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World-class actor or egomaniacal religious dictator? You decide.
In a ground-breaking, eye-opening move, biographer Andrew Morton provides a revealing look at Hollywood's Top Gun. From his "average" childhood to his relationships with Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Katie Holmes, Morton covers it all, including Cruise's most dominating trait: his dedication to controversial religion Scientology.
Morton's approach to the recapping of Tom's life is relatively unbiased, providing insight into his supposed battle with dyslexia, his popularity and academic performance in school, and his daredevil reputation. However, the view shifts when his devotion begins to lie with the increasingly popular religion, which counts actors John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and Erika Christensen & singers Isaac Hayes and Beck among its followers.
Almost every secret behind Cruise's and actress Kidman's marriage-gone-awry is on the table, including her two miscarriages and the intimate events that occurred with actor Gary Goba during the filming of Eyes Wide Shut. Similarly, Morton elaborates on Cruise's doomed relationships with Spanish actress Cruz and Hispanic model Sofia Vergara, both of which Cruise supposedly used to promote Scientology through celebrity popularity. His current marriage to Dawson's Creek alum Katie Holmes is said to have been used in a similar fashion, but unlike the family-influenced Cruz and independent-minded Vergara, Holmes abided with the religion swap.
Unlike many biographies, Morton branches off from the main topic of Cruise to familiarize the reader with the workings of Scientology on several occasions. Although the view of the religion is unarguably one-sided against the religion, founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, it is a side built on totalitarian principles, dictatorial regime, manipulative forces and, as a whole, world domination.
That brings his role as Adolf Hilter's attempted murderer in the upcoming movie Valkyrie right into perspective, doesn't it?
In a ground-breaking, eye-opening move, biographer Andrew Morton provides a revealing look at Hollywood's Top Gun. From his "average" childhood to his relationships with Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Katie Holmes, Morton covers it all, including Cruise's most dominating trait: his dedication to controversial religion Scientology.
Morton's approach to the recapping of Tom's life is relatively unbiased, providing insight into his supposed battle with dyslexia, his popularity and academic performance in school, and his daredevil reputation. However, the view shifts when his devotion begins to lie with the increasingly popular religion, which counts actors John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and Erika Christensen & singers Isaac Hayes and Beck among its followers.
Almost every secret behind Cruise's and actress Kidman's marriage-gone-awry is on the table, including her two miscarriages and the intimate events that occurred with actor Gary Goba during the filming of Eyes Wide Shut. Similarly, Morton elaborates on Cruise's doomed relationships with Spanish actress Cruz and Hispanic model Sofia Vergara, both of which Cruise supposedly used to promote Scientology through celebrity popularity. His current marriage to Dawson's Creek alum Katie Holmes is said to have been used in a similar fashion, but unlike the family-influenced Cruz and independent-minded Vergara, Holmes abided with the religion swap.
Unlike many biographies, Morton branches off from the main topic of Cruise to familiarize the reader with the workings of Scientology on several occasions. Although the view of the religion is unarguably one-sided against the religion, founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, it is a side built on totalitarian principles, dictatorial regime, manipulative forces and, as a whole, world domination.
That brings his role as Adolf Hilter's attempted murderer in the upcoming movie Valkyrie right into perspective, doesn't it?
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