Did Tom Cruise give Suri a $5 million trust for her 5th birthday?

Did Tom Cruise give Suri a $5 million trust for her 5th birthday?

 

 I’ve long said that I’ll pretty much believe any rumor, any conspiracy theory, any random piece of gossip about Tom Cruise. I’m like that with some people - I’ll believe anything about Tom’s ex, Nicole Kidman, I’ll believe anything about Gwyneth Paltrow, and I’ll totally believe anything about John Travolta. So, given that, I’m buying this story from OK! Magazine. According to their source, an alleged “family insider,” Tom Cruise added $5 million to his daughter Suri’s already multi-million trust fund, all to celebrate her fifth birthday. I guess Suri is regretting that late-night temper tantrum, huh?

    Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise have been making the effort to cut back on spoiling Suri, but for her fifth birthday, Tom’s gift was over the top!

    “Tom decided to add $5 million - in honor of her milestone birthday - to Suri’s trust fund,” a family insider tells OK! Magazine. “She already has several millions in the fund.” The sentiment is practical: her parents are putting much aside for her future and Suri “won’t be able to touch the money until she’s 18,” the insider reveals. But the amount is extravagant - even by Hollywood standards.

[From OK! Magazine, print edition]

Now, of course, Gossip Cop got a denial from Tom’s rep. But that doesn’t mean much to me because I’ll believe anything about Tom, and this story seems reasonable, plausible and in character from what I know of Tom. I tend to believe that Tom probably has set up trust funds for all of his kids, including Suri, and that the amounts are probably staggering (to me). But here’s what I’m wondering: do you think the kids get access to the money when they turn 18? I doubt it’s that simple, especially considering Bella, Connor and Suri were and are being raised in Church of Scientology. I bet the trusts have, like, “Xenu Provisional Clause #4: The Wearing of Lifts” and “The Miscavage Addendum: Toupees and Other Sundries.”

By the way, the photos of sleepy Suri and blue-sweater Tom are new. They were taken the day after Suri’s late night on Broadway. Her sleep schedule is all kinds of screwed up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

celebitchy/Photos courtesy of Fame.

Tom Cruise’s Len Grossman comedy/horror film is definitely happening

Tom Cruise’s Len Grossman comedy/horror film is definitely happening

Just a few years ago, Tom Cruise and his big fat mouth landed his previously stellar box-office career in the bottom of the gutter. He needed some serious help and, thanks to Ben Stiller, found a bit of a reprieve through a very uncharacteristic cameo in 2008’s Tropic Thunder. Ever since then, we’ve been hearing rumors of a feature-length spinoff with an update last summer that Cruise would star within and produce the Official Les Grossman movie. Now, we’re hearing via MTV that there’s actually a script for this ill-fated mess:

    The 2008 comedy smash Tropic Thunder spawned some memorable characters, to say the least. From Robert Downey Jr.’s very method actor Kirk Lazarus to Jack Black’s drug-fueled Jeff Portnoy, there could have been any number of characters from the film that earned their own spin-off movie.

    Of course, since no one in the industry has quite the same pull as Tropic Thunder’s sleazy, rap enthusiast movie honcho Les Grossman (played by a transformed Tom Cruise), there’s no surprise that it’s him.

    When MTV News caught up with “Saturday Night Live” funny man Bill Hader at the first-ever Comedy Awards (which air Sunday, April 10 at 8p.m. on Comedy Central, VH1, Spike TV, Logo, CMT, TVLand, and online at thecomedyawards.com) he told us that the Les movie is written and is getting closer to arriving in theaters.

    Hader, who appeared in a few Les Grossman skits in anticipation for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, confirmed that his friend, actor/writer Michael Bacall (who previously penned Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and is currently working on the upcoming remake of Fright Night) “wrote it and he’s told me some really funny scenes from it.”

    While Hader admitted he was vague on the details of what the plot for the movie based on Cruise’s loud, boorish exec would actually be about (”I just know the broad strokes. Michael just telling me, ‘I just wrote this scene where blah, blah, blah and I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s funny, man!’”) or when it would finally make it to theaters (Cruise will be busy with Rock of Ages soon) he was sure of one thing, “It’s gonna be great.”

[From MTV]

Admittedly, the very idea of Les Grossman as portrayed Tom Cruise was originally an amusing one because the cameo conveniently took place at a point when Cruise was best known for sticking his finger in Matt Lauer’s face and refusing to make fun of himself in any capacity. As Grossman, Cruise did the unthinkable by putting on a fat suit and showing off some disgustingly hilarious raunchy dance moves. Still, will anyone pay to watch the Grossman character for a full 90 minutes onscreen? After all, we’ve already witnessed Cruise losing a bit of his seriousness by aping his own persona in Knight and Day, and that wasn’t exactly the box-office smash it was expected to be.

Nonetheless, SlashFilm attempts to make the case that Cruise’s career doesn’t really need this spinoff movie like it did just a few years ago, but I’m not quite understanding the logic there. What has Tom Cruise done since Lions for Lambs (which lost many tens of millions), Valkyrie (which financially underperformed to a lesser degree), and Knight and Day (which did not return Cruise to the top of the pack either)? Nothing. He desperately needs a hit to keep building underground bunkers at his Telluride mountain estate and still allow Katie to continue poorly dressing herself in ridiculously expensive capri pants. Furthermore, Tom just needs to put a movie out there, like, now to would take the focus off the P-E-N-I-S Gummies. Luckily (or not), Cruise is gearing up to star in the film adaptation of Broadway’s Rock of Ages musical, which arrives with the following synopsis:

    Rock of Ages is set in 1987 on the Sunset Strip, where a small town girl meets a big city rocker in L.A.’s most famous rock club. Their love story is told through the hits of Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Twisted Sister, Asia, Whitesnake and many more.

[From Broadway.com]

During its continuing Broadway run, the musical has enjoyed five Tony nominations and, from what I gathered last fall after being forced to cross the street to avoid a huge audience in waiting, is quite popular with New York City tourists. Again, do we really want to see Tom Cruise rocking out to Twisted Sister? It gets even weirder from there. While Russell Brand might have actually found his dream role (he’s been confirmed for the role of club owner Lonny, who reportedly performs a rendition of REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling,”), other possible but unconfirmed members of the cast include names like Taylor Swift and Gwyneth Paltrow. That’s the stuff of horror movies!

As a side note on the Les Grossman project and for those who aren’t familiar with Michael Bacall, he’s not only a screenwriter but an actor who played one of the (non-speaking) members of Brad Pitt’s crew in Inglourious Basterds and also had a small role in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof as well. I don’t doubt that he’s perfectly capable of putting together a “funny” script, but based upon the character of Les Grossman, more is usually less.  

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Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes took a tantrumy Suri out for another late night

Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes took a tantrumy Suri out for another late night

I think Tom Cruise has finally finished filming Mission Impossible IV: Ghost Protocol, and he and Katie Holmes have finally been reunited, at long last. These are new photos of Tom, Katie and Suri out and about in NYC yesterday. Tom put on his favorite high heels and posed his ass off all day and night - seriously, they got pap’d like five different times, at five different locations.

The photos of Katie and Tom with Suri - who is making faces at the paparazzi - are from their exit of a theatre where they had just taken Suri to see American Idiot, that Broadway show with music from Green Day. Because Suri likes nothing better than spending her New York nights taking in Broadway shows and accompanying her mom to late-night dinners of Gummi penises and “c-ckblockers”. Why not just let the kid get a good night’s sleep?


Earlier yesterday, Katie taped the Top Ten list for David Letterman:

Suri’s face says it all for me.

 

 

 

 

 

celebitchy/Photos courtesy of Fame.

Tom Cruise to Play 'Rock n' Roll God' in New Movie

Tom Cruise to Play 'Rock n' Roll God' in New Movie

Actor Tom Cruise attends the Japan Premiere of 'Knight and Day' at Roppongi Hills on September 28, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. The film will open on October 9 in Japan. (Photo By Getty Images)

 

 Tom Cruise has signed up to play aging musician Stacee Jaxx in the big screen adaption of the hit musical Rock of Ages, and director Adam Shankman is sure his performance is going to impress everyone.

The actor has been taking voice lessons for his role and has been studying the '80s rock songs in the musical to make sure he gets everything right.

Adam told Access Hollywood: “I think we’re going to see him every drop the rock ‘n’ roll god! I’m very excited. He’s so committed to doing it. He’s pouring himself in this part in a way I’ve never had an actor do … it’s pretty intense.”

Tom Cruise will have to perform several songs in the film, including Styx’s "Renegade," Bon Jovi’s "Wanted Dead or Alive" and a duet of Foreigner’s "I Want To Know What Love Is," possibly with Anne Hathaway, who is set to play the character Sherrie.

Shankman also confirmed rumors Russell Brand is in talks to join the cast as Lonny, the manager of The Bourbon rock club, while Alec Baldwin is set to play Lonny’s boss Dennis.

He added: “We are talking to Alec Baldwin and there may be some Russell Brand. I can only say at this point that there may be, because the deals aren’t closed.”

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 Actor Tom Cruise (L) and actress Cameron Diaz attend the Japan Premiere of 'Knight and Day' at Roppongi Hills on September 28, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. The film will open on October 9 in Japan.

(September 27, 2010 - Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images AsiaPac) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actor Tom Cruise (L) and actress Cameron Diaz arrive for the Japan Premiere of 'Knight and Day' at Roppongi Hills on September 28, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. The film will open on October 9 in Japan.

(September 27, 2010 - Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images AsiaPac)

 

China TV news channel airs stolen scene from Top Gun!

A news channel in China broadcast a training exercise by the People's Liberation Army Air Force with one plane firing a missile at another - but the scene turned out to be lifted from a Tom Cruise movie.

A viewer spotted that the resulting explosion telecast by China Central Television News last week matches a blast from the final fight scene in Top Gun, reports the Guardian.

Liu Yi showed the frame-by-frame similarities between the aired telecast and the Tom Cruise flick and the Wall Street journal has produced a video comparing the news clip with the movie scene.

However, once news spread, the broadcast vanished.

A spokeswoman in the foreign affairs department at CCTV said that she wasn't aware of any such incident.

Tom Cruise 'original choice for DDLJ'

Tom Cruise is reported to have been the first choice for the leading role in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.

The Times of India reports that Aditya Chopra had originally wanted to make a crossover film with a US actor in the main part.

However, the newspaper claims that the filmmaker had to rework the script as producer Yash Chopra did not want to cast a foreign star.

After 15 years of screening at the Maratha Mandir in Mumbai, the production remains the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema.

The role of Raj Malhotra has gone on to become one of Shah Rukh Khan's most commercially successful and critically-acclaimed parts.

Cruise, Beckham form motorcycle club

Tom Cruise and David Beckham have reportedly set up a motorcycle club together in Los Angeles.

The two have apparently invited a host of other A-list celebrities to join them in the club for late night rides across the Hollywood Hills.

"The boys love to ride - they're out as often as they can," a source told the Daily Mirror. "At midnight they can get away with cruising around in a group and seeing the sights of LA without a zillion paparazzi chasing them around.

"They are trying to get other Hollywood actors like Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt to join the group," the report continues. "It's a case of the more the merrier."

Both Beckham and Cruise are known to be avid motorbike enthusiasts and each owns a F131 Hellcat Combat bike.

Martina Navratilova 'released from hospital'


Martina Navratilova has been released from hospital following a serious illness she experienced during a charity climb of Mt Kilimanjaro.

The tennis pro was rushed to a Kenyan hospital last week after developing high altitude pulmonary oedema on the ascent.

"I am feeling much better and really pleased to be going home. I'd like to thank all the staff at Nairobi Hospital, who were wonderful, and really took care of me. The care I received during my three days in hospital was excellent," she said, according to the Daily Star.

"I have also been very touched by all the messages of support I have received over the past few days, and want to thank Laureus Academy Chairman Edwin Moses in particular, for making a very early morning call from Atlanta today to wish me well. It was great to chat to him, although I did joke that perhaps I have gone above and beyond the call of duty for Laureus on this occasion!"

Tom Cruise Ready To Do ‘Rock Of Ages’?

 Tom Cruise Ready To Do ‘Rock Of Ages’?

It looks like Tom Cruise may have already lined up his next gig once he’s done filming ‘Mission Impossible 4,’ if E! News’ Marc Malkin’s story is accurate. The director of the film adaptation of the musical ‘Rock of Ages’ told Marc Tom is in talks to join the movie.

“It’s all looking really good,” ['Rock of Ages' director] Shankman just told me…
“I was really inspired and impressed by him as Les Grossman,” he said, “and his willingness to go for it. He and I had talked about doing a musical, so I thought I’d talk to him about Rock of Ages.”

And, yes, Cruise will sing. “Of course, he will,’ Shankman said. “If he’s in it, he has to.”

Are you ready to see Tom try his hand at a musical?

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Tom Cruise 'steals wife Katie Holmes' make-up' to look youthful

Hollywood hunk Tom Cruise has been raiding wife Katie Holmes' beauty and make-up supplies in a bid to remain looking youthful.

"Tom is in major midlife crisis mode," the Daily Telegraph quoted a source as telling American tabloid the National Enquirer.

"He's freaking out over the new lines on his face, the grey hairs on his head and on his face when he shaves.

"He has started applying Katie's high-priced facial creams, cleansers and even her make-up - and he loves the results!

"He even slathers on Katie's foundation before public events and lightly applies her mascara to make his eyelashes look fuller.

"Tom is incredibly vain, and he's willing to go to great lengths to look good next to his younger costars.

"Katie is horrified that Tom has resorted to raiding her beauty supplies," the source added.

Tom Cruise has gone under the knife?

Sydney, Oct 19 : Shots that show Tom Cruise zipping down a flying fox in Prague (shirtless) have sparked speculations that the actor has gone under the knife.

The shots belatedly came to the attention of Woman''s Day via the gossip sites.

The mag sought to advance the hypothesis that the action star has sought a doctor to help him surgically suck it in.

''''This is all abnormal,'''' the Sydney Morning Herald quoted a Sydney cosmetic surgeon, Dr Michael Zacharia, in reference to odd horizontal markings across the 48-year-old''s paunch.

''''His belly button also has the classic downwards smile of a lipo case.''''

The mag concedes it is ''''also possible'''' that unusual muscle configuration is a result of vigorous training.

Tom Cruise Gears Up For “Mission: Impossible 4”

He’s one of the most prolific stars in Hollywood, and Tom Cruise isn’t letting his advancing age keep him from looking fabulous in “Mission: Impossible 4.”

The “Minority Report” stud has reportedly put himself on a strict diet and regular fitness program in an effort to tone up his form for the flick.

According to an insider, “Tom has put himself on a strict fitness routine and diet, which includes daily three-hour workouts and a low-carb meal plan consisting of 1,200-1,300 calories per day.”

The source added, “Tom is determined to look like he did ten years ago… he has been working out with his personal trainer.”

Suri is very special

Tom Cruise has revealed how proud he is of his daughter Suri.

Cruise explained on GMTV that Suri came on set during the filming of Knight and Day and created her own bakery scenes during breaks.

He said: "It was great because my family was on set every day and Cameron's (Diaz) family were on set and it was like we were in this imaginary bakery and Katie [Holmes] was stood there ordering in between takes."

Diaz admitted that she was also taken by the 4-year-old.

The actress said: "She had her own little bakery and she would tell you what's going on today. It was like, 'These are what muffins we have today', and she played out all these scenes, it was so fun... Suri was going around serving all of us."

Cruise added: "Suri is very special. She is incredibly loving and she is very creative, she draws, she acts, she writes. In between takes she would have her own little scenes going on."

Cruise wants wife to design men's range

Actor Tom Cruise wants his actress wife Katie Holmes to design a men's wear range.

Holmes, who has a four-year-old daughter Suri with Cruise, launched her debut fashion collection Holmes & Yang for women two years ago.

It was co-designed by her stylist and friend Jeanne Yang. It has been successful among women. Now Cruise wants her to launch a men's range too, reports femalefirst.

"The husbands always hang out at our meetings. They say, 'When are you guys going to do the men's collection?'" said Holmes.

She also revealed Holmes & Yang are creating matching outfits for mothers and daughters to wear together.

TomKat And Cameron Diaz Arrive In Spain

Enjoying their time overseas, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz were spotted arriving in Seville, Spain for some “Knight and Day” promotional duties yesterday (June 15).

Joined by his wife Katie Holmes and daughter Suri, the “Minority Report” stud looked to be in good spirits as he strolled past the paparazzi.

Meanwhile, Cameron arrived alone and was spotted heading straight to her hotel to prepare for the full schedule ahead.

Tom and Cameron spent some time in Seville while filming “Knight and Day” and they’re happy to be back to show off the finished product.

Tom Cruise 'laughs off death rumours'

Tom Cruise laughed off rumours on Friday that he had died in an accident while in New Zealand.

Talking to MTV News, the actor joked that the online gossip was true and that he really had passed away in a plumbing mishap.

"No, I'm not [alive]. I'm a hologram," he said.

The 47-year-old added that he found the rumour funny, and assured fans that he is actually okay.

"Yes, you can send the message out [that I am still alive]."