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Newest 'Decorated Naval Hero': Tom Cruise

Navy awards him top civilian honor for 'unwavering' support, role in recruitment

(Newser) - Tom Cruise is "now a decorated naval hero," per the AP . The actor's famed portrayal of a US Navy fighter pilot in 1986's Top Gun helped to earn him the Navy's top civilian honor on Tuesday. He received the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, which...

'Last True Movie Star' Closes Out the Olympics

Tom Cruise performed an impressive stunt to symbolize the transition from one city to another

(Newser) - As rumored , Tom Cruise did indeed perform an epic stunt at the closing ceremonies for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The actor rappelled from the top of the Stade de France down to the ground, where he greeted Olympic athletes before receiving the Olympic flag from Simone Biles...

Big Names Lined Up for Close of Games

Report: Billie Eilish, Snoop, Red Hot Chili Peppers will wrap up Games from LA; HER to sing anthem

(Newser) - The Summer Games come to a close on Sunday at the Stade de France on the outskirts of Paris, and it will be a star-studded event, with some familiar Olympic faces and some new ones. Sources tell Variety that Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to...

Tom Cruise to Test His Stunt Skills at Olympics

Actor will reportedly rappel from stadium, skydive over LA in closing ceremony

(Newser) - Tom Cruise has been spotted taking in swimming and women's gymnastics events at the Paris Olympics, per the Hollywood Reporter . But he's not simply an observer. The 62-year-old actor known for his stunt work will play a role in the closing ceremony on Aug. 11 when he'll...

Injured Simone Biles Pulls Rabbit Out of a Hat Anyway

Team USA finishes atop the leaderboard as stars come out to watch the star gymnast

(Newser) - Simone Biles didn't let some leg discomfort slow her down. As the AP reports, the gymnastics superstar posted an all-around total of 59.566 during Olympic qualifying on Sunday inside a packed and star-studded Bercy Arena despite complaining of a left calf injury that had her limping. US gymnastics...

Talent Agency Dumps Susan Sarandon Over Israel Comments
Talent Agency
Dumps Susan Sarandon
Over Israel Comments
the rundown
Nov 22, 2023 12:30 AM CST

Talent Agency Dumps Susan Sarandon Over Israel Comments

And more uproar in Hollywood related to Israel-Hamas war

(Newser) - Hollywood is increasingly divided over the Israel-Hamas war, and for weeks now, there's been talk in some circles comparing the situation to McCarthy-era blacklisting . Two particularly big names are involved in the latest round of headlines: Susan Sarandon and Tom Cruise. Read on for more:
  • Sarandon's comments: The
...

Mission: Impossible No. 8 Gets a One-Year Delay
Actors Strike Hits
a Big Franchise
Oct 24, 2023 10:30 AM CDT

Actors Strike Hits a Big Franchise

The 8th installment of 'Mission: Impossible' will be delayed by a year

(Newser) - The eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise has been postponed a year, reports the AP , signaling a new wave of release schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the actors strike surpasses three months of work stoppage. Paramount Pictures on Monday shifted the release date of the next Mission: Impossible...

Searching for Tom Cruise, Literally


Say, Has
Anyone Seen
Tom Cruise?
longform
Jul 30, 2023 4:40 PM CDT

Say, Has Anyone Seen Tom Cruise?

Caity Weaver of the 'New York Times Magazine' tries to figure out where he lives

(Newser) - For a man who is among the best-known humans in the world, the question is surprisingly difficult to answer: Just where does Tom Cruise live? And it is the one Caity Weaver sets out to answer in a wildly entertaining piece for the New York Times Magazine . Cruise, you may...

We Stared at the Worm: Pop Culture Moments in 2022

A 12-month look back at what got us buzzing

(Newser) - Taylor Swift was up. Elon Musk was in, out, in, and maybe out again. Tom Cruise was back. Serena Williams stepped aside, and Tom Brady too—oops, scratch that. But the slap? The slap was everywhere. OK, so maybe it wasn’t on the level of a moon landing, or...

Jolie Tipped Off Photog for First Brangelina Scoop

'Rolling Stone' co-founder Jann Wenner dishes celebrity tales in memoir out Tuesday

(Newser) - Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner has a lot of celebrity anecdotes—some of which he's exposing in an upcoming memoir. Perhaps the juiciest tidbit to come out of Like a Rolling Stone involves the 2000s love triangle that was Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie. Wenner, who formerly...

Look Familiar? Witness the Power of the Deepfake

Tom Cruise lookalike Miles Fisher delivers a somewhat cautionary tale about AI-powered deepfake technology

(Newser) - It can’t be all bad to be born with a face like Tom Cruise. Nor is it a disadvantage to be chosen by one’s peers to deliver the Harvard commencement oration for your class. But as Miles Fisher tells it for Hollywood Reporter, those two things clashed in...

Top Gun: Maverick Joins Elite Club
Top Gun: Maverick
Joins Elite Club
Jun 28, 2022 2:29 AM CDT

Top Gun: Maverick Joins Elite Club

Tom Cruise flick has made $1B at the box office

(Newser) - Top Gun: Maverick has now made more than $1 billion worldwide at the box office, one of just 50 movies (not adjusted for inflation) to have ever done so, according to Paramount. It's the studio's second-highest-grossing movie ever domestically, behind 1997's Titanic, CNN reports. It's also...

As Top Gun Soars, Leah Remini Has a Warning About Tom Cruise
As Top Gun
Soars, Leah
Remini Has a
Warning About
Tom Cruise
in case you missed it
Jun 18, 2022 12:50 PM CDT

As Top Gun Soars, Leah Remini Has a Warning About Tom Cruise

'Don’t let the movie star charm fool you'

(Newser) - Top Gun: Maverick may be sitting atop the box office (or, at least, near the top since Jurassic World: Dominion premiered), but as far as Leah Remini is concerned, that doesn't mean the world should give Tom Cruise and his religion a pass. "Tom Cruise knows exactly what...

Top Gun Loses Little After Debut
Top Gun Loses Little After Debut
box office
Jun 5, 2022 4:00 PM CDT

Top Gun Loses Little After Debut

Blockbusters usually fall much more in second weekend

(Newser) - Top Gun: Maverick continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32% from its opening with $86 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures release, with Tom Cruise reprising his role from the 1986 original, is holding steadier than any film of its kind...

Top Gun: Maverick Is a Throwback—and a 'Blast'
'A Textbook Example of
How to Make a Sequel'
MOVIE REVIEW
May 27, 2022 7:38 AM CDT

'A Textbook Example of How to Make a Sequel'

Critics praise visuals, nostalgia of 'Top Gun: Maverick'

(Newser) - The praise for Top Gun: Maverick has not let up. The sequel to Tony Scott's 1986 classic, out Friday, drew rave reviews at CinemaCon and now has a 96% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes . Audiences are even happier, at 99%. Still harboring a streak of rebellion, Navy pilot...

Top Gun Sequel, Cruise Blow Away Cannes

Star unexpectedly receives Palme d'Or, movie fest's most esteemed prize, for 'Top Gun: Maverick'

(Newser) - Early buzz on the Top Gun sequel has been astoundingly good , and that only continued this week at the Cannes Film Festival, where the movie received a five-minute standing ovation, and star Tom Cruise was handed a surprise Palme d'Or, the festival's most esteemed prize. Deadline reports that...

Top Gun Sequel 'Took Everyone's Breath Away' at CinemaCon

It's the 'perfect blockbuster,' says one viewer

(Newser) - The reported 800 hours of footage recorded in the making of the new Top Gun movie was well worth it, according to those who got a first look at the film at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday. Top Gun: Maverick "generated rave first reactions" and at several points...

Nicole Kidman Tells Reporter Question About Tom Is 'Sexist'

Actress doesn't want to be 'pigeonholed,' she says

(Newser) - While promoting her new film Being the Ricardos, Nicole Kidman got reflective about what the film, which follows one week in the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, says about marriage—though not about her former marriage. The film is "about a creative and romantic relationship that doesn’...

As Tom Cruise Filmed, His BMW Was Boosted

Along with thousands of dollars in luggage stowed inside the X7 in England's Birmingham

(Newser) - Tom Cruise is out a whole lot of luggage, as well as other belongings, after someone boosted the Beemer he was using while filming the next installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise in England, reports Page Six . Sources say Cruise was "hopping mad" after the BMW X7 was stolen...

Russia Apparently Aims to Beat Tom Cruise to Space

Yulia Peresild, actor-director Klim Shipenko to set off for ISS on Oct. 5

(Newser) - Russia is saying not so fast to the plan to have Tom Cruise star in the first narrative action movie filmed in space . In what the Guardian is calling "space race 2," a Russian actor and director will set out for the International Space Station in early October,...

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