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Three decades later and Tom is still cruising.

One Movie, Two Takes: Top Gun: Maverick

Three decades later and Tom is still cruising

The growing fad of eating one’s own placenta after giving birth has come to SA but experts say there is no proof the practice is healthy or even safe.

[From our archives] Placenta pie – benefits not cut and dry

The growing fad of eating one’s own placenta after giving birth has hit SA. But experts say there is no proof the practice is beneficial – or safe.

In the wasteland: Tom Cruise is one of the last humans on Earth in Oblivion.

Movie of the week: Oblivion

Despite copying from or echoing other movies throughout, Oblivion is not a dully derivative film, writes Shaun de Waal.

Tom Cruise is following in the footsteps of Howard Hughes and Michael Jackson to become the new keeper of the weirdo flame.

Deep Read: Hollywood’s biggest kook

An upcoming Vanity Fair article about Tom Cruise promises eye-popping revelations. It’s the final proof that he’s become the new Michael Jackson.

But the truth is celebrities signing up to Scientology is not a sign of insanity

Scientology is a family for the wary and burned of Hollywood

In La La Land, where the normal value system is inverted, it’s the people you should trust who will screw you over.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise.

Cruise and Holmes wrap up speedy divorce

The end of the five-year marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has been settled quickly, but no word on what happens to six-year-old Suri.

Bloody agent

Bloody agent

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: <b>Shaun de Waal</b> reviews <i>Knight and Day</i>, an action comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

Actor’s plans for wife’s placenta

In the West placentas are usually incinerated, but placenta-planting ceremonies are becoming more common.

Would-be Hitler assassin dies at 90

A former German army officer involved in two failed plots to assassinate Hitler, but who remained undetected until the end of World War II, has died aged 90, his family said on…

Mission Impossible for S Korean burglar

A South Korean jewel thief who said he was inspired by the 1996 hit movie <i>Mission: Impossible</i> found his crime really was impossible when he triggered an alarm system, a…

Hollywood cast lines up for real-life detective drama

The list reads like the credit roll from a 1980s movie: Sylvester Stallone, Farrah Fawcett and Keith Carradine. Instead they are the standout names from a five-page list of…

‘Mr Average’ perpetrated biggest trading fraud

Jérôme Kerviel, a shy and introverted young city trader, lived on a tree-lined street in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the wealthy Paris suburb dubbed Sarkozyland in honour of its famous…

MySpace, others, showcase targeted web advertising

As investors bet on the future of social networks, some of the biggest players in the field are due to unveil this week ways of piping in advertising to the most personal of…

The movie has landed and US basks in the moonglow

On Wednesday, four former lunar astronauts will be guest stars at a gala Manhattan premiere for a remarkable cinematic celebration of their achievement, In the Shadow of the…