Did Cruise, a producer for best picture nominee ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ skip the Academy Awards out of concern he’d be the butt of jokes about Scientology or his messy personal life?
Even though Steven Spielberg said that Tom Cruise “saved Hollywood’s ass” last year by delivering top-flight, in-theater entertainment with “Top Gun: Maverick,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn’t seem so inclined to show its reverence Sunday.
Given the potential for the exes to have some kind of uncomfortable interaction in front of a live global audience, it’s hard to believe that the Academy would have invited Kidman if Cruise planned to be present — a reminder of the actor’s messy personal life. Perhaps, the Academy long knew Cruise would forego the show because he correctly predicted that “Everything Everywhere All At Once” would prevail in the best picture race.
After Kimmel parachute-landed onto the Dolby stage, he launched into his monologue, in which he jokingly referred to “a small independent film called ‘Top Gun.'”at the Oscars nominees luncheon in February. Carmichael suggested that Cruise, as a devout member of Scientology, shouldn’t be judging anyone else for their conduct. He came out on stage carrying three Golden Globe awards and said, “Backstage I found these three awards that Tom Cruise returned.”
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