Tom Cruise Steams after Squirt
Ah, the Cruiser just can't stay out of the headlines. First there was that whole icky proposal thing at the Eiffel Tower, and then his European juggernaut continued in London, with the British premiere of War of the Worlds. Tom Cruise was doing a "walkabout" before the premiere in Leicester Square on Sunday when a prankster posed as a journalist and sprayed him with water from a fake microphone. "I'm here giving you an interview, answering your questions and you do something really nasty. You're a jerk. Jerk. You're a jerk," the actor said, surrounded by other real reporters. As he toweled himself off, he added, "I really work hard to make people feel good." The prankster and his three-person camera crew were arrested on suspicion of assault. Scotland Yard said Cruise could press charges if he desires. Meanwhile, director Steven Spielberg says that the media has "punished" Tom Cruise for his declarations of love for Katie Holmes. "Tom lost his cool because he was deliriously happy, and now he was being punished for his public display of happiness," Spielberg said of Cruise's couch jumping on Oprah.
Leo's Beer Brawl
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio saw the wrong end of a beer bottle at a Hollywood Hills party early Friday morning. The actor was hanging at the house of Rick Salomon (Paris Hilton's infamous ex) when a woman, said to be trespassing, threw a bottle at his head. The woman had been asked repeatedly to leave, and may have been looking for her ex-boyfriend, not Mr. Titanic. Leo was given about 12 stitches at a local hospital, but is expected to be able to continue with his work on Martin Scorsese's film The Departed.
Janet Jackson's Not Laughing
There's another Jackson in the headlines. Janet Jackson wasn't in the mood for jokes, however, when she received the Human Rights Campaign's humanitarian award. Actor Alan Cumming introduced the singer by saying that she was never one with controversy, and then Janet apologized for her own lack of humor. The day marked her first public appearance since brother Michael's acquittal. "My family and I have just gone through the least humorous chapter of our lives," she said. "I'm going to leave the jokes to the late-night [comics], if that's okay."
Blabber Bits
Spin magazine has named Radiohead's OK Computer the top album of the past 20 years. Runners up were Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Nirvana's Nevermind. Where's Celine Dion? Batman Begins was booming at the box office this weekend, raking in $46.9 million to top the weekend's films. PR princess Lizzie Grubman dissects the TomKat engagement for Gawker.com.
