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Tom Cruise To Present At The 84th Academy Awards

Tom’s 2012 is starting with the same sizzle his 2011 ended with. Thanks to fans like you, Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol is poised to become Tom’s highest-grossing film ever, with $580.3 million in worldwide revenue to date. That’s only $12 million behind War of the Worlds, his most successful movie. And now he’s honored to be presenting at the 84th Academy …


Associated Press Lists Tom Cruise’s Top Five All-Time Performances

The heat of the summer still shines on the latest Tom Cruise action movie, Knight and Day. But that didn’t stop Associated Press film critic Christy Lemire from looking at Tom’s filmography to weigh on on his top five all-time performances! Picking just five roles feels a little skinny when the first three are Oscar-nominated roles! Tom’s fans could quickly …


NEW! Tom Cruise Career Retrospective Reel Exclusive from TomCruise.com

From the Official www.TomCruise.com Blog: Hey everyone – we’re very excited to present you with the new and exclusive Tom Cruise Career Retrospective Reel from TomCruise.com! This movie tribute highlights all the memorable roles Tom has played over the years, from Risky Business and Top Gun to Minority Report, The Last Samurai, and all three of the Mission: Impossible movies, plus …


Students Remember Hollywood Fiction, Not Historical Fact

Show of hands: how many of you believe that Tom Cruise’s character, Captain Nathan Algren, from the movie ‘The Last Samurai,’ is based on a real historical figure? Wrong! Capt. Nathan Algren and the story of ‘The Last Samurai’ is based on a series of historical events that took place in Japan from the mid-1860s to 1870s. During this time …


Tom Cruise Movie Risky Business Turns 26 Years Old!

On August 5, 1983, a teen comedy came out in theaters during the summer starring an up-and-coming actor named Tom Cruise who had been previously seen in ‘Taps’ with Timothy Hutton, George C. Scott and Sean Penn. Turns out that movie helped launched an unbelievable acting career for Tom that has spanned over the last two decades. So with that …