Tom Cruise

                                                                                   

BIRTHDAY

July 03, 1962

Syracuse, NY

RECENT CREDITS

Knight and Day (FILM)  Jun. 23, 2010

Valkyrie (FILM)  Dec. 25, 2008

Tropic Thunder (FILM)  Aug. 13, 2008

Lions for Lambs (FILM)  Nov. 9, 2007

Tonight Show With Jay Leno (TV)  Oct. 30, 2007

BIOGRAPHY

  Anirrefutable Hollywood megastar who is equally magnetic and manic, revered and reviled, Cruise was just 21 when he landed his breakthrough role as a horny high-school hunk in 1983's sex romp Risky Business. With athletic good looks, a 1,000-watt smile and oodles of natural charm, he became an overnight celebrity, thanks in part to an iconic scene in which he danced around his living room to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" clad in a shirt, briefs and sunglasses. Eager to prove that he wasn't just another pretty boy, the young actor signed on to a number of diverse projects. Aside from a few bombs (the fantasy epic Legend, the flat comedy Cocktail), he was a hit at the box office, in lowbrow blockbusters (a cocky pilot in Top Gun, a cocky race-car driver in Days of Thunder) as well as in more high-minded fare (a protective younger brother in Rain Man, a disabled Vietnam vet in Born on the Fourth of July, which earned him an Oscar nod). Despite his fame, Cruise was — at least at this point in his life — fanatical about his privacy, including his devotion to the Church of Scientology. Yet a romance with his Days of Thunder costar Nicole Kidman — whom he married 10 months after divorcing his first wife, Mimi Rogers — landed him in the gossip columns. He starred opposite Kidman again in his next film, the 1992 flop Far and Away, but then reached new heights in a succession of hits: the military courtroom drama A Few Good Men, the action flick Mission: Impossible and the romantic comedy Jerry Maguire, which snagged him a second Academy Award nomination. At the apex of his fame, Cruise disappeared from the screen for three years in order to work with his wife under celebrated (and notoriously slow) director Stanley Kubrick on the sexual epic Eyes Wide Shut. Released in 1999, the convoluted film was neither a critical nor commercial success. But Cruise bounced back with an Oscar-nominated supporting turn as a sex guru in Magnolia that same year. It's ironic that so many of Cruise's roles revolved around sex considering that rumors abounded about his sexual orientation, leading the actor to file a number of defamation lawsuits. In 2001 his marriage to Kidman fell apart and their split dominated the tabloids for months, as did his subsequent relationship with Vanilla Sky costar Penelope Cruz. In the '00s, after two decades in showbiz, Cruise began averaging a blockbuster per year (Mission: Impossible II, Minority Report, War of the Worlds). However, in 2005 his off-screen antics began to sully his reputation, including his public feud with Brooke Shields over the merits of antidepressants; his constant championing of the controversial Scientology; and his bizarre romance with starlet Katie Holmes, which prompted him to proclaim his love standing atop a sofa on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Dubbed TomKat by the media, the couple enjoyed a whirlwind courtship and soon announced that they were engaged and pregnant. They welcomed a daughter in April, 2006 and tied the knot in November of that year. Their constant media attention earned them a 2006 Razzie award for being the year's most tiresome tabloid target.

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'Resident Evil: Afterlife' He's Going to Land

'Resident Evil' kills it at the Box Office!

The lowest grossing weekend of the year thus far is led by Sony/Screen Gems’ Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D with a franchise high of $27.7 million in 3D and IMAX powered dollars.  Star Milla Jovovich proves that audiences like their action heroes hot, female and tough as nails.  Much like Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt in the late-summer blockbuster “Salt,” the ass-kicking style of Milla as Alice certainly resonates strongly with audiences looking for an unconventional action star.  The R-rated franchise has enjoyed enormous success in the September time-frame and this becomes the third number one debut in the post-summer period forResident Evil.  Sony took perfect advantage of this typically slow post-Labor Day weekend and makes box office lemonade out of lemons with a solid debut that garnered 10% of its weekend gross from the IMAX giant screen digital format and kept the fanboys in cinematic heaven.
International box office spotlight: Resident Evil: Afterlife took in a massive $45.5 million with Japan leading the charge with $15.455 million, Russia close behind at $9.5 million and Spain with $3.4 million.

Sony is having a great weekend with the number two spot held by Takers with $6.1 million and a domestic cumulative that is closing in on $50 million.  The PG-13 action film has shown incredible staying power since its release and Paul Walker, Chris Brown and the appealing ensemble cast has continued to draw audiences.

Box Office fun fact: Sony holds four of the Top Ten spots at the box office this weekend with Resident Evil, Takers, The Other Guys and Eat Pray Love. 

Third place goes to George Clooney in last weekend’s number one film Focus Features’ The American with $5.89 million for the weekend against a 55% drop and a total domestic take to date of $28.3 million.  After battling “Machete” all during the mid-week contest and holding at number one, the film was finally knocked off the top spot by Resident Evil: Afterlife on Friday.

Number four goes to Danny Trejo in Robert Rodriguez’s grind-house style action flick Machete with $4.2 million in its second weekend of release and a pretty steep 63% second weekend drop.  The unique action film is now closing in on $21 million in domestic dollars.

Rounding out the top five with a second weekend gross of $3.6 million is Warner Bros.’ romantic comedy Going the Distance which stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long.  A mild 44% drop put the film in the top five and a domestic total to date of $14 million.  The film benefitted from being the only light-hearted film in a top five that was dominated by the genres of action and sci-fi.

The first weekend of the Fall movie season, while down overall from last year, was still a land of opportunity for “Resident Evil: Afterlife” which took full advantage of what is typically one of the lowest grossing weekends of any year.  Next week really heats up some terrific films including Sony’s expected box office juggernaut “Easy A” starring Emma Stone and Warner Bros. “The Town” starring and directed by Ben Affleck.  Look out for “Devil” from Universal and Lionsgate’s “Alpha and Omega.”

Weekend Box Office
Top 10 Movies - Weekend of September 10, 2010 (Estimates)
Movie
Weekend
Total

1
Resident Evil: Afterlife (R)
$27.7 M
$27.7 M

2
Takers (PG-13)
$6.1 M
$48.1 M

3
The American (R)
$5.9 M
$28.3 M

4
Machete (R)
$4.2 M
$20.8 M

5
Going the Distance (R)
$3.8 M
$14.0 M

6
The Other Guys (PG-13)
$3.6 M
$112.7 M

7
The Last Exorcism (PG-13)
$3.5 M
$38.2 M

8
The Expendables (R)
$3.3 M
$98.5 M

9
Inception (PG-13)
$3.0 M
$282.4 M

10
Eat Pray Love (PG-13)
$2.9 M
$74.6 M

Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani preview: First look

Introduction

Well, here's for the next phone courtesy of the joint efforts of Giorgio Armani and Samsung. Third in line, it's meant to be the perfect companion for Armani's suits and more importantly, for the executives that wear them. Let's face it, a high-street fashion label phone is all about the statement and a little less about the functionality. The Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani phones however, delivers on both and it does that with a charm of its own.

Honestly, when we first welcomed the review sample in our office, we were a bit put off by the large size, which seemed to make the golden highlights design even louder aesthetically. However we guess that in the fashion accessories worlds, being loud is the best way to attract the much sought-after attention.

After all, the B7620 is not tacky, it's just plain golden to our taste. And as you probably remember, our fearless editors don't mind dipping their feet in stores full of gold mobiles. So here goes, our quick preview of the Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani as we briefly took it out for a spin.

   
Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani held in hand

Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani at a glance:

• General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/1900/2100 MHz, EDGE class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
• Form factor: Slide-and-tilt full QWERTY touch phone
• Dimensions: 118.5 x 58.3 x 16.4 mm, weight 164 grams
• Display: 3.5" 16M color (65K effective) resistive AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA resolution
• OS: Windows Mobile 6.5, TouchWiz 2.0 UI, Work&Leisure mode switch key
• Memory: 8GB built-in storage, 192 MB RAM, hot-swappable microSD (up to 16GB)
• CPU: 800 MHz processor with dedicated graphics accelerator
• Camera: 5 megapixel auto-focus, with dual LED flash and VGA video at 30 fps
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, TV out
• Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute, FM radio with RDS, DivX/XviD video support
• Battery: 1500mAh Li-Ion battery

You can easily tell - just by looking at the Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani model name - that's it's a really close relative to the already available Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO. Well, there are some hardware differences, of course. The new Armani phone can tilt its screen and has 8 gigs worth of internal storage, but it comes with a slightly larger footprint and doesn't have the 3.5mm audio jack of the OmniaPRO. Still, as you can see, they're almost like twin brothers.

    
Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani next to Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO

But let's have a nice look of the new Armani phone by Samsung on its own, after all, it's the start of today's show.