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Tom Cruise emotional over Travolta death

Tom Cruise describes the unexpected death of friend John Travolta’s son as “horrific” in an appearance on “The View” scheduled to air Friday.

Cruise struggled to maintain his composure as he spoke about last week’s death of 16-year-old Jett Travolta.

“John just adored him, both of his children,” Cruise said haltingly during his appearance, taped Thursday. “It’s something that I don’t have the words for.” The Travoltas have an 8-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu.

In response to a question from “The View” host Barbara Walters, Cruise defended Scientology, which he and the Travoltas follow, saying the church doesn’t discourage conventional medical care.
“Actually, the exact opposite,” he said.

Jett died Jan. 2 at the family vacation home in Grand Bahama. Results of an autopsy performed Monday were not released, but a Bahamas undertaker said the teen’s death certificate listed “seizure” as the cause of death.

Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, were expected to host a private memorial service Thursday for their son at their home in a central Florida gated community.

(source:chicagotribune)

Tom & Katie: NYC’s Next Real Estate Moguls?

Are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes trying to give Donald Trump a run for his New York City real estate money?

If a new report is to be believed, Cruise and Holmes have bought not one, not two, but three more lofts in the building where the Valkyrie star has owned an apartment since first hitting it big in the ’80s with Risky Business.

Estimated price for the new purchases? A whopping $14.4 million.

But don’t call in the decorators just yet…

A source tells me that the only thing Cruise and Holmes have been doing in that building is living there—not snatching up all available living space.

In fact they’ve called Cruise’s apartment home during Holmes’ three-month run on Broadway in All My Sons. The Arthur Miller play, which costars Patrick Wilson, John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest, closes on Sunday.

And while Cruise told me in an interview last month that he loves living in New York City, chances are the family will soon be back on the West Coast.

Not only that, they’ll also be busy jetting around the world as Holmes and Suri are likely to join Cruise for at least part of his upcoming international promotional tour for Valkyrie. He’s expected to make stops in England, Germany, Italy, Russia and Brazil, among other places.

Source: E! Online

Take a bow after ‘All My Sons’ wraps, Katie Holmes: You earned it

Katie Holmes on Broadway. It wasn’t so long ago when it was announced that Mrs. Tom Cruise would make her New York stage debut in, of all things, the hard-hitting Arthur Miller drama “All My Sons.”

The instant that news broke, so did the guessing game: Would ­Katie be any good? Would she sell tickets? Could she handle a Broadway schedule? And would her husband jump on the seats at the theater?

On Sunday, four months after previews began on Sept. 18, “All My Sons” ends its limited run at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The answers to those questions have emerged. They are, in order: yes, yes, yes and no — though Tom frequently sat in the seats to watch his wife at work.

And work she did. The 30-year-old actress, famous from TV’s “Dawson’s Creek” and such films as “Batman Begins” and “Pieces of April,” turned in a fine performance as a young woman in love with a man whose father is hiding a terrible secret. She blended in with stage vets John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson.

Yes, Holmes was mannered at times, as my review of the production stated. She sometimes shouted her lines as if projecting for the audience in the theater next door. But that had as much to do with the non-naturalistic staging as it did with her own acting ability. Fact is, the back half of TomKat carried her own.

And, it’s worth mentioning, she always showed up.

To date, she hasn’t missed a single performance. Holmes embraced Broadway, and her appetite for the stage seemed to deepen because of this experience.

She’s reportedly been offered the Kate Winslet role in a musical version of “Finding Neverland,” about the writer who created Peter Pan.

Holmes declined a request to comment for this story, but that possible offer could be a fascinating followup to “All My Sons.” Katie Holmes on Broadway: the second act.

By all accounts, she’d be welcomed back.

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Tom Cruise,Oprah Winfrey,Tom Hanks send condolences to Travolta

on January 5 Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks have expressed their grief to devastated couple John Travolta and Kelly Preston, who lost their son on January 2.

The grieving parents 16-year-old Jett was found unconscious in a bathroom, where he had apparently fallen and hit his head following a seizure, in the familys holiday home in the Bahamas.

Jett, who began suffering from seizures at the age of two and was a toddler when he was diagnosed with rare Kawasaki disease, had later been taken to Rand Memorial Hospital, Freeport, where he was pronounced dead.

Mike Ossi, the familys lawyer, revealed that all celebrity friends had made it known that they were with the stars during their hard times.

“Everybody has reached out. It seems like the world has reached out and feels the pain that John and Kelly are going through, Contactmusic quoted Ossi as telling U.S. TV show Entertainment Tonight.

Thousands and thousands of phone calls have been received. Oprah has called. You name it, they”ve called, he added.

(source:thaindian)

Tom Cruise Tells Kids ‘You Have to Earn It’

Connor Antony Cruise recently made his big-screen debut in the Will Smith film Seven Pounds, and while Will and Connor’s dad Tom Cruise are good friends, no favors were called in on the 13 ½-year-old’s behalf. So said Tom during a recent interview with The Insider. “They have to earn it,” Tom explained. “They’ve grown up in it, but there’s a point where there is the difference of watching [the film industry] and, ‘Do you want to do it? Do you really want to do it?’” Like any other actor with no experience, Connor auditioned for the part while Will and Tom — also dad to 16-year-old Isabella Jane and 2 ½-year-old Suri — waited outside.

“We’re standing out in the hall, we were kind of nervous, looking at our watches, saying, ‘What’s going on in there?’”

The process was an enjoyable one for Connor, who remains undecided on whether or not he’ll pursue a career in acting full-time. “He still likes sports, he likes to read, so we’ll see ultimately what he wants to do,” Tom, 46, said. “It’s his decision…Whatever they want to do, we’re there [for them].” That much is evident when Tom was asked if he’d support a career in acting or modeling for Suri. “Whatever she wants,” he replied, adding,

“I love being an actor and all my kids have grown up on movie sets. They’re always there. And Kate is an actress and she will carry Suri around on stage while she’s with the other actors running lines. No matter what, just like when we were kids, they’re going to do whatever they want to do.”

(source:the insider)

Top 5 couples of 2008

Tom & Kate are one Access Hollywood’s top 5 couples of 2008. They have the #4 spot, with Brad & Angelina, Will & Jada and David & Victoria Beckham on the numbers 1 to 3. The #5 spot is for Barack & Michelle Obama.

If you want to watch Access Hollywood‘s video about these couples, click here.

Tom Cruise wants to fill house with kids

“I want 10 children,” the 46-year-old said.

“I love kids. I feel really fortunate to have the teenagers and a 2 1/2-year-old. It’s a great dynamic.”

The actor has a daughter, Suri, 2 1/2, and his two adopted children, Isabella, 16, and Connor, 13.

Cruise also had some kind words for his wife, Katie Holmes, 30, who has moved the family to New York City for her Broadway debut in All My Sons.

“I feel lucky to have Kate as my wife,” he said.

“She’s an extraordinary woman. She is funny and smart and she likes the same things that I do.

“She’s a very strong, gracious woman, and a great comedian.”

(Source: Herald Sun)

Showbiz Spy has published more quotes from Tom on his lovely wife Kate:

Tom Cruise: ‘Katie Holmes is an Extraordinary Woman’

Cruise has nothing but kind words for the former Dawson’s Creek actress.

He says, “Married life is very good, very lovely. I feel lucky to have Kate as my wife. She’s an extraordinary woman. She is funny and smart and she likes the same things that I do.

“She’s a very strong, gracious woman, and a great comedian.

“I like doing romantic things, such as bringing flowers and surprising her with things. I love candlelit evenings with nice music.

“If I’m worried about anything, it’s if she can keep up with me. I’m very active.

“A couple of hours after meeting her, I thought, ‘I’m going to marry this woman.’ I just knew.”

(Source: Showbiz spy)

Star-Filled Releases Draw Well at Box Office

LOS ANGELES — An unusual alignment of top stars brightened Hollywood’s holiday box office as Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler, as well as Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and a dog, pushed new movies to strong openings. (…)

Still, the weekend’s most significant victory may have been scored by Tom Cruise, the director Bryan Singer and the distributor MGM with their “Valkyrie,” which for the last year has been chewed over as one of the most difficult bets in the movie marketplace.

The film, in which Mr. Cruise plays a German officer who tried to kill Hitler, placed fourth for the holiday with $21.5 million in sales for the three days and about $30 million since opening on Christmas.

“We’re really happy here,” said Erik Lomis, who oversees worldwide film distribution for MGM. Mr. Lomis said the film, currently playing in about 2,700 theaters, will probably add locations this week as it capitalizes on strength in midsize markets where Mr. Cruise’s star power is helping it keep pace with films for which prospects seemed brighter. (…)

(Source: NY Times)

Box Office Guru Wrapup

Tom in Valkyrie

MGM performed a Christmas miracle this weekend. The studio took what was long considered a surefire flop anchored by a star on the decline and turned it around and into a big hit. That film, Tom Cruise’s war drama Valkyrie, debuted in fourth place with an estimated $21.5M over the weekend and a terrific $30M since its Thursday launch. Invading 2,711 venues, the thriller about a plot to assassinate Hitler averaged a sturdy $7,942.Valkyrie‘s debut was in the same vicinity as other Cruise pics like Collateral ($24.7M opening) and The Last Samurai ($24.3M) although those films opened on Fridays during non-holiday frames.

Valkyrie took advantage of a void in the marketplace and seized the opportunity. Emotional dramas like Marley and Button skewed female and Bedtime appealed more to kids leaving adult men with very few films to be excited about. Studio research showed that the PG-13 film pulled in an audience that was 55% male and 66% over 25. Backed by decent reviews, the World War II flick now has a shot at becoming yet another $100M hit for Cruise capping off a major comeback year for Suri’s old man who also delivered one of the summer’s most memorable performances with his Golden Globe-nominated turn in Tropic Thunder.

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

Director stayed focused amid ‘Valkyrie’ rumors

Bryan Singer has directed all sorts of movies, from the surprise-ending The Usual Suspects to such big-budget blockbusters as X-Men and Superman Returns.

But he had never directed Tom Cruise – until now.

Singer made Valkyrie, about an attempt to kill Adolf Hitler by the German army, with Cruise. There were rumors aplenty, and the film’s release date was moved several times, adding fuel to the fire. Cruise’s practice of Scientology also caused a flap in the German media, and the production was first denied permission to shoot at the Benderblock, where some of the plotters were executed (permission was later granted).

Singer spoke recently about the film, which opened Thursday, about gossip and buzz and what it’s like hanging around with big stars.

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