Tom Cruise should have won a Oscar a long time ago. He has had numerous classic performances, however he has had his small share of flops. Although I don't agree with some of his views or antics, it is more than evident that he is a great actor. My personal feeling on this matter is that he should have won for Born on the Fourth of July and/or The Last Samurai. His performances in these two movies had a character with very deep complex emotional under-tones. It is a travesty that I hope the Academy rights soon. I will keep my fingers crossed for Valkyrie.

Seeing Tom "act" in Born in the Fourth of July, all knitted brows and spittle, reminded me of watching a constipated child, sitting on the toilet, valiantly trying to make the magic happen. I hope he never wins an Oscar because he is a mediocre actor.

Stick to action movies and instructing your wife how to give birth, Tom.

The man will most definatly win an Academy Award. His believes are a tad bit out there, nobody can deny that. But jeez, at least he has beliefs. And add to that he had to overcome dsylexia makes his accomplishments all the more amazing. He is an immensly talented actor who brings to his acting an understanding of the human condition, and real, raw emotions I think people should respect the fact that he found someone who he is totally, crazily, madly, passionatly in love with(what a lucky, lucky couple). How many people ever find such a thing? Almost a rariety in such a world today.
If people would look inside themselves they would see a monster. And no not a monster out of War of The Worlds, but one which lives in them called the green--eyed kind. He has the world by the tail, everything most people only dream about having, so it's pretty evident he's doing something most undeniably right.
Add to that, I am busy writing a screenplay which has Mr. Tom Cruise's name written all over it, which will win him an Oscar-beleive this or not you skeptics.

Terri - as for Nicole Kidman not wanting to have Tom's baby - does noone remember that she was PREGNANT when he dumped her? She suffered a miscarriage a month later! I gueuss adopting two children doesn't count either eh!

Eventhough this is long read it and I think you'll kno why Tom choose Felicity against Reese. I think that the main reason that Tom thought that Felicity would win is because she is very well liked. (Same with Reese, but wait for my point) In summer '05 when the Emmy nominations came out for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman and her two other co-stars Marcia Cross and Teri Hatcher were nominated with her also, along with Patricia Heaton for Everybody Loves Raymond and Jane Kazmerek for Malcolm in the Middle. Felicity Huffman listened to her DH creator Marc Cherry and choose the 'Pilot' for Desperate Housewives for her video that everyone would vote for. When Tom heard this he bashed out that Felicity would never win. She choose the wrong video. And he said the race was between critics fave Marcia Cross and fan fave Teri Hatcher. Emmy night came up and guess who won? You guessed it....Felicity Huffman! Tom might have felt sorry for what he did, or maybe he thought that this was Ms. Huffmans year, or maybe it may be Oscar. Rule # something that the last movie watched usually wins. So I believe that Tom choose Felicity not only becuase she did a great job in Transamerica but only becuase he thought he needed too.

It looks like the Scientology Center has been busy once again. NO, not everyone loves TC. Most people think he's nuts. Skewing that Parade poll? How pathetic is that? And, having your Scientology buddies write over and over in forums like this how wonderful Tom is...yea, we get it. You Scientologists have a lot of computers, but your big guy is a little guy with a VERY waning popularity. I would jump to another Zenu if you have the chance. Tom is a loser and the film will fail becasue he has spent a year making an ass out of himself and a nice young girl. I hope he goes away forever

It would seem that box office titans are always seeking Oscar glory, and Oscar winners all want to make blockbusters and get rich. How many times have we heard about DeNiro selling out to make a bad movie just for the money. Or Jim Carrey trying to win as Oscar by starring in "art" films. I think that at the end of the day Hollywood stars believe their own press a little too much, and start to think that they need money or Oscars to validate their career. And honestly, if the media started writing about how important their "legacy" was, you'd start seeing a lot more actors make that their focus as well.

Katie loves Tom more than Nicole? I doubt that seriously! Nicole was his wife for 10 years and knows him better than anyone - she deserves saint hood for her continued show of love and support of him in spite of his cruelty and ridiculing of her and their relationship for the last several years. Katie is young and immature, she was never given the chance to find out if she loved Tom or not - other than that he was rich and famous and threw tons of gifts and money at her -he gave her the movie-version of delusional love -and the kid fell for it.

As for Tom's acting skills - he aligns himself with other good actors who really make the movie - even though he has the famous name for Risky business and Top gun. Tom gets the credit for the movie's success - but it's the other ac tors that are the true stars of the show !!

I thought Tom Cruise was brilliant in Magnolia and also in Born on the Fourth of July. He does his movie star roles and he also does actor roles. I'm not a fan of his but I think he's a really good actor and takes risks.

As for the Sign-here-ology fandago, it's up to him how he wastes his money. But as for the silent birth stuff - unless he's prepared to slam his bollocks in a car door and keep schtum while Katie Holmes waves 'motivational placards' in his face, he's got no business pontificating on having a silent birth.

Tom will finally win an Oscar because he does what so few actors anymore can do and that is draw a big audience. "War of the Worlds" made almost $600 million worldwide and all of his other movies make big money. He even managed to turn a mundane chick flick like "Jerry McGuire" into a box office hit and a cultural icon of a movie. Yes, many people claim to hate him now, but come May 5th, they'll be lined up at the cineplex to watch him dodge bombs with this years Oscar winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman. While Hoffman and Kevin Spacey and others are considered more respected actors, they don't bring in the big box office numbers that Hollywood so desperately needs espcially now. I think Tom will win an Oscar for a mediocre movie. The same way Reese Witherspoon should have won for "Election" and Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain". As long as Cruise can always make a $300 million dollar or more box office, he has the paycheck and probably doesn't care about an Oscar.

"Will you give it up with this lame bashing on Reese, already? You've clearly had it in for her since the beginning. I remember back when you were CERTAIN that Felicity would win. What a joke."

You have to remember that Tom O'Neil clearly resents attractive young women (even as he shamelessly overrates the acting talents of various attractive young men). Notice a pattern to O'Neil's commentary? Whenever a young starlet beats out a more "mature" actress (e.g. Hilary Swank beating Annette Bening - twice, Reese beating Felicity, or thirtysomething Nicole beating fortysomething Julianne Moore), O'Neil scolds them for their "theft".

On the other hand, the same Tom O'Neil claims that Oscar voters hold male stars good-looks against them. Never mind that Oscar has made it up to many of these heartthrobs with Best Director Oscars: Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson (and Matt Damon for Screenplay). Or that while Montgomery Clift, Rock Hudson, and Cary Grant never won Oscars, neither did Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, or Marlene Dietrich. The easiest way to understand O'Neil's thinkpieces is to remember they are motivated by sexual envy (of young actresses) and resentment (that lovely young women tend to win Oscars more often than handsome young men).

Which brings us to Tom Cruise. Doubtless the guy is great-looking, and has deservedly been the object of many a straight woman's and gay man's masturbation fantasies. That doesn't make him a great actor, however. Far from being robbed, his three nominations are more than sufficient given his limited acting range. Keep in mind that three noms was all Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Rod Steiger, Charles Laughton, or Clark Gable ever got. What, you want Cruise to have as many nominations as Robert De Niro? (who only has a grand total of six, and at age 43, Cruise's age now, only had four! puts it all in perspective, doesn't it? and makes crystal clear that Cruise was in no, way, shape or form robbed by the Academy; if anything they have been overly generous with him.)

Tom has serious personality and morality issues! His actions indicate he cares only about himself and expect everyone else to bow to his beliefs and his wishes. He has no respect for others - Katies' family, his ex- and mother of his 2 children - Nicole - to his children's feelings about their mother - he's openly hostile towards her and insulting with memories of their relationship even though she was the most stable, fun, charming, and apparant joy in his life or she should have been. It's obvious, once she started making her own decisions and defying him - the honeymoon was over and so was she. Since he kicked her out of his life, he's managed to become one big joke and such a small idiotic little man who I wouldn't waste any money or the time of day on. I'm sick of his comments about his amazing love for Katie and how he loves her more than he ever loved Nic etc... Katie is just a fool if she believes this garbage- his amazing love hasn't decided to marry her yet in spite of her apparant condition. But I've decided not only to avoid movies or shows with him, but also with any actor or director that shows favor for him in any way.

Tom Cruise deserved his 3 nominations, and in my book, he was overlooked in "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Collateral". So, it´s like 5 times. If he gets a "half decent" performance in a dramatic role, it will be his "6th" and Hollywood will not let the opportunity go.

I think Tom Cruise is full of himself, but personality shouldn´t matter. I suspect the industry has a better image of him. In the wise words of Sally Field, I think "they really, really like" him. How could they not? They´ve know him for 25 years e he gave gave them a obscene amount of money.

Also, he´s a survivor and the definition of movie star for the last 20 years. Directors and colleagues seem to love and/or fear him, The same with press that covers movies (not celebrities), because he has always been friendly at the junkets (ask the staff from british Empire Magazine: they worship Tom Cruise).

If "MI3" fails, his "industry" image may suffer some damage, but after the last editions of Oscars (Adrian Brody, Sean Peen, Philip Seymour Hoffman, even Jamie Foxx), I think they´re dying to award a "really" movie star.