People were so wrapped up in the
Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes divorce story last week that his milestone birthday came in with a whimper. As one of Hollywood’s biggest movie icons of all time, one would think that Tom Cruise's 50th birthday would have warranted an all-star bash with some of his most glamorous castmates.

Instead, Cruise was seen boarding a private jet at Reykjavik airport for a most likely mundane flight back to his home in California. Of course, that’s not how he supposedly planned to spend the momentous occasion. Until a few days ago, when his soon-to-be-ex wife
Katie Holmes announced she was filing for divorce, he had reportedly planned a family fueled outdoorsy day hiking in Iceland.
The shattered birthday plans are just the latest blow in a string of humiliations the mega-star has suffered lately. First, his turn as the rock god Stacee Jaxx in
“Rock of Ages” flopped with an opening weekend box office take of just over $15 million. Then, his young bride allegedly blindsided him by filing for divorce -- and seeking sole custody of their daughter, Suri Cruise.
Plus, there’s all of the press coverage of the potentially damaging role that Cruise’s dedication to Scientology played in the demise of his marriage. The constantly playing videotapes of him jumping on Oprah’s couch and haranguing Matt Laeur about psychiatry play like a barrage of Cruise’s lowest moments. It appears that the movie star might have peaked at 49 and that 50 might mark the beginning of his demise. What do you think: Is Tom Cruise still in his prime?
Does that count?
An anecdote about Tom Cruise... My brother and brother-in-law work for the stagehands union. "Rain Main" was primarily filmed in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, and they both worked on the movie. After filming had wrapped up, the cast and crew went on a riverboat dinner cruise, and I still have a photo of my sister and her husband standing with Dustin Hoffman and his wife. Of course, Cruise is a conceited ass and total turd, so he was too good to mingle with the riffraff. In fact, my brother-in-law said that he is a big dick.