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Tom Cruise Turns 46!

Mandi Illuzzi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:11 -0400

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"He is spending his birthday with his family at his home in Telluride," a source tells Us

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Tom Cruise turns the big 4-6 today.

"He is spending his birthday with his family at his home in Telluride," a source close to the actor tells Usmagazine.com.

Cruise just celebrated the 25th anniversary of his breakthrough film Risky Business. (He was 19 when he shot the iconic dancing-in-his-undies scene. See more stars in their skivvies.)

"I was always trying to enjoy every moment that I could because I thought, 'If this is the last film I get to make, then at least I lived that dream,'" Cruise recently told Oprah Winfrey.

"I had no idea that I'd be here 25 years later doing this," he added.

Born in Syracuse, New York, Cruise almost became a priest.

"I looked at the priesthood and said, 'Listen, this is what I'm going to do'," he once said to Britain's Sunday Times magazine. "After a year, I decided being a priest was not for me."

(He is now almost as famous for his involvement in Scientology as he is for his movies.)

After a long string of romances - including a marriage to Nicole Kidman (with whom he has two adopted children) - Cruise found love with Katie Holmes.

See photos of all the women Cruise has dated.

He married Holmes, 29, on November 18, 2006 just outside Rome in a lavish wedding that, according to Forbes estimates, cost nearly $2 million.

See photos of Tom and Katie's most romantic moments.

The couple welcomed daughter Suri in April 2006.

"She's spectacular," he has said of Suri. "She really is just magic."

See photos of Suri's obsessions.

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Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise sighting with daughter Suri on January 16, 2008 in New York City.

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Henry Seltzer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:27:59 -0400

Katie Holmes Less Popular Than Nicole Kidman on Broadway

Alissa R — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:22:55 -0400

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Her stage debut All My Sons has reportedly sold less than $1 million in advance tickets

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Advance ticket sales for Katie Holmes' Broadway debut in All My Sons are far below those for Nicole Kidman's 1998 run in The Blue Room, the New York Post reports.

Less than $1 million in tickets for All My Sons — which begins previews in September – have been sold compared to $4 million for Kidman's Broadway stint, according to the paper.

"I've bought 1,000 tickets to the show," a broker told the Post. "I still have them."

(Neither of Tom Cruise's women topped tickets for Julia
Roberts' 2006 show Three Days of Rain, which sold out in one day, the Post reports.)

A show rep tells Usmagazine.com: “We don’t discuss advance sales.”

Furthermore, tickets to see Kidman — who briefly appeared nude in the show — went as high as $700 while premium tickets for Holmes' show are netting $300.

"I think if she takes off her clothes, she may catch up!" a Broadway insider joked to the Post.

(See pics of Katie's hair transformation.)

The paper blames lackluster sales on Cruise's declining popularity since the 1990s. Kidman's debut on Broadway coincided with the release of their controversial flick Eyes Wide Shut and he was touted on mag covers as
the biggest movie star in the world.

"People aren't shelling out $110 for a play anymore," a broker told the Post. "It doesn't matter who's in it."

(See pics of Tom & Katie's daughter Suri.)

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Will Smith: Attacks on Tom Cruise Were "Painful for Me to See"

Mandi Illuzzi — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:26:22 -0400

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"I've met very few people committed to goodness the way Tom is," he says

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Will Smith defends his pal Tom Cruise in a new interview with USA Today.

He said the criticism Cruise, 45, has received for his Scientology faith has been "painful for me to see. I've met very few people committed to goodness the way Tom is."

The Hancock star, 39 — who was rumored to have converted to Scientology after speaking out about the controversial religion — was raised Baptist and said he remains Christian.

"We disagree on a lot of things," added Smith, who attended Nelson Mandella's 90th birthday in London on Wednesday. "But even with different faiths and different beliefs, at the end of the day, goodness is goodness."

(See photos of all the women Tom Cruise has dated.)

He said that their friendship thrives on rivalry.

They currently compete to see who can sign autographs longer.

"It's hard to beat that dude," Smith said. "He has another gear. He did two-and-a-half hours in France for Mission: Impossible on the red carpet. Now when I go to France, people will say, 'You know, Tom was out here for two-and-a-half hours.'"

(See photos of other celeb BFFs.)

He also opened up about raising his children Willow, 7, and Jaden, 9 (whom he had with wife Jada Pinkett) and son Trey, 15, (from a previous marriage).

"The kids can do anything they want, as long as Daddy thinks it's funny," he says. "And artistically, that's where you need to be, too. You have to find the humor in things."

The same rule applies to tabloid rumors about his life.

"You have to let that roll off you," he said. "There's a natural narcotic my brain must pump, because negativity doesn't last. It's strange to play a guy like Hancock, who can't find something to feel good about. That's the opposite of who I am."

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Will Smith and Tom Cruise at the Will Smith Foot and Handprint Ceremony at the Grauman's Chinese Theater on December 10, 2007 in Hollywood, California.

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Pregnant Nicole Kidman: "I Started Crying" When I Saw My Ultrasound

Lindsay Powers — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:43:45 -0400

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"I didn’t think I’d get to experience that in my lifetime," she tells Vogue

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Nicole Kidman is opening up in July's Vogue about expecting her first child with husband Keith Urban.

After suffering two miscarriages with ex Tom Cruise, the 40-year-old actress (who is due in July) said she cried when she saw the ultrasound.

"I didn't think I'd get to experience that in my lifetime," she admits. "I like the unpredictable nature of it. To feel life growing with you is something very, very special, and I'm going to embrace that completely."

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Kidman — who has two adopted children, Connor, 13, and Isabella, 15, from her marriage to Cruise — also sounded off on:

Being happy and pregnant:
"My sister has had four kids, and she says that when you're pregnant you draw people to you who are genuinely happy. She's right. It taps into that thing in human nature that is universal and collective and beautiful."

Life in Tennessee:
"I've been in Tennessee, just sitting. We have a farm there, and I have an organic vegetable garden. This is a path I'd not taken before. My mum's always gardened. My sister gardens. And I've now conformed to the Kidman women's hobby of gardening. And it is just a hobby. I'm not feeding the troops. There's a softness to the Tennessee landscape that I just love. It's very beautiful out there. We have deer and wild turkeys."

Keith Urban's battle with addiction:
"I'm so committed to this relationship, and so is he. I don't have addiction problems, but love is a very powerful force in my life. It's my fatal flaw and my virtue."

New appreciation of life:
"You can fight life. You can wriggle and squirm and say, 'This isn't right.' But I'm glad I've learned to let things flow. I'm now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way. So to be given the blessing of a child at this stage of my life, you just say, 'Wow, this was meant to be.' "

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Katie Holmes' Broadway Play to Open October 16

Mandi Illuzzi — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:13:08 -0400

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Previews for Arthur Miller's All My Sons begin in September

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Previews for All My Sons — the Arthur Miller Broadway play starring Katie Holmes — begin September 18, a show rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.

The play will officially open October 16 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in NYC.

Ticket prices for the Saturday and Sunday matinees will go as high as $116.50, with Wednesday matinees selling for $111.50.

Holmes and husband Tom Cruise are planning to move to the Big Apple during the show's 16-week run, producer Eric Falkenstein has said.

Falkenstein said Holmes has the "exact moral fiber" of her character Ann, a woman who visits the family of her former lover, a missing pilot.

At the first table-read, Holmes "took notes... asked questions... [she] loves being around theater people," Falkenstein said.

"When she signed on, she came here to a bare rehearsal room for a read- through," the producer said. "She didn't ask for anything. She was just sweet and deferential."

Victoria Beckham recently told Usmagazine.com that Holmes is "excited" for the role.

"I think Katie's incredibly talented," she said. "I'm very proud of her to be doing this play."

See photos of Holmes' hair through the years.

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Dr. Drew Apologizes for Saying Tom Cruise Suffers From "Neglect"

Mandi Illuzzi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:04:23 -0400

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He says he meant no harm when he speculated on the actor's involvement with Scientology

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Dr. Drew Pinsky "meant no harm" to Tom Cruise when he told Playboy that the actor's interest in Scientology is "a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood – maybe some abuse but mostly neglect," his rep tells Usmagazine.com.

"[Dr. Drew] apologizes if his comments were hurtful," the rep says.

In response to Pinsky's remarks to Playboy, Cruise's attorney Bert Fields told the New York Post that Pinksy is an "unqualified television performer who is obviously just looking for notoriety [and] is so grotesquely unprofessional as to pretend to diagnose Tom and others without ever meeting them.

"He seems to be spewing the absurdity that all Scientologists are mentally ill," Fields said. "The last time we heard garbage like this was from [Nazi propagandist] Joseph Goebbels."

Pinsky's rep responded to Us: "Although Mr. Field’s intent is clearly to slander and discredit Dr. Drew, under no circumstances is Dr. Drew making a blanket diagnosis about Scientology nor Mr. Cruise whom he does not know. Dr. Drew was simply using Mr. Cruise as an example of someone who is recognizable to help the public understand. Again, Dr. Drew meant him no harm."

In 2006, Cruise said his late, estranged father was "a bully and a coward" and a "merchant of chaos."

"He was the kind of person where, if something goes wrong [he would] kick you," he told Parade.

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Allison Corneau — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:45:52 -0400

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Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise Moving to NYC for Broadway Show

Alissa R — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:34:15 -0400

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The play's producer calls her "a natural sweetheart who can sniff out phonies"

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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are moving to the Big Apple!

As Holmes preps to make her Broadway debut this fall, "[Katie] and Tom are committed to keeping the family together, so they have to get an apartment here [in New York]," All My Sons producer Eric Falkenstein tells the New York Post

(See photos of their most romantic moments.)

Some critics gasped when Holmes was cast, but Falkenstein says she is "perfect" for the part of Ann, a woman who visits the family of her former lover, a missing pilot.

"Katie's not a celebrity type," Falkenstein says. "She's done brilliant work in films like Pieces of April and The Ice Storm.

"Ann starts out as a simple, sweet, average Midwesterner, and by the finale gets up the gumption to stand and confront what's wrong," he adds.

He calls Holmes "a natural sweetheart who can sniff out phonies ... Katie basically has that exact moral fiber [of her character in the play]."

At the first table-read, Holmes "took notes... asked questions... [she] loves being around theater people," Falkenstein says.

"When she signed on, she came here to a bare rehearsal room for a read- through," the producer says. "She didn't ask for anything. She was just sweet and deferential."

Holmes debuts in mid-October for a limited 16-week engagement. She will be on stage six days a week.

(See Holmes' hair through the years.)

BFF Victoria Beckham recently told Usmagazine.com, "She's excited, and I'm excited.

"I think Katie's incredibly talented," she added. "I'm very proud of her to be doing this play."

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