April 22nd, 2006, 05:04 PM
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Background: James Packer - Aussie media baron and owner of Channel Nine, arguably the biggest Aussie TV network; billionaire; Scientologist. Provided lavish hospitality to TomKat when they visited Oz a few weeks ago to attend James' late father Kerry Packer's memorial service in Sydney.
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Cruise snubs mate as Seven gets the TomKat tale
By Rachel Browne
April 23, 2006
DESPITE a long-standing friendship with James Packer, actor Tom Cruise has delivered a crushing blow to the Nine Network by granting his first interview about his newborn daughter to its arch-rival.
The exclusive interview was granted to Channel Seven's breakfast show Sunrise. Nine staffers yesterday expressed their fury at the snub.
The decision to give the interview to Sunrise co-host Melissa Doyle came just two months after Cruise, 43, and his then-pregnant fiancee Katie Holmes, 27, came to Sydney to comfort Mr Packer on the death of his father, Kerry.
Cruise and Mr Packer have been friends for nearly a decade.
Cruise, who is in the midst of a publicity blitz for his latest film, Mission Impossible III, cancelled most of his interviews last week because of the birth of his daughter, Suri — dubbed TomKat by the media.
But he spoke to Doyle on Thursday, two days after the birth. She said Cruise looked like "the happiest man alive" in the interview, which will air on Sunrise tomorrow.
It is believed that Mr Packer did not exercise his leverage to secure an interview for Nine's Today show.
Cruise spoke at length to Nine's current affairs flagship 60 Minutes last year, but took umbrage at the line of questioning from reporter Peter Overton, who quizzed him about Scientology and his former wife, Nicole Kidman.
After asking Cruise whether Kidman was the love of his life, the actor told Overton to "put your manners back in".
Nine insiders believe the exchange may be why Cruise decided to grant the interview to Seven, noting that Overton's wife, Jessica Rowe, is co-host of Today.
Yesterday, a Nine spokesperson said: "We wouldn't have thought that round two with Peter Overton, or Jessica Rowe for that matter, would have been that taxing for Tom. However, we do wish him and Katie and the baby well."
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April 22nd, 2006, 05:10 PM
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dont worry mr packer. you arent missing anything thing, in fact, your couches will thank you.
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April 22nd, 2006, 06:09 PM
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I am surprised that Overton and Rowe still have their jobs, and were not canned in some $cientology led purge.
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April 22nd, 2006, 06:11 PM
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'Put your manners back in'????? What a fucking nutjob...christ.
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April 22nd, 2006, 06:46 PM
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It was hilarious - he got that crazymad look and Peter Overton almost laughed out loud. I'll try and find a transacript but since it was a C9 programme I suspect The Boss (J. Packer, Scientologist) has spiked it.
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April 22nd, 2006, 06:48 PM
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I have the pic of him with Melissa Doyle but maybe someone else can post it as I can't convert it to a jpg for some reason.
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April 22nd, 2006, 06:52 PM
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There ya go. Sorry it's so small. She looks a bit like Paris Hilton. Eeeek
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April 22nd, 2006, 06:52 PM
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April 23rd, 2006, 12:47 AM
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It's 'tomKITTEN', not tomkat..
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April 23rd, 2006, 03:36 AM
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Whatever it is it's just trifling. I'm so sick of the Tom Thumb rolling clusterfuck. Just drag his ass off to the nearest loony bin...
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April 23rd, 2006, 03:42 AM
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It was hilarious - he got that crazymad look and Peter Overton almost laughed out loud. I'll try and find a transacript but since it was a C9 programme I suspect The Boss (J. Packer, Scientologist) has spiked it.
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It was hilarious...I laughed my ass off. The video from it is floating around the net somewhere. I'll see if I can dig it up. Brilliant stuff. Tom is in the early stages of his lunacy and it's riveting tv to say the least.
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April 23rd, 2006, 09:26 AM
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April 23rd, 2006, 12:59 PM
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^^ Most entertaining 14 minutes I've spent. LOL. He's a total freaking nutjob. You could almost see his eyes turning red. Where did the racism/Scientology thing come from? That made no sense and reminded me of the girl on the Bachelor who said people were racist against beautiful people.
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April 23rd, 2006, 01:03 PM
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I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH IT!!! I bookmarked this page and everything. I'm gonna have me a fuuuuun lunch break!  Thanks for the link, twitchy...
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