Wow! Just wow! Cher has just revealed that she dated Tom Cruise in the 80s. That’s despite the 16-year age difference. (Not like Cher hasn’t skirted that kind of age difference with other young men before.) She described him as “the most adorable man you can imagine.” Since this was before he joined Scientology, I guess he couldn’t try to convert her like he wants to do to Britney Spears.
The currently blonde 61-year old Cher is planning a visually stunning comeback in Las Vegas starting May 6th at the Colosseum, former home to Celine Dion. This consists of a 200-show deal spanning three years. Watch this video clip below to find out what other male celebs asked Cher out, and which political candidate she supports for U.S. President.
You and I both know that the dual motorcycle/ human collision scene in Mission: Impossible 2 isn’t possible, but man did it ever look good. And Tom Cruise and Dougray Scott didn’t even get their hair mussed. Popular Science looks at this and some other impossible Hollywood physics scenes.
See about 1:43 in the video clip below, to understand which scene I’m referring to. (Where the two men jump off their motorcycles and slam into each other bodily but don’t get injured.)
Tom Cruise already has a public relations nightmare, thanks to the leaking of a Church of Scientology (CoS) video of him appearing to be quite loony. (I’ve read that the CoS claims that whomever leaked it edited it to make him appear crazy.) Now a tabloid spy says that Cruise is interested in converting troubled popstar/ actress Britney Spears into the Scientology fold.
Well, I believe in freedom of religion, but I draw the line at active/ persistent conversion. As Chris Crocker, below, might say, “Leave Britney alone!”
Cruise will be in Valkyrie this year, in which he saves the world from Nazis. Or was it psychologists?
(Warning: video clip contains lots of crying by Chris Crocker. Oh yeah, and the F-word.)
A man posing as Heath Ledger’s father, Kim Ledger, fooled Tom Cruise, the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, and a number of other people. He managed to talk with Cruise for a while. John Travolta was also contacted but according to his reps, he knew the man was an impostor. Looks as if Cruise didn’t have his superpower ring on.
Daniel Craig, aka the current James Bond, is defending the new Bond 22 movie title, Quantum of Solace, saying that name is important to the plot. [China Daily]
This seems like a month of celebrity passings. Actor Christopher Allport died at age 60 after apparently being trapped in an avalanche. Allport has appeared in numerous movies (TV + theater) and TV shows since 1973. He’ll also appear in 2008’s Garden Party. [EFlux Media via Bitten and Bound]
Linsday Lohan has a $1000/day shopping budget. Must be nice. [Cele|bitchy]
Barry Sonnenfeld won a DGA Awards prize this past Saturday for directing an episode of Pushing Daisies, one of the best new shows on TV. AP says that it’s for “television comedy”, but the show leans more towards dramatic comedy. [AP/Google]
Adam Sandler, Kirstie Allie, Dustin Hoffman and other celebs are defending Tom Cruise’s Scientology beliefs and ask that we stop hating Tom. But forget us bloggers and other “haters”. A group of anonymous hackers, collectively calling themselves Anonymous, has delivered a message on the Internet that they’ve declared war on the Church of Scientology (CoS), and that they won’t stop until they succeed.
Anonymous have already brought down several CoS websites with DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. Their motivation apparently has to do with CoS trying to “misuse” DMCA/copyright rules to force websites to remove a Scientology video that shows Tom Cruise in a hyperactive state of mind.
[other sources: Top Socialite, Wikinews]
Several sites have posted articles about an internal Scientology video featuring Tom Cruise talking about “their” importance and how it’s a privilege to be called a Scientologist. Of course, take-down orders mean that the videos may or may not be available. But I did manage to see one on Google Video and I seriously thought it was a comedy. If it’s not, I’m disappointed to say that Tom Cruise is a total loon.
On the video, Cruise talks about how a Scientologist passing a car accident would know what to do, implying that no one else would stop, let alone know what to do if they did stop. Watching this video, it’s easy to believe that Katie Holmes has become a Stepford Wife.
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