Tom Cruise is one of the most polarizing actors in Hollywood today. Whether you love him for Jerry Maguire or question his  publicity hiccups related to Katie (ahem, Kate) Holmes and Scientology, this is one star who has everyone talking and scratching their heads.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:38:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35772/hurt-german-extras-sue-cruises-studio.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGerman extras from the upcoming Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie are suing the actor’s film studio for $11 million after they fell out of a moving truck during shooting. The accident, which happened a year ago in Berlin, landed all 11 in the hospital. “The studio knew the trucks were rickety," a lawyer tells Der Spiegel . "There had even been an internal memo about the railings."http://www.newser.com/story/35772/hurt-german-extras-sue-cruises-studio.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34875/cruises-partner-quits-ua.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe next mission impossible for Tom Cruise may be reviving his own career, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Cruise's business partner Paula Wagner is quitting her job as CEO of United Artists just weeks after her husband, Cruise's agent Rick Nicita, left CAA. The changes likely reflect the star's unhappiness with his career as he casts about for suitable roles and a new screen image, say industry observers.http://www.newser.com/story/34875/cruises-partner-quits-ua.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Aug 2008 6:03:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34730/jolie-takes-role-meant-for-cruise.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhat Angelina Jolie wants, she gets. The actress is nearing a deal to play the lead in a spy thriller originally intended for Tom Cruise, Variety reports. The well-regarded script, Edwin A. Salt, is the story of a CIA agent on the run from espionage charges. Should Jolie seal the deal, the character will get a sex change and the script will be edited to suit the new star’s demands.http://www.newser.com/story/34730/jolie-takes-role-meant-for-cruise.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 12 Aug 2008 7:21:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33833/lawsuit-targets-cruise-scientology-crime-syndicate.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn ex-Scientologist says the organization is a “crime syndicate” in a $250 million federal lawsuit that names Tom Cruise as the head honcho's "right-hand man," reports the Daily News. The suit uses a statute designed to counter organized crime in an attempt to have the Church of Scientology broken up.http://www.newser.com/story/33833/lawsuit-targets-cruise-scientology-crime-syndicate.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 31 Jul 2008 8:52:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32202/cruises-welcome-kidmans-kid.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTom Cruise’s clan sent a huge baby gift basket to his ex-wife Nicole Kidman in celebration of the birth of her daughter Sunday Rose, People reports. Contrary to reports that Cruise filled Kidman's Nashville hospital room with flowers, he and his brood—including their two kids together—sent the tot luxury chenille blankets and items from the Hermes baby line.http://www.newser.com/story/32202/cruises-welcome-kidmans-kid.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Jul 2008 8:45:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31452/holmes-sept-broadway-debut-already-a-bust.html?refid=rss_all_defaultKatie Holmes is not drawing the tickets sales for her Broadway debut producers had hoped for, the New York Post reports. "I bought 1,000 tickets to the show," one broker says of the September revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons . "I still have them." Some had predicted Holmes' turn would rival Julia Roberts' box-office success with Three Days of Rain in 2006.http://www.newser.com/story/31452/holmes-sept-broadway-debut-already-a-bust.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 02 Jul 2008 9:09:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29905/cruises-lawyer-rips-dr-drew.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCelebrity psychiatrist Dr. Drew Pinksy's armchair diagnosis of Tom Cruise in Playboy has riled up Cruise’s lawyer, who compares the doc to a Nazi, Radar reports. The host of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew said Cruise’s attraction to the “cultish kind of environment” of Scientology is “a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood—maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect."http://www.newser.com/story/29905/cruises-lawyer-rips-dr-drew.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 12 Jun 2008 21:34:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27940/katie-cruises-to-broadway.html?refid=rss_all_defaultActress Katie Holmes is headed for Broadway, where she'll make her theatrical debut in the fall in Arthur Miller's Tony-winning play All My Sons , reports the Los Angeles Times . It's a risky step for Mrs. Tom Cruise, who hasn't appeared onstage since high school. She'll star alongside two-time Tony winner John Lithgow and two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest.http://www.newser.com/story/27940/katie-cruises-to-broadway.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 20 May 2008 2:01:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27012/another-tomkitten.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTom Cruise had better watch it: E! Online reports that wife Katie Holmes has the baby-making "itch." "Now that Suri is more toddler than baby, she said she misses having an infant in the house. And, of course, she thinks Suri would make a great big sister," a friend to the power couple dished. "She said she's got the itch."http://www.newser.com/story/27012/another-tomkitten.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 09 May 2008 7:45:52 CDT