Tom Cruise

Sci-fi worthy of Malthus

2013-05-02 00:00:00

In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...

Ayanbadejo looks to bring same-sex marriage cause to Super Bowl

2013-01-23 08:23:00

With the national spotlight shining on the Super Bowl-bound Ravens this week, linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo is apparently hoping to divert some attention off the gridiron. According to New York Times columnist Frank Bruni, just hours after Baltimore&...

Wilde Lake graduate getting noticed in Hollywood

2013-01-07 09:43:00

Late last month, Tom Cruise heroically came to Sara Lindsey's rescue. More recently, Matt Damon offered the Howard County native a boatload of money to allow his corporation to lease her land. Granted, these events happen in the movies and not in real...

Hillary Clinton and the 'clot plot'

2013-01-02 14:09:50

Apparently, if the secretary of state needs to take a sick day, she had better get a note from her doctor. A very "transparent" note, a very detailed note. With enough copies to send to her most vociferous critics. Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered a...

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Dec. 30, 2012

2012-12-29 16:32:00

now playing "Django Unchained" (R). A slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. TownMall Cinemas (12:15, 3:45, 7:20, 10:50 p.m.) "The...

Baltimore pastor's wife launched John Waters' hitchhiking trip

2012-05-30 07:03:00

Sarah Finlayson's morning routine is fairly set. Wake up early. Workout with a trainer. Call her twin sister.� Picking up a hitchhiking John Waters? That's not part of it. Yet the minister's wife from Baltimore stopped her Lexus for the filmmaker and...

Stars light up Broadway this season

2012-10-19 14:37:00

As autumn turns the Manhattan air crisp and cool, Broadway is gearing up for another season. In the 2012-2013 lineup are new plays, star-driven revivals, lavish musicals and shows inspired by movies, books, TV shows and one very well-known comic strip....

Kristen Stewart cheats on Robert Pattinson: The funniest Twitter reactions

2012-07-25 13:14:00

With actress Kristen Stewart's admission that she cheated on boyfriend/co-star Robert Pattinson with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders, we scanned Twitter for the best reactions to the devastating (or something) news. After you...

Rachel Marsden: The rise of the spy-next-door

2012-07-05 04:00:00

Improved technology is changing the spy game, merging once-disparate roles in the intelligence field and favoring an increased download of traditional spy roles to the private sector. This week, Canada's Postmedia News cited a speech by Richard Fadden,...

Twitter reactions to the end of TomKat

2012-06-29 12:36:00

When news broke Friday that the marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes was ending, it didn't take Twitter long to react with the kind of snark one can expect in 140 characters or less. A sampling of the best lines: Katie Weasel ‏@KatieWeasel: Tom...

Dancers dispel disabilities, step on the floor

2011-07-10 06:47:00

Five way-cool dudes, fedoras lowered to their eyebrows, shuffle in sync onto the dance floor as the theme from "Mission: Impossible" blares. After several impressive leaps and splits, they step dance and clap with military precision, then file into a...

Review: 'Top Gun: Hard Lock' finds itself in the 'danger zone'

2012-03-27 07:57:00

"Top Gun: Hard Lock" Developer: Headstrong Games Publisher: 505 Games Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC Score: 6/10*� "Top Gun" is a film that, like many others, has never received the video game treatment it deserves. To be an American alive after...

Or it's harder than it looks to maintain the physicality and also to be playing a character so historically associated with economy of movement, with stillness. To have to accelerate and to engage in that level of exertion was probably the most challenging aspect of the physical training.

2013-05-13 09:26:00

Cast member Tom Cruise makes appearance before fans at the Japan premiere of his movie "Oblivion" in Tokyo May 8, 2013. The movie will be released to the public in Japan from May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Tom Cruise waves to the fans at the 'Oblivion' Japan Premiere at Roppongi Hills on May 8, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. The film will open on May 31 in Japan.

2013-05-08 00:00:00