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Tom Cruise may not be a rock star, but this year's Grammy Style Studio set up a special viewing session so that the actor could get his hands on the latest trends. via Yorkshire Post
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By 2003, Tom Cruise had become an active campaigner for Scientology and a promoter of Scientology "Tech" available to non-members. He lobbied politicians in France and Germany, where the legal systems regard Scientology as a cult and business respectively. In 2005 the Paris city council revealed that Cruise had lobbied officials Nicolas Sarkozy and Jean-Claude Gaudin, described him as a spokesman and militant for Scientology, and barred any further dealings with him.[35][36] Cruise co-founded and raised donations for Downtown Medical to offer New York 9/11 rescue workers detoxification therapy based on the works of L. Ron Hubbard. This has drawn criticism from the medical profession,[37] as well as firefighters.[38] For these activities and others, David Miscavige awarded Scientology's Freedom Medal of Valor to Cruise in late 2004.
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Tom Cruise made his film debut in 1981 with the critically acclaimed Taps and has subsequently experienced a distinguished and distinctive career. He last starred as [P]re-cog specialist John Anderton in Steven Spielberg's futuristic thriller Minority Report, the latest of his many intriguing, ground-breaking and diverse films. He has collaborated with some of the film industry's most respected directors and actors, including Barry Levinson and co-star Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award-winning Rain Man; Martin Scorsese in The Color of Money, opposite Paul Newman; Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July; Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire and Vanilla Sky; Ron Howard's Far and Away; Sydney Pollack's The Firm; and Neil Jordan's Interview with the Vampire, to name just a few.
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Tom Cruise was born to Thomas Cruise Mapother and Mary Lee Pfeiffer in Syracuse, New York on July 3, 1962. Cruise's parents moved frequently when he was a child, residing in a number of locations throughout the United States and Canada, including Ottawa; Louisville, Kentucky; Glen Ridge, New Jersey (where he attended Glen Ridge High School); and Wayne, New Jersey.
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Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, Tom's first starring role was in a high school production of Guys and Dolls. When he arrived in New York, Tom set a 10-year deadline for himself in which to build an acting career. He landed his first role in 1981's Endless Love (with Brooke Shields) and since that time has appeared in more than 20 films. Married and divorced twice, Tom has two children with actress Nicole Kidman.
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When Cruise was twelve, Anna left his husband and took her two children, Tom and his sister, Lee Anne with her. Tom lived in various cities including Ottawa, Ontario, Louisville, Kentucky, Winnetka, Illinois and Wayne, Mew Jersey. Tom attended eight elementary schools and three high schools. In 1980, he graduated from Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey.
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