The "Top Gun: Maverick" star was moved to tears by the accolade -- the most prestigious award at the iconic annual film festival.
I’m never going to forget this evening,” he said. “Thank you for your time. The “Top Gun: Maverick” star was moved to tears by the accolade — the most prestigious award at the iconic annual film festival.
Tom Cruise managed to recover and thrive by presenting himself as something like a real-life superhero.
"He is someone who is devoted to cinema. "I've produced 30 to 40 movies," he told Empire magazine recently. "Batman is a great example of the shift that happened around 2000 when franchise films took over. said Paul Dergarabedian, of media analysts Comscore. Cruise has become an ambassador for cinemas -- even sneaking into a screening of Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" at the height of the pandemic in summer 2020 in a bid to boost sales. When Cruise was last in Cannes for the premiere of the ill-fated "Far and Away" with his then-wife Nicole Kidman, he was just one among many in the Hollywood star system.
Hollywood star Tom Cruise fondly recalled working with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman during his appearance at the Cannes.Nicole Kidman has somehow become the ...
Cruise and Kidman, who were once Hollywood’s darling couple, tied the knot in 1990. Nicole Kidman has somehow become the focus of ex-husband's appearance in the star-studded film festival in France this week. Hollywood star Tom Cruise fondly recalled working with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman during his appearance at the Cannes.
'Fans all over the world – more than any other film for decades have been saying please do another one, and I was like – I don't know how to do that,' actor ...
“Taking on the sequel to Top Gun was a daunting task,” Cruise said. Just know we are making Mission: Impossible and Top Gun is coming out.” It is a direct sequel to the original 1986 movie, in which he also starred.
Top Gun 2 will be released on May 27th, and it has everything an aviation fan would want to see. The movie features Hollywood heartthrob Tom Cruise, ...
Yes, “…he flies a P-51 in the movie, and he flies helicopters. I don’t make a movie just to make a movie. This could certainly result in logistical headaches for the film’s financing. I was always developing and studying the rigs. The navy, however, denied him permission to fly an F-18 fighter jet, revealed veteran producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Tom Cruise told Empire that he agreed to make his return as Maverick on one condition: “I said to Jerry [Bruckheimer], ‘I’ll do it if…’ meaning I’m not going to do the CGI stuff.”
Tom Cruise was honoured with a surprise Palme d'Or at Festival de Cannes 2022 during the European premiere of his film 'Top Gun: Maverick'.
A sequel to Top Gun (1986), the film is about a group of young Navy pilots and their interaction with Cruise’s character, Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell. It’s been 36 years since Top Gun and we had to hold this for two years because of the pandemic.” French aerobatics aircraft flew over Cannes, streaming the sky with smoke in colours of blue, white and red.
During his appearance at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, the Hollywood A-lister talked about always being fond of doing ...
I'm gonna die.' And I hit the ground so hard,” Mission Impossible star said. “Luckily, it was wet. “I looked and my mother was in the kitchen — she had four kids — and I jumped off the roof," he explained
In a lively Q&A at Cannes Film Festival, the 'Top Gun: Maverick' star revealed his approach to each job.
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The 'Top Gun: Maverick' star is in a class by himself as a genuine Hollywood legend, but will we ever meet the person behind the larger-than-life persona?
The Cruise we got at Cannes is still dashingly handsome at a photocall and charming in a soundbite. The Cruise we got at Cannes is not the one who jumps on couches, but the one who gets us off of ours and back into movie theaters. As gracious as he was at the premiere, Cruise was also frustratingly evasive during the conversation with Allouch, returning to the same two or three anecdotes and phrases in response to nearly every question. People were clapping for Cruise, but also for what he represents — glamor, escape and the discipline of an old-fashioned movie star, now 59 and still carrying a flame for a business that nearly flickered out during the pandemic. “That was not going to happen ever,” Cruise said. When asked at Cannes on Wednesday, for the umpteenth time, why he insists on performing his own stunts despite the danger, Tom Cruise answered by referencing a screen legend from a bygone era.
Tom Cruise has become an ambassador for cinemas—even sneaking into a screening of Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" at the height of the pandemic in the summer of ...
I've spent a lot of time with theatre owners." but we're able to come together around a shared experience," he said of his love for movie theatres. "Cinema is my love, my passion.
The 2022 Cannes Film Festival brought out the world's biggest stars, with Tom Cruise, Tilda Swinton, Kristen Stewart, and more attending.
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The Top Gun star, 59, made a swoon-worthy appearance on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival last night, looking dapper in a black tuxedo and a beachy ...
In addition his cheek bone, cheeks and jawline looks filled out, which in the absence of general weight gain is likely due to the use of a collagen filler to plump these areas out - just look carefully at his tear troughs and you can see they are filled out.' Tom was previously asked about surgery rumours back in a 2012 interview with Playboy magazine and he denied having gone under the knife. Right, cosmetic doctor Dr Tijion Esho, who appears in the Netflix series Bodyfixers. He says Madonna's look are possibly 'an amalgamation of decades of procedures' This is completely natural, normal and will happen to most of us as we age.' Tom underwent a full Aviation Survival Training Curriculum before going up in the US Navy F-18, as did his co-stars. September wasn't the first time Tom has shown a 'puffy face'. In 2016, BAFTA viewers were shocked by the Rain Man star's frozen appearance Miles Berry MS, FRCS consultant plastic surgeon of Cosmeticsurgery-partners.co.uk, remarked: 'I would agree that Botox is likely to produce the smooth, unlined forehead. This is completely natural, normal and will happen to most of us as we age.' I personally feel his injector has used far too much toxin resulting in a rather unnatural shiny look. The father-of-three sparked speculation he had fillers after sporting a fuller face during the LA Dodgers match, but looked significantly trimmer last night. Why Tom Cruise looks better than ever at 59! 'We also notice increase of fatty tissue in the lower aspects of our face and you can see this as he is showing a bit more volume around the chin and neck which can be due to this.
While the Cannes Film Festival is still largely known as the festival for more highbrow films, in recent years it has been more than happy to show the ...
And Tom Cruise was given a standing ovation before the movie was even shown. Whether it’s a great movie, or simply a movie with great practical action scenes, there is likely something that fans of Cruise will love about the new movie. Tom Cruise is an actor who has had an incredible career.
The London premiere won't be the first time Prince William, 39, and Kate, 40, have seen the highly anticipated film. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were ...
Prince William, as president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and Kate are no strangers to movie premieres. The charity supports hundreds of thousands of people working behind the scenes in Britain's film and television industry and was called upon, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic when many technicians and skilled craftspeople lost their livelihoods. The London premiere won't be the first time Prince William, 39, and Kate, 40, have seen the highly anticipated film.
Tom Cruise told the press that he and Prince William have 'a lot in common' while walking the red carpet — details.
“She is taking inspiration from the late Princess and wanted to pay homage to on the night of the No Time to Die premiere by channeling the dress Diana wore at the View To A Kill premiere.” The Top Gun: Maverick event is the second major red carpet moment that the duke and duchess have enjoyed after the loosening of COVID restrictions, following the No Time To Die premiere in October 2021. For that event, the mother of three wore a gold Jenny Packham gown with statement sleeves and a ruched bodice as an homage to the late Princess Diana. “Kate admired Diana’s taste in fashion before William came into her life. “Stylistically, it’s going to be the same.” “Particularly after the last couple of years, just to have an event like this is extraordinary.” “We’re going to have the same tone that we had from the first,” the Jerry Maguire star told Access Hollywood in June 2017.
On Thursday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Leicester Square in London ahead of the film screening, with the duchess opting for an off-the- ...
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “We have a lot in common. On Thursday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Leicester Square in London ahead of the film screening, with the duchess opting for an off-the-shoulder black and white gown by Roland Mouret for the occasion.
Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as the Hollywood star and the royal met on the red carpet in London for the U.K. premiere ...
Speaking about William, Cruise told reporters: “We have a lot in common. LONDON -- Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as Britain's royals joined the Hollywood star on the red carpet in London for the U.K. premiere of the new “Top Gun” movie. Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as the Hollywood star and the royal met on the red carpet in London for the U.K. premiere of the new “Top Gun” movie
Nicole Kidman wasn't included in ex-husband Tom Cruise's career montage video at the Cannes Film Festival 2022 despite co-starring in three movies with him.
After his three-year relationship with Cruz, he began dating Katie Holmes, 43, in 2005, and they were married from 2006 until 2012. The lovebirds, who will celebrate their 16th wedding anniversary on June 25, share daughters Sunday Rose, 13, and Faith Margaret, 11. The exes share daughter Suri, 16.
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Tom Cruise's career was celebrated at the premiere of his film Top Gun: Maverick at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. However, his ex-wife and fellow actor ...
Detailing his career path, strewn with the scariest of dangers, Tom Cruise said that even as a boy he did wild things like climbing the tallest tree in the neighbourhood. “How to shoot and how to communicate is just different, and it’s a whole different skillset.” There were clips from Far and Away, the sprawling historical epic in which the two appeared as Irish immigrants seeking their fortune in 1890s America. Here, though, Tom was glimpsed riding a horse, Nicole was not to be found! It is a different skill writing a film than something for television,” said the actor. Paramount, which produced Top Gun: Maverick, would never let it go to a streaming platform. Also read: Tom Cruise breaks into tears at surprise Cannes Film Festival award, gets a standing ovation for Top Gun: Maverick
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will appear at the UK premiere.
Speaking about his admiration for William, Cruise told the PA news agency: “We have a lot in common. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Tom Cruise has said he and The Duke of Cambridge “have a lot in common” while on the red carpet for the UK premiere of Top Gun: Maverick.
Along with Prince Charles, the royal mingled with both Cruise and his costar Jennifer Connelly.
This isn’t the first time Middleton has hobnobbed with celebrities at a Hollywood premiere. It just so happened that this year’s Royal Film Performance charity event took the form of the Top Gun: Maverick U.K. premiere, meaning that she got to reunite with a friend she only gets to see occasionally: none other than Tom Cruise. (They’ve met at least twice before, at the 2020 Euro Championship and 2021 Wimbledon women’s final.) She and William memorably made a fully surprise appearance at the London screening of No Time to Die last fall, and thankfully, the moment she met Billie Eilish was captured on film.
Prince William and Kate Middleton got all dressed up to welcome the stars of Top Gun: Maverick to London's Leicester Square on May 19: see the photos.
In London on Thursday night, May 19, Prince William and Kate Middleton helped welcome Tom Cruise and his castmates to the U.K. premiere of Top Gun: Maverick in Leicester Square. Prince William and Kate Middleton got all dressed up to welcome the stars of Top Gun: Maverick to London's Leicester Square on May 19 Photos of Kate Middleton, Prince William, Tom Cruise at the Top Gun: Maverick Premiere in London
Much of the drama leading to Kidman and Cruise's bitter 2001 divorce centers on their differing views on Scientology.
In the film, Rathbun further alleged that Cruise became concerned about who Kidman was talking to and asked Scientology leaders to tap her phone. “They are adults,” Kidman said in the interview with Australia’s Who magazine. “Tommy told them over and over again their mother was a sociopath and after a while they believed him,” Rathbun recalled, Wright reported. Since the divorce, Kidman has said little about her marriage to Cruise or their divorce. Miscavige blamed Kidman and viewed her as a “gold digger who was faking Scientology,” Wright said. The church also worked to turn Cruise’s children with Kidman against her. In his book and film, Lawrence Wright explained how Miscavige wanted to keep Cruise happy. At some point, she pulled away from Scientology and Cruise seemed to distance himself as well, Wright reported. Most notably, Kidman doesn’t make an appearance in any clips from “Eyes Wide Shut,” the Stanley Kubrick-directed erotic drama that was built around her and Cruise playing a couple in a troubled marriage. Those movie fans include Prince William and Kate Middleton, who welcomed Cruise to “Top Gun’s” glittering premiere in London Thursday. Both works also suggest that Cruise stood by as Scientology leaders oversaw Kidman’s phone being wiretapped and worked to turn their children, Isabella and Connor, against her. The many reports also allege that the organization had disturbing influence over his marriage to Kidman.
Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as the Hollywood star and the royal met on the red carpet in London for the U.K. premiere ...
It was originally due for release in July 2019, but was repeatedly pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cruise was seen introducing William and Kate to the film’s cast members — including Jennifer Connelly and Jon Hamm — in front of a model of the fighter jet from the movie. Speaking about William, Cruise told reporters: “We have a lot in common.
Elle Fanning tells PEOPLE that she 'was freaking out' and 'sort of crying/blushing' while Tom Cruise praised her Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival.
"And he said he remembered. "And he sends her a birthday gift every single year still," Elle says. "[Elle's] going, 'I'm an actress,' and I said, 'I know you are," he said.
Long delayed and much anticipated, the sequel to the 1986 classic Top Gun soars into theatres soon. The film offers stunning aerial footage and a movie star ...
He's gone beyond the needs of the flesh. The jet has become a projection of his will. This smart bomb of nostalgia repurposes every element from the original, from the sweaty beach sports sequence to the synth pop pumping in the background. Yes, the Tom Cruise of 1986 was a bit of a babyface who looked like he should barely be driving, never mind flying $30-million fighter jets. As Cruise zooms past the tarmac, little does he know this is a different kind of mission. Rooster is much more than a pilot fighting his instincts, he's the frustrated son of Goose — who died when Maverick's jet spun out of control 30 years ago. Director Joseph Kosinski films Maverick's return to the flight school with all the majesty of a knight in shining armour mounting his steed. Militarily, Maverick's biggest challenge is getting the students ready for a seemingly impossible mission in three weeks. The country of this rogue state is never mentioned. At 59, Cruise has been one of the few constants in the ever-changing film business. He was the slippery sex guru of Magnolia. The bellowing studio exec of Tropic Thunder. Even director Stanley Kubrick found a complexity to Cruise's Ken doll charisma in the steamy Eyes Wide Shut. As Cruise pushes the experimental jet past Mach 10, hammering the dashboard with his patented "Come On!" a flinty-eyed rear admiral (Ed Harris) orders him to land.
When Crocodile Dundee became a global hit in 1986, there was only one Hollywood movie that sold more tickets around the world.
It continued with Lions for Lambs, Valkyrie, Rock of Ages, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and American Made all failing to crack $10 million in current dollars. While Cruise has long been an outspoken advocate of Scientology, it never seemed to affect his success. Unless you count narrating the 2002 IMAX documentary, Space Station 3D, Cruise has never starred in a movie directed by a woman. And he deserves much of the credit. Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday. In Australia, $10 million is generally accepted as the benchmark for blockbuster success. Numero data shows his movies have taken more than $360 million in Australian cinemas. But it has to open strongly next week and keep selling tickets when Jurassic World Dominion, Lightyear, Elvis and Thor: Love and Thunder are released. You would expect Top Gun to be Cruise’s biggest hit. But playing a German colonel who attempted to assassinate Hitler in Valkyrie and a self-indulgent rock star in Rock of Ages resulted in two of his biggest flops in this country. Not only has he produced more than a dozen of his own movies, including all the Mission: Impossible and Jack Reacher instalments, he has taken on other projects when he’s had a relationship with the filmmaking team – producing Without Limits, Elizabethtown and Ask the Dust and executive producing The Others, Narc and Shattered Glass. With the long-delayed sequel Top Gun: Maverick about to open around the world, Cruise has been shooting the next two Mission: Impossible movies and plans to head into space in a partnership between Universal Pictures and Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a movie partly set on the International Space Station next year.
Tom Cruise's character in "The Last Samurai" wasn't a stereotype, according to Oscar-nominated star Ken Watanabe.
“It was an amazing honor.” So we thought we were making something special.” Ken Watanabe is having the last word on “The Last Samurai.”
JAN MOIR: He is courageous, ageless and fearless but nevertheless, Tom Cruise slightly gives me the creeps. It's irrational, it's unfair, but I can't help ...
Who is a chancer and a crook, who is really in need and who is to decide? But it was only ever going to be a matter of time. Is it OK to steal tins of soup and cereal, but not OK to steal smoked salmon and a crisp white wine to go with it? What crimes are going to be exempted next on the grounds of need and not want? Charities. Churches. Endless Tory MPs and Jack Monroe giving instructions on what to do with a bag of lentils and a parsnip. He's on the red carpet at Cannes. He's bought a house in Biggin Hill. He's sending his famous Tom Cruise coconut cakes to everyone. And all of a sudden, my least favourite man is everywhere. We all know that the film industry is no place for old women, especially not at the side of the world's leading man. Kelly McGillis ruled herself out of the new Top Gun role by saying that she was 'too old and fat' for a return performance. In case you somehow missed the onslaught of publicity, Cruise's hotly anticipated new film, Top Gun: Maverick, is about to be released. In case you somehow missed the onslaught of publicity, Cruise's hotly anticipated new film, Top Gun: Maverick, is about to be released. He is courageous, ageless and fearless but nevertheless, Tom Cruise slightly gives me the creeps.
London [UK], May 20 (ANI): The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton, on Thursday evening, hit the red carpet for the UK premiere ...
They were reportedly treated to a special screening of the ‘Top Gun’ sequel at the invitation of Cruise, who had heard William was a fan of the original 1986 movie, as per People magazine. The London premiere wasn’t the first time Prince William and Kate saw the highly anticipated film. William himself has been a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot and his love for planes was on full display as he sported Crockett and Jones loafers embroidered with F18 planes, as per the outlet.
Released in 2003, the film starred Cruise as United States Army Captain Nathan Algren, who was sent to Japan in 1876 as a military adviser to help the Emperor ...
Watanabe sees the romantic portrayal of Katsumoto and the samurai as a positive step forward in correcting the American film industry's past. The actor conversely sees the movie as progression in Hollywood's portrayal of Asians on screen, and a step in the right direction following decades of overtly racist depictions. 2018's Crazy Rich Asians was hailed as a momentous film for a depiction of Asian culture previously unseen in Hollywood. In 2021, Simu Liu became the first Asian lead in a Marvel superhero film with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. And this year, Pixar's animated Turning Red offered a heart-warming coming-of-age tale in the heart of the Asian community of Toronto, Canada. Although there have been major strides in recent years regarding Asian representation in Hollywood, the industry still has a long way to go to further distance themselves from its racist past. Examples of this trope can be found in films such as Dangerous Minds, in which a white teacher enters an underprivileged school of minority students , or Dances with Wolves, which sees a jaded lieutenant in Union Army become part of the Sioux nation and help them fight both their Pawnee enemies and the invading American military. [...] Before The Last Samurai, there was this stereotype of Asian people with glasses, bucked teeth and a camera. Experiencing a change of heart, Algren rides alongside Katsumoto in battle to help retain their freedom from the Emperor.
The royals head out in central London for the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick - as its star Tom Cruise waxes lyrical about his love for the UK and the Queen's ...
The actor told reporters he and the duke shared some key interests: "We have a lot in common. I love this country," he told Sky News. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have made a glamorous appearance alongside Tom Cruise at the UK premiere of the long-awaited Top Gun sequel.