Which Witch?

Kidman and Cruise launch dueling witch pics. As Nic’s ”Bewitched” redo hits the fast track, Tom plans a remake of ”I Married a Witch” by Gary Susman

Tom Cruise is preparing to star in a Danny DeVito-directed remake of the 1942 comedy ”I Married a Witch” for Sony Pictures, Variety reports, but we bet he wishes he could call it ”I Married a Witch, Then Divorced Her, and Now She’s Making Her Own Married-to-a-Witch Comedy for the Same Studio.” The Cruise news comes on the same day as word that Sony’s ”Bewitched” adaptation, which is to star Nicole Kidman, is now on the fast track, according to the Hollywood Reporter, with Nora Ephron (”You’ve Got Mail”) in talks to write and direct.

Cruise brought ”I Married a Witch” to Sony five years ago, when he and Kidman were still married, with an eye toward starring in it with her. It’s the story of a witch who puts a centuries-long curse on a family’s male descendants, only to fall in love with one of them and retreat to a life of mortal domesticity. (The original starred Veronica Lake and Fredric March.) Sounds a lot like ”Bewitched,” based on the 1964-72 sitcom, which Sony began developing for Kidman last September.

Neither deal is solid; DeVito tells Variety he expects to start shooting by the end of the year, but Sony has yet to list the film on its production slate. Kidman, too, has yet to sign on the dotted line, though the film is supposed to shoot early next year, according to the Reporter.

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From: EW.com
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Even more affiliates.
Tom’s been a little away from media lately.., so, no news…

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I’ve got a new affiliate: Actors-Web.net. Be sure to visit it, it’s amazing!

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Cruise and kids take plunge in Sky Jump spree
17.03.2003 By NATASHA HARRIS

The Sky Tower received a celebrity endorsement yesterday when actor Tom Cruise booked the Sky Jump attraction for two hours for his family’s exclusive enjoyment.

Cruise, daughter Isabella, 10, and son Connor, 8, arrived at Sky City in the afternoon and spent the full two hours enjoying the thrill of the 192m jump.

Sky City media relations manager Delwyn Lewer helped the family to get organised and watched the jumps.

“They all dived out like Superman, and then on Tom’s second jump he did a little run and did a big ‘Whoop’ when he got on the ground.”

Ms Lewer said Cruise stopped to talk to a crowd of about 20 surprised people who had gathered at the bottom of the tower.

“He struck me as a very charming and very friendly man,” she said.

“He seemed very much a family man because he hugged his children after they jumped and he put Connor on his knee while waiting to jump.”

Ms Lewer said the family left at 6pm in a van after spending the day in Auckland. Penelope Cruz, Cruise’s partner, was not with the group.

Cruise is currently living in Taranaki while filming The Last Samurai.

Despite booking the Sky Jump exclusively – it normally costs $195 a jump – his reputation in New Zealand is far from that of a prima donna.

Before Christmas he helped to raise $14,000 for a sunshade for a small school near his Taranaki film set.

He also stopped his car on a Taranaki back-road to offer help to a family changing a wheel.

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Hope everyone is having a good night!
I’ve got 4 beautiful pictures from Vanilla Sky….:
one, two, three and four. The credit goes to: Mirage.

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Tom Cruise Saves Stepdad
March 14, 2003

Tom Cruise has been hailed a hero by his family after saving his stepfather’s life.

The movie hunk was dining with assorted family members at his rented home in New Zealand, where he’s filming The Last Samurai, when his stepdad Jack South, 77, fell ill.

Choosing not to take any chances, Cruise dashed to hospital with South only to learn that had he not acted as quickly as he did his stepfather would be dead.

The emergency was just that – South had suffered a renal(kidney)failure.

A hospital source says, “Doctors credited Mr South’s recovery to his stepson’s quick thinking and even quicker actions.”

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Hey there… Guess what? I’ve got some really huge and hq scans of Vanity Fair…, thanks to Katie (go to her site and tell her how cool she is!)
Since they’re are really huge, I reduced their size, so if you’re in a slow connection you can download the smaller versions. Enjoy!

2442×3408 pixels (4M) or  717×1000 (673Kb)

2460×2700 (3,5M) or  911×1000 (797Kb)

2500×3813 (4,2M) or  656×1000 (696Kb)

2499×3745 (4,1M) or  667×100 (729Kb)

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Everyone loves Tom…
The temporary visit of a short but sexy 40-year-old Hollywood movie megastar with a blinding smile, casual clothes and a penchant for surfing. Since the world’s highest-paid actor, Tom Cruise, and the cast and crew filming The Last Samurai quietly took over New Plymouth this year, a change has come about in Nakiwood.

It’s evident in the main drag banners flapping about in the prevailing southwesterly Tasman Sea breezes welcoming the film’s cast and crew to the city; it’s in the shop windows sporting handmade signs that offer Cruise free icecreams and cups of tea; it’s in the way my mother looks up into the brilliant blue sky over New Plymouth Airport at a hovering helicopter and nonchalantly observes, “That’s just Tom”. The gentle fall of Hollywood glitter has seemingly ensconced New Plymouth in a gleaming embrace, and it appears few are insusceptible to its charm.
The producers acknowledge that Tom Cruise has been the secret ingredient to the way in which local people have supported and encouraged the movie. He is, after all, the Hollywood megastar of our time.

Not so much megastar as mega-friendly, if local lore is to be believed. Cruise has sneaked into New Plymouth’s only cinema complex to watch the latest Lord of the Rings movie among locals unaware of his presence. He has helped a family stranded at the side of the road with a flattie. He’s donated $7000 to Urenui Primary School in a now-famous telephone conversation with The Edge radio station’s announcers.

He’s eaten fish and chips with his son Connor (8) on Oakura’s main street, responding cheerfully to the plethora of welcomes from locals passing by. He has reputedly put offers in on the million-dollar coastal mansion he has leased from businessman Grahame Symons for a staggering $5000 a week, and frequently swims and surfs at beaches along the 105km Surf Highway 45. His red-and-black helicopter piloted by New Plymouth’s Matt Newton is a daily sight ferrying Cruise and family across the eight film sets dotted from Oakura to Uruti.

His presence here has given the city a buss, one local journalist says. We’re dreading the day he leaves.

Tour buses now include in their itineraries a slow cruise past Pukekura Park’s cricket pitch, protected by a high concrete wall and covered with a tent city ready for filming. Backpacker hostels say late summer visitor numbers have doubled as enthusiasts hope to get a glimpse of Cruise and his fellow actors.

For now, New Plymouth is humming to the beat of a Hollywood drum, with one of Tinseltown’s most powerful actors constantly hovering overhead. Ask Peter Avery what he hopes Cruise will tell his Hollywood pals about Taranaki, and he doesn’t hesitate in replying. “I just want him to have a good movie. If he is happy, then that is my primary focus and I’ll be satisfied. And maybe another place he can call home.

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There’s an interisting article here, but since it only a few mentions on Tom I wont post here…
I’m trying to get high resolution scans of the issue, I promise to post as soon as possible!

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Some old pictures of Tom and Penelope at the Paul McCartney concert last May.
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Thanks to Penelope Cruz Web

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