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We've known it was coming for awhile, but the era of TomKat is officially over. On Monday, a New York judge signed off on the final judgment in the divorce of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
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There's lots of buzz about Natalie Portman going nude for a Dior Lipcolor ad, but in reality, the photo is very tasteful and rather tame. Portman looks gorgeous, but it's a little reminiscent of the far more provocative Calvin Klein Obsession ads from the 1990s that featured Kate Moss.
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Though she died over thirty years ago, the death certificate of Natalie Wood has just been amended by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. The cause of death has been changed from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors." The LA County Sheriff's office reopened the investigation into Woods death last year.
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The entertainment world is still reeling from the loss of one of the true icons of modern cinema, Tony Scott, who died on Sunday after jumping off of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, CA. Though Scott received few accolades for the movies he directed, he consistently turned out entertaining hits and his kinetic visual style has been influencing other action movie directors since his sophomore effort, Top Gun, became an instant classic in 1986.
In addition to sending Tom "Maverick" Cruise's career into the stratosphere, Scott helped advance fledgling filmmaker Quentin Tarantino's career when he directed the Tarantino-scripted neo-noir crime-romance movie True Romance, which is arguably Scott's best work. Scott was also Denzel Washington's director-of-choice, with five collaborations between the two, starting with Crimson Tide in 1995 and ending with Scott's last movie as a director, Unstoppable, in 2010.
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In what probably isn't the best week for actor Tom Cruise, Universal does a have a birthday gift for the now-divorcing 50 year old — the first trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Jack Reacher, where Cruise stars as the title character, an ex-Military Police turned drifter who lives off the grid.
Based on the popular character created by author Lee Child, Jack Reacher was adapted from the novel One Shot, the ninth in the series (the 17th volume is due this fall). Jack Reacher follows the character as he investigates the deaths of five individuals whom were all killed by a lone sniper. Joined by defense attorney Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike), Reacher attempts to bring the real culprits to justice after an innocent man is charged with the murders. None of that is particularly present in the trailer, which is more interested in positing Reacher as the ultimate, rule-breaking bad-ass. While many may have trouble seeing Cruise in that light, we'll note that he played a fairly convincing villain in 2004's Collateral.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
While on tour in Italy, Madonna wanted to visit the Uffiza Gallery in Florence but instead of just buying a ticket, the singer paid to close the art museum for the entire day. Madonna reportedly offered the prestigious museum an undisclosed amount of money to shut the doors for the day. Madonna, boyfriend Brahim Zaibat and her 15-person entourage spent hours in the museum uninterrupted. Reportedly the singer was intrigued by the works of Botticelli. No word if Madge sent in her team of DNA exterminators to remove every trace of sweat and hair after her visit.
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It's official: Kim Kardashian's relationship with Kanye West has now lasted longer than her marriage to Kris Humphries. The two have been dating now for 72 days, surpassing the amount of time she was married to Humphries. The two first made a public appearance on April 23. And to think she's gone 72 days in a relationship without needing a two-part E! special.
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Walk like an Egyptian? Lindsay Lohan was seen dressed like Cleopatra on the set of the Elizabeth Taylor biopic Liz & Dick. The legendary actress — Taylor, not Lohan — famously played the Queen of the Nile in the 1963 movie. By the cig in her hand, looks like the photo was taken during one of Lohan's smoke breaks.
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Yahoo! is asking the question that has baffled scientists for years: Who has better abs — Mark Wahlberg or Channing Tatum? We'll let the fairer sex decide.
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And a happy 50th birthday to Tom Cruise. We're sure today is an awkward birthday for Cruise . . . given the other big story about the actor.
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Though Tom Cruise's private life is currently feeding the tabloid fodder, let's not forget the guy has a day job playing spies, rock stars, and all around badasses. Next up on Cruise's docket is this winter's Jack Reacher, based on a character created by author Lee Child. While we have already gotten a first look at Cruise as the iconic literary character, we now can see Cruise in action as Reacher thanks to a Russian trailer for the first movie that has sneaked its way online ahead of the trailer's official theatrical debut (the trailer is attached to this Wednesday's The Amazing Spider-Man).
Because our Russian translator is currently out of the office, we'll have to guess what's going on in the trailer (a trailer with English subtitles has been pulled by the studio) but it's obvious that Reacher is a grittier character then Cruise's Mission: Impossible Ethan Hunt.
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Though superstar actor Tom Cruise's personal life seems to be in disarray, his movie career is on an upward trajectory once again. His last movie, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, was a huge success, raking in nearly $700 million worldwide, and Cruise is currently starring in Rock of Ages as abs-tastic '80s rocker Stacee Jaxx, which has been helping him earn back some of the female fans he lost following his infamous appearnce on The Oprah Show back in 2005. Next up, Cruise will be playing the eponymous character in Jack Reacher, an adaptation of author Lee Child's 2005 novel One Shot, and we recently got our first look at Cruise as the former Military Police Officer-turned-drifter who seems to be a trouble magnet.
After Jack Reacher, Cruise will play another "Jack" in Oblivion, a post-apocalyptic epic based on the upcoming Radical Publishing graphic novel of the same name created by Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski, who also directs. Cruise started filming Oblivion in Louisiana a few months ago, but it has since moved on to Iceland, where an amateur photographer managed to snap several photos of Cruise on the set, wearing the environment suit of Jack, a drone (read: clone) who maintains and repairs the machinery left behind by humanity to extract the last of the earth's resources after the planet has been all but abandoned.
see cruise on the set of Oblivion >> Posted 07.02.12 by BrentJS -
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing after five years of marriage, People and other news sites are reporting.
While a cause for the divorce isn't known at this time, a lawyer for Holmes released this statement:
This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family. Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest.
The couple's daughter, Suri, is six years old. The divorce comes just days before Cruise's 50th birthday on Tuesday.
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There was some surprise when Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher, the hero of author Lee Child's 15-volume series of novels centering around the former Military Police Officer-turned-drifter. Described in Child's novels as 6'5" and 250 pounds, the character doesn't seem to fit Cruise, something the actor admitted he was "very sensitive" about last October, but said he was given Child's "blessing" to take the part or he wouldn't have taken it.
Set for release this December, and titled Jack Reacher (formerly One Shot), Entertainment Weekly has released the first look photo of Cruise as Reacher, which writer-director Christopher McQuarrie (The Way of the Gun) says "literally and figuratively has no baggage." The photo reportedly shows Cruise as Reacher as he steps out of his still-moving (slowly, we're sure) 1970 Chevelle SS in order to escape a police chase. The result is, shall we say, familiar.
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Throughout his long career, actor Tom Cruise has received three Academy Award nominations, the last of which was for Magnolia, director Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 ensemble drama. Anderson's latest work, The Master, recently debuted its first trailer. Cruise and Anderson apparently remain friendly, as the director screened the movie for him, The Wrap reports; however, Cruise apparently wasn't completely impressed.
According to the report, Cruise's disenchantment stems from his devotion to the Church of Scientology. The Master centers on a family man (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who starts his own cult-like religion, which has long been reported to be loosely based on Scientology. Apparently, two sources close to the movie claim that Cruise "had issues" with some parts, and that Anderson was hoping to head off conflict over the movie from the growing religious organization. The report also claims that The Master's distributor, The Weinstein Company, intends to show the movie to John Travolta, another follower of Scientology.
For now, The Wrap report should be considered a rumor since Cruise's spokesperson and another for the Church of Scientology have both declined to comment.
cruise wants to ride with The Magnificent Seven >> Posted 05.24.12 by Ryan -
While Paramount has yet to make an official announcement, a Mission: Impossible 5 seems like a near-certainty after the huge success of the the fourth installment, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which earned $693 million — the highest worldwide of the entire franchise. Rumors that Paramount was hoping to move quickly on a fifth Mission: Impossible started surfacing after Ghost Protocol opened last December, and while it would seem that Tom Cruise and his IMF team of Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, and Jeremy Renner will likely follow for another round, it appears that director Brad Bird will not.
With Ghost Protocol finally out on DVD and Blu-Ray as of yesterday, Bird told Crave Online that he wasn't likely to return for a second Mission.
Why, brad, why? >> Posted 04.18.12 by Ryan