Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise pose with model Iman at "The Black Ball" presented by Conde Nast Media Group and hosted by Alicia Keys and Iman to benefit "Keep A Child Alive" at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Of course when I see a photo like this I can't let it rest. I'm intrigued by the people in it and what they represent. I thought I'd reflect on relationships and how they can influence your life and your career. Let me start with Tom Cruise.
When Tom Cruise made Born On The Fourth Of July I was more than impressed. It was a great film and one that led me to believe that Tom Cruise had some depth to him. I said had as I can't see anything in him now that reflects any sort of introspection or deep thought. He is blank. Gone to that other place that only loonies can go. Let me get back to the film. See, at this stage he was with Nicole Kidman. To my understanding she never joined the Scientology pack and seemed to challenge Cruise on many things. A worker from a hotel they stayed in Sydney said that he would hear them yelling and screaming at each other for hours from their hotel room. They would laugh merrily when caught as if it was all 'method acting'. In a way this sounds healthy. Two upstarts trying to out do each other. I see his relationship with Katie Holmes so terribly out of whack with all that is right and good. She seemed to convert to that space spawn ministry with the speed of a whippet. She skidded into this relationship loaded with memories of teenage dreams with the ultimate being 'married to Tom Cruise'. Pregnancy burst on to our televisions sets with the speed of a miraculous conception. I always thought that Cruise had a low sperm count and that's why Kidman found it hard to get pregnant (impotence and a small member had also been whispered around the traps) but then who am I to know?
Iman and David Bowie's relationship has always mystified as well. Suddenly he's settled down with a wife and child and happy to just be a house husband and listen to jazz. She sees him as 'the love of her life' and there it is. Look to be honest when I went to see Bowie's 'The Serious Moonlight' tour of '83 I was in love with him too. I couldn't get enough of him. I despised Catherine Deneuve for turning him into the living dead in The Hunger and like Candy Clark, I wanted to take good care of the poor ol' alien in The Man Who Fell To Earth.
David Bowie was always considered a swinger of sorts. Women to men and then men to women and then back again. I heard that he had it off with Mick Jagger more than once (I can't imagine how he got round that gaping mouth of his) but anyway, good luck to him. This brings me back to Iman. How can someone that's been around that traps like Bowie just be happy to sit around the house and make cups of tea? I don't buy it.
When Mick Jagger was with Marianne Faithfull I think his looks were at their peak. She unfortunately took an overdose and landed in hospital while he was making Ned Kelly.
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Crikey Sheila, you make us wait ALL WEEK for a new post, but I mustn't complain coz you've delivered the goods once again you ol' enchantress.
I'll by-pass the Cruiser n get straight on to Bowie & Imam. See, I DO buy their relationship. I see it simply as one of those "worth waiting for" relationships (something like what I imagine will happen to me one of these daze). In my hifalutin opinion it's a Capricorn thing and is all about timing...
Which brings me to my next topic! Bowie shares his birthday with Elvis (different year of course) and they're both sea-goats. As is the wonderful Marianne Faithful (who's just recovered from breast cancer). And she shares a birthday with me. I would've bonked Mick Jagger back then too...
Hmmm, you might need to bring in the blog police to get me on track again
Hi Sheila,
Your commentary on Tom Cruise is very astute. I too thought he was marvelous in “Born on the Fourth of July”, and I enjoyed his performance in “Magnolia” in 1999. I sat through a few more of his movies, only to be bored and hoping they’d be over quickly. He’s always impressed me as being a “pretty boy” airhead with nothing to offer. After his brief marriage to Mimi Rogers ended, it was surprising his marriage to Nicole Kidman lasted for 11 long years. I hope Katie Holmes realizes before long that he’s a charlatan, an egomaniac, and not a likely candidate to be a loving father to their daughter, Suri.
I thoroughly enjoyed David Bowie in “The Man Who Fell to Earth” in 1976 but didn’t know much about him. You provided a mini education about his personal life. How ironic that you discussed Marianne Faithful; I read an article yesterday that she’s staging a comeback after a myriad of personal setbacks. Both she and Mick Jagger have changed a great deal since this picture was taken; age tends to do that to people!
Thanks for another informative and fun post!
How ironic that the model's name is "Iman" cuz she looks like a man.
Amen...
or do I mean Iman????
Hi Sheila,
Mr. Johnny Wadd's comment was a tad bit different. I wonder if he's a new admirer of yours?
Hey you ol' softy Nash, I hope that you have a relationship just like Bowies and Imans one day.
Your absolutely right about Cruise Miss Litzi, oh yes and I did forget to mention "Magnolia", its definately worth watching. I think it says a lot about Cruise without him even knowing it.
I feel as if you might be on to something Johnny Wadd...
Hi Pendullum, I think that maybe Bowies attraction to Iman is that she is like a man....
Well I'll take all the admirers I can get Miss Litzi!
Hi Sheila,
You've got plenty of admirers. I wondered all the way through "Magnolia" whether it was semi-autobiograpical, and that's why he did such a remarkable job. Perhaps he wasn't acting, but showing something of himself.
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