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Tom Cruise says he wouldn’t mind if his 2-year-old daughter Suri followed in his famous footsteps.
“I’d love it. I’d love it,” he told Usmagazine.com at the NYC premiere of Valkyrie on Monday. “Acting is … a great life to get to entertain people and create characters and stories.”
Tom Cruise and friends hit the red carpet at the New York City premiere of “Valkyrie,†a World War II thriller film based on a true plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
(Source: Access Hollywood)
Dutch Entertainment show “RTL Boulevard” has a small item on ‘their’ Carice van Houten (who is a Dutch actress). Here’s the translation on what Carice has said about working with Tom:
The 32-year old Van Houten, who played Tom Cruise’s wife in the war movie, talks very enthusiastic about the Hollywood star. “We hade a few dancing lessons together and I laughed so hard that I almost wet my pants.”
She admits she was quite impressed by her famous collegue, the first day of shooting the movie. “I have a big mouth right now, but when we first met I blushed for two whole minutes. Not really charming.” But Cruise made her feel comfortable very quickly. “He was really the most sweet, most supporting collegue I can imagine.”
Van Houten travels this month and next month to Los Angeles, Londen en Berlijn to attend the premiere of ‘Valkyrie’. She will finish the promotion tour in Amsterdam, where she will appear on the red carpet on Januari 22.
‘Valkyrie’ is a war drama based on true events about a German officer, played by Cruise, who makes a failed attempt to kill Hitler. Van Houten plays the wife of this officer in the movie, which was taped in Berlin.
ET’s Kevin Frazier is at the New York City premiere of World War II thriller ‘Valkyrie’ — and we speak to the film’s stars, including Tom Cruise. Watch Tom talk about his new role, his daughter Suri’s flair for fashion and son Connor’s new acting gig!
“We went to some huge event, and Suri had insisted that Kate wear these blue shoes,” Tom gushes to ET. “So she’s very insistent.”
The proud father walked the red carpet solo at his film’s big debut, saying wife Katie Holmes was inside hosting family members.
Watch Tom weigh in on his son Connor’s new film role in ‘Seven Pounds,’ and see Tom tell ET why he is “proud” of his new film ‘Valkyrie.’
Tom plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in the suspense thriller, a chronicle of the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants in the world. ‘Valkyrie’ hits theaters December 25.
(Source: Entertainment Tonight)
NEW YORK (AP) — A Nazi-filled Christmas is not an easy sell. That’s just one of the challenges Tom Cruise faces with his new World War II thriller “Valkyrie,” which opens Dec. 25. In the film, which portrays the seldom-recalled German resistance to Adolf Hitler, Cruise plays would-be Hitler assassin Col. Claus von Stauffenberg.
It’s a risky film to make and not just because of the sensitive subject matter. Cruise has been trying to rehabilitate his image — and few PR experts regularly advise donning a German army uniform to engender warm feelings.
On the other hand, “Valkyrie” is also a serious, suspenseful film. Can it help put Cruise back on top?
Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer Clear the Air
“Three and a half years after the interview heard ’round the world, Tom Cruise is back in the studio, today,” Matt Lauer said at the very top of Monday’s Today show.
Lauer wasn’t kidding. Hovering over Lauer and co-anchor Meredith Vieira as they were trying to open the morning program at 7 a.m. was Cruise, standing over their desk, even though the interview segment to promote his Christmas release Valkyrie wasn’t slated until the 7:30 half-hour.
“Let’s set the record straight,” Lauer said before Monday’s sit-down with his one-time on-air sparring partner. “This is not Rocky II.”
But the two did finally clear the air – and discussed at length – their June 2004 confrontation, in which Cruise angrily accused Lauer of being glib during a discussion of Brooke Shields’s use of anti-depressants to treat her post-partum depression.
Tom Cruise may have a Golden Globe nomination for Tropic Thunder, but, according to daughter Suri, his performance as Santa Claus needs some work.
“I’m always Santa,” the mega-star said about the Cruise family Christmas proceedings during a press conference for Valkyrie, which hits theaters Dec. 25. “The teenagers know it’s me, but I was surprised at Suri last year. Kate made the Santa outfit and when I came out, I did my best Santa impression. She looked at me and said, ‘No, dada.’ This year, I’m going to do a little better. I’m workin’ on it.”
In Valkyrie, Cruise plays a different guy named Claus: Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a German militaryman who plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler and bring down the Nazi regime.
“We got to shoot in Berlin at the locations where these people were—and where they died—which was very powerful,” he said.
The role tapped into a storyline that the Top Gunner has been thinking about since childhood.
“I grew up playing with the neighborhood kids in the yard wanting to kill Nazis, wanting to kill Hitler,” Cruise explained. “As a child you’d think, ‘Why didn’t someone just shoot him?’ This is an important story, because I didn’t know it. It’s important to know, of course, that it’s not everyone, it’s not everybody who felt that way and fell into that Nazi ideology. That, to me, was surprising.”
“When I make a movie, it’s about us,” he said later. “It’s not about me. It’s about the journey we all take together…I grew up wanting to travel the world and I wanted an adventurous life.
“Sometimes I get a little more adventure than I had ever bargained for.”
(Source: EOnline.com)
Telluride, Colo. –
Tom Cruise agreed to help out the Palm Theatre by letting the theatre show his new movie, “Valkyrie,†as a fundraiser for the theatre.
“Valkyrie,†the story of a man who tried to kill Hitler, will show at 8 p.m. on Dec. 26 and Dec. 30 in the Palm.
Cruise, who owns a home near Aldasoro and who recently showcased it on the Oprah Winfrey show, has long supported the community.
Heather Knox Rommel, who runs the Palm, approached Cruise’s property manager about showing the film. The property manager passed the request on to Cruise, who agreed to the showing.
“We’re really trying to step up our fundraising, Rommel said. “Not the best time to do it in this economy.â€
This summer, the Palm is losing one on its major funding sources. The Gluckstern family paid $1 million to have the Palm named after their friend, the entrepreneur Michael D. Palm, who died from AIDS in 1999. That gift was paid out over five years, and will be entirely paid off by June. 30.
So the Palm has begun looking for other sources of funding.
“The Palm has to be self supporting,†Rommel said.
Tickets to the screening of “Valkyrie†are higher than a normal movie. Tickets to the Dec. 26 showing are $40 for the VIP section, which gets you a better seat and a gift bag. Students can get into the VIP section for $25.
For regular seating, tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students.
For the Dec. 30 show, tickets are $20 for all adults and $15 for students.
Tickets are going fast.
“We’ve sold a lot of tickets already,†Rommel said.
As well as the tickets, the Palm is raising money through a small silent auction for heliskiing and nights at the Franz Klammer, and other gift certificates from local businesses.
“Valkyrie†is based on the story of the 1944 plot by German army officers to kill Adolf Hitler, install a separate government, and make peace with the Allies and end World War II. Cruise plays the leader of that plot in a film directed by Bryan Singer and co-written by Christopher McQuarrie, a team that collaborated on “The Usual Suspects†in 1995.
Tickets are available at telluridepalm.com or at 970-369-5669.
(Source: TellurideNews.com)
TORONTO (RushPRnews)12/10/08 – Tom Cruise rolled in to the Etalk (CTV) studios yesterday afternoon (Tuesday December 10th), for a special taping of Toronto’s celebrity and entertainment dish, hosted by fan favourites Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim. A handful of fans, press representatives and V.I.P guests, which included Tania Archer former National Sprinter and 1996 Canadian Olympic Team Trialist, were treated to an intimate interview session with Tom, who connected with the crowd by sharing his favourite memories of Canada.
This visit was the last interview of a two-day media blitz designed to promote his upcoming project “Valkyrie†Continue reading
More than three years after Tom Cruise’s unforgettable interview with Matt Lauer, the three-time Oscar-nominated actor returns to ‘Today’, reports newstoday.com. On Monday, December 15, Cruise will sit down once again with Lauer for a live interview in Studio 1A.
Cruise will talk to Lauer about his latest historical thriller, “Valkyrie,” and his role in the much buzzed-about film. The legendary actor will also chat about his distinguished career, his family, including wife Katie Holmes, and children Connor, Isabella and Suri and their life at home.”
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