibly famous because of Demi too.

SFjoey

06-17-2005, 12:54 PM

This is getting as bad as ...BENNIFER and BRADANGELINA.....LOL

I have officially coined them...TOMATIE!!!!!!!!!!!

pandora

06-17-2005, 12:57 PM

I believe the correct term is Bradgelina ;)

The one thing I will give them is at least they are somewhat trying to keep their relationship out of the spotlight. Most of these couples you know are doing it just for publicity.

Misha

06-17-2005, 01:26 PM

I have officially coined them...TOMATIE!!!!!!!!!!!
The media is calling them "TomKat," which is kinda skanky.

I agree that Katie's benefiting in the short term, but I think in the long run he's going to overshadow her. He seems like a bit of a bully to me, and I think he's going to try to direct her career. She's already changed her representation and signed up with Tom's sister as her manager/publicist and joined the Scientology thing because of him. I'm just afraid that she's going to lose herself in this relationship, personally and professionally. I could be totally wrong. I don't know her. Only saw a few episodes of Dawson's Creek after the show went off the air and never really followed her career. These opinions are just based on watching how Tom has conducted himself in relationships. Professionally, I think Nicole Kidman has benefited from being free of Tom. Her own personality shines through more, she gets to make her own choices, work more often, and is not as closed off in interviews because she's not so worried anymore about protecting him and their relationship. And, sure, more people knew who Penelope Cruz was after she started dating Tom, but I don't think it really helped her out that much. The lack of privacy was probably more annoying than anything else.

bootsie

06-17-2005, 02:06 PM

Ick. Just Ick. I read a story on Radar this morning that said Katie wasn't his first choice. He also approached Scarlett Johansson.

Hakeem

06-18-2005, 03:11 AM

this is funny:

http://www.freekatie.net/

OtterFreak

06-18-2005, 12:42 PM

The more current footage of Tom, the more and more I think that he wasn't acting in Magnolia.

pinskyman

06-18-2005, 01:47 PM

tomatie! that is great
i dont see why everyone cares .... so hes twice her age - theyre happy - they're celebs .... perhaps its a PR stunt, perhaps theyre in love
im sick of it

Misha

06-19-2005, 02:43 AM

The more current footage of Tom, the more and more I think that he wasn't acting in Magnolia.
Well, I think he needs to be medicated. And if it weren't for his fighting match with Brooke Shields over prescription drugs, I'd say he's already on something.

Peter Oberth

06-19-2005, 10:28 AM

Well, I think he needs to be medicated. And if it weren't for his fighting match with Brooke Shields over prescription drugs, I'd say he's already on something.

ever see the episode of Family Guy where Brian becomes a drug sniffing dog and becomes addicted to cocaine. He is addicted but still bashes the drug and is actively trying to bust people for it. just food for thought ;)

primo1

06-20-2005, 10:18 AM

All I can say is YUK~

This is gross from the get go.. he could be her dad.. I mean come on.. only 20 years seperates me and my parents.. they are 17 years apart. that is a huge difference...

I just dont get it. I mean even if he approached me (which would never happen) I would turn him down because he is 13 years old than I am ...

Its just too awkward

Hakeem

06-20-2005, 04:25 PM

I mean even if he approached me (which would never happen) I would turn him down because he is 13 years old than I am ...

yeah right!!!!! :p

Maxi

06-21-2005, 12:10 AM

Good point. Sometimes people protest too much or too loudly about things they're secretly doing.

However, my main impression is that he's going through a mid-life crisis :p ;) and she's caught up in a whirlwind over getting to date an old school-girl crush. She seems very impressed with him and overwhelmed by, or swept up by, the relationship. I could see where she might be caught up initially, flattered by him picking her, impressed by him and his attention. It probably seems like a dream come true. It seems like she's going to go along with him and get rushed in to some marriage as well as all the other decisions he seems to be steering her toward. By the time she really gets to know him or grows up and gets more mature and has a mind and opinions of her own, it will be too late. Plus it seems weird, even a little scary, :eek: that he's already cutting her off from all her own people and support and switching to his. Hopefully she won't rush the wedding date.

Misha

06-21-2005, 02:40 AM

Maybe this belongs in the Batman thread, but it seemed to have more to do with how Katie's relationship with Tom is screwing up her life already. I'm copying this from imdb.com:

Holmes Dropped from Batman Sequel
Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman have signed to star in a second Batman movie, but love interest Katie Holmes has been dropped. Movie bosses are thrilled with the response to Batman Begins - it took $46.9 million in its first weekend at the US box office - and have snapped up the film's stars for a sequel. Bale as Batman was the first to put pen to paper, followed by Caine as butler Alfred and Freeman as Bruce Wayne's business associate Lucius Fox. But Holmes won't reprise her role as district attorney Rachel Dawes - reportedly because Warner Bros is angry her engagement to Tom Cruise has stolen media attention away from the movie. A source tells Pagesix.Com, "Everyone is in agreement that the movie's strength is with Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman." Adding of Holmes, "She won't be in the sequel... the next romantic interest will be a much stronger actress. Warner is happy that people are now focusing on who'll be playing the Joker rather than Katie and Tom."

primo1

06-21-2005, 10:38 AM

yeah right!!!!! :p

There is no way.. 1. he is to old and 2 he is to short for my tastes.. I would much rather have someone like Frankie G or Orlando Bloom.

=)

blupun

06-21-2005, 10:22 PM

Now Katie getting cut from future BATMANs....HMMMMMMM...can it be that HOLLYWOOD itself is already tired of this 'powerless duo'

SFjohnny

06-24-2005, 09:37 AM

this is hilarious...

http://waxy.org/random/video/Tom_Cruise_Kills_Oprah.mov

OtterFreak

06-24-2005, 12:00 PM

this is hilarious...

http://waxy.org/random/video/Tom_Cruise_Kills_Oprah.mov

I would have never guessed he was related to Raiden from Mortal Kombat...they should have Celebrity Mortal Kombat, that would be cool.. :war:

OtterFreak

06-24-2005, 04:19 PM

The more current footage of Tom, the more and more I think that he wasn't acting in Magnolia.
WATCH THIS! OMG the man is OFF HIS ROCKER! Click on the article link and then you'll see the video link...
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/tv/article.adp?id=20050624120209990036

I wish I knew where the Australian reporter interview clip was too..

petrol

06-24-2005, 06:19 PM

WATCH THIS! OMG the man is OFF HIS ROCKER! Click on the article link and then you'll see the video link...
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/tv/article.adp?id=20050624120209990036

I wish I knew where the Australian reporter interview clip was too..

I saw a bit of the Australian interview on VH1. He got all defensive and kept saying the interviewer was "crossing the line." Poor guy he just simply mentioned "Nicole Kidman and the kids" and Cruise got all crazy. Even if I don't think the TomKat thing is a publicity stunt, now he convinced me it is. If he really doesn't want people to talk about it, then don't announce it in the first place, don't do that thing at Oprah (half the show he just talked about Holmes). Try be like Brad and Angelina then, no question about the "relationship" in interviews. But NO, this guy just hawking the camera and non-stop talking about Holmes. I want to believe it's sincere, but the more he does it the more I feel like indirectly he is trying to create more publicities for the film, even though IF the relationship is real, don't you think somehow they still use it to create publicity? Regardless of whether TomKat is real or not, the matter is their films' visibity are considerably increased because of the relationship. Also, folks think it's a publicity stunt, so what? The MERE MENTION of it already help people engraved the title in their minds. It's like free ad campaign now.

Misha

06-24-2005, 08:44 PM

Otterfreak, I haven't had a chance to watch the video yet (I'm on a pitiful, poor dial-up). But I'm watching Paula Zahn on CNN right now and she's having a great segment on Tom (reairs in the 11 pm hour). Showed his Today Show interview. Matt Lauer's calmness in the face of Tom's ravings just highlighted his craziness. I was just coming on here to say I think Tom is "off his rocker" too. The man's insane. A movie critic on the show is saying that Tom's acting this way because Tom already knows that his movie is going to be a bomb. A big financial disaster. And that Tom used to have "handlers" that reined him in, but now that his sister's managing him, she just lets him do whatever, like make an a$$ of himself on national television.

Hakeem

06-24-2005, 09:05 PM

I dont think the movie is going to bomb. it looks great, and its more Spielberg than him IMO. or at least that's who Im going to see. and then Dakota and then Tom :p

but all this publicity he's getting will really hurt the movie, specially cause normal people that used to like him are seeing a crazy guy going out and doing all these interviews. its getting crazy (N)

Peter Oberth

06-25-2005, 12:34 PM

I would have never guessed he was related to Raiden from Mortal Kombat...they should have Celebrity Mortal Kombat, that would be cool.. :war:

actually, you haven't seen the movie, but it's taken from Star Wars Episode III

DrewSki

06-26-2005, 12:45 AM

She could of least appeared to die in some degree

Walter Holtzman

07-04-2005, 05:25 PM

Cruising right along promoting?? his "War Of The Worlds" movie, Tom shared with us the benefit his extensive medical training and knowledge of drugs. Granted his "Today" show host knew far less about the subject than Tom but this was truely a case where "a little bit of knowledge" is a dangerous thing. Sure drug prescriptions are passed out like candy and authority figures incapable of maintaining order urge that their charges (often children with some behavior problems) be "neutrolized" by drugs. The overuse of drugs is horendous but even the esteemed medical expert, Mr. Cruise, should not state unequivocally that these medications are NEVER BENEFICIAL. While it may well be questionable whether American psychologists and psychiatrists do more harm than good, even Tom is a little extreme when he condemns these counselers in ALL cases. If he hasn't converted STEVEN to Scientology yet, Spielburg may indeed feel that the "War Of The Worlds" interviews stay closer to the script. Even if Steven were to send out Christmas cards, I believe that Tom would be cut off of the list.
I don't know about you but the next time I don't feel well, I'm just going to save a trip to a doctor by emailing my symptons to our MD-US Senator so that he can diagnose it as he did so expertly in the Schivo case. :)

najla

07-08-2005, 10:16 PM

but wait, that might be true but i heard from star 94 radio thta tom was caught with rob thomas in bed. idk if its true and it even sounds retarded but it might be true it was said on the radio. hehe

najla

07-08-2005, 10:21 PM

hahaha, funny, ................... hmmmm

Hakeem

07-09-2005, 12:17 AM

This is funny. Free Katie from the Cruise Crazy!

http://www.cafepress.com/mccam/628896http://www.shakefire.com/boards/showthread.php?t=2278&p=14789

:loser: :bomb: :sonic:

Maxi

07-09-2005, 11:26 PM

maybe im crazy or just naive ..... but isn't there a SLIGHT possibility this "relationship" is real? everyone said the thing between demi & ashton was just for publicity & look at them. they go on trips with the family, talking about their future, etc.

i think just because someone is a celebrity we think if they do something wild or crazy theyre doing it for press. and im not doing one of those posts where i say "they're people too, we should let them lead private lives". im not doing something like that because theyre public figures. they're aware of what they should expect when they get famous & have chosen this career.

i just think we should allow some room to see if its true, rather than being so skeptical & jaded.

I don't really think their relationship or engagement is a publicity stunt, although anything is possible these days. I do think that their behavior has been over the top and even sometimes bizarre. I think Tom and/or Katie might be being so open in order to milk their relationship for publicity and stir up talk and controversy.

Additionally, the relationship is so new, and really in the first blush of romance, when you're so swept away that it seems the other person can do no wrong and you're just floating on cloud nine. However, whether or not they're really in love, the fact remains that they're just getting to know each other and they haven't really had a chance to come down to earth yet as far as long-term compatibility. And let's face it compatibility is not just one person getting their way all the time. It's about give and take and compromise.

Katie is very young (and probably very impressionable) and seems to be doing everything Tom wants and doing it his way. Is she worried that if she doesn't she won't be able to keep him? (Would he dump her or not marry her if she didn't convert to Scientology?) That's not how to have a successful relationship long-term. Eventually she'll mature and grow-up, and/or get tired of everything having to be his way and then what will happen?

Tom just really seems to be overshadowing and dominating her in this relationship and in the publicity department. He's starting to come across as not just opinionated but controlling. While I certainly think that they think this is for real, and wish them every happiness, I just don't have a good feeling about the projected long-term success of this union. But hey, that's just my opinion. Hope I'm wrong. I much prefer happy endings.

bootsie

07-11-2005, 11:21 AM

http://www.shakefire.com/boards/sho...?t=2278&p=14789 (http://www.shakefire.com/boards/showthread.php?t=2278&p=14789)

:loser: :bomb: :sonic:

Look at the date you posted. Is was AFTER me.:rolleyes:

bootsie

07-11-2005, 11:22 AM

There is a $8 milion dollar contract. That should throw-up some red flags.

pandora

07-11-2005, 11:24 AM

Look at the date you posted. Is was AFTER me.:rolleyes:
:rotfl:

Peter Oberth

07-11-2005, 11:34 AM

ok, we have merged all the Tom Cruise threads because there were a ton of them.

with that said, here is another funny site:

http://www.tomcruiseisnuts.com/images/with_star.jpg
http://www.TomCruiseIsNuts.com

farrah

07-23-2005, 02:29 AM

lol, thaats a really huge head.

Darrell615

07-27-2005, 10:59 PM

That was real funny

Maxi

07-28-2005, 12:37 AM

All I can say is that Katie's gonna regret this all someday when she grows up and gets a mind of her own. That is if she doesn't get totally brainwashed and stuck in the cult, um church of Scientology.

Peter Oberth

07-28-2005, 02:30 PM

farrah

08-03-2005, 05:01 PM

:rotfl: lmao, i didn't know that a religion could become an invite only, what has this world come to.:confused:

Bailey

08-23-2005, 04:46 PM

I love this whole thing - its just so ridiculous... Haven't heard much about them in the last few weeks though.

Maxi

08-23-2005, 06:18 PM

are only celebrities allowed to be in Scientology? I've never met anyone who is part of it and, from what I understand, it is an invitation only kind of thing. Isn't that more of a country club than a religion?

It's not just celebrities. I'm not sure if it's invitation only, or if you have to be sponsored or checked out. I just know that they're very secretive about their so-called religion, which makes it seem more like a cult.

There is actually a Scientology church? on Mt. Vernon Hwy. in Dunwoody, right near the intersection with Chamblee Dunwoody. They sent out mailers to surrounding areas in the past, but it's pretty vague and non-specific with regards to them. It's more about asking questions to people about all their different problems (health, addictions, stress, etc.) and general claims that Scientology can help you but they don't say how. They want you to come in and take some test or assessment, etc. Yeah, right. Talk about a typical con, er I mean sales tactic. Get them in the door and then close the deal. I don't know how it works if you actually respond to one of the mailers versus being invited by someone who already belongs.

Kind of scary that they're so powerful, influential and well-connected. It's like some pseudo-secret society. I'd be interested if anyone is, or has been, a member and has some detailed, factual information that they'd be willing to post here.

Who knows I could have it all wrong. However, it just raises suspicions when a group has to be so secretive and controlling.

farrah

08-23-2005, 06:35 PM

nice.... i figured it can't be for celbrities only ,but hey if cebrities do it so does everyone else... which is stupid but true.

Maxi

08-23-2005, 06:40 PM

They also get a lot of money and influence by having celebrities as members.

farrah

08-23-2005, 06:42 PM

are you seriuos... they get paid just to influence a freaking religion....:eek:

Maxi

08-23-2005, 06:45 PM

are you seriuos... they get paid just to influence a freaking religion....:eek:

No... Scientology gains influence through having rich, famous, and or well-connected members and purportedly, may have influence over the members themselves.

moviegoer

09-11-2005, 09:35 PM

Tom's behavior lately cannot be making Scientology very enticing for new recruits!

pandora

10-05-2005, 07:23 PM

Ok I know that this topic has been beat into the ground; but there is a new up-date. Tom and Katie are expecting :eek: . That's right and if the child takes after the actions of Tom lately we will have a new poster child for Ritalin.

blupun

10-06-2005, 03:43 PM

Ahhh.....Tomkitty....how cute.........

lorean

10-17-2005, 05:14 AM

This is funny. Free Katie from the Cruise Crazy!

http://www.cafepress.com/mccam/628896

LOL!!

Yeah, free katie! She should buy one of those shirts.

kidgloves

11-04-2005, 12:28 PM

Another one:
whogotkatiepregnant.com

Misha

11-08-2005, 12:18 AM

Tom fires his sister:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9958131/

Peter Oberth

04-19-2006, 08:09 AM

Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes had their baby girl yesterday and named her a decidedly Hebrew name SURI. Cruise rival Brooke Shields also had her daughter Tuesday...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/18/cruise.holmes/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor Tom Cruise and his fiance, actress Katie Holmes, welcomed the birth of a daughter on Tuesday, according to Cruise's publicist.

They named the girl Suri, which "has its origins in Hebrew, meaning 'princess,' or in Persian, meaning 'red rose,' " Cruise spokesman Paul Bloch said in a statement.

The baby weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, he said, and was 20 inches long. Both mother and daughter were doing well, Bloch said.

This is the first child for Holmes, 27, a former star of the TV series "Dawson's Creek."

Cruise, 43, has an adopted son and daughter from his previous marriage to Academy-Award winning actress Nicole Kidman. Cruise was also previously married to actress Mimi Rogers.

The highly publicized romance of Cruise and Holmes -- dubbed TomKat by the media -- began about a year ago.

The "Mission: Impossible 3" star expressed his love for Holmes on a much-talked-about appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, jumping on Winfrey's couch in apparent excitement.

When his romance with Holmes began, Cruise, an avowed Scientologist, had to fend off reports that a Scientology minder stood within inches of the couple at their every move.

Media reports said Holmes was planning to give birth to the baby in a Church of Scientology-sanctioned "silent birth" procedure. Scientologists believe childbirth causes emotional stress to the newborn if it hears the mother groan in pain during delivery.

Actress Brooke Shields also gave birth Tuesday to a daughter, Grier Hammond Henchy, The Associated Press reported. Last year, Shields and Cruise had a public tiff after he criticized the actress for taking antidepressant medication after the birth of her first child.

In June, Cruise had an on-air confrontation with NBC "Today Show" host Matt Lauer over Cruise's opinion of psychiatry, which he has called a "pseudo-science."

Cruise recently told Parade magazine that his estranged father, Thomas Mapother III, was "a bully and a coward," and that he attempted a deathbed reconciliation. The reunion "was bittersweet," he told the magazine.

kidgloves

04-19-2006, 09:59 AM

I'm over these two (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192209,00.html)! The new girl's name is Suri:

Willy Wonka

04-26-2006, 02:49 PM

If anyone saw his interview, did you notice that when Tom smiled, it was a frightening view? I saw more of his gums than anything else. Did he actually want to talk about the birth?

rufusgal

05-06-2006, 06:26 AM

Tom Cruise is a good actor,:cool: but he is kinda goofy.
His personality is strange, to say the least.
Could be that childhood he had!!??

blupun

08-26-2006, 08:55 AM

OK it only took over a YEAR but Tom is sorry Brooke!!! ;) :( :rolleyes:

Check out this article....

Hollywood producer Kathleen Kennedy says Tom Cruise has expressed regret over comments the actor made regarding Brooke Shields' anti-depressant use.

The "War of the Worlds" co-producer said the 44-year-old Scientologist regrets comments he made last year on TV's "Access Hollywood" in which he criticized Shields for her use of anti-depressants, People magazine said.

Cruise openly opposed Shields' use of the prescription drugs, which she admitted using for postpartum depression in her book "Down Came the Rain." On the show, Cruise called her "irresponsible" and suggested that women who are depressed merely take "vitamins and exercise."

Cruise is a strong advocate of Scientology and has publicly expressed his disdain for psychiatry and its related medications.

The "Risky Business" actor is in the center of a new controversy, which began Wednesday when Cruise's 14-year relationship with Paramount Pictures was severed by the studio, People said.

flame

08-26-2006, 12:40 PM

I wonder if his apology came after being ditched by Paramount.... seems like he is officially backtracking, trying to fix his public image.

aphillynative

08-27-2006, 05:45 PM

I wonder if his apology came after being ditched by Paramount.... seems like he is officially backtracking, trying to fix his public image.

I wondering the same thing

SenioRose

01-19-2008, 04:02 AM

TOM CRUISE SLAMS EPA

Tom Cruise has branded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) liars for saying the air was clean after 9/11.

The "Mission Impossible" star has revealed how, as a Scientologist, he recognized there was a problem and provided rescue workers in the aftermath of the New York terrorist attack with detoxification therapy based upon the works of Scientologist founder L. Ron Hubbard.

In a new clip from his leaked Scientology promotional video, Tom said: "The EPA came out and said the air was clean. Of course, as a Scientologist you go, that's a lie. Outright lie. Liar. Fine."

"Finally you say, dammit, just go there and do it. Put it there, let's go, here's the money, let's go. Let's just get one person treated. I can't sleep another night."

"We have tools that we can apply to ourselves and apply to others. You're going to get improvements. Period."

The 45-year-old star claims Scientologists "are the authorities" and need no permission to take action.

He said: "A Scientologist is somebody who can look at the world and really see it for what it is."

"And not just see it but be able to go 'pow' and actually do something about it. And be somebody who is not asking permission to do that. Why ask permission? We are the authorities."

Tom, wife Katie Holmes and daughter Suri have been spending a lot of time in New York this week with actor Jerry Seinfeld and his wife Jessica.

In December, Jerry revealed: "I did some Scientology courses about 30 years ago. I didn't do very much. I don't know that much, I just did a little but I liked it."

But a representative for the "Bee Movie" star said: "He is not studying Scientology in any way at this time."

"He did attend a course 30 years ago that he found interesting but he is Jewish and not changing his religion or faith in any direction."

"Jerry and Tom Cruise both have homes in Telluride, Colorado, which is their connection."

Source: BANG Showbiz