Sheez people, and I thought I was the cynical one on this board.

Fall in love much ? Don't any of you remember when you were infatuated and how foolish others would have thought you were? And how giddy?

I suppose that people in their forties can't feel that way? Maybe its something lost when they age?

I have no idea whether what they have is genuine, but neither does anyone else.

As far as who is taking advantage of who, well this is Tom Cruise we are talking about.

A quick reality check: if Tom just wanted to hook up with much younger girls he could walk into any vacation place in the world or any college town and have his pick.

This is not helping Tom's career, he was already a household name, but this is certainly raising Holmes's profile.

So if we need to be cynical maybe we should think that Tom is being played? Because I see no real benefit for him out of this.

Also, I was watching one female "Talking heaD" and she was commenting on Tom's vocabulary.

Tom described Katie as Magnificient and that he was enamored . . . and the commentator was saying none of her friends spoke that way . .. all I could think was that none of her friends had a very good every day vocabulary.

There's two reasons that came to mind almost immediately for me, and the first is almost too easy, but I'll say it anyway:

1) He's still stuck in the closet and she's his beard.
2) Hero worship. Katie's running around telling people about how "she dreamed of marrying Tom Cruise when she was a little girl and sometimes dreams come true!" (ick). Given her newfound commitment to Scientology, it appears that she might be overly willing to defer to his opinions and conform to his lifestyle while praising him constantly -- what guy isn't going to be flattered by that?

It helps Tom alot... yes, he is a household name but he is losing the comming generation and to have that connection with someone 20 years younger helps freshin him to the younger public... he does need this especially since his last couple of films were all geered to real mature audiences

agree with a.e.BOT and sugar and spice

AND Tom's getting TONS of free publicity from it. His name is mentioned daily in both the tabloid journals/shows as well as the legitimate news. Katie Holmes "converting" to Scientology made the front page of cnn.com, just like anything else in their relationship does. He's being talked about everywhere

No one is saying that a person in their forties can't genuinely be in love or feel giddy. We're saying that Tom Cruise can't. :p

I wonder what Chris Klein thinks of all this....

I used to think Chris Klein was pretty hot in the American Pie movies and Election, but then, he started making dumb movies, and eh....

It's funny how quickly someone can fall after they make some bad choices.

I caught this interesting little paragraph (read carefully, especially the last line):

Last month, Cruise sent eyebrows skyrocketing with his now infamous appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, during which he bounded around the stage, springing on and off furniture, before sinking to the floor to declare his rapturous admiration for Cruise.

in this article

Simple mistake, or astute observation? :D

PsychTau

haha :)


I think its werid that its sooo sudden. But then again, all the werid couples seem to be staying together lately.

HEHEHEHE one of my friends and I have always said, he's not gay as people have speculated, but really just in love with himself.

He proposed under the Eiffel tower. Supposedly her ring is "oversized" according to the AP (my producer just told me this came over the wires).

Link.

Tom Cruise Proposes to Katie Holmes By SOPHIE NICHOLSON, Associated Press Writer
11 minutes ago

PARIS - Actor Tom Cruise said he and girlfriend Katie Holmes are engaged, after he popped the question early Friday morning atop the Eiffel Tower.

Cruise, speaking at a Paris news conference with Holmes, said: "Yes, I proposed to her."

The couple often shared smiles and blushes as Cruise turned to look at her, with a massive diamond ring on her finger.

"It was early this morning at the Eiffel Tower, so I haven't slept at all," he said. "Today is a magnificent day for me, I'm engaged to a magnificent woman."

Asked why he chose the famed Paris landmark, he said: "I've never been to the Eiffel Tower. It's Paris, it's a beautiful city, it's very romantic."

Cruise said no date for a wedding has been set: "We haven't discussed that — one step at a time," he said. "Let's see. We're not sure."

Cruise, 42, was in Paris to promote the French release of the Steven Spielberg film "War of the Worlds" next month. He and 26-year-old Holmes went public with their romantic relationship in April.

Holmes did not speak to reporters, but at one point, Cruise whispered to her: "Are you OK?" Afterward, the two hurried into a car before leaving for a promotional event in Marseilles, southern France.

I was reading in the paper this morning the Tom has hired a female minder to follow Katie around where ever she goes.

That seems a little odd to me.

Further proof that Tom has lost his mind. :rolleyes: