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Rose speaks » What Does the Church of Scientology, Google, Yahoo and Tom Cruise Have In Common? Why did Paul Barresi Leak those Papers?
The answer to the first question is that Peter Letterese is suing them all in the Southern District Federal Court in Florida for allegedly committing Civil RICO. The answer to the second question is that this “bombshell” was brought to the world of media tabloidism by a “self-styled investigator”, shorthand for a PI without a license, Paul Barresi when he released some of the papers to the New York Daily News last month. Barresi was kind enough to offer us first option on his “exclusive state...   [read the full post]

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Past Two Weeks

 

Rate John Travolta: ‘Scientology helped me get over Jett’s death’

Original at Top Celebrity Headlines external link    Fri, Jan 29

By administrator John Travolta is apparently Tom Cruise circa 2005 because he’s been wasting no opportunity to pimp Scientology. Whether it be relief efforts to Haiti or talking about it at the premiere of his new movie last night in the… …read full story

Rate Katie Holmes Parties It Up Without Tom Cruise At Sundance

Original at Anything Hollywood external link    Fri, Jan 29

By Melissa Katie Holmes is having a wonderful time without Tom Cruise at Sundance. Spies for HollywoodLife.com say the actress has looked happier in Utah the past week then she has in years while with Cruise. In fact, Katie has actually been (gasp) smiling. more Katie after the hop… HollywoodLife.com re...

Rate Tom Looks Relieved

Original at X17 Online external link    Fri, Jan 29

By X17Online When you gotta go, you gotta go - and Tom Cruise doesn't need to sit on a diamond encrusted throne to handle his business - he's got his own personal port-a-potty! (Yes, Roy is his character in Knight &... When you gotta go, you gotta go - and Tom Cruise doesn't need to sit on a diamond encruste...

Rate Katie and Suri Are Ready to Dance in Matching Red

Original at Snitch external link    Fri, Jan 29

By Popsugar Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise were back in their matching Holmes and Yang dresses yesterday as they visited a dance studio in LA. The girls are together again in California after Katie's recent trip to the Sundance Film Festival, where she premiered two of her upcoming movies, The Extra Man...

Rate Opinion: Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day

Original at gawker.com external link    Thu, Jan 28

By Whitney Jefferson Last night on Tosh.0, host Daniel Tosh took some very low-blows at Tom Cruise. Nothing was off-limits from his legal threats, to his attack on Brooke Shields, to his "kidnapping" of "Dawson's sloppy seconds" Katie Holmes. This. Is. Priceless.

Rate Opinion: Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day [Clipjob]

Original at Gawker external link    Thu, Jan 28

By Whitney Jefferson Last night on Tosh.0, host Daniel Tosh took some very low-blows at Tom Cruise. Nothing was off-limits from his legal threats, to his attack on Brooke Shields, to his "kidnapping" of "Dawson's sloppy seconds" Katie Holmes. This. Is. Priceless.

Past Month

 

Rate Tom Crusie Steps Out for “Hope for Haiti” After Party

Original at Snarky Gossip external link    Mon, Jan 25    6 related articles

By Julie Bonner I was wondering if Tom Cruise was going to get involved in the Hope for Haiti Now event and he did. Tom and Katie are a very giving couple and I am sure they have donated money to help out the relief efforts in Haiti. Not all celebrity donations have to be announced and if they were, people would sla...

Rate Tom Cruise Does His Own Stunts, But For Which Movie?

Original at Snarky Gossip external link    Mon, Jan 25    2 related articles

By Julie Bonner Over the weekend Tom Cruise was seen in Long Beach, California doing some stunt work. X17 and the Daily Mail say the stunt work is for the film “The Hardy Men”, but last time I heard they weren’t even done writing the script for the film. My guess would be that he is still working on stunts for “Kni...

Rate Snoop Dogg: ‘Tom Cruise is Jealous of me’

Original at Showbiz Spy external link    Fri, Jan 22

By Richard Head SNOOP Dogg thinks Tom Cruise wants to be him. The Drop It Like It’s Hot hitmaker — whose real name is Cordazar Calvin Broadus — used to “dream” about becoming as famous as the Valkyrie actor but is convinced the tables have turned over the past few years. “When I started to star in films I used [...]

Rate Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes were at same Globes pre-party as Chris Klein

Original at Cele external link    Sun, Jan 17    2 related articles

By Kaiser Here are photos of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at a pre-Golden Globes party, sponsored by the New York Times Style Magazine, held at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. The party got an interesting group of attendees - in addition to Tom and Katie, there was Ben Stiller, Chloe Sevigny, Chace...

Rate Opinion: Why Tom Cruise is Still AwesomeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at collinchristopher (WordPress) external link    Sun, Jan 17

By collinchristopher Point is, Tom  Cruise is an awesome actor who is in some pretty awesome movies that got overlooked because of a couple of petty things that he did. He didn’t kill anybody and he didn’t harm anyone. The worst thing he did was piss off Brooke Shields. Now go watch War of the Worlds or Mission Impossi...

Rate Stars To Keep An Eye On In 2010Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at hecklerspray external link    Fri, Jan 15

By Josh Burt Tom Cruise He’s been a little bit quiet of late, that Tom Cruise. But if we have learned anything about the Hollywood crowd-puller over the years, it’s that he never stays quiet for too long.  He usually comes out with something cool/weird – like dancing on live television like he’s riding...

Rate Tom & Katie Snag Number 9 Spot of “Top Earning Couples”

Original at TomKatCrazy external link    Wed, Jan 13

By Julie Bonner Forbes has posted their list of Top-Earning Couples in Hollywood. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes came in the number 9 spot with $33.5 earned. Here’s the full list of the Top-Earners: 1) Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles – $122 million 2) Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart – $69 million 3) Brad Pitt and A...

December of 2009

 

Rate David Cronenberg Revives 'The Talking Cure' With Keira Knightley

Original at Cinematical external link    Wed, Dec 23

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By Elisabeth Rappe Nearly three long years ago, David Cronenberg had optioned Christopher Hampton's play The Talking Cure, and was preparing it as his next project. Late last year, he became attached to The Matarese Circle, the spy thriller that boasted Denzel Washington and Tom Cruise. While Cronenberg f...

Rate Tom Cruise Returns to Action in 'Knight and Day' Trailer

Original at Cinematical external link    Tue, Dec 22

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By Christopher Campbell For those of you disappointed that Tom Cruise bailed on the upcoming action film Salt (Angelina Jolie took his place), we've got the trailer for the equally ridiculous-looking spy thriller Knight & Day (formerly Wichita), courtesy of E! Online. The movie reunites Cruise with his Va...

Rate Tom Cruise sued for illegal wiretapping by magazine editorVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Cele external link    Tue, Dec 22

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By Celebitchy Tom Cruise, his lawyer Betram Fields, and Anthony Pellicano are now being sued by a magazine editor who claims his phone was illegally tapped by Pellicano at Cruise’s request. The former editor of Bold Magazine, Michael Davis Sapir, claimed in 2001 that he had a tape of Tom Cruise engaged i...

Year 2009

 

Rate This Week In Tabloids: Angelina's Adoption & Drug Rumors; Tom Cruise Talks To Ashtrays

Original at Jezebel external link    Wed, Nov 11

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By Dodai An insider says Jen and Angelina despise each other, and take great pleasure in seeing each other squirm. "Neither has an ounce of empathy." After Thanksgiving, Brad is filming The Lost City Of Z in Brazil, and Jen is planning a vacation in Mexico, but will take a side trip to Brazil! "Jennife...

Rate Scientology Spokesman Tommy Davis Walks Out On Nightline Interview Part 2

Original at Glosslip external link    Mon, Oct 26

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By Queen I say “was” because Cruise has really simmered down since his couch jumping days. His leaked Scientology video, his insults against Brooke Shields for taking medication for her postpartum depression, and his famous “glib” interview with Matt Lauer has put a serious damper on his care...

Rate In Touch: Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise fight over Suri’s education

Original at Cele external link    Fri, Oct 16    1 related articles

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By Kaiser In Touch Weekly’s cover story this week is basically the same old crap, different day. They’re trying to convince us that Katie Holmes is “at war” with Tom Cruise over a multitude of issues, including but not limited to Scientology, raising their daughter, her parents and how Tom just won’...

Rate What Do Tom Cruise And Michael Jackson Have In Common?Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Glosslip external link    Mon, Aug 10

To make a long story short, this crazy bitch claims that Michael Jackson is the biological father to Connor Cruise, Tom Cruise’s adopted son, and she, Claire Elisabeth “I AM F*CKING INSANE” Fields Cruise is his mother. She also claims he and the three Jackson children were conceived using...

Rate Opinion: Today, A Dick Joke Involving Child-Rearing Expert Tom Cruise Becomes Even Funnier [Gossip Roundup]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Gawker external link    Sat, Aug 1

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By Foster Kamer Michael Jackson's doctor is still just as sketchy as before. Tom Cruise will raise your kids for you. Jude Law's new baby's name, rappers, witches, Heroes, Gossip Girls, and Ashton Kutcher's fake life. Presenting an epic Saturday Morning Gossip Roundup:

Rate Tom Cruise Stars In Mission: Impossible 4 - This Time It’s Unnecessary

Original at hecklerspray external link    Fri, Jun 19

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By Stuart Heritage So Tom Cruise is going to make Mission: Impossible 4. Let’s get all the obvious gags out of the way now, shall we? So the good news is that there’s going to be another Mission: Impossible movie and Tom Cruise is involved and everything. AP reports:

Rate Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept It: Make Tom Cruise Viable Again

Original at Gawker external link    Thu, Jun 18

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By Richard Lawson News of the entertainment world continues apace this dreary near-afternoon. Real Housewives reaches a milestone, Tom Cruise reaches an impasse, and Sigourney Weaver just can't stay the fuck away from aliens, no matter what she does.

Rate VALKYRIE Blu-ray Review

Original at topix.net external link    Tue, Jun 16

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Tom Cruise spent twenty years on top. Or almost. From 1986's Top Gun through to 2005's Mission: Impossible III , the man was one of the world's most bankable stars.

Rate Opinion: Tom and Connor Catch a Lakers Game

Original at Snarky Gossip external link    Fri, May 22

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By Julie Bonner Last night (May 21) Tom Cruise and his son Connor Cruise were court side at the LA Lakers vs Denver Nuggets game. They sure had some of the best seats to one of the best games! I’m a Nuggets fan and was watching last night. I had no idea Tom and Connor were in the audience.

Year 2008

 

Rate Opinion: A conversation with Tom Cruise

Original at TomCruiseFan.com external link    Sun, Dec 28

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By Chantal COLLATERAL (2004): With 2003’s “The Last Samurai” and this dark Michael Mann-thriller — in which he plays a cold-blooded hit-man — Cruise entered his 40s with two roles that said goodbye to his boyish persona and embraced a future of conflicted, mature anti-heroes.

Rate Film Review Walkyrie by Manish Jaiswal

Original at Film Reviews external link    Sat, Dec 27

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By News and Reviews Hollywood Film Review Walkyrie by Manish Jaiswal By Manish Jaiswal USA Hollywood Film Review Walkyrie by Manish Jaiswal Over all “Valkyrie” is a decent movie. You may want to watch it with your family and friends. I will be happy to rate it 3.50 on 5.00 stars. By Manish Jaiswal USA

Rate Opinion: "Valkyrie" Box Office Numbers

Original at Snarky Gossip external link    Sat, Dec 27

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By Julie Bonner According to People.com, reviews are mixed for Tom’s performance as Claus von Stauffenberg. Here’s what some news agencies and other media are saying about Tom Cruise in “Valkyrie”: The Seattle Times: “Tom Cruise the movie star never disappears into Claus von Stauffenberg the brillian...

Rate Valkyrie review by Roger Ebert

Original at TomCruiseFan.com external link    Sat, Dec 27

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By Chantal Source: Roger Ebert) Roger Ebert says of Tom’s performance: “Tom Cruise is perfectly satisfactory, if not electrifying, in the leading role.” Read his article here: “Valkyrie” is a meticulous thriller based on a large- scale conspiracy within the German army to assassinate Hitler, le...

Rate Podcast: Interview: 'Valkyrie' Producer and Writer Christopher McQuarrie

Original at Cinematical external link    Thu, Dec 25

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By James Rocchi Best known as the writer of The Usual Suspects, Christopher McQuarrie has an impressive number of films on his resume (including his criminally overlooked directorial debut, The Way of the Gun), but Valkyrie -- opening nationwide this week -- saw him also serve as a producer alongside d...

Rate Opinion: In defense of Tom Cruise

Original at TomCruiseFan.com external link    Tue, Dec 23

By Chantal There have been many other excellent ones along the way. The Firm, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, The Last Samurai. There have been some clunkers, and it seems more of them have come lately. Minority Report, with Spielberg; Eyes Wide Shut, with Kubrick; War of the Worlds, again with Spielberg....

Rate Katie Holmes Distracts From Tepid Reviews With Wacky Clothes

Original at A Socialite's Life external link    Fri, Oct 17

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By Lisa Timmons A USA Today article of Katie Holmes' performance on stage of All My Sons on Broadway gave Mrs. Tom Cruise a mildly encouraging review. A USA Today article of Katie Holmes' performance on stage of All My Sons on Broadway gave Mrs. Tom Cruise a mildly encouraging review.

Rate Podcast: MD185 - Tropic Thunder: Red Carpet PremiereVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at blip.tv external link    Tue, Aug 12

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Tropic Thunder got its Red Carpet Premiere at the Westwood Village Theater this week, and we spoke to several attendees from producers, to actors, to stars tagging along for the ride. Tropic Thunder Tropic Thunder Reviews Tropic Thunder Trailer Ben Stiller Jack Black Tom Cruise

Rate Angelina Jolie Steals Tom Cruise’s Job: Scientology Shockingly Not Involved

Original at hecklerspray external link    Mon, Aug 11

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By Ian Dransfield But apparently she of the lips fame does have time - not only time, but she also has the inclination to take roles that were initially meant for one Tom Cruise. Not content with stealing all the babies from the birthplace of humanity, it would seem that Angelina Jolie also wants to steal roles...

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Rate Rose speaks » What Does the Church of Scientology, Google, Yahoo and Tom Cruise Have In Common? Why did Paul Barresi Leak those Papers?

Original at Rose Speaks from Legalese to English external link    Mon, Aug 11

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By Rose Turner The answer to the first question is that Peter Letterese is suing them all in the Southern District Federal Court in Florida for allegedly committing Civil RICO. The answer to the second question is that this “bombshell” was brought to the world of media tabloidism by a “self-styled investigator”, shorthand for a PI without a license, Paul Barresi when he released some of the papers to the New York Daily News last month. Barresi was kind enough to offer us first option on his “exclusive statement” about the subject of the lawsuit, but we declined. I believe after you read it at Mediabistro.com you will see why Rose Speaks.com elected not to publish it for Baressi, but hopefully he will keep our number handy for future takes on strange happening...   [read the full post]

Rate Podcast: MD183 - Tropic Thunder: Tom Cruise Cameo, Fan ReviewsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at blip.tv external link    Sun, Aug 10

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Tropic Thunder premieres this Wednesday, August 13th, so we went out to a pre-screening and interviewed fans who had just left the theater. We gaged their reaction, and asked them about the amazing Tom Cruise cameo, and Robert Downey Jr.'s intriguing performance. We also chanced upon one o...

Rate Tom Cruise Trying To Bond With Katie Holmes' Dad

Original at iCelebZ.com external link    Tue, May 13

Tom Cruise is trying to bond with Katie Holmes' dad by playing golf. The 'Top Gun' star has offered to buy Katie a membership at Los Angeles' prestigious Bel-Air Country Club so they can all play with her father Martin Holmes. News A source told America's Star magazine: "Katie's father is not...

Rate Opinion: Tom Cruise on Oprah: 'stolen' Scientology videos, Brooke Shields and 'child drugging'Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Fri, May 2

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By ESNEAD On his Brooke Shields comments: "What I regret is even discussing Brooke in any way," Cruise says. She later attended his wedding to Katie in Italy. You can see the rest of the Oprah-Tom chat Monday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." What do you think? Can Tom Cruise get his career back on track?

Rate Patch: Tom Cruise 'Saved' By Daughter Suri - Entertainmentwise

Original at Entertainmentwise external link    Thu, Apr 3

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Tom Cruise 'Saved' By Daughter Suri  UK - Apr 3, 2008 It has been the toughest patch Tom has had since his divorce from Nicole Kidman, Katie [Holmes] has been there for him, of course, and she's his rock, ...

Year 2007

 

Rate How To: Control the Wii with your fingertips

Original at Digg external link    Mon, Nov 12

Using the above video as tutorial, you can turn use a Nintendo Wii remote for making a finger-controlled interface à la the film Minority Report (and you thought Tom Cruise was using thetans to control the monitor ...). All you need is an array of infrared LEDs and some reflective tape.

Rate Patch: Tom Cruise battles Hitler

Original at Los Angeles Times external link    Fri, Jul 20

Images of Tom Cruise in Nazi uniform and an eye patch pinged through cyberspace Thursday, the first photos released from the set of "Valkyrie," the film that sparked fierce debate in Germany over the star's Scientology connections.

Rate Weekly Blend Audio Show: 100 Podcasts Strong

Original at Cinema Blend external link    Sun, Jul 8

By rafe@cinemablend.com This week marks our 100th Episode – quite an accomplishment for what started out as a fifteen-minute single man show. We celebrate by discussing a few subjects we usually refrain from touching: Michael Moore and Tom Cruise. Is Sicko as good as everyone thinks? What has Michael Moore stolen...

Rate Podcast: Casting of Scientologist Tom Cruise as German hero raising ire

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Tue, Jun 26

Cruise, one of Scientologys bestknown adherents, is to play Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg the aristocratic army officer executed after a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944 in director Bryan Singers new film Valkyrie.

Rate Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise and Suri at the beach at Saint-Jean Cap ...

Original at In Case You Didn't Know external link    Tue, Jun 19

By Jocelyn Those are weird fitting shorts…

Rate Katie Holmes Pregnant Again?

Original at ExpoSay external link    Tue, Jun 19

Katie Holmes is pregnant, it has been reported. The former "Dawson's Creek" actress is said to be "thrilled" about expecting her second child with husband Tom Cruise. A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Katie and Tom are ...

Rate Tom Cruise Buys Another Luxury Home.

Original at Showbiz Spy external link    Sun, May 6

By Adam Cruise has paid an estimated $35 million for the 70-year-old, seven bedroom estate, which will replace the Beverly Hills home that he and Katie Holmes have been renting for the past four years. (more…)

Year 2006

 

Rate Rosie On Tom Cruise: "I Was Mad At Oprah. Oprah, Couldn't You Have Said, 'Tommy, Come Here! Don't Jump"...

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Sep 4

By The Huffington Post You might think that Tom Cruise doesn't have a single fan left, but you would be wrong. We found one. Her name is Rosie O'Donnell. Rosie may not be the last person who still loves Cruise--Katie Holmes? his mother?--but she's probably the only one who blames America's favorite talk-show host f...

Rate Tom Gerdy: Uncle Gandhi Needs You!

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Aug 31

1. Fox News uses Don King and Richard Simmons as post Katrina experts 2. John Mark Karr not guilty or even connected 3. CBS touches up Katie Couric's picture to make her look thinner 4. Tom Cruise is dumped by Paramount

Rate Opinion: Paramount caved in to politics with decision to boot Cruise

Original at USA Today external link    Sun, Aug 27

The incredulity at Paramount Pictures ending its relationship with Tom Cruise is answered by one familiar word: politics (" Cruise not of Paramount importance," Life, Wednesday). The fact that Cruise has unambiguously and courageously opposed the proliferation of Ritalin and antid...

Rate Russell Shaw: Tom Cruise's Firing: Anti-Scientology Religious Bigotry

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Aug 23

Unlike me, Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, and quite an impassioned one. It's that passion that has gotten him into trouble. Although I am not a Scientologist, I would like to challenge some of these notions. And just what is the scornable consequences that Scientology has fostered?

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