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Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt at the F1: The Movie premiere in London

Brad Pitt embraces Tom Cruise at F1: The Movie premiere

Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were seen embracing and posing for photographs at the European premiere of F1: The Movie.

Movies • 4 hrs

Tom Cruise and Dolly Parton will be honoured at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 16th Governors Awards event in November

Tom Cruise and Dolly Parton to receive honorary Oscars

Tom Cruise and Dolly Parton will receive honorary Oscars ahead of the 2026 Academy Awards, organisers have said, marking career firsts for the showbusiness legends.

Movies • 18 Jun

An attendee watches the first shared reality screening of the movie The Matrix on an immersive dome screen inside Cosm Los Angeles at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California last month

'The Matrix is everywhere': cinema bets on immersion

In a Los Angeles cinema, a trench coat-wearing Neo bends backwards to dodge bullets that spiral over the viewer's head as the sound of gunfire erupts from everywhere.

Movies • 02 Jun

Does Ethan Hunt survive? As Tom Cruise, ever the bottom-line showman, laughed to Empire, "You gotta see the movie"

Tom Cruise hunts the Mission pieces in Final Reckoning

Picking up where 2023's Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One left off, the on-the-pulse plot sees agent-errant Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team trying to stop "parasitic AI" The Entity as it seeks to end the world as we know it.

Movie Review • 21 May

Tom Cruise: It takes decades to prepare for M:I stunts

Film star Tom Cruise has said it takes "decades" to prepare for extreme Mission: Impossible stunts.

Movies • 16 May

Tom Cruise is feeling the love as he walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival

Tom Cruise brings Mission: Impossible to Cannes

US actor Tom Cruise was joined on the red carpet by stars including Hannah Waddingham and Simon Pegg for a screening of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Movies • 15 May

Tom Cruise honoured with British Film Institute's fellowship

Cruise says receiving BFI fellowship is 'extraordinary'

Tom Cruise has been honoured with the British Film Institute's most prestigious accolade, a BFI fellowship, describing the prize as "absolutely extraordinary".

Movies • 13 May

Tom Cruise cast in Rain Man after a chat in a chipper

Tom Cruise has revealed he landed his role in the Oscar-winning film Rain Man after a chance encounter inside a London takeaway with the film's star Dustin Hoffman.

Movies • 12 May

Simon Pegg: "I do get to do some pretty cool stuff"

Simon Pegg reveals 'mind-boggling' MI7 stunts

Simon Pegg has called Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning "the biggest mission yet", describing sequences filmed on the Arctic island of Svalbard as "extraordinary".

Movies • 25 Apr

In a post on Instagram, Tom Cruise shared the trailer, saying: "Every choice, every mission, has all led to this"

It's Cannes do for Mission: Impossible world premiere

The latest and last instalment of Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month out of competition, the festival has announced.

Movies • 09 Apr

Tom Cruise, pictured at CinemaCon in Las Vegas last week, is gearing up for the release of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning in May

Hollywood eyes summer with anticipation as Jaws hits 50

A half-century ago, in June 1975, Jaws swam into cinemas, gave audiences a good scare, and rewrote movie history.

Movies • 07 Apr

Tom Cruise at CinemaCon in Las Vegas - "I really can't tell you how much I admired his work, how much I thought of him as a human being, and how grateful and honoured I was when he joined Top Gun and then came back for Top Gun: Maverick"

Tom Cruise pays tribute to Val Kilmer

Tom Cruise has paid tribute to his late Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer, leading cinema owners in a moment's silence at the CinemaCon event in Las Vegas before unveiling new footage from his latest Mission: Impossible movie.

Movies • 04 Apr

Tom Cruise meets A Complete Unknown star Timothée Chalamet at a screening of the Bob Dylan biopic in London in December 2024

Tom Cruise to be honoured by British Film Institute

Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise will be honoured with the British Film Institute's most prestigious accolade, a BFI Fellowship, in May.

Movies • 20 Mar

25 films to see in 2025

A good start - and there'll be plenty more besides...

Movies • 04 Jan

Tom Cruise is presented with the US Navy Distinguished Public Service Award by US Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, during a ceremony at Long Cross Studios in Chertsey, Surrey. Photo credit: Ian West/PA Wire

Tom Cruise honoured by US navy for his role in Top Gun

The US navy has praised Hollywood star Tom Cruise for "boosting the force's recruitment of pilots" with his role as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the first Top Gun film.

Movies • 17 Dec 24

Hugh Grant did shots with Travis Kelce at Swift gig

Hugh Grant has said he "went crazy" and did tequila shots with Taylor Swift's boyfriend, Travis Kelce, when he attended one of her concerts.

Movies • 30 Oct 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Saturday

There's another busy day at the Paris Olympics, a Dionne Warwick night on the Beeb, a look back at classic summer TV shows, Steve Martin in concert, and some cracking movies . . .

Television • 03 Aug 24

Tom Cruise, pictured celebrating the USA swimming team's 4x100m freestyle relay victory at Paris La Défense Arena on Saturday 27 July

Tom Cruise 'to star in Olympics closing ceremony'

It is reported that Tom Cruise will have a starring role in the Olympics closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday 11 August.

Paris 2024 • 02 Aug 24

Tom Cruise attends day two of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the artistic gymnastics event with Simone Biles of USA at Paris Arena in Paris, France. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

Tom Cruise and Ariana Grande spotted at Paris Olympics

Hollywood star Tom Cruise and pop singer Ariana Grande have been watching US gymnast Simone Biles compete on the second day of the Paris Olympics.

Olympics • 29 Jul 24

Tom Cruise at the Wimbledon finals on Saturday

Cruise and Jackman bring star power to Wimbledon finals

Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman were among those bringing Hollywood star power to Wimbledon Centre Court on Saturday.

Movie • 14 Jul 24

Glen Powell says Tom Cruise was "laughing louder than anyone" at Twisters premiere

Powell says Cruise got audience 'riled up' at premiere

US actor Glen Powell said Tom Cruise was "laughing louder than anyone and cheering" after his surprise appearance during the London premiere of new film Twisters.

Movie • 10 Jul 24

Anthony Ramos, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell at the Twisters premiere

Tom Cruise joins Glen Powell at premiere of Twisters

Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise appeared at the London premiere of film Twisters in support of his friend, Glen Powell.

Movies • 09 Jul 24

Coldplay singer Chris Martin described Michael J Fox as "our hero forever and one of the most amazing people on Earth" Screengrab: BBC

Michael J Fox joins Coldplay during Glastonbury set

Coldplay thrilled Glastonbury as they performed their record-breaking fifth headline slot on Saturday night with actor Michael J Fox among their special onstage guests.

Music • 30 Jun 24

June Squibb - "It was great fun, and I came into it having read the script and deciding, 'Well, I think I could do that'"

June Squibb, 94, did own stunts in action-comedy Thelma

At 94 years old, actor June Squibb had to convince filmmakers that she could do a lot of her own stunts in the action-packed comedy film Thelma, about a grandmother seeking revenge.

Movies • 19 Jun 24

Tom Cruise - New film "fits the bill of rumours that Cruise is eager to work with auteurs after spending much of the past decade on franchise projects"

Tom Cruise lines up his next film

Tom Cruise is to star in the next film from The Revenant Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Movies • 23 Feb 24