Category: Appearances

Tom & Katie on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Tom & Katie will make an appearance on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ this Thursday (Jan. 12th). They reveal that they still need to find a godmother, a babysitter, decide on a name and take Lamaze classes. In true Ellen style, the talk show host volunteers to help out with all of it.

Click here to watch Ellen interview Tom and Katie when they met backstage at the Consumer Electronics Show last Friday (see post here below, about the Yahoo/M:I-III demo).
Go to the site The Ellen DeGeneres Show to watch a sneak peak video.

Tom saves Yahoo demo

News.com reports:

Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel’s glitch-riddled keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show on Friday was saved by Tom Cruise and Ellen DeGeneres–and by making Microsoft Windows the butt of jokes.

While trying to demonstrate the new Yahoo Go TV, which allows people to access Yahoo content and services through a Windows XP-based PC connected to a TV, the Internet connection failed. Executives tried to ad lib until Semel called his surprise guest, Cruise, to the stage.

Cruise, twirling sun glasses in his hand, told the audience he was there to help his old friend Semel before showing a trailer of his new movie, “Mission Impossible III,” which is due in U.S. theaters in May.

Afterward, Cruise, Semel, Marco Boerries, Yahoo’s senior vice president of Connected Life, and Dan Rosensweig, the company’s chief operating officer, milled about the stage awkwardly, patting each other on the back.

A man in the audience yelled, “Play it again,” and Cruise said he wanted to see how fast Yahoo’s system could replay the movie. “Press the button,” he said, and Cruise could once again be seen in the action-adventure film dodging blasts and kissing women.

After Cruise left the stage, Semel said, “I guess if you’re going to have a demo glitch, (there is no) better way to follow it up than with Tom Cruise.”

Click here to watch pictures and here to watch a video.

Rumors of New Paramount Tom Cruise Movie Keeps Interest High in World’s Fair Documentary

Yahoo:

Press Release Source: Inecom Entertainment Company

Rumors of New Paramount Tom Cruise Movie Keeps Interest High in World’s Fair Documentary
Tuesday December 20, 6:04 pm ET

PITTSBURGH, PA–(MARKET WIRE)–Dec 20, 2005 — “Rumors of a new Paramount Tom Cruise movie is keeping consumer interest high in Inecom Entertainment Company’s ‘EXPO – Magic of the White City’ about the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair,” says Michael Bussler, Inecom CEO. Cruise-Wagner Productions, Tom Cruise’s film production company, is said to be developing a screenplay based on Erik Larson’s New York Times bestseller, “The Devil in the White City” about a serial killer at the Chicago World’s Fair. Due to the popularity of Larson’s narrative and the proposed film, Inecom’s documentary continues to benefit as a popular gift item this holiday season. The feature documentary explores the exciting and innovative world of 1893 through a trip to Chicago’s Columbian Exposition. Three months since its September release, “EXPO – Magic of the White City” is already Inecom’s bestselling title for 2005 and is a top seller on Amazon.com and at Borders stores nationwide. (…)

Tom & Katie at the Ivy

Tom & Katie have been spotted at the Ivy for a late dinner.

Tom and Katie in Shanghai

As said Tom was interviewed by Barbara Walters for her show ‘Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005’. “We are going to get married next summer or early fall,” Cruise told the newscaster. “We don’t have a date set yet.”
Tom also talked to Walters about his plans to keep an eye on the baby until it’s born. “I bought a sonogram machine,” he explained. “I am going to donate it to a hospital when we are done.” The machines, which cost upwards of $150,000, use ultrasound waves to monitor a baby’s development in the mother’s womb. He says he has been taught to use the machine and has already used it to view the tiny fetus. When asked if he knew the baby’s gender, Cruise replies that he doesn’t know yet, but even if he did, he wouldn’t reveal it.

Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005‘ airs November 29 on ABC. People Magazine will also be printing excerpts from the interview in this week’s issue.

Next was a trip to Shanghai, China, where Tom is filming scenes for Mission: Impossible 3. Click here to see pictures of Tom and Katie in Shanghai. More pics of Tom in Xitang, Tom at the set of M:I-3 and of Tom & Katie you’ll find here. Enjoy!

U.K. film industry honors Cruise

ETOnline and Reuters:
Dad and hubby-to-be TOM CRUISE made us laugh in ‘Jerry Maguire,’ he made us cry in ‘The Last Samurai’ and he scared the heck out of us in ‘Collateral’ and Thursday night in Beverly Hills, the A-list star was recognized for his many contributions to film.

Cruise took time out of his ‘Mission Impossible III’ shooting schedule to head to the BAFTA/LA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles) Cunard Britannia Awards where he was honored along with three other distinguished recipients.

Anthony Hopkins, who starred with Cruise in ‘Mission Impossible 2,’ presented the ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ actor with the coveted Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. He declared “I don’t actually know Tom that well” and recounted that when he turned up to the Australian shoot of “Mission: Impossible 2,” Cruise embraced him and lifted him off the ground, and asked him about the nonexistent script while eating an enormous club sandwich. “I still don’t know what the film was about because all I remember is a whole lot of technical dialogue about a body in a suitcase,” Hopkins said. But he Tom as a pure Hollywood star in the mold of icons like James Cagney, Paul Newman and Gregory Peck. “Everyone today is so laid-back and cool and it’s kinda boring, but Tom is the opposite of that,” Hopkins said.

Tom played it straight as he accepted the award. He paid a lengthy tribute to Kubrick, who died in 1999 just after finishing work on “Eyes Wide Shut,” in which Cruise and then-wife Nicole Kidman starred, and said the award was “a recognition of the magnificent power that films possess to effect positive change in the world.”

Tom replaces sister as publicist

Tom announced Monday that his sister Lee Anne DeVette would hand over publicity for him and his production company to veteran spokesman to the stars Paul Bloch.
Lee Anne will now exclusively oversee Tom’s soon-to-expand involvement in charitable causes, notably those linked to the Church of Scientology.

“Lee Anne has done a wonderful job on behalf of myself and Cruise-Wagner Prods. over the last few years,” Tom said in a statement received Monday by AFP. “But she has always expressed a desire to oversee and expand the day-to-day activities of my charitable endeavors,” he said, announcing that Bloch would now handle his own publicity and that of his Cruise-Wagner Productions.

“I am thrilled at this new opportunity to oversee Tom’s philanthropic endeavors,” DeVette said in the same statement. “I know how important Tom’s charitable goals are to him, and I am looking forward to assisting in raising the profile of the good works that he does on behalf of children’s health issues, mentoring, literacy and other social reforms, as well as the general betterment of the human condition,” she added.

Lee Anne DeVette served as Tom’s rep since March ’04, following heavy weight Pat Kingsley (Yahoo, smh.com.au, News Interactive, msnbc).

Tom and Katie Nov. 7th
And as an extra a nice pic of Tom & Katie at a soccer game of Conner, this time (Hello! Magazine).

“The View” caps

I added caps of Tom along with the cast of “War of the Worlds” appearing on the tv show “The View” on July 1. You can find the caps now in the gallery.

War of the Worlds reviews, interviews and more

Today in the news:
Jam! pic

Soldiers who acted in ‘War of the Worlds’ get sneak preview
Steven Spielberg picked Fort Drum troops to star in “War of the Worlds.”
It feels awesome to help save the world,” said Sgt. Christopher Lumpiesz. Thirty-two of those soldiers watched the movie Monday night, along with a capacity crowd of special guests. The other 10 soldiers were on leave or have been reassigned since the scenes were shot in the first week of December in upstate New York and Connecticut.
“Spielberg wanted real soldiers to make the scenes more authentic. He was quite impressed. You don’t get any more Army than the 10th Mountain Division,” said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick. Spc. Kenneth Wright: “Everybody in my family is going to go see me … I mean the movie.” 😉
Read the complete story here.

By the way, ComingSoon.net has the complete NY interview with Tom and Steven: read part 1 and part 2.

Also as promised the interview from CBS’ Early Show, read part 1 here. Part 2 will follow as soon as posted on the site of CBS.

Then I’ve found a story at Theglobeandmail.com from a reporter who was invited to join Tom and Steven on the promo tour around the globe! He describes the premieres in Tokyo, Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, Marseilles, London, Madrid, New York and finally Los Angeles.

And of course the movie reviews will follow one by one, with WOTW going in premiere today. Read reviews from
TeenHollywood: “This is Spielberg as we know him!” about Steven, and of Tom they say “When Cruise plays traumatized, realizing he’s covered with the cremated remains of his neighbors, he strikes gold”. In general: “Spielberg and company have given us what we’ve missed in a summer blockbuster for so long… heart, empathy and a heck of an adventure. War of the Worlds delivers.”
zwire.com
PaloAltoOnline
EmpireOnline
NewTimes
Jam! Movies
CNN: “That said, “War of the Worlds” is one hell of a ride. The special effects are seamless and the story succeeds in being both touching and horrifying. “War of the Worlds” can be a nightmarish trip, but it’s a terrific film, a blockbuster that lives up to its billing.” (don’t miss the video link)
roanoke.com: “This time, Spielberg mainly wants to scare you — and that’s a skill he’s honed since “Jaws.” “Cruise is a likable and convincing actor, and he shows the kind of vulnerability that only parents know. He’s heroic but not a super hero.” “The special effects are astonishing, as should be expected. But Spielberg stays true to the Wells book in the story’s salient points; audiences who don’t know the book may find the ending anti-climactic. Spielberg did the right thing, though, and should be commended for it.”
Newsday.com: ““Since terror made incarnate is never as creepy as terror unseen — a truism classically illustrated by “Jaws” — “War of the Worlds'” array of spindly, tentacled aliens are rarely as scarifying as they are objects of wonder.”

Video’s: Watch a video of the fan screening here. Also scary clips of the movie are shown.

Don’t forget AccessHollywood with all their specials about Tom and WOTW. Their review, a video and photo’s you can access here. MSN.com also has a WOTW-page. People.com has a special about Tom & Katie.

To view some pictures go to the sites of sky.com (Tom and Katie on Tom’s bike) and ComingSoon.net (45 WOTW pics).

I haven’t had the time to read/watch everything myself, I hope you do and enjoy it!

WotW NYC Premiere + Letterman

I made a couple more HQ additions to the “War of the Worlds” New York City Premiere album and then I capped Tom’s latest appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman from June 23. I have a tendency of making too many caps but at the sight of that prettiness, who can blame me, right? 😉
Hilarious interview once again by the way! I still have some more WotW NYC Premiere pics to add, so stay tuned.

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