Tom Cruise


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Andrew Morton uncovers the true story of the biggest celebrity of our age. Everyone knows Tom Cruise—or at least what he wants us to know. We know that the man behind the smile overcame a tough childhood to star in astonishing array of blockbusters: Top Gun, Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, several Mission: Impossible movies, and more. We know he has taken artistic chances, too, earning him three Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. But beyond that, the picture becomes a bit less clear... We know that Tom is a devoted follower of the Church of Scientology. We know that, despite persistent rumors about his sexuality, he has been married to Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes. But it was not until he jumped on Oprah's couch to proclaim his love for Katie and denounced Brooke Shields for turning to the "Nazi science" of psychiatry that we began to realize how much we did not know about the charming, hardworking star. For all the headlines and the rumors, the real Tom Cruise has remained surprisingly hidden—until now.




Tom Cruise


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The exclusive biography of the most famous man in Hollywood - both on and off-screen




Starring Tom Cruise


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Students, scholars, and readers of film, media, and celebrity studies will enjoy this deep dive into a complex Hollywood figure.




Introduction to Tom Cruise


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Tom Cruise is a well-known American actor and producer. He was born on July 3rd, 1962 in Syracuse, New York. He grew up in poverty, with his father frequently absent due to his job as a salesman. Cruise was interested in acting from a young age and began pursuing it in high school. After a brief stint in college, he moved to New York City to pursue acting full-time. Cruise's breakthrough role came in the film Risky Business in 1983. He went on to star in a number of successful films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including Top Gun, Rain Man, and Jerry Maguire. Cruise is known for his intense dedication to his craft and his willingness to perform his own stunts in action films. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards. In addition to acting, he is also a prominent member of the Church of Scientology and has been involved in several controversies surrounding the organization. Despite these controversies, Cruise remains one of the most successful and well-known actors in Hollywood. Overall, Tom Cruise's career has spanned decades and he has become a household name in the entertainment industry. He has starred in a wide range of films and has been praised for his acting abilities and dedication to his craft. Despite some personal controversies, many fans continue to support him and eagerly anticipate his future projects.




Tom Cruise


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Despite dancing in his underwear in Risky Business, Tom Cruise now goes to greater and greater lengths to shield his private life from the public eye. Hollywood's Top Gun has protected the truth about his marriages, his divorces and his affairs - relentlessly defending himself against rumors that follow him to this day. Now Cruise Control puts you in the driver's seat and exposes the real man and untold stories behind the carefully crafted golden boy image.




Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor


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The Anatomy of an Actor series takes ten roles by a single actor, each studied in a dedicated chapter, and identifies the key elements that made the performances exceptional - carefully examining the actor's craft for both a professional audience and movie fans alike. Tom Cruise (born 1962), first cast by Francis Ford Coppola in The Outsiders (1983), gained international notoriety in the mid-1980s thanks to Tony Scott's Top Gun (1986). One of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood, Cruise has oriented his career to blockbusters, starring in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996, 2000, 2006, 2011) An accessible text combines both a narrative and analytical dimension and is illustrated by 300 film stills, set photographs and film sequences.




Going Clear


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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower comes “an utterly necessary story” (The Wall Street Journal) that pulls back the curtain on the church of Scientology: one of the most secretive organizations at work today. • The Basis for the HBO Documentary. Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual enlightenment, but its practices have long been shrouded in mystery. Now Lawrence Wright—armed with his investigative talents, years of archival research, and more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former Scientologists—uncovers the inner workings of the church. We meet founder L. Ron Hubbard, the highly imaginative but mentally troubled science-fiction writer, and his tough, driven successor, David Miscavige. We go inside their specialized cosmology and language. We learn about the church’s legal attacks on the IRS, its vindictive treatment of critics, and its phenomenal wealth. We see the church court celebrities such as Tom Cruise while consigning its clergy to hard labor under billion-year contracts. Through it all, Wright asks what fundamentally comprises a religion, and if Scientology in fact merits this Constitutionally-protected label.




The Blue Room


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A sensation in London and on Broadway, The Blue Room depicts a daisy chain of ten sexual encounters between five women and five men all played by one actor and actress portraying the hypocrisy, the folly and the loneliness of this roundelay. Freely adapting the original play, Hare has moved the action from turn-of-the-century Vienna to modern London and infused the sketches with witty and provocative modern nuances. -- Publisher's website.




All You Need Is Kill


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When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death? Now a major motion picture starring Tom Cruise! -- VIZ Media




Tom Cruise Biography: Success in Hollywood, The Church of Scientology and Inside Rumors


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Tom Cruise is one of the actors in Hollywood that has a lot of controversies in his personal and professional life. He's known to have a lot of guts during movie productions, because he does all the stunts without special effects and green screens. In one or more occasions, he was close to death while shooting. That's how serious this is. However, what Tom Cruise does on screen has nothing to do with his personal life. It's like two opposite personas. Some of the Tom Cruise legendary roles in famous franchises made him an international icon worldwide, but there are a lot of speculations about Tom's involvement with the Church of Scientology and his affiliation to it. In this biography, we are going to cover into some detail about the church and how it affects his life. Rituals, cults and manipulations have been identified when it comes to Tom Cruise's professional and personal life. Unlike many other actors in Hollywood, there's something really fishy going on around Tom Cruise. There's a reason he's the most overpaid actor in Hollywood, even Forbes admits that. There's a reason Tom Cruise have had so many divorces in his lifetime and there's a reason he's one of the most loved and hated actors at the same time. You are also going to learn about Tom Cruise relationships, marriages, divorces and why they all happened. We are also going to cover into some details Tom Cruise's mental conditions, strange behaviors and more. What shaped Tom Cruise as a person? If you love or hate Tom Cruise, this book is for you! That's because we explore both sides. Grab your copy now!