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  • TOM CRUISE: My Job's As Hard As FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN

    11/08/2013 7:16:17 PM PST · by LSUfan · 64 replies
    TMZ ^ | 8 Nov 13 | Unattributed
    Tom Cruise not only thinks he trains harder than Olympic athletes, he believes his job as a professional actor is as grueling as fighting the war in Afghanistan -- this according to legal docs obtained by TMZ. As we reported, Cruise recently sat for a deposition in his $50 million libel suit against a magazine publisher that claimed he abandoned daughter Suri -- and his quotes are GOLD. First, the Middle East -- Tom says his location shoots are just like serving a tour in Afghanistan, "That's what it feels like. And certainly on this last movie, it was brutal....
  • Tom Cruise: My work as an actor is as hard as fighting in Afghanistan

    11/08/2013 1:39:31 PM PST · by Zakeet · 99 replies
    Fox News ^ | November 8, 2013
    Tom Cruise has never been shy about expressing his beliefs, and in a recent deposition, the actor said he believed acting was as hard as fighting a war. Cruise sat with lawyers to be deposed for his case against Bauer Publishing for stories two of its publications printed following his divorce from Katie Holmes, articles that stated he had "abandoned" his daughter Suri. During the deposition, a lawyer questioned Cruise about remarks his camp had made equating his work and inability to see daughter Suri to fighting in Afghanistan. "That's what it feels like. And certainly on this last movie,...
  • Katie Holmes Celebrates 100 Years of Mayonnaise

    09/27/2013 7:36:39 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 123 replies
    Metro UK ^ | Friday 27 Sep 2013
    Katie Holmes might have distanced herself from the Church of Scientology, but few could doubt her dedication to egg-based sauces, as was shown this week with her becoming the face of Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. The actress posed next to a massive cake shaped like a Hellmann’s jar at the company’s 100th birthday on Pier 84 in New York. Going a little off message, Holmes told USA Today about the non-mayonnaise-centric dishes she likes to cook, saying she ‘flourishes at pancakes.’ ‘I love food. I’m working on being a better cook,’ she explained. ‘I flourish at pancakes. I do sea bass, too....
  • How the Tabloids Covered the TomKat Split – New Details Emerge and Who got the Story Right

    07/19/2012 8:28:31 PM PDT · by InHisService · 10 replies
    Consequential Commentary ^ | 7-19-2012 | Mary C. Kirchhoff
    “The devout Scientologist and his minions subjected his wife to relentless verbal abuse, emotional punishment, humiliation and intimidation, sources say, until Katie decided to break free of the controversial religion,” quotes a source.
  • Why We Cant' Get Enough of TomKat Split

    07/14/2012 6:00:09 PM PDT · by InHisService · 8 replies
    Blog - Survival - By Mary C. Kirchhoff ^ | 7-14-2012 | Mary C. Kirchhoff
    According to the The New York Post, sales were up in many of the major tabloids. And why wouldn’t they be? The TomKat split has everything that makes for a great headline: super wealthy Tom, with an estimated net worth of $250 million, what with his fabulous $30 million mansion and private plane. It’s a life most of us can’t imagine.
  • The Prodigal Daughter: Katie Holmes Returns To Catholicism, Suri Banned From Scientology-Ecumenical

    07/09/2012 5:31:55 PM PDT · by Cronos · 46 replies
    The inquisitir ^ | 9 July 2012 | Inqu
    Following the quick and unexpected settlement of her divorce proceedings, Katie Holmes has been doing a bit of house-cleaning in her personal life, part of which includes her return to the Catholic faith, five years after leaving it in favor of soon-to-be ex-husband Tom Cruise’s Scientology. Holmes’ return to Catholicism is evident due to her registration as a parishioner at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in New York City. “Everyone is thrilled to have Katie join us,” a member of the church’s choir told the Huffington Post. “She has not yet attended a service, but when she does she...
  • 10,000 Scientologists Got This E-Mail Today About "Disconnection," ... and a Mysterious Death

    07/09/2012 5:49:58 PM PDT · by null and void · 130 replies
    The Village Voice ^ | 7/9/12 | Tony Ortega
    Heber Jentzsch, when he was still allowed to breathe free air UPDATE: HOLMES-CRUISE DIVORCE SETTLED. So far, looking like how we predicted it in our previous story. This morning, more than 10,000 Scientologists found an e-mail from Karen de la Carriere in their inboxes, written in jargon that they will understand, and informing them of the controversy surrounding the death of her son Alexander Jentzsch. As we reported first on Thursday night, de la Carriere learned about the death of her 27-year-old son more than two days after he was found, unresponsive, at the home of his in-laws in...
  • Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: Divorce is part of the bigger picture in Hollywood

    07/08/2012 6:29:07 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 20 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 07/08/2012 | William Langley
    Awash with money, beautiful people and lawyers, the film industry makes it easy for stars to break their wedding vows. But not everyone does. It was clear from the start that things wouldn’t work out between Hollywood and marriage. In 1919, Rudolph Valentino, the first real star of the silent era, wed actress Jean Acker. It lasted six hours. A standard was set that the movie business has been trying to live up to ever since. “Get married in the morning,” the old studio hands used to say. “Then, if it all goes wrong, you haven’t wasted the whole day.”...
  • Read The Panicked Email That Scientologists Are Circulating After The TomKat Breakup

    07/06/2012 7:01:49 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 72 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 07/06/2012 | Ashley Lutz
    The Church of Scientology is trying to contend with the greatest scandal its ever seen--the impending divorce of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Media sites are reporting that Holmes is leaving Cruise because he planned to indoctrinate their young daughter, Suri, and send her to a camp for young Scientologists. The church sent out an email instructing members on how to "stand up for their religion" and instruct sites like Microsoft and Google to take down anti-Scientology content. Marty Rathbun, a former Scientologist who now blogs against the religion, posted the email. It's from the Office of Special Affairs, which...
  • Rupert Murdoch's son denies Tom Cruise almost converted him to Scientology

    07/03/2012 10:32:33 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 5 replies
    Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10:30PM BST 03 Jul 2012 | Raf Sanchez
    The eldest son of Rupert Murdoch has denied he ever considered joining Scientology after reports emerged claiming Tom Cruise tried to convert him. Lachlan Murdoch was assiduously courted by the Hollywood star in 1999 while they were both living in Australia, according to the Daily Beast. Cruise, who had moved to live near his then-wife Nicole Kidman's family, was said to be determined to bring the younger Murdoch into the Scientology fold, believing that he would soon take over his father's media empire. Cruise reportedly traveled with Murdoch and his friend James Packer on private jets, all the while evangelizing...
  • Inside Scientology’s strict Sea Org which Suri Cruise faced joining

    It is Scientology's higher order where members pledge their allegiance for one billion years - and may have cost Tom Cruise his marriage. Sending six-year-old Suri to the Sea Organisation, or Sea Org as it is known, is what is said to have been the final straw for Katie Holmes before she filed for divorce. The group is run like a military clique from the Scientology Gold Base in California which has sniper-style nest bunker that overlooks the entire property. Members are paid just $50 a week and banned from leaving their base or they are tracked down by a...
  • Roll the credits on this sham of a union (Cruise/Holmes divorce)

    07/02/2012 5:31:59 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6-30-12 | Andrea peyser
    Katie Holmes was from the start a case of “Are you kidding me?” — a scam of gargantuan proportions ripped straight from the Kim Kardashian playbook. --------------------------------------------------- Tom’s protestations of masculine adoration were belied by his first wife, actress Mimi Rogers, herself a Scientologist, whom he wed in 1987. She later complained that Tom refused to perform his husbandly duties. “He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk,” Rogers told Playboy. “He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split.”
  • Katie Holmes fears Scientology members following her every move after filing for divorce

    07/02/2012 8:51:11 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 52 replies
    Fox News ^ | 07/02/2012
    She’s a prisoner in her own home. Katie Holmes fears she can’t take one step without a Scientology goon following her every move in a heavy- handed intimidation attempt, multiple sources close to the actress told The Post yesterday. The pretty actress last night was holed up in her Chelsea pad — terrified that soon-to-be-ex-hubby Tom Cruise might kidnap their little girl, law-enforcement sources said. Holmes told another building resident of her abduction fear — and that neighbor called police on Friday, sources said. But without Holmes phoning in the report herself — and Cruise known to be 2,600 miles...
  • Video Proof that Tom Cruise was the FIRST to Perform a Tebow

    07/01/2012 10:17:36 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 13 replies
    self | July 1, 2012 | PJ-Comix
    After finding out about the INEVITABLE split between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, I checked out the VIDEO of Cruise on Oprah trying to desperately convince us that he was really attracted to Katie Holmes. Everybody remembers his silly couch jumping routine but what is really surprising is that apparently Cruise was performing a Tebow years before Tebow himself was doing it. And did he perform a Tebow several times or was it just once as seen from several angles? VIDEO
  • Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorcing

    06/29/2012 11:37:07 AM PDT · by Justaham · 15 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 6/29/12 | Jake Coyle
    Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are calling it quits after five years of marriage. "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family," Holmes's attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday. "Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest." Cruise's lawyer Bert Fields said Holmes filed for divorce on Thursday. Cruise, 49, wed the 33-year-old Holmes in 2006 in an Italian castle after publicly declaring his love on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," emphatically jumping on her couch. The couple has a 6-year-old daughter, Suri, who has herself become a staple of the tabloids and...
  • Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Are Divorcing

    06/29/2012 10:17:08 AM PDT · by TSgt · 137 replies
    People ^ | Friday June 29, 2012 01:00 PM EDT | By J.D. Heyman
    After five years of marriage, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting a divorce, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family," says Holmes's attorney Jonathan Wolfe. "Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest."
  • How Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver Helped Kill 'Kennedys' Miniseries

    01/11/2011 12:54:25 PM PST · by mojito · 24 replies
    Holywood Reporter ^ | 1/9/2011 | Matthew Belloni
    Pressure from the Kennedy family played a key role in the History channel's decision to pull the plug on its controversial miniseries The Kennedys. As The Hollywood Reporter first reported, the eight-part miniseries, starring Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes and masterminded by conservative 24 co-creator Joel Surnow, was abruptly yanked from the History schedule Jan. 7 before a planned airdate in the spring. In a statement to THR, a rep for History parent A&E Television Networks said that "after viewing the final product in its totality, we have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand."...
  • What's in an unusual name? More than you might think

    11/18/2009 8:04:04 AM PST · by JoeProBono · 20 replies · 847+ views
    news. ^ | Nov 17,
    – Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming their daughter Suri if they'd known that it means "pickpocket" in Japanese, "turned sour" in French, and "horse mackerels" in Italian. Today Translations, a London-based translation company, is offering parents-to-be -- particularly celebrities -- the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages. For 1,000 pounds ($1,678), the company's linguists will carry out a "basic name translation audit" of names, checking their meaning in 100 languages, or more for an additional cost. While open to everyone, the firm said it expects the service to...
  • Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes Both Deny Reports of Marriage Rift

    08/21/2009 9:58:36 AM PDT · by SilvieWaldorfMD · 15 replies · 1,074+ views
    Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have both denied reports that their marriage is on the rocks. In its most recent issue, US magazine In Touch claimed that the couple had fallen out on the set of Holmes's new movie, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. A picture of the pair looking upset was used on the magazine's front cover under the heading, 'The Fight To End All Fights'. However, Holmes's publicist told Gossip Cop that the couple “are not fighting”. A spokesperson for Cruise, who jetted out to Australia to spend time with wife during filming, said: “There are no...
  • Katie Holmes Seconds From Disaster As Car Bursts Into Flames On Film Set

    07/27/2009 2:15:52 PM PDT · by Steelfish · 34 replies · 1,269+ views
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | July 27, 2009
    Katie Holmes seconds from disaster as car bursts into flames on film set Nathan Kay 27th July 2009 Katie Holmes was left shaken after a car she had been sat in on a film set caught fire seconds after she got out of it. The 30-year-old actress narrowly escaped disaster over the weekend while filming in Australia for her new horror flick Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark. She has been left 'shaken' after the car battery began erupting sparks and fumes and then burst into fire moments after she vacated the vehicle.