Tom Cruise

Author : Andrew Morton
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429933909
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tom Cruise written by Andrew Morton and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Sean Redmond
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814347193
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Starring Tom Cruise written by Sean Redmond and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinary star study of one of the most iconic Hollywood celebrities of the last thirty-five years.

Author : Iain Johnstone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340899229
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tom Cruise written by Iain Johnstone and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exclusive biography of the most famous man in Hollywood - both on and off-screen

Author : Amy Nicholson
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714868011
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor written by Amy Nicholson and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Leah Remini
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 1101886978
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Troublemaker written by Leah Remini and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An eye-opening, no-holds-barred memoir about life in the Church of Scientology, now with a new afterword by the author—the outspoken actress and star of the A&E docuseries Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini has never been the type to hold her tongue. That willingness to speak her mind, stand her ground, and rattle the occasional cage has enabled this tough-talking girl from Brooklyn to forge an enduring and successful career in Hollywood. But being a troublemaker has come at a cost. That was never more evident than in 2013, when Remini loudly and publicly broke with the Church of Scientology. Now, in this frank, funny, poignant memoir, the former King of Queens star opens up about that experience for the first time, revealing the in-depth details of her painful split with the church and its controversial practices. Indoctrinated into the church as a child while living with her mother and sister in New York, Remini eventually moved to Los Angeles, where her dreams of becoming an actress and advancing Scientology’s causes grew increasingly intertwined. As an adult, she found the success she’d worked so hard for, and with it a prominent place in the hierarchy of celebrity Scientologists alongside people such as Tom Cruise, Scientology’s most high-profile adherent. Remini spent time directly with Cruise and was included among the guests at his 2006 wedding to Katie Holmes. But when she began to raise questions about some of the church’s actions, she found herself a target. In the end, she was declared by the church to be a threat to their organization and therefore a “Suppressive Person,” and as a result, all of her fellow parishioners—including members of her own family—were told to disconnect from her. Forever. Bold, brash, and bravely confessional, Troublemaker chronicles Leah Remini’s remarkable journey toward emotional and spiritual freedom, both for herself and for her family. This is a memoir designed to reveal the hard-won truths of a life lived honestly—from an author unafraid of the consequences. Praise for Troublemaker “An aggressively honest memoir . . . Troublemaker is the most raw and revealing Scientology memoir to date.”—Entertainment Weekly “Leah’s story is a juicy, inside-Hollywood read, but it’s more than that. It’s a moving story about the value of questioning authority and how one woman survived a profound crisis of faith.”—People

Author : Ramin Setoodeh
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250112109
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ladies Who Punch written by Ramin Setoodeh and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Like Fire & Fury, the gossipy real-life soap opera behind a serious show. When Barbara Walters launched The View, network executives told her that hosting it would tarnish her reputation. Instead, within ten years, she’d revolutionized morning TV and made household names of her co-hosts: Joy Behar, Star Jones, Meredith Vieira and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. But the daily chatfest didn’t just comment on the news. It became the news. And the headlines barely scratched the surface. Based on unprecedented access, including stunning interviews with nearly every host, award-winning journalist Ramin Setoodeh takes you backstage where the stars really spoke their minds. Here's the full story of how Star, then Rosie, then Whoopi tried to take over the show, while Barbara struggled to maintain control of it all, a modern-day Lear with her media-savvy daughters. You'll read about how so many co-hosts had a tough time fitting in, suffered humiliations at the table, then pushed themselves away, feeling betrayed—one nearly quitting during a commercial. Meanwhile, the director was being driven insane, especially by Rosie. Setoodeh uncovers the truth about Star’s weight loss and wedding madness. Rosie’s feud with Trump. Whoopi’s toxic relationship with Rosie. Barbara’s difficulty stepping away. Plus, all the unseen hugs, snubs, tears—and one dead rodent. Ladies Who Punch shows why The View can be mimicked and mocked, but it can never be matched.

Author : Phelan Powell
Publisher : Infobase Learning
ISBN 13 : 1438141327
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tom Cruise written by Phelan Powell and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 1999 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the life and career of the popular actor, focusing on his struggle with dyslexia, his starring roles in such movies as "Risky Business," "Top Gun," and "Jerry Maguire," and his involvement in the Church of Scientology.

Author : Ruth O'Donnell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857727281
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tom Cruise written by Ruth O'Donnell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Cruise is a Hollywood superstar like no other. World famous since his debut in the 1980s, he remains among the highest paid actors. Why has his persona resonated so powerfully with millions of viewers? Using psychoanalytic theory, "Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood" demonstrates how his star persona sublimates anxieties about masculinity. Amid Reagan-era military jingoism and concern over declining industrial labour, he represented a new model of American masculinity based on white-collar upward mobility. Spanning blockbuster films such as Risky Business (1983), Jerry Maguire (1996) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996 - 2011), this book illustrates how his characters exemplify entrepreneurialism, charisma, technological gadgetry and verbal acuity to redefine male success. His newly emotive type - 'help me help you' - also successfully overcomes interpersonal conflicts with patriarchal authority and senior women in the workplace, and navigates race relations. The first scholarly study of Tom Cruise's celebrity, this book surveys his entire career and builds on Richard Dyer's 'star theory.' It develops the core dynamic of his star persona, a mix of projected character traits and 'real life' trivia or gossip, and establishes that his box office success reflects his persona's ability to work through the psychodynamic preoccupations of his films. This exceptional appeal evolved, at times characterised by complicity with 1980s materialistic hedonism (Taps, 1981), male spectacle (Magnolia, 1999), or his use of martial technology (War of the Worlds, 2005), and their attendant psychic meanings. Recent shifts in American culture, however, in tandem with Tom Cruise's growing evangelism for the Church of Scientology, may be threatening his appeal. Ultimately, this book offers a picture of how stars reflect the values and crises of their societies, and fills a substantial gap in scholarship on celebrity studies, critical cultural analysis, masculinity studies, and film theory.

Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN 13 : 1228085390
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Tom Cruise written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Publisher : Niki Yan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Love for you, Tom Cruise--A Desperate Chinese Girl's Confession written by and published by Niki Yan. This book was released on with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: