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“You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!” Sure, that line belongs to Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, but if you’ve ever watched Tom Cruise stare down Australian journalist Peter Overton like he was about to laser-beam him into next week, you’d think Cruise wrote it himself.

Yes, I still remember that 2000 interview like it was yesterday: Cruise, calm but coiled, like a lion in a silk suit, telling Overton to “put your manners back in.” I didn’t just flinch; I froze. That wasn’t a man answering questions; that was a psychological grenade with a press smile.

And now, with Alejandro G. Iñárritu casting Cruise in a role where he tries to save the world but ends up wrecking it? Goosebumps. Real ones! If Cruise leans into that Overton energy, we’re in for something Oscar-worthy, maybe even Magnolia-level magic. Or mayhem.

Tom Cruise has been an integral part of the Hollywood machine, propelling it from the infancy of 21st-century espionage thrillers to heights never achieved before. With his Mission: Impossible saga, Cruise ditched his Oscar-baiting filmography from the 90s and transitioned into a full-time action hero, earning the title of the world’s only remaining true movie star.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One [Credit: Paramount Pictures]

However, separating art from the artist is a thing of the past, and for Tom Cruise, popular culture’s fondness for dissecting art with moral, political, and social implications bears a heavy price. His stardom and status may amass billions of fans and impress the studio execs with box office earnings, but there might be someone who refuses to be swayed by all the hype and ruckus.

Are the Beckhams Done With Tom Cruise? David and Victoria Beckham [Credit: Beckham/Netflix]

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The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II has already gone down in history as a once-in-a-lifetime event, with huge praise reaped on both the organizers and the tireless broadcasters coordinating events and beaming them across the world. All except…

Two Australian commentators, Tracey Grimshaw and Peter Overton, working for the Channel Nine network were clearly caught on the hop as they were tasked with naming the high-profile arrivals at Westminster Abbey for the State Funeral service of Her Majesty.

Having announced the likes of US President Joe Biden, French premier Emmanuel Macron and other world dignitaries, they presumably thought their work was done, until a couple appeared out of their vehicle at the front of the Abbey and made their way inside.

Australian presenters Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw unable to identify UK Pm Liz Truss. pic.twitter.com/uG0eQPqBqN

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Grimshaw asked: “Who’s this?...

An Australian news channel misidentified Liz Truss as a “minor royal” during Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

On Monday (19 September), the world watched on as the monarch’s life was honoured with a service at Westminster Abbey after her body lay in state at Westminster Hall for four days.

The prime minister, who met the monarch at Balmoral two days before her death, gave a reading of John 14:1-9a during the service.

However, her arrival at the ceremony left Channel 9 presenters Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw scratching their heads as they struggled to identify Truss.

“Who’s this?” Grimshaw asked, with Overton theorising: “Hard to identify. Maybe minor royals? Members of the– I can’t identify them at this point.”

“We can’t split everyone up unfortunately,” Grimshaw added. “They could well be royal dignitaries, it’s hard to see.”

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Highly respected newsreader Ian Ross died early Wednesday morning in a. Gold Coast hospital, aged 73.

He had pancreatic cancer. Ross retired in 2009 after a media career that began in 1957, spent mostly at the Nine Network, followed by seven years with. Seven News.

"Ian Ross was a champion bloke," said Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner. "News rooms bring out the best of characters and Roscoe was one of the best of the best. Everyone who had the opportunity to work alongside Roscoe during his 50 year journalistic career will remember him with tremendous affection."

In a statement the Seven news team said, "The entire team at Seven News is deeply saddened by the death of our wonderful colleague, friend and mentor, Ian Ross. Roscoe - as he is known to everyone - delivered Sydney.s Seven News for seven years before he retired in 2009.

"In a career spanning five decades, Roscoe...

Jessica Rowe has revealed that she loves her "quiet" life. The Australian newsreader, who is married to 60 Minutes broadcaster Peter Overton, said that they work well together when it comes to bringing up their young daughters Allegra and Gisele. She told New Idea magazine: "We lead a really quiet, happy life and we love it. When Peter's off work, he'll take the girls swimming, hang out at the park and play tea parties." Overton added that he is becoming used to living in a house full of women, saying: "I live in a world of pink, but I love it. There's something very special about the relationship between a dad and his girls. If I'm really (more)...

Tom Cruise displayed a darker persona during a recent interview with an Australian TV reporter when a journalist quizzed him about his relationship with ex-wife Nicole Kidman. The Top Gun hunk, who famously grins and giggles through tough questions, wasn't smiling when Peter Overton's probing questions "crossed a line". After berating Overton for poking fun at his chosen religion, Scientology, Cruise got serious when the reporter asked one too many questions about his family. When Overton posed, "Do you have a relationship where you talk... a parenting relationship and talk professionally about each other's work?" Cruise glared at his interviewer and stopped him dead in his tracks. The movie star said, "Listen, here's the thing, Peter, you're stepping over a line now... and you know you are." When Overton insisted he was only asking questions the public wanted to know, Cruise shot back, "Take responsibility for what you want to know... This is a conversation that I'm having with you right now. So I'm just telling you right now, OK, just put your manners back in." Overton was quick to apologize to his guest.