Tom has arrived in Rio today. It’s a shame I can’t go there (for those who don’t know, I live in south of Brazil). Anyway, some pictures of him outside of the hotel:

Jimmy Choo floored by Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes

London, Jan 30: Well-known shoe designer Jimmy Choo’s clientele includes US First Lady Michelle Obama, but he says his favourite is Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

Choo said he was proud that Michelle Obama wore a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes to the inaugural ball earlier this month, but admitted, “Katie and Tom are my favourite customers as they will take the trouble to drop me a thank you note after visiting me to order a pair of shoes.”

“I really appreciate that as they are so rich and famous, but yet remain humble and friendly,” he said, reports telegraph.co.uk.

Choo is now planning to open a network of shoe academies worldwide, with the first to open in Malaysia, his home country.

“It has to be well-planned and reputable. Once it is established, the academy can be licensed all over the world on the Jimmy Choo label,” Choo said during a visit to Malaysia.

(Source: New Kerala)

Tom Cruise strikes a pose and waves to the cameras during the Valkyrie photocall at the Hassler Hotel in Rome, Italy on Wednesday (January 28).

In the past few weeks, the 46-year-old actor has been busy on a worldwide promotional tour, making stops in Korea, Russia, London and Berlin (where he was joined by wife Katie Holmes. Next up on the list are Madrid and Rio de Janiero.

(Source: JustJared)

MADRID (AFP) – US star Tom Cruise said Tuesday he hopes Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, a former girlfriend, will win the Oscar for her role in Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”.

“It’s fantastic. I am very excited by her second nomination. I hope she wins,” he told reporters in Madrid, where he is promoting his new film “Valkyrie,” when asked about Cruz’s best supporting actress nomination.

Cruz’s family attended the Spanish premier of the movie, about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler, at Madrid’s Teatro Real on Tuesday, Spanish media reported.

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Cruise back on a winning patch

PROVING once and for all that we should never underestimate the popular appeal of Tom Cruise in an eyepatch, his anti-Hitler thriller Valkyrie led the box office charge over the long weekend.

The film took $2.33 million, which was just barely enough to knock off Bride Wars, which managed a healthy $2.25 million in its second week, bringing its two-week total to a hefty $7.1 million.

All other debuts did very well. Another old-timer also proved he has not lost his edge, with Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino opening at No. 3 with $2.24 million, followed closely by the vampire/werewolf epic Underworld III, which netted $1.9 million. Revolutionary Road had to settle for No. 9 with $1.02 million. Not bad, though the chemistry Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet had in Titanic isn’t quite popping the second time around.

After a meteoric rise fuelled by powerfully positive word of mouth, the arthouse favourite and Oscar hopeful Slumdog Millionaire finally seems to be levelling out. At No. 5, the film, which took $1.5 million across its sixth weekend, added another eight screens but saw its audience grow by exactly 1 per cent.

(Source: The Age)

Tom Cruise visits Moscow, says childhood dream has come true Moscow, Jan 27 (Itar-Tass) Hollywood star Tom Cruise’s childhood dream has come true — the actor paid a visit to Moscow for the first time.
When he was a child, he dreamed of visiting Moscow and St Petersburg some day, Cruise told the press in Moscow on Monday.

The actor regarded as one of the most handsome men in Hollywood was wearing a black pullover, white shirt and dark trousers. Flashing a smile, he said he came to Russia to present his new film ‘Operation Valkyrie’.

Cruise told the press that he also wanted to make a film in Moscow and would come to Moscow again to do so. He said his impressions of Moscow coincided with his expectations based on what he knew of the great Russian culture and literature.

Cruise, 46, arrived in Moscow late Sunday evening. He stayed in Moscow’s hotel Ritz-Carlton that offers a view of Red Square, Bolshoi Theatre and the History Museum. He said he could not sleep, as he wanted to look out the window all the time.

For an American living in California, to be in Russia and see the Red Square is unforgettable, Cruise said.

‘Operation Valkyrie’ directed by Brian Singer was premiered in Moscow yesterday evening in Pushkinsky cinema house.

In the film about an attempt on Adolph Hitler’s life, Cruise plays the main part, that of Colonel Klaus von Schauffenberg who led the resistance.

(Source: Press Trust of India)

Hollywood star Tom Cruise met with fans Monday on Pushkin Square ahead of the Russian premiere of his new film “Valkyrie,” about a 1944 plot by German officers to assassinate Hitler.

Cruise flew into Moscow on a private jet Sunday and stayed at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, local media reported. Cruise, who plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the officer who spearheaded the unsuccessful plot to kill Hitler, told a news conference that he had long wanted to come to Russia.

“I’ve always dreamed of coming to Moscow, St. Petersburg,” he said, RIA-Novosti reported.

The actor cancelled a trip in 2004 for the premiere of the film “Collateral” after terrorist attacks brought down two airliners in Russia. He has already promoted his new film in South Korea, Britain and Germany.

Cruise has long been a proponent of the controversial Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology, though he appeared to have little time for his fellow Scientologists in Russia.

“He is coming on a business trip that has no relation with religion,” said Natalya Alexeyeva, a spokeswoman for the movement in Moscow. “But, by the way, on Sunday we are going to be 15 years in Moscow.”

(Source: The Moscow Times)

Pic scored best in Germany with $3.4 million

Military thriller “Valkyrie” landed atop the foreign box office, while the weekend saw only a smattering of international expansions of awards contenders in the wake of Thursday’s Oscar nominations announcement.

Highlight of the frame came from “Slumdog Millionaire,” which continued to amaze in the U.K. with a 6% hike in its third frame to $3.8 million for a $13.9 million Brit cume. “Slumdog” also posted a solid $1.9 million Indian launch for Fox, coming in second behind Sony’s Bollywood sequel “Raaz 2: The Mystery Continues” — marking the third-best launch for a Hollywood pic in India after “Spider-Man 3” and “Casino Royale.”

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“Valkyrie,” in its first weekend in international markets, earned $13.2 million at 2,283 playdates in 13 territories.

MGM/UA pic, handled by Fox overseas, scored a respectable $5,803 per-location average and racked up its best numbers in Germany with $3.4 million, South Korea with $2.7 million and the U.K. with $2.5 million. The Tom Cruise vehicle, which has cumed $80 million domestically, launches next weekend in 13 more markets, including Russia and Spain.

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Source: Variety

Tom Cruise has nothing but praise for the way his wife Katie Holmes keeps their daughter Suri happy.

Insisting that Katie has “extraordinary” talent as a mother, Cruise said that the way the actress had taken to motherhood was helping shape the little girl’s friendly personality.

“She is such a happy girl and I think Kate is an extraordinary mother and very calm,” the Daily Express quoted him as telling GMTV .

Katie had given birth to Suri in 2006 and she had taken time out from her acting career to bring up her daughter.

(source:indiatimes.com)

Here are the videos!

UPDATE: At its peak, 5.1 million people saw Jonathan Ross interview Tom on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, reports the BBC.

I’ve found some nice videos of Tom talking about ‘Valkyrie’. You can only watch them on YouTube, click here and here.

To view more videos about Valkyrie, click here.

Here’s a video of Tom at the London premiere of his latest film.

There are already videos of Tom’s visit to Amsterdam, but those are mostly in Dutch and I don’t think most of you speak Dutch

Tom Cruise sits down with Tim Vincent for some tea and to talk about his latest movie, “Valkyrie.”

(Source: Access Hollywood)

Click here to view a little clip of the British premiere. Thanks to Desnotre!

The BBC also has a video of the premiere, click here to watch it.

Holmes recently starred in a production of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” on Broadway and she is keen to take on more theater work, according to her famous husband.

Cruise is eager to follow in his wife’s footsteps, by taking on the challenge of a stage show, and he is adamant that London would be the perfect place for them both to work.

He says, “It would be a fantastic move. Katie was absolutely brilliant on Broadway and to work in the West End would be a joy. It is something to consider for both of us. I think we’d love it here (in England) even if it is so, so cold!”

(Source: SFGate)

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Actor Tom Cruise has spoken about raising his young daughter Suri, while in the media spotlight.
Speaking on ‘GMTV’, Cruise said: “You just do the best you can.”

“It’s something where we’re raising her to – you know… protecting her, but also you don’t want her to be sheltered in any way, and to be able to be engaged in life, and I think that’s like any parent.”

“And just keeping things calm and you find that as long as we’re not worried about anything – you know, you just do the best you can with it,” he said.

Speaking about Suri and his wife Katie Holmes, he said: “[Suri] is such a happy girl, and I think that Kate is an extraordinary mother and very calm.”

(Source: RTE Entertainment)

Q DID you know this story?

A NO, I just knew pieces of it. The bomb under the table, I knew how that ended, but I still found it an utterly compelling film. Reading it in history, it was like a suspense thriller.
And to see when we finally finished the film and put it before an American audience was quite an experience.
I’m looking forward to going to Europe and Germany to share it with them also.

Q HAVE your feelings changed about Germany since making this movie?

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Tom appeared on Jonathan Ross’ BBC One tv show. Some details about how it went:

Guests on the TV presenter’s BBC One show were Tom Cruise, Lee Evans, Stephen Fry and rock band Franz Ferdinand.

Cruise, a friend of David Beckham, told Ross he relaxed by watching “a little football”.
“I’d like to do a musical film, we’ll see if I can sing and dance. I might fall on my face,” he added.

Comedian Evans, meanwhile, revealed he would be joining the cast of BBC One’s Doctor Who.
“I’m a professor. They asked me the other day and I said I’d love to do it.”

Fry, posting on Twitter, the micro-blogging service, said: “JR and I discussed Twitter. Hope it makes the cut. Cruise charming.”

Ross used his own Twitter account later, writing: “Hello. That was a fun day and nice to be back. All the guests were so lovely, and funny. Twitter discussed – Tom [Cruise] might sign up!”

Speaking outside Television Centre in west London after filming, audience member John Wood, 49, from East Grinstead in Sussex, said that during one gap in filming Cruise told Ross he never had any time off.

“Jonathan Ross joked, ‘well, you want to try getting banned’ – it was really funny,” Wood said.

Ben Parks, 18, from Sheffield, said: “Jonathan Ross kept quiet for the first two guests but he was really funny with Tom Cruise.

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Tom talks about Barack Obama’s Inauguration

Beatrice has sent scans from Italian suplement iO Donna (and thanks to Mariana too):

VALKYRIE’S director Bryan Singer acknowledges that his leading man Tom Cruise will always draw attention, but he says he has nothing but praise for the A-lister.

He might be best known for comic-book movies X-Men and Superman Returns, but Bryan Singer has been preparing to make an historical thriller such as Valkyrie ever since he was a child.

The director spent his school holidays making 8mm war movies in the back yard with his friend Christopher McQuarrie (who went on to write Singer’s breakout hit, The Usual Suspects).

‘‘One summer he got into a little trouble and he had curfew,” Singer recalls.

‘‘He wasn’t allowed to leave the house at night so I would come over and we started writing
projects together.”

Looking back, Singer says he can see little evidence of nascent talent in the films they made at the time.

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Hollywood Actor Tom Cruise is in Amsterdam to attend the Dutch premiere of his latest film Valkyrie on Thursday evening.

There’s great interest in the movie in the Netherlands, as it features two Dutch actresses, Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn. They will be accompanying Mr Cruise to the premiere, as will the movie’s director Bryan Singer. Tom Cruise plays German colonel Claus von Stauffenberg who led a group of officers in an assassination attempt against Adolph Hitler in 1943.

Carice van Houten plays Von Stauffenberg’s wife Nina, and her fellow Dutch actress and longtime friend Halina Rein plays the secretary Margarethe von Oven. The two had previously appeared together in another Tom Cruise movie, Black Book. Both found it a tremendous experience to work with international actors.

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Tom Cruise has said that new President Barack Obama will bring “absolute hope” to the American people.

Speaking at the UK premiere of his new film Valkyrie, the Hollywood star claimed that Obama has the capability to rise to the challenges ahead.

“Hope – absolute hope,” said Cruise when asked about the new leader’s effect on the US. “He has a challenge ahead and it’s up to us as a country, it’s not just up to him. We have got to support him and I believe he is going to do it.”

Cruise will appear as a guest on Jonathan Ross’s chatshow tomorrow night, the first since the lifting of the host’s suspension for his involvement in ‘Manuelgate’. Valkyrie also arrives in cinemas Friday.

(source:digitalspy.co.uk)

Tom & Katie at the UK Premiere for Valkyrie.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: Valkyrie in the UK

Last night they were busy at the Berlin premiere of “Valkyrie.” And this evening Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are on the other side of the English Channel giving the Brits their chance to see it for the first time.

The “Risky Business” stud and his “Dawson’s Creek” darling looked blissful, as always, as they posed for the paparazzi outside London’s Odeon Leicester Square.

Cruise wore a tie-less black suit while Holmes kept it conservative-yet-sexy in a multi-textured sleeveless black dress with black stockings and black heels.

And as previously reported by the Gossip Girls, Katie will be returning to New York City next month to film a new movie called “The Extra Man.”

(Source: GG)