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Friday, June 29, 2012

Shaving the Beard

Posted by on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:19 AM

People says:

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Are Divorcing

It's the end of an era, people.

 

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MacCrocodile 1
I'm sure she'll be required to do the whole thing in complete silence, too.
Posted by MacCrocodile http://maccrocodile.com/ on June 29, 2012 at 10:23 AM
LogopolisMike 2
Not the celebrity beard couple I had first in the pool (that was John Travolta/Kelly Preston due to all the massages)
Posted by LogopolisMike http://logopolis.typepad.com on June 29, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Urgutha Forka 3
So will their kid live with Katie, Tom, or the biological father?
Posted by Urgutha Forka on June 29, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Tracy 4
So, I don't really follow celebrity relationships closely, and am looking for clarification. Their daughter is 6 years old but they've only been married for 5 years. Wow, I would've thought that a probably-contractual "marriage" (as this is rumored to be) would've had the kid AFTER wedlock, not before. Huh.
Posted by Tracy on June 29, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Bauhaus I 5
The contract has expired. She'll walk away with a bundle - more than she'd ever get working. Besides, her career has been hurt because of her association not with Cruise so much as her surrender to and appeasement with the Scientologists - who, I'm sure, are all over this sweet little family. The cult wants to make sure they continue to get their cut of Cruise's cashflow. Suri's continued affiliation with the cult (or at least a guarantee that she'll be protected from negative influences) will be one of the conditions, has been one of the conditions.

Many attempts have been made to convince people that this is just an ordinary little family, but Cruise is one of their golden calves - and nothing...not one thing...is ever said or done before it has been filtered through the Church. Actually, instead of an ordinary little family, this is a rather sick (depending on your stand with Scientology) little situation.
Posted by Bauhaus I on June 29, 2012 at 10:50 AM
6
i hope her cash-out was worth losing her soul to a dangerous paramilitary cult
Posted by hope her daughter avoids the "re-education" camp on June 29, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Bauhaus I 7
...oh and part of Katie's deal? Keep your mouth shut!!!
Posted by Bauhaus I on June 29, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Pope Peabrain 8
She's divorcing him? He's not keeping it up.
Posted by Pope Peabrain on June 29, 2012 at 10:54 AM
TVDinner 9
I thought she had to stick it out for a decade to get the cash...? Maybe Tom has decided she's an SP and kicked her to the curb.
Posted by TVDinner http:// on June 29, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Baby Blue 10
Oh, were they married? I hadn't noticed.
Posted by Baby Blue on June 29, 2012 at 11:04 AM
LogopolisMike 11
I hope she gets back together with Chris Klein. I always loved those crazy kids together.
Posted by LogopolisMike http://logopolis.typepad.com on June 29, 2012 at 11:05 AM
12
Did Ted Patrick get a hold of her?
Posted by Danny 'Joshua' Stetson on June 29, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Cephalodude 13
Good for her. Tom Cruise is a douchey, uneducated Scientologist nutjob who actually believes that chemical imbalances in the brain aren't real and that all psychiatric counseling is a form of abuse. Fuck that guy and the cult he rode in on.
Posted by Cephalodude on June 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM
gloomy gus 14
Woo hoo!
Posted by gloomy gus on June 29, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Unregistered User 15
People needs copy editors (or at least non-Russian ones): "They have daughter Suri, 6."
Posted by Unregistered User on June 29, 2012 at 11:39 AM
ItsAllOverNow 16
For a second I started thinking that Tom Cruise going through a very public divorce might inject some much needed humility into his enormous ego but then I remembered that we live in the real world.
Posted by ItsAllOverNow http://nowaybro.blogspot.com/ on June 29, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Knat 17
I love the title of the post. That gave me a good laugh.
Posted by Knat on June 29, 2012 at 11:47 AM
bedipped 18
She saw Rock of Ages.
Posted by bedipped on June 29, 2012 at 11:59 AM
19
She finally found out that the hubby and Travolta have the same masseur, didn“t she?
Posted by Tree of Life on June 29, 2012 at 12:07 PM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 20
Maybe some day Drew Barrymore and Tom Cruise will get married...and drain the life out of each other instead of other people!
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on June 29, 2012 at 12:20 PM
very bad homo 21
I never thought Tom Cruise was gay. Mostly because I don't want him to be.
Posted by very bad homo on June 29, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Posted by Rob in Baltimore http://www.wishbookweb.com/ on June 29, 2012 at 1:12 PM
reverend dr dj riz 23
wait.. travolta's getting sued again..cruise is divorcing. coincidence or conspiracy ? hmmmm...
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on June 29, 2012 at 1:13 PM
24
@5,

What's the explanation for Kidman's marriage to Cruise? Or, for that matter, Penelope Cruz's brief relationship to him? Neither of those women needed a sham relationship to further their careers.
Posted by keshmeshi on June 29, 2012 at 1:41 PM
gloomy gus 25
@24, maybe they thought they did.
Posted by gloomy gus on June 29, 2012 at 3:06 PM
26
I don't think he's gay; I just think he's an asshole.
Posted by Clayton on June 29, 2012 at 4:51 PM
Bauhaus I 27
@24:

No, you're right. Kidman and Cruz's talent were enough to get them work, but if you remember neither one had worked much here in the States before Cruise. Kidman had gotten raves for Dead Calm and Cruz had a very respectable body of work with Spanish directors before Tommy came along. It was Tom who benefited from the association more than, I think, the women - although the women did get work here in the US (with Tom and then with others) when they were coupled with Cruise (btw, you can make a decent argument that he felt something for Holmes and Kidman and maybe even Mimi Rogers, but I never bought the Penelope Cruz relationship for a second). The interesting thing about both of those relationships (and even the relationship with Mimi Rogers for that matter) is how secretive both women still are about their time of association. With Kidman, there are children involved. I understand that. But from the others? Committed silence. That should tell you something.
Posted by Bauhaus I on June 29, 2012 at 6:46 PM

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