John Travolta reponse to Barbara Walter' question on Jett Travolta's death

"Horrific" is how Tom Cruise described the sudden death of the son of his friend, John Travolta.

Cruise struggled to maintain his composure as he spoke on "The View" about last week's death of 16-year-old Jett Travolta.

"John just adored him, both of his children," Cruise said haltingly. "... It's something that I don't have the words for."

The 46-year-old actor called Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, "doting parents, just wonderful people." The couple have an 8-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu.

Jett died at the family vacation home in Grand Bahama. He had a history of seizures and was found unconscious in a bathroom. Results of an autopsy performed Monday were not released, but a Bahamas undertaker said the teen's death certificate listed "seizure" as the cause of death.

In response to a question from "The View" host Barbara Walters, Cruise defended Scientology, which he and the Travoltas follow, against rumors that have swirled since Jett Travolta died.

The church doesn't discourage conventional medical care, Cruise declared _ "actually, the exact opposite."

"They say, 'Get your physical, get your medication, get your physical illnesses handled.'"

Taped Thursday, Cruise's appearance on the ABC daytime talk show is scheduled to air Friday. His latest film is "Valkyrie."

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Tom Cruise: Suri didn't like it when I dressed up as Santa

Tom Cruise has revealed that he failed to impress his 2-year-old daughter Suri when he dressed up as Father Christmas last year.

The 46-year-old actor, who’s married to Katie Holmes, showed off photos of the youngster when he appeared on a US chat show earlier this week.

‘Katie actually made the outfit for me and I crawled through ice and snow and almost killed myself getting through the door,’ he tells host David Letterman.

‘But you can see Suri is not sure about this. You can see Suri looking at me going: “No, Dadda, no.”’

Katie turned 30 yesterday.

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Tom Cruise gives truckload of Christmas gifts to charity

Wife Katie Holmes and daughter Suri Cruise pick out presents

Tom Cruise has spent thousands of pounds of his own cash on homeless families.

The actor filled a lorry with gifts and donated them to the charity Stockings With Care.

Tom, 46, roped in wife Katie Holmes, 29, and daughter Suri, 2, to choose presents from a New York toy store.

‘He was clearly enjoying himself and must love Christmas and helping out others,’ says a source.

The trio picked out games, teddies, dolls and DVDs.

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Tom Cruise: It was love at first sight when he first met Katie Holmes

Tom Cruise wanted to marry Katie Holmes as soon as he met her.

The couple got engaged three years ago, just two months after they went public with their romance.

And Tom, 46, says he bought her the ring after their first date.

‘I knew I wanted to marry Kate when I met her,’ he says.

‘At one point, I thought she was going to ask me to marry her first and I put her off by changing the subject. I wanted to ask her.’

Katie, 29, who always dreamed of being his wife when she was growing up, admits she was completely swept off her feet.

‘He was so warm, and I thought, “Wow,”’ she tells the New York Times Style magazine.

‘I thought, “You can be a superstar and a human being.” He made me feel so amazing.’

The Hollywood stars married in November 2006, seven months after having daughter Suri, now 2.

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Tom Cruise Valkyrie Bravery

Tom Cruise says he is "courageous".

The 46-year-old actor has revealed he discovered his brave side while portraying World War II German officer Claus Von Stauffenberg in new movie 'Valkyrie'.

He said: "Stauffenberg went from saying, 'Someone should shoot that b*****d' to realising, 'I'm the only one who can do it'. You can't really know until you're under that kind of pressure. I'm not saying this in some chest-pounding way, but I do feel I'd have that kind of courage."


Tom, who has a two-year-old daughter Suri with wife Katie Holmes, also said he disregarded people's advice about starring in the film, which sees him don a Nazi uniform.

He added to Details magazine, in which he featured in their Annual Power

List: "There's always someone telling you not to make a movie. When I did 'Born on the Fourth of July,' they said, 'This is going to ruin your career.

What are you doing?' Suicide? I've committed it. There were even people who didn't want me to make 'Top Gun'. "

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Suri Cruise named Most Influential Celebrity Tot

Two-year-old beats Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter Suri is the most important child in showbiz, according to a poll.

The two-year-old, who is often snapped out with her mum and dad in New York, has been named the Most Influential Celebrity Tot.

She even beat Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh, 2, who came second in the survey compiled by Forbes magazine.

Her adopted kids Zahara, 3, and Pax, 4, came third and fourth respectively.

Golf star Tiger Woods’ little girl Sam rounded off the top five.

Other kids to make the cut include Cruz Beckham, 3, and Britney Spears’ son Sean Preston, 3.

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Tom Cruise's Suri playroom

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes bought a New York apartment and turned it into a playroom for their daughter Suri.

The Hollywood couple have reportedly been purchasing several apartments in the 12-storey building, and thought two-year-old Suri could benefit from a bigger area to keep her toys in.

A source said: "Tom and Katie now keep five units in the building. They turned one into Suri's playroom. One they use for a gym, and two apartments are for staff. In the past couple of months they've bought up all these other apartments. They're all separate and on different floors."


However, while 'Mission: Impossible' star Tom has been attempting to mix with the neighbours, Katie - who is in the city starring in Broadway play 'All My Sons' - has been keeping to herself.

The source added to the New York Post newspaper: "Tom is seen coming in and out all the time, and he's really friendly to everyone he meets. But Katie just kind of keeps her head down. Everyone in the neighbourhood is buzzing about it."

A representative for the couple denied the claims.

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Tom Cruise not dead

Tom Cruise did not plunge to his death from a cliff in New Zealand on Wednesday morning (15.10.08).

The 46-year-old actor - who has two adopted children with ex-wife Nicole Kidman and a biological daughter with wife Katie Holmes - admits he was as surprised as anybody when he heard internet rumours he had either fallen or jumped off the country's famous Kauri Cliffs.

Tom's representative Jeff Raymond said: "This is completely not true. Tom is not in New Zealand nor has he been there recently. This is erroneous and unreliable internet garbage."

This is not the first time a false report about the cliffs has made it onto the web.

Two years ago, it was reported 'Castaway' actor Tom Hanks had fallen from the sheer drop and died.

It was later discovered the story had stemmed from a hoax website which allows users to type celebrities' names into story templates.

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Tom Cruise: Anti-Scientology protesters picket Katie Holmes Broadyway Show

Tom Cruise has refused to comment on the anti-Scientology protest in New York last night.

The 46-year-old actor was greeted by around 20 picketers when he went to watch wife Katie Holmes, 29, in a preview of Broadway show All My Sons.

Members of protest group Anonymous, who wore black masks, chanted 'Free Katie' as he entered the theatre.

‘We are not boycotting Katie, we are not boycotting the play, we are protesting Scientology,’ a demonstrator tells Us Weekly.

‘It is evil. Scientology kills people. It follows you home at night. It is perverted.’

All My Sons runs until 11 January.

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Tom Cruise: I treat Suri and my adopted kids equally

Tom Cruise insists he treats his adopted kids and two-year-old daughter Suri exactly the same.

The actor took in Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13, when he was with ex-wife Nicole Kidman in the 90s.

‘My adopted children are my own children,’ he tells OK! ‘There’s no separation in that for me whatsoever.

'There’s no way there is any difference and anyone who has adopted would say the same.

‘I’ve been up in the middle of the night changing diapers, there’s no question in terms of me being their father, that bond couldn’t be any stronger.’

Tom, 45, is now married to Katie Holmes, 29. He and Nicole were together for 10 years before splitting in 2001.

Nicole, 41, has daughter Sunday Rose with husband Keith Urban, also 40.

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Tom Cruise: Turns mansion into Fort Knox

Tom Cruise is said to fear he could be the target of an attack from terrorists or a crazed fan.

He's reported to have tightened up security at the LA home he shares with wife Katie Holmes, 29, after 2 anthrax threats were sent to United Artists, the film studio he runs.

The entire premises were evacuated on both occasions, although fortunately the warnings turned out to be hoaxes.

But Tom, 45, doesn't want to take any risks with his family.

'Tom fears the threats were directed at him,' a source tells the Mail On Sunday.

'He has tightened security in the office and the Scientology church in Hollywood and installed state-of-the-art cameras at his mansion in Beverly Hills. It's like Fort Knox.'

Tom has adopted children Connor, 13, and Isabella, 15, with ex Nicole Kidman, 41, and Suri, 2, with Katie.

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Katie Holmes: I blush if Tom Cruise tells me I look nice

Actress says her husband's praise gives her confidence

Katie Holmes says she still gets embarrassed when Tom Cruise compliments her.

The actress, who has 2-year-old daughter Suri with Tom, 45, says it makes her feel amazing.

‘I love it when Tom tells me I look great,’ she admits.

‘It gives me such confidence. Sometimes it makes me blush but it also gives me attitude.

'Every woman likes to be told she looks beautiful.’

Despite her good looks, Katie, 29, says there's one thing she hates about her body.

‘I try to embrace my imperfections,’ she tells Hello!

‘But I will forever wage the battle of the thighs! So I prefer not to show them off.

'I am pretty tall. Usually most actresses are tiny and I’m not – I’m a big one.’

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What Tom Cruise thinks about Nicole Kidman's baby

It's never nice when an ex-husband or wife has another child, so we take a look at What Tom Cruise thinks about Nicole Kidman having a baby.

Tom's already made the first move by sending Nicole flowers, but we reckon inside he's bubbling with anger and seething with personal rage.

The Daily Mirror had reported that Tom immediately sent Nicole flowers upon hearing of the birth but now People.com say that Tom never sent any flowers to his ex wife. Did he or didn't he?

Instead it is rumoured that Katie Holmes picked out a luxury baby basket and had it shipped over to Nashville.

Katie is twelve years younger than new mum Nicole and is said to be trying to help her husband's ex.

Tom and Nicole do have two adopted children from their ten year marriage and many speculate that they are the reason the baby basket was sent.

It was rumoured late last year that Nicole was furious with the former Dawsons Creek actress after Katie told BANG Showbiz that Tom's children call her 'mom.'

She told them: "Tom is a great father and husband and Connor and Bella are incredible, really smart and kind. They call me 'mom.'"

Nicole then allegedly banned the children from calling Katie 'mom' after reading the interview. If this is true then Tom won't have been pleased.

A source said: "Nicole was anxious to make it very clear that she is Connor's and Bella's mother. They may not live with her but no one can take that away from her."

Katie is thought to have been trying to mend their relationship for the sake of the children.

What implications does the birth of Sunday Rose have for the other Cruise-Kidman children?

Adopted children Bella and Connor may have gained a new sister but poor Suri Cruise might struggle to understand where she fits into the complicated family.

Maybe Katie and Tom will try for another baby soon so Suri doesn't feel like the odd one out?

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No Broadway shows for Tom Cruise

Rumors of Tom Cruise coming to Broadway appear to be greatly exaggerated. A source close to Cruise says that he has no interest in hitting the stage, and that any chatter about him doing so is “totally off-base.”

“Come on. Just because his wife is on Broadway, Tom is going to run and get a show too? Please. That’s ridiculous,” says the source. Holmes’ Broadway show, a revival of Arthur Miller's “All My Sons,” is reportedly getting off to a shaky start; advance sales for the play are said to be tepid at best.

In other Cruise news, little Suri was pictured clutching what appeared to be a $20 or $100 bill in her hand. Not even the financially well-to-do Cruise child is that careless with currency. A Cruise source says the bill is fake.


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Photos: Tom Cruise and family enjoying 4th of July

Tom Cruise who celebrated his birthday just a day earlier. Enjoys a day out with his family on the 4th of July just like the rest of us americans. Tom you look amazing for 46!!!!!

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Tom Cruise celebrates his 46 birthday!

Tom Cruise turns the big 4-6.

“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.

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Katie Holmes sends baby gifts to Nicole Kidman

Apparently, Katie Holmes has no hard feelings where Tom Cruise’s ex-wife is concerned.

Holmes, 29 recently sent a deluxe gift basket to expectant mom Nicole Kidman, 41, according to Star magazine.

Katie reportedly sent Kidman – who is eight months pregnant – a gift basket from Neiman Marcus overflowing with onesies, stuffed toys and a baby blanket, among other items.

The grand total for the gift basket? Over $2,000.

“Katie wanted the best of everything in the basket,” an insider tells Star.

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Tom Cruise's Posh Style

Tom Cruise has reportedly asked Victoria Beckham to design the clothes for his latest movie 'Hardy Men'.

The 'Top Gun' star has been so impressed with the Spice Girl's own fashion range, which includes jeans and sunglasses, he wants to showcase her talents in forthcoming film 'Hardy Men'.

A source told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "Tom approached Victoria during her birthday celebrations last Sunday (20.04.08).
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"After dinner and cocktails at Eva Longoria's Beso restaurant, he made a small speech thanking her for being such a great friend.

"Afterwards he pulled her aside and asked if she'd like to be involved with costume consultation on 'Hardy Men'. The idea is for her to have a series of meetings with the costume department. If she agrees, Victoria will be given a name check in the end credits."

Victoria - who is married to soccer star David Beckham - recently insisted she no longer considers herself a singer and wants to concentrate on designing clothes.

She said: "I've been thinking about this for a long time. I'm not in the music industry anymore. I'm in the fashion industry.

"I'm putting together a team of people now so it's my main project."

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Celebrity News: Tom Cruise as Hefner

Tom Cruise is set to play Hugh Hefner in a new biopic of the Playboy founder's life.

The 45-year-old actor, who has an 18-month-old daughter Suri with his actress wife Katie Holmes, is hot favourite to portray the 81-year-old lothario in upcoming movie 'Playboy' and is reportedly excited about the prospect of bringing Hefner's "colourful life" to the big screen.

A source close to the actor said: "Tom knows of Hugh's colourful past and thinks he would be the perfect person to bring it to the big screen.

"He also thinks the role would be a challenge for him, and would remind people of his versatility as an actor. At the moment people are concentrating on his personal life, and his marriage to Katie - but he wants to remind them that he can act too."

A spokesperson for the star has refused to confirm whether he has accepted the part.
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Lepaparazzi News Update: Arizona Man Arrested In Alleged Shakedown Plot Against Tom Cruise

LOS ANGELES (AP) - An Arizona man who allegedly demanded more than $1 million not to publish Tom Cruise's stolen wedding photographs has been arrested, the actor's lawyer said Thursday.

David Hans Schmidt, known for brokering deals involving compromising celebrity photos and videos, approached Cruise's representatives about six weeks ago with photos from the actor's Italian wedding last year to Katie Holmes, attorney Bertram Fields said. The FBI was contacted.

''He was looking for money, lots of money,'' Fields said.

Schmidt, 47, was arrested by federal agents Tuesday, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller, but she said the criminal complaint charging him was under seal in federal court and she refused to comment.

Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, said a judge set bond at $100,000. Schmidt was being held Thursday at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, according to jail records.

It was not immediately clear if Schmidt had a lawyer or how he obtained the photos.

Schmidt has also been trying to auction off Paris Hilton's diaries, along with photos of her in various stages of undress and other personal items that had been locked away in a Los Angeles-area storage locker until a few months ago.

Hilton's publicist, Elliot Mintz, has said the belongings were ''illegally seized'' from the storage facility.
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