TOM CRUISE HITS OUT AT DRUG LAWS

Heartthrob actor Tom Cruise is launching a campaign to stop kids taking drugs prescribed by their doctors. The diminutive Mission Impossible hunk flew to Washington DC last week to lobby politicians for stricter controls on how medicines are handed out to minors, particularly those with Attention Deficit Disorder. Cruise campaigns, “There are eight million kids on educational medication. Do you know about Ritalin, Adderall and psychotropic drugs? When you break down the chemical compound, it’s the same as cocaine. Bet you didn’t know that.” The Scientology faith, is against all forms of orthodox medicines, favoring more natural ways to medicate.

Cruise to produce his Minority Report co-star
Colin Farrell is to star with Eva Mendes in an adaptation of the John Fante novel ‘Ask The Dust’. Farrell will play a struggling young writer and first generation Italian called Arturo Bandini. The film will be directed by Robert Towne and produced by CW partners Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise with Jonas McCord.

Tom Cruise is a hard working guy
It promises to be a cutting-edge performance from box-office top gun Tom Cruise. For six months, Tom cruised into the land of the rising sun to shoot the 19th century epic, “The Last Samurai.”

Cruise says, “It was very much a dream come true for me.”

Premiere magazine’s Fred Schruers says the film, due out in December, will be a challenge for both Cruise and his legion of fans. He says, “A lot of the movie is in Japanese and we’ll see subtitles. Tom had to learn some Japanese.”

Learning the language was only part of the rigorous training Tom endured for the massive $100 million production shot in the U.S., New Zealand, and Japan. Cruise says, “What we hope to do is really pay homage to the Samurai, what’s best in the Samurai spirit.”

That meant mastering the kitana, the elegant sword of the Samurai. Schruers says, “Tom did about eight months of training, serious intensive training.”

Call it Samurai boot camp to prepare Tom for the 31 days spent shooting the film’s exhausting battle scenes. Not that it tired Tom out, or anything. Schruers says, “He’s known for his energy and he’s known for his focus. So when you get Tom, you get the full on Tom or he’s not going to be there.”

And Tom says being there for “The Last Samurai” was the opportunity of a lifetime. He says, “I know this is a film that I know I’m never going to forget.”

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