Bacall slams Cruise
From correspondents in New York
August 02, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse
'Vulgar' display ... Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise / AP
SCREEN legend Lauren Bacall has taken a caustic swipe at Tom Cruise, chiding the Hollywood star for his "vulgar" behaviour and questioning his acting ability.
In an interview in the latest issue of Time magazine, Bacall, 81, who has never been shy in voicing her opinion of fellow actors, made clear her distaste for Cruise's recent displays of emotion over his engagement to actress Katie Holmes.
"His whole behaviour is so shocking," she said.
"It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness," she added.
Cruise's red-carpet smooches with Holmes and a series of exuberant and very public expressions of love for his new fiance, led to criticism that the once very private star was seeking cheap publicity for his blockbuster movie, War of the Worlds, which was released in June.
On one occasion, Cruise excitedly jumped up and down on talk show host Oprah Winfrey's couch as he revealed his adoration for Holmes, who was starring in her own summer blockbuster, Batman Begins.
Bacall also had some less than complimentary words for Cruise's acting skills as she bemoaned the liberal way labels like "great" and "legend" were sprinkled over Hollywood stars.
"I mean the word 'great' stands for something," Bacall said. "When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise."
The screen siren and widow of Humphrey Bogart had made similar remarks last year about Cruise's ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, with whom she worked on the film, Birth.
At the time, Bacall took exception to one reporter's description of Oscar-winner Kidman as a legend. "She's not a legend," Bacall snapped. "She's a beginner. What is this 'legend'? She can't be a legend at whatever age she is. You have to be older."
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From correspondents in New York
August 02, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse
SCREEN legend Lauren Bacall has taken a caustic swipe at Tom Cruise, chiding the Hollywood star for his "vulgar" behaviour and questioning his acting ability.
In an interview in the latest issue of Time magazine, Bacall, 81, who has never been shy in voicing her opinion of fellow actors, made clear her distaste for Cruise's recent displays of emotion over his engagement to actress Katie Holmes.
"His whole behaviour is so shocking," she said.
"It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness," she added.
Cruise's red-carpet smooches with Holmes and a series of exuberant and very public expressions of love for his new fiance, led to criticism that the once very private star was seeking cheap publicity for his blockbuster movie, War of the Worlds, which was released in June.
On one occasion, Cruise excitedly jumped up and down on talk show host Oprah Winfrey's couch as he revealed his adoration for Holmes, who was starring in her own summer blockbuster, Batman Begins.
Bacall also had some less than complimentary words for Cruise's acting skills as she bemoaned the liberal way labels like "great" and "legend" were sprinkled over Hollywood stars.
"I mean the word 'great' stands for something," Bacall said. "When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise."
The screen siren and widow of Humphrey Bogart had made similar remarks last year about Cruise's ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, with whom she worked on the film, Birth.
At the time, Bacall took exception to one reporter's description of Oscar-winner Kidman as a legend. "She's not a legend," Bacall snapped. "She's a beginner. What is this 'legend'? She can't be a legend at whatever age she is. You have to be older."
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Comments like these are so much funnier when they're against people who you already don't like so much.
She's so funny.
