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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 5:25 am
BRAVO BROOKE !!!!!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 5:32 am
What a woman!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 6:37 am
guess what was on the front page of my morning paper ... a "Free Katie" t-shirt, LOL!!
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 7:54 am
I'm happy to see Brooke reply in a calm and reasoned way. Very nicely done.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 8:29 am
Thank goodness this was more mature than her previous comment about reserving one adult and one child seat at her show for Mr. Cruise and Ms. Holmes. That was completely uncalled for. If she wants to attack Mr. Cruise for questioning her use of psychotropic drugs, fine. But that is no reason to lash out at his fiancee.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 8:35 am
Well, who hasn't said something they wish they hadn't when they are mad. I am sure we have all said some less than mature things before we cooled of and could say something mature about a bad situation? Or you are like me and you don't cool off and you stay hot about something forever.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 9:16 am
i applaud miss shields. now i wish someone would get on him about ADHD and ritalin. if i was anywhere near him, i'd think i'd choke him. I WILL NOT SEE WAR OF THE WORLDS. PERIOD. END OF STORY.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 9:20 am
I won't see war of the worlds or batman begins. I will not support scientology.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 9:41 am
When they lay those pods down near your bedroom, you'll wake up supporting it!
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Zachsmom
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 10:05 am
YAY Brooke! I have always admired her! I wonder if Tom believes giving Andrea Yates a few vitamins and exercise would have helped her? I suffered in silence for 6 months after my son was born. Thank God I had a wonderful and supportive mother to help get me through those times. For his views on ADHD, well, I won't say what I really feel. But I do believe he should remove his head from a certain orifice. I will not see any movie that he is in. I used to adore this man.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 10:08 am
I just loved the last line. What a classy way to say "f" you.
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 10:30 am
I have never been a fan of Tom Cruise...but then again I once had a very lovely boyfriend who joined the entire scientology gig and promptly stopped talking with me (despite being in a relationship with me for over a year!) all because I would not jump on board. He is on The View right now-once again dragging Katie out to meet everyone. Discusting....
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Zachsmom
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 10:48 am
is she being all cutesy and giggling?
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 10:50 am
Oh of course...although she's very quiet-not much to say. I want to get that shirt that says "Free Katie" I think its hilarious!
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 10:59 am

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Zachsmom
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 11:26 am
ROTFL!!!
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 11:55 am

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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 12:32 pm
Excellent article Maris!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 1:54 pm
I like the emoticon above, to me it is tom cruise, overly happy, jumping up and down on the sofa, blowing smoke. (that isn't sofa dust)
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 2:36 pm
Think back, if you will, to April 27, the day Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes made their public debut in Rome. It was a more innocent and hopeful time, filled with equal parts confusion and curiosity. After all, here was one of the world's biggest but most private movie stars suddenly sucking face with the sweet but dull actress best known for picking Pacey over Dawson and ditching her equally vanilla fiancé, Chris Klein. If someone had told us on that fateful day that Cruise and Holmes would soon become objects of public scorn, we would have laughed, thinking that was as likely as Michael Jackson being found innocent of all charges. Sigh. Now, here we are, hoping against hope that we never again have to see Tom wantonly abuse Oprah's sofa. Or turn his Manson lamps on Matt Lauer while proselytizing about the so-called "pseudo science" that is head shrinking. Or witness a dead-eyed Katie -- scratch that -- a dead-eyed Kate use the words "amazing" and "magnificent" as she not-so-subtly flashes her engagement ring and explains her sudden interest in Scientology. Or feel our stomachs churn as the warp-speed squeezes roar up the red carpet on a motorcycle at the premiere of "War of the Worlds" (maybe you've heard of it) sporting matching leather jackets and goofy grins, engaging in yet another round of chemistry-free kissy face. Alas, Cruise and Holmes show no signs of stepping out of the public eye anytime soon, even though two well-known publicists recently recommended this strategy on the "Today" show. Resistance, it seems, is futile, so there's nothing for us to do except assimilate by bringing you the latest tales from the train wreck that is TomKat ... "Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?" So snipped Cruise to the German newspaper Bild as he continued his nonstop plugging of Steven Spielberg's mondo-budgeted alien invasion flick. "Millions of stars, and we're supposed to be the only living creatures? No, there are many things out there. We just don't know." Tom's sister-turned-ineffectual-publicist Lee Anne DeVette cops to him making the comments, but says they are in no way related to his (and her) belief system, which involves an intergalactic ruler named Xenu blowing up a bunch of aliens on Earth millions of years ago. Or something. "I'm happy to tell you it has absolutely nothing to do with Scientology," she explains to USA Today. According to DeVette, Cruise was simply saying, "Who are we to think we're the only people, the only life forms that exist anywhere? He clearly said he has never seen aliens." (Try something -- just say that last sentence out loud. Sounds ridiculous, right? And this is from his publicist. His publicist, people!) Meanwhile, don't expect Nicole Kidman to be toasting Tom and Katie at their wedding, which was rumored to be in the works for the Fourth of July, the day after Cruise celebrates his 43rd birthday (he's denied they've set a date). Despite a report in the London Sun that claims the anti-depressant-hating A-lister is "desperate" for his ex-wife to attend his nuptials as a show of unity for their two children, a rep for Kidman says it's unlikely she'll put in an appearance. "I'd be surprised," the mouthpiece tells Australia's Daily Telegraph. "I'd say it's not [in] the cards." Meanwhile, the backlash against Cruise's impassioned (read: scary) tirades on psychiatry is growing, with easygoing "Today" show weather guy Al Roker, once rabid Cruise fan Rosie O'Donnell and onetime sweetie pie Marie Osmond all weighing in. "Just as we should shut up about wondering if Tom's relationship with Katie Holmes is a publicity stunt, Tom oughta pipe down about people he doesn't know about situations he hasn't experienced," Roker, who had a front-row seat to Cruise's confrontation with a "glib" Matt Lauer (sample rant: "There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance"), writes on his blog. "You're an actor, not a med student." Rosie was slightly less succinct, addressing Tom's Oprah hysteria and attack on Brooke Shields on her blog in -- gulp -- free verse: "after watching tom on o and then everywhere else in the free world/ i think i may need to up my meds/ shout out to brooke/ stand tall girl/ u saved a lot of women/ by telling ur truth/ my tommy needs to breathe." She has also created some Cruise collages, which are equal parts compelling and disturbing. Osmond also wants Cruise to shut his cake hole, since she, like Shields, has suffered from severe postpartum depression. "What he said is very harsh for women who live it or have lived through it," she tells People. "He should not sit in judgment." Speaking of judgment, critics were quick to eviscerate Cruise's "Today" show performance. In an article titled "Tom's Mission: Imprudent," the New York Daily News compares him to another eccentric megastar: "Like [Michael] Jackson, who was on top of the world when the media began to say out loud what everyone else was thinking, Cruise is on the brink of becoming the leading punch line in pop culture." Adds the New York Post in a piece headlined, "Get Over Yourself," "He made a complete ass of himself reiterating his silly attack on Brooke Shields ... If I want answers to an actual medical issue -- or about life for that matter -- trust me, I'm not going to an actor who can't stay married, and whose religion was invented by a sci-fi writer with a bad dye job." Shrinks also aren't feeling the Cruise love, with the American Psychiatric Association releasing a statement this week calling it "irresponsible" for the star "to use his movie publicity tour to promote his own ideological views and deter people with mental illness from getting the care they need." Still, not everyone is jumping on the TomKat-bashing bandwagon. During an appearance on MTV's "TRL," the PDA-addicted pair was given their first wedding gift -- a Cuisinart blender. And Kelly Preston says she's thrilled her fellow Scientologist is getting the good word out. "He's creating awareness," the wife of John Travolta told Fox News on Wednesday (via the New York Daily News). "Good for Tom Cruise for bringing it to the forefront." And finally, the New York Times boldly applauds Cruise's new outspoken persona, calling him "a passionate, stubborn, true believer ... who has kicked the publicist habit." www.msn.com
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, July 02, 2005 - 1:16 am
Tom Cruise makes The Girls Go Crazy featuring r. kelly
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, July 02, 2005 - 8:35 am
OMG. Too funny.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Saturday, July 02, 2005 - 4:54 pm
Can you believe that the Scientologists had tables set up outside the War of the Worlds movie today.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, July 02, 2005 - 4:55 pm
That is sick, Maris!!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Saturday, July 02, 2005 - 5:10 pm
Imagine it in the middle of Times Square, people were like you have got to be kidding me.
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