Tom Cruise promoting Rock of Ages

Couple of days ago, I did share the cover of W magazine & without any reasonable doubt, I know it has been one of the most scariest covers I’ve seen. And today I got hold of more pics & they are equally fun. However, one doesn’t get scared. 

Tom Cruise has worked really hard for this role. I don’t know if I’m gonna watch this movie or not. I’m not waiting for it as such. Anyhow, Rock of Ages will be released in cinemas in the US and UK on June 15. 

I really loved Tom Cruise in Valkyrie & Samurai. In fact these are my favourite movies of Tom Cruise. I also liked Interview with the vampire but I think Brad Pitt was far better than him. It’s more easier to relate a vampire who has a beautiful soul rather than the character of Lestat. In fact I just saw it recently on TV. Although no one mentions Christian Slater anymore but I think he has the sexiest voice I’ve ever heard. It’s literally a treat to see him talk. And the character of Louis is the best thing about the movie. 

Anyway Tom Cruise is playing an 80s performer in the movie adaptation of the classic musical, which also stars Russell Brand and Catherine Zeta-Jones. For this role, he has actually learned to sing & that is commendable. I have no clue how he might sound but singing is a tough job. Having a good voice is just not enough. 

Adam Shankman is the director. And just in case you are wondering as to why Tom Cruise is doing musical, here’s the answer: 

“Kate [Holmes, Cruise’s wife] loves musicals. She sings and dances, and we kind of went through the history of musicals together. And Suri loved Hairspray. With kids, you watch everything over and over; I watched Hairspray 15 times with Suri. I thought Adam Shankman did a great job directing the movie, so I arranged to meet him and said, “Where’s our musical?” He came back and said, “Rock of Ages.” We went and saw it in L.A., and for me…I didn’t know how to play the character like that. I had to find my own Stacee Jaxx."

There are sexy scenes in this movie: At one point he’s climbing a stripper pole; in another scene, he’s grinding up against a ¬Rolling Stone reporter, played by Malin Akerman. 

“I knew we had to push the sexuality because of the nature of the character and the songs. He’s singing, “I Want to Know What Love Is.” Adam has a sweetness with this stuff, so you can push things pretty hard. With Malin, I thought of Susan Sarandon in The Rocky Horror Picture Show—incredibly sexy and very sweet.” 

I think the interview is okay but kind of boring. 

“When you read a lot of rock biographies, you find that when these musicians are doing their work and it’s going well, that’s when they’re really alive. It’s all the other stuff—the noise and complications—that gets them into devilish behavior. Stacee is kind of floating until he comes onstage. That’s where he’s at home. Everything else is kind of a mess.” 

This part is very strange that all these musicians feel alive only when they are working. I don’t get it as to why there is this gap. You ought to feel content & alive even when you’re not working or producing great work. After all, one cannot be a success for the rest of his life. You can’t always produce stuff that could click. Anyhow, this is the headache of musicians. 

Now coming to the director & what he has to say about the performance of Tom Cruise: 

“Now he's like a seven, but he started off at a one. He had never sung in his life. He was like, "I need to know that I can do this before I sign on." So I went to his house to hear him sing and even though he was completely green as a singer, his vocal cords were amazing. He had this voice that blew me away. It was the most powerful voice I had ever heard. So loud. He could do anything and go as high as we wanted. It was like a kid discovering he had a new toy. I left there super-pumped knowing that not only could we make him pass as a singer in the movie, but we would blow people away with what he could do.” 

Moreover he added: 

“He works harder than anybody I've ever met in my life. By the end of this movie, the guy was just phenomenal. I remember telling him, 'You're a singer!'” 

Guitar Hero:Tom Cruise 

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Tom Cruise on the cover of W

The June issue of W is seriously very scary. In fact, this is one disgusting cover. Tom Cruise looks like another person. To put it bluntly, he looks extremely bizarre at the every idea of being photographed with these two dames. 

This cover is seriously weird. They have taken Photoshop to another level. Everything looks fake & totally pathetic. It's weird from every angle.

Actually he’s playing a rock star in the upcoming musical-turned-film Rock of Ages, and he’s brought the same persona to his W cover. Which means we need to stay miles away from Rock of Ages :P 

The tattoos & the two ladies are very disturbing. However, the models Edita Vilkeviciute and Abbey Lee Kershaw wouldn’t agree with us. 

And check out the abnormally long neck of Abbey... 

I think it’s another cover that has been done half-heartedly. They were trying to make everything look perfect & here Photoshop has messed up a lot. In any case, Tom Cruise has given a completely idiotic expression & why did they use the eyeliner on him? The make-up did a pathetic job as well. What has he done to Tom Cruise? 

I never expected Tom Cruise to look this bad. It's some sort of a nightmare. 

Rob Lowe shirtless on Vanity Fair Cover!

Rob Lowe’s Vanity Fair Cover can seriously make your day. This man is 47 & still looks really hot without his shirt.

The cover shot has been taken by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz.

In the interview for the May edition of the magazine Rob shares extracts from his book Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography.

On Tom Cruise: “He’s open, friendly, funny, and has an almost robotic, bloodless focus and an intensity that I’ve never encountered before,” Lowe remembers. He describes a scene in which he’s taken aback by the accommodations provided for them at a New York City hotel — but because they had to share rooms, Cruise called his agent to make sure it was okay. “Zeroed in like a laser,” is how Lowe describes him at the time.

On Charlie Sheen, whom Rob was rumored to be in the running to replace on Two and a Half Men: he’s a “one-of-a-kind… a Polo preppy clotheshorse in a world of O.P. shorts and surf T-shirts,” and describes his unique personality as “a wonderful mix of nerd… and rebel.” His home, thanks in part to the success of his legendary father Martin Sheen, boasted “never-ending Häagen-Dazs, brand-new BMWs, a lagoon pool with underwater tunnels, and a lit, professional-grade basketball half-court.” Charlie said of Rob: “He’s a buddy of mine, he’s a beautiful man, a brilliant actor, and I hope he does it and kicks its ass because I still get [paid].”

On Patrick Swayze: he’s “as cool as you want, wearing tight jeans and a tattered, sleeveless Harley-Davidson T-shirt revealing his massive, ripped arms. (This is his uniform, he never changes it, and if I looked like him, neither would I.)”

Anyway, it’s pretty obvious that Rob Lowe has only good things to say about people & some media people just don’t like it. They believe he has to work with them, so he can’t say anything mean. I can’t recall Rob Lowe ever getting into shitty episodes. Maybe this is exactly how he feels about them. It’s okay if he doesn’t tell us everything. And why do we always expect some bitchy revelations from celebrities? Moreover, some people also have issues that he’s promoting his book in this interview.

I like Rob Lowe but as such I don’t like this cover. I think he has looked far more sexier & this is just an okay picture. And his blue eyes are very beautiful.