Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, USA) is an American actor and producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies. His first leading role in a blockbuster movie was in 1983's Risky Business.

Oprah, Interviews and Katie Holmes

On May 23, 2005, Cruise raised some eyebrows with a frenzied appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in which he — in the words of The New York Times — "jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell rapturously to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend, the actress Katie Holmes."

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May 23 - 2005 - The Oprah Winfrey Show - The New York Times - Katie Holmes

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Cruise's public image came under further scrutiny after a number of subsequent television interviews in which he was described as acting in an odd manner and espousing a number of controversial views. In an interview with "Today" host Matt Lauer, Cruise appeared tired and hostile when discussing his recent comments about Brooke Shields and psychiatry. He accused Lauer of being "glib" and insisted that there is "no such thing as a chemical unbalance," and that through "vitamins and exercise" a person's psychiatric problems can be cured. Noting that Katie Holmes was embracing Scientology, Lauer then asked Cruise if he could be with someone who wasn't a Scientologist. He replied: "It's something you don't understand. You can be a Christian and be a Scientologist. It is a religion in that it deals with the spirit, you as a spiritual being."

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Matt Lauer - Brooke Shields - Katie Holmes - Scientology

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This short, yet very public love affair took a dramatic turn when Cruise and Holmes got engaged in Paris http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-06-17-cruise-holmes_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA while on a world publicity tour for their two most recent movies (War of the Worlds for Cruise and Batman Begins for Holmes).

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War of the Worlds - Batman Begins

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Cruise's hostile behavior in recent interviews and his very public romance with Katie Holmes have led to his being the butt of numerous jokes on late night television shows such as "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "The Late Show with David Letterman". The jokes commonly refer to Cruise being crazy or insane. The phrase he's jumped the couch is now used to refer to someone's who gone insane.

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Katie Holmes - Late Night with Conan O'Brien - The Late Show with David Letterman

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