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Tom Cruise was a special guest at the festival where he was honored with a 10-minute montage of highlights from his decades-long career.

Although Kidman has spoken about their marriage in the past, she recently said she is "reluctant" to do so. In an essay for New York Magazine in 2018, Kidman said she is reluctant to talk about her marriage with Cruise because "it almost feels disrespectful" to her current husband, Keith Urban. Kidman and Urban married in 2006 and have two children together. The pair adopted two children together in 1992 and 1994, but after 11 years together, Cruise filed for a divorce in 2001.

Tom Cruise mania descended Wednesday in Cannes where the actor made a whirlwind appearance at the film festival.

Shooting the 1981 film “Taps,” with George C. Scott, he returned to it again and again as a formative experience. It has already touched down at CinemaCon in Las Vegas and premiered in San Diego. Paramount Pictures delayed its release two years during the pandemic, a move that appears to be paying off with glowing reviews and box-office expectations that “Top Gun: Maverick” will easily mark Cruise's biggest opening weekend ever. Cruise paused for several minutes to sign autographs and take pictures with fans lined up across the street from the red carpet. “He is devoted to cinema,” declared artistic director Thierry Fremaux. Cruise's enthusiastic welcome smacked in some ways of an action hero's reception, here to save the day. “Great Balls of Fire” blared on the carpet. Cruise clutched Cannes' top prize while the audience gave the actor a standing ovation.

Tom Cruise was awarded a surprise honorary Palme d'Or at the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

However, Top Gun: Maverick received a five-minute standing ovation at Cannes, which is probably the first for an action movie since 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. Per reports, the crowd was quite interactive and frequently gasped and cheered at the spectacular stunts. But the loudest applause came during a scene featuring Val Kilmer and Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick together. As the Top Gun: Maverick cast made their way onto the red carpet, eight French fighter jets performed a flyby, painting the sky red, white, and blue as Cruise and the rest of the cast looked up in awe. The crowd cheered as the Rainman star took the stage, and he was presented with a surprise honorary Palme d'Or, the festival's highest award. Top Gun: Maverick premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival recently, and the film's reception seems to have taken everyone by surprise, including Tom Cruise. Just before the screening of Top Gun: Maverick, the attendees were shown a tribute reel with all of Tom Cruise's greatest highlights.

'Fans all over the world – more than any other film for decades have been saying please do another one, and I was like – I don't know how to do that,' actor ...

“Taking on the sequel to Top Gun was a daunting task,” Cruise said. Just know we are making Mission: Impossible and Top Gun is coming out.” It is a direct sequel to the original 1986 movie, in which he also starred.

The 'Top Gun: Maverick' star is in a class by himself as a genuine Hollywood legend, but will we ever meet the person behind the larger-than-life persona?

The Cruise we got at Cannes is still dashingly handsome at a photocall and charming in a soundbite. The Cruise we got at Cannes is not the one who jumps on couches, but the one who gets us off of ours and back into movie theaters. As gracious as he was at the premiere, Cruise was also frustratingly evasive during the conversation with Allouch, returning to the same two or three anecdotes and phrases in response to nearly every question. People were clapping for Cruise, but also for what he represents — glamor, escape and the discipline of an old-fashioned movie star, now 59 and still carrying a flame for a business that nearly flickered out during the pandemic. “That was not going to happen ever,” Cruise said. When asked at Cannes on Wednesday, for the umpteenth time, why he insists on performing his own stunts despite the danger, Tom Cruise answered by referencing a screen legend from a bygone era.

The former Countdown presenter, 61, took to Instagram to share a photo of herself alongside the 59-year-old Hollywood actor ahead of the films premiere ...

Have I mentioned I'm going to the Premiere???' I make these movies for all of you.' Have added rally driving to my list of MUST DOs as well. 'I'm back to racing soon I hope. Carol Vorderman has shared a fun throwback snap with Tom Cruise as she prepares for the Top Gun: Maverick premiere in London on Thursday. 'Maverick and Math-erick': Carol Vorderman beams alongside Tom Cruise in throwback snap as she prepares for Top Gun: Maverick premiere in London

Jerry Bruckheimer, the prolific producer behind the original "Top Gun," planned to get the sequel off the ground much sooner. The first film was a hit in 1986, ...

Because of pandemic delays, the first footage hit CinemaCon over a year ago and got one hell of a reaction from the critics in attendance. Joe had a look book, a poster, and the title, 'Top Gun: Maverick,' and then he told Tom the journey of the character and the story he wanted to tell. But even just zeroing in on the case of "Top Gun: Maverick," we've just started seeing the fruits of everyone's labor. Tom then looked at him, pulled out his phone, and called the head of Paramount [Jim Gianopulos] at that time and said, "I want to make another Top Gun." And that was it. Jerry Bruckheimer, the prolific producer behind the original "Top Gun," planned to get the sequel off the ground much sooner. Even before the internet was brimming with rave reviews for "Top Gun: Maverick," it felt pretty clear that Paramount had all the ingredients for a potential blockbuster hit: Tom Cruise, nostalgia, incredibly dangerous action.

Find out everything you need to know about Tom Cruise's ex-wives: Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes.

Shortly after the split, there had been reports that Nicole had suffered a miscarriage at the end of their relationship, but she set the record straight in a 2007 interview with Marie Claire. She said that it was “wrongly reported,” and clarified, “I had an ectopic pregnancy at the beginning of [my marriage].” The couple got married that November. The wedding was an extravagant affair, with tons of high profile guests like Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Carrey, and many more, per USA Today. Tom’s best man was the head of the Church of Scientology David Miscavige, according to the BBC. In the years after the split, Nicole said the breakup was a “major shock” in a 2006 interview with Ladies Home Journal, per Today. “I knew I was going to get hit with something. The couple adopted two kids: a daughter Isabella, 29, and a son Connor, 27, in the 90s. We’d rent out a place and go racing at 3 in the morning,” she said. While the marriage was short-lived, Mimi did have a major impact on Tom, being the one who introduced him to Scientology, according to the book The Passion of Tom Cruise, via Radar. Her dad had been an original member of the church, via The Hollywood Reporter.

The 2022 Cannes Film Festival brought out the world's biggest stars, with Tom Cruise, Tilda Swinton, Kristen Stewart, and more attending.

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While the Cannes Film Festival is still largely known as the festival for more highbrow films, in recent years it has been more than happy to show the ...

And Tom Cruise was given a standing ovation before the movie was even shown. Whether it’s a great movie, or simply a movie with great practical action scenes, there is likely something that fans of Cruise will love about the new movie. Tom Cruise is an actor who has had an incredible career.

Of course, with the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the world throughout 2020 and 2021, a premiere in a movie theater was out of the question. That many people ...

The people that serve the popcorn, the ones who make this [happen].’ He explained that he called a lot of movie theater owners personally to say: ‘Please, I know what you’re going through. The responses to all that were mixed to say the least. In the wake of all that, many studios turned to streaming as the perfect place to debut new films.

Tom Cruise is a man of his word as the actor has set up a special screening of "Top Gun: Maverick" for The Best Damn Band in the Land.

The London premiere won't be the first time Prince William, 39, and Kate, 40, have seen the highly anticipated film. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were ...

Prince William, as president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and Kate are no strangers to movie premieres. The charity supports hundreds of thousands of people working behind the scenes in Britain's film and television industry and was called upon, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic when many technicians and skilled craftspeople lost their livelihoods. The London premiere won't be the first time Prince William, 39, and Kate, 40, have seen the highly anticipated film.

Along with Prince Charles, the royal mingled with both Cruise and his costar Jennifer Connelly.

This isn’t the first time Middleton has hobnobbed with celebrities at a Hollywood premiere. It just so happened that this year’s Royal Film Performance charity event took the form of the Top Gun: Maverick U.K. premiere, meaning that she got to reunite with a friend she only gets to see occasionally: none other than Tom Cruise. (They’ve met at least twice before, at the 2020 Euro Championship and 2021 Wimbledon women’s final.) She and William memorably made a fully surprise appearance at the London screening of No Time to Die last fall, and thankfully, the moment she met Billie Eilish was captured on film.

Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as the Hollywood star and the royal met on the red carpet in London for the U.K. premiere ...

Speaking about William, Cruise told reporters: “We have a lot in common. LONDON -- Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as Britain's royals joined the Hollywood star on the red carpet in London for the U.K. premiere of the new “Top Gun” movie. Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as the Hollywood star and the royal met on the red carpet in London for the U.K. premiere of the new “Top Gun” movie

Nicole Kidman wasn't included in ex-husband Tom Cruise's career montage video at the Cannes Film Festival 2022 despite co-starring in three movies with him.

After his three-year relationship with Cruz, he began dating Katie Holmes, 43, in 2005, and they were married from 2006 until 2012. The lovebirds, who will celebrate their 16th wedding anniversary on June 25, share daughters Sunday Rose, 13, and Faith Margaret, 11. The exes share daughter Suri, 16.

Prince William and Kate Middleton got all dressed up to welcome the stars of Top Gun: Maverick to London's Leicester Square on May 19: see the photos.

In London on Thursday night, May 19, Prince William and Kate Middleton helped welcome Tom Cruise and his castmates to the U.K. premiere of Top Gun: Maverick in Leicester Square. Prince William and Kate Middleton got all dressed up to welcome the stars of Top Gun: Maverick to London's Leicester Square on May 19 Photos of Kate Middleton, Prince William, Tom Cruise at the Top Gun: Maverick Premiere in London

Much of the drama leading to Kidman and Cruise's bitter 2001 divorce centers on their differing views on Scientology.

In the film, Rathbun further alleged that Cruise became concerned about who Kidman was talking to and asked Scientology leaders to tap her phone. “They are adults,” Kidman said in the interview with Australia’s Who magazine. “Tommy told them over and over again their mother was a sociopath and after a while they believed him,” Rathbun recalled, Wright reported. Since the divorce, Kidman has said little about her marriage to Cruise or their divorce. Miscavige blamed Kidman and viewed her as a “gold digger who was faking Scientology,” Wright said. The church also worked to turn Cruise’s children with Kidman against her. In his book and film, Lawrence Wright explained how Miscavige wanted to keep Cruise happy. At some point, she pulled away from Scientology and Cruise seemed to distance himself as well, Wright reported. Most notably, Kidman doesn’t make an appearance in any clips from “Eyes Wide Shut,” the Stanley Kubrick-directed erotic drama that was built around her and Cruise playing a couple in a troubled marriage. Those movie fans include Prince William and Kate Middleton, who welcomed Cruise to “Top Gun’s” glittering premiere in London Thursday. Both works also suggest that Cruise stood by as Scientology leaders oversaw Kidman’s phone being wiretapped and worked to turn their children, Isabella and Connor, against her. The many reports also allege that the organization had disturbing influence over his marriage to Kidman.

The pair is rumored to have dated while filming the latest 'Mission: Impossible' flick.

"... I wanted to make films, I wanted to fly, I wanted to travel the world... I did not want to disappoint them." "When I was a little kid I wanted to make movies," he said. "My whole life, it's been a pursuit of adventure, an interest in people and philosophy and film and art," Cruise added. I was always curious, like, 'What's that person like?' I wanted to sit down and talk to them. Along with being co-stars, Cruise and Atwell, who attended Wimbledon together last July, are rumored to have dated.

Elle Fanning tells PEOPLE that she 'was freaking out' and 'sort of crying/blushing' while Tom Cruise praised her Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival.

"And he said he remembered. "And he sends her a birthday gift every single year still," Elle says. "[Elle's] going, 'I'm an actress,' and I said, 'I know you are," he said.

Long delayed and much anticipated, the sequel to the 1986 classic Top Gun soars into theatres soon. The film offers stunning aerial footage and a movie star ...

He's gone beyond the needs of the flesh. The jet has become a projection of his will. This smart bomb of nostalgia repurposes every element from the original, from the sweaty beach sports sequence to the synth pop pumping in the background. Yes, the Tom Cruise of 1986 was a bit of a babyface who looked like he should barely be driving, never mind flying $30-million fighter jets. As Cruise zooms past the tarmac, little does he know this is a different kind of mission. Rooster is much more than a pilot fighting his instincts, he's the frustrated son of Goose — who died when Maverick's jet spun out of control 30 years ago. Director Joseph Kosinski films Maverick's return to the flight school with all the majesty of a knight in shining armour mounting his steed. Militarily, Maverick's biggest challenge is getting the students ready for a seemingly impossible mission in three weeks. The country of this rogue state is never mentioned. At 59, Cruise has been one of the few constants in the ever-changing film business. He was the slippery sex guru of Magnolia. The bellowing studio exec of Tropic Thunder. Even director Stanley Kubrick found a complexity to Cruise's Ken doll charisma in the steamy Eyes Wide Shut. As Cruise pushes the experimental jet past Mach 10, hammering the dashboard with his patented "Come On!" a flinty-eyed rear admiral (Ed Harris) orders him to land.

When Crocodile Dundee became a global hit in 1986, there was only one Hollywood movie that sold more tickets around the world.

It continued with Lions for Lambs, Valkyrie, Rock of Ages, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and American Made all failing to crack $10 million in current dollars. While Cruise has long been an outspoken advocate of Scientology, it never seemed to affect his success. Unless you count narrating the 2002 IMAX documentary, Space Station 3D, Cruise has never starred in a movie directed by a woman. And he deserves much of the credit. Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday. In Australia, $10 million is generally accepted as the benchmark for blockbuster success. Numero data shows his movies have taken more than $360 million in Australian cinemas. But it has to open strongly next week and keep selling tickets when Jurassic World Dominion, Lightyear, Elvis and Thor: Love and Thunder are released. You would expect Top Gun to be Cruise’s biggest hit. But playing a German colonel who attempted to assassinate Hitler in Valkyrie and a self-indulgent rock star in Rock of Ages resulted in two of his biggest flops in this country. Not only has he produced more than a dozen of his own movies, including all the Mission: Impossible and Jack Reacher instalments, he has taken on other projects when he’s had a relationship with the filmmaking team – producing Without Limits, Elizabethtown and Ask the Dust and executive producing The Others, Narc and Shattered Glass. With the long-delayed sequel Top Gun: Maverick about to open around the world, Cruise has been shooting the next two Mission: Impossible movies and plans to head into space in a partnership between Universal Pictures and Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a movie partly set on the International Space Station next year.

Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as the Hollywood star and the royal met on the red carpet in London for the U.K. premiere ...

It was originally due for release in July 2019, but was repeatedly pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cruise was seen introducing William and Kate to the film’s cast members — including Jennifer Connelly and Jon Hamm — in front of a model of the fighter jet from the movie. Speaking about William, Cruise told reporters: “We have a lot in common.

Tom Cruise's character in "The Last Samurai" wasn't a stereotype, according to Oscar-nominated star Ken Watanabe.

“It was an amazing honor.” So we thought we were making something special.” Ken Watanabe is having the last word on “The Last Samurai.”

CANNES, FRANCE—Showered with praise for pulling off the spectacular feat, blockbuster actor Tom Cruise received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film ...

Oh my God, he’s about to do a somersault, too—I’m crying.” At press time, the crowd was reportedly dazzled by Tom Cruise running up the stairs to the stage two steps at a time. This is why he’s a movie star,” said festival attendee James Dupont, who appeared mesmerized as Cruise announced, “Hey, everyone, look at me!” and raised two hands high into the air, proceeding to execute the most daring cartwheel ever witnessed on the red carpet at Cannes. “I can’t believe he did that! CANNES, FRANCE—Showered with praise for pulling off the spectacular feat, blockbuster actor Tom Cruise received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday when he arrived for the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick with a cartwheel.

Released in 2003, the film starred Cruise as United States Army Captain Nathan Algren, who was sent to Japan in 1876 as a military adviser to help the Emperor ...

Watanabe sees the romantic portrayal of Katsumoto and the samurai as a positive step forward in correcting the American film industry's past. The actor conversely sees the movie as progression in Hollywood's portrayal of Asians on screen, and a step in the right direction following decades of overtly racist depictions. 2018's Crazy Rich Asians was hailed as a momentous film for a depiction of Asian culture previously unseen in Hollywood. In 2021, Simu Liu became the first Asian lead in a Marvel superhero film with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. And this year, Pixar's animated Turning Red offered a heart-warming coming-of-age tale in the heart of the Asian community of Toronto, Canada. Although there have been major strides in recent years regarding Asian representation in Hollywood, the industry still has a long way to go to further distance themselves from its racist past. Examples of this trope can be found in films such as Dangerous Minds, in which a white teacher enters an underprivileged school of minority students , or Dances with Wolves, which sees a jaded lieutenant in Union Army become part of the Sioux nation and help them fight both their Pawnee enemies and the invading American military. [...] Before The Last Samurai, there was this stereotype of Asian people with glasses, bucked teeth and a camera. Experiencing a change of heart, Algren rides alongside Katsumoto in battle to help retain their freedom from the Emperor.