Cruise and Nicole Kidman separated last February after 11 years of marriage
The love of Penelope Cruz has turned out to be the best birthday gift received by Tom Cruise, an actor who has publicly acknowledged his relationship with the Spanish actress. As reported by Cruise's spokeswoman, Pat Kingsley, the two "have gone out together on several occasions" since Cruz lit up the actor's 39th birthday celebration with her beauty on July 6 in Los Angeles.
Penelope's was a classy arrival, as described by the Hollywood press, "capable of stopping traffic" with that vaporous and at the same time tight fuchsia sleeveless dress that the 28-year-old actress from Madrid wore.
Her beauty, accentuated by her long black hair loose on her shoulders, stood out even more along with that of the host, who decided to receive the approach of 40 with leather pants and showing off his new hairstyle, or lack thereof, given his skinhead.
Months of guesswork
Kingsley's confirmation ends months of conjecture about the love lives of these stars, who met while filming 'Vanilla Sky' in New York.
It also opens a new chapter in the saga of one of the most notorious divorces in Hollywood, the one that took place at the beginning of the year between Cruise and Nicole Kidman after almost ten years of marriage.
This is the first time that one of the biggest Hollywood stars in terms of salary and popularity has acknowledged that he has eyes for another woman since her separation, with the woman from Madrid being the object of her affection.
Birthday Party
The party organized under the stars by Cruise's sister, Lee Anne Mapother, at the Buffalo Club restaurant on the Santa Monica beach was the perfect setting for love to blossom.
The invitation was attended by about 200 friends of Cruise in a very relaxed atmosphere despite bringing together stars like Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Ben Stiller, and Neve Campbell.
Friends from the beginning of his career were also present, part of the so-called "Brat Pack" to which Cruise also belonged such as Emilio Estevez or Rob Lowe, along with new friends such as Cameron Crowe, director of "Jerry Maguire" and now 'Vanilla Sky', from whom he has become inseparable.
In fact, Crowe was the first to hint at the "fire" between Cruise and Cruz during the filming of 'Vanilla Sky', although his words referred to his passion for work.
Cruise and Kidman split
This passion seems to have lit the fuse of a love hinted at since the announcement of the divorce between Cruise and Kidman came during the filming of 'Vanilla Sky' but always rejected.
"It's amazing what people ask you... Is it because I have this job that I have to tell everyone what I do or who I sleep with?" the Spanish actress asked in an interview.
Despite her statements, Cruz's presence in Hollywood has never been able to separate for the moment from her beauty, admired to date more than her premieres, and from her sentimental life, which has united her with most of her recent companions. delivery.
First, it was Matt Damon, a partner in 'All the Pretty Horses', with whom she was seen walking on several occasions, followed by rumors of a torrid romance with Nicolas Cage, inseparable according to the heart press since they filmed 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin'.
Without admitting his love for her, Cruz never denied her admiration for Cruise from the moment she met him.
A millionaire divorce
"Tom is wonderful. Generous and hard-working, aware of every detail and everyone during filming. When you see him like this you realize why everyone around him loves him," she said while working on 'Vanilla Sky'. The film is a new version of the Spanish film 'Open your eyes', which Cruz also starred in and was directed by Alejandro Amenabar, ironically the same filmmaker who has now worked with Kidman on his first English-language production, 'The Others.
The announcement of the idyll between Cruise and Cruz may further complicate the divorce between the star of 'Mission: Impossible' and Kidman, supposedly in a dispute over the more than 225 million in which his fortune has been valued.
That concern was absent from Cruise's birthday celebration, who treated his guests to a menu of crab cakes, raw tuna, and spicy caviar at a party that lasted until 4 a.m. and where the star only put enough candles on the cake to know she would blow them all out.
