Go to sfgate to read an article about Ken Watanabe, the ‘Samurai guy’!
A little and funny piece from it:
Watanabe needed all the strength he could muster to enact “Samurai’s” grueling battle scenes, which required two months of filming in New Zealand. He yelled himself hoarse as the “commander” of 500 extras, but when Watanabe was […]

I’m finally making an actual update at the gallery:
Larry King Live
the Oprah Winfrey Show
The Last Samurai Promo Shots
Without Limits Premiere
Vanilla Sky Press Conference
Vanilla Sky Los Angeles Premiere
the Rosie O’ Donnell Show
Vanilla Sky: Behind Scenes
Vanilla Sky: Screen Caps
Vanilla Sky: DVD Extras
Vanilla Sky: Promotional Shots
And a lot more under Premieres, just follow the NEW sign

Saturday’s screenings were very well. Good audience reaction and a lot of screenings were sold out. More reviews at Rotten Tomatoes. Some movie clips.. Movie clip1
Movie clip 2
Two more TV spots. one and two

Lots of Tom in the news these days! Here are a few links to some of them.
Watch a movie with Tom:
- Tom Cruise at the movies
Tom talking on Nicole:
- Tom spills beans on Nicole
- Cruise Predicts Kidman Success In Movie Role
- Cruise poures over Kidman
- Tom Confirms It: Nicole is with Lenny
and on Penelope/the holidays:
- […]

Entertainment Weekly reviewed “The Last Samurai” and has given it a B!
Here is the review:
The Last Samurai
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum
TURNING JAPANESE? Cruise tries his darndest to don the persona of a samurai in his latest flick
In The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise plays Tom Cruise playing a Civil War captain who moves to 19th-century […]

Some great articles from Zap2It.com (Thank you, Mike!!!):
Cruise at Last Finds Epic with ‘Samurai’
‘Last Samurai’ Cast and Crew Credit Cruise
Stunts in ‘Samurai’ Prove Tricky for Cruise and Cast

Tom is on the cover of SHOWTIME. View the cover here. A big thanks to Tom Cruise- Cruise control for this 5 minute clip from the Japanese premiere of TLS.
Three new reviews, they are wonderful indeed.
Review one
Review two
Review 3.
Which means, thus far, 100% at Rotten Tomatoes. You can listen to […]

The Forum has moved over to http://www.tomcruisefan.com/forum/index.php

If you really want to know where and when exactly the U.S. premiere of The Last Samurai will be held, go here - hi hi!

The scans for Details magazines are in. view ‘em here, where you can read the article as well. And here’s a beautiful, Cruise interview with NY daily news. Worth a read. Cruise in complete control

From Sky News:
CRUISING INTO JAPAN
Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz embodied the Hollywood dream at the Tokyo premiere of Cruise’s new film The Last Samurai.
The golden couple looked a billion dollars as they flashed their smiles to photographers and fans.
The couple, looking happy and in love, were dressed in eye-catching designer gear.
Tom was wearing a […]

Here’s a 7 minute clip from TLS. Also, Ebert and Roeper gave TLS two thumbs up. Ebert loved it, Roeper has reservations about Cruise.

Sam has sent me this link where Tom talks about Samurai movies of Kurosawa. Click to view

There were a premiere for The Last Samurai in Kyoto yesterday! Click here to view the pictures!

I fixed the Store. Go check it out!

Rotten Tomatoes has two new reviews for TLS. Read them here and a little more info on the TLS premiere

I made 4 wallpapers: click to view them. Enjoy!
Do you guys want more icons? I’ve made a whole bunch… what size do you guys prefer? Post in the comments!

Anyone with a LiveJournal account can post here now: http://www.livejournal.com/community/tomcruisefan/.

Click here to watch a video from the Japan Premiere. Thanks Sam!
Annie Edit: You can kick me now, cause I thought you guys were saying that the gallery wasn’t working, when it was the video…., the link is fixed!

I know you love them!!
The Last Samurai: Japan Premiere
The Last Samurai: Japan Press Conference
And, a few more from The Last Samurai: Los Angeles Press Conference

More reviews for TLS are pouring in. Mostly positive. Read the review here. And AICN has 4 new reviews as well. Read ‘em. And lastly, Oscar scene’s review. This means the review section, as well as TLS headquarters itself will be updated fairly soon.
Here is the Soundtrack cover for TLS music:
. Listen to […]

Yahoo! News has some gorgeous pictures of Tom in the Japan premiere of The Last Samurai. View the pictures here. I’ll post them on the gallery once I get home.

A BRAND NEW FYC ADD for director Ed Zwick.
And..
Tom Cruise Worked for Delivery Company to Prepare for Movie Role
Don’t be surprised if your deliveryman turned out to be Tom Cruise.
The actor told Entertainment Tonight he worked for an unnamed delivery company to prepare for his next movie role.
Cruise said his disguise […]

Lots of predictions, but about Tom and TLS the following is said:
Emmanuel Levy, author of Oscar Fever, predicted best actor nominations for Bill Murray for Lost in Translation (2003), Tom Cruise for Last Samurai, The (2003), and Russell Crowe for Master and Commander (2003).
Mr Goldstein’s outside bets include the animated Finding Nemo, The House […]

I’ve made a lot of icons for MSN/Livejournal, AIM and for Message Boards in 80×80 and 64×64 pixels.