Tom Cruise Admits His Arrogance. Duh!

Posted Dec 15, 2008 by Kim MacCormack

Updated Dec 15, 2008 at 06:31 PM

By KIM MacCORMACK

Welcome to TBO’s newest blog, “Break Points,” a place where news (both serious and fluffy) is fodder, with a dangerous lean toward the fluff in life.

It’ll be the news you’re talking about at work around the coffee pot, in the drop-off line, Starbucks, the first tee or the grocery store. Or maybe we’ll bring up things you’ve never heard before or things we just think you need to know.

Such as:

Tom Cruise was on “Today” this morning to allegedly talk about his movie “Valkyrie.” But let’s face it, he’s continuing to rehab his image from the couch jumping, the wet, sloppy PDAs with Katie Holmes and his controversial interview with Matt Lauer about anti-depressants and psychiatry.

He called Lauer “glib” in that June 2005 appearance.

This morning, it’s been pretty much a love fest. Lauer declared it wasn’t “Rocky II.”

When finally asked about his last “Today” appearance, which spawned more than 10,000 e-mails to NBC,” Cruise admitted he was “arrogant.”

“I didn’t communicate it the way I wanted to communicate it,” he said. “I learned a lesson … a good lesson.”

Good for Lauer and good for Cruise – it’s more than the superstar admitted to Oprah earlier this year.

He told Lauer he’s still willing to talk about Scientology, but that in the future he’ll do a better job picking the time and place.

Oh, and then they talked about “Valkyrie.” Yawn.

Other hot topics:

• Give props to President Bush for his reflexes. He ducked not one, but two shoes in Iraq on Sunday. And then he showed a sense of humor declaring they were a size 10. I’m pretty sure the Secret Service isn’t expressing much humor about the incident. Where were they by the way?

• A very sick Meryl Streep appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman on Friday to talk about “Doubt. She was wheezing and coughing. When Dave asked if she should even be out amongst the living, she said “I was afraid to cancel.” (Of course referring to John McCain’s famous last-minute blow off) Dave was humbled. That’s a good thing.

• It was Amy Poehler’s last “Saturday Night Live.” We’re sorry to see her go. She did a funny bit on “Bronx Beat” with Maya Rudolph and made host Hugh Laurie crack-up mid-skit. He played a butcher and he lost it when Amy asked him about the cut of meat he liked. “Tongue? Do you like tongue?”

    The new mother said her farewells during “SNL’s” Weekend Update and was   interrupted by Fred Armisen’s impression of blind N.Y. governor David Patterson who ended up standing in the middle of her shot, well, because he didn’t know where he was because he’s blind. This morning, the show is getting grief for mocking the governor’s disability. I have to admit, it was a bit uncomfortable to watch.

• A physics teacher from Maine won “Survivor.” I don’t watch this show, but I did see part of the finale. From my 10 minutes of viewing I determined that Susie talked A LOT, Sugar cried A LOT and that Bob was liked A LOT more than the other two.

• Looks more and more like the Super Bowl won’t be a home game. Oh, and Monte Kiffin admits he’s going to work for his son. Sniff.

• Seems many of us think that Keanu Reeves makes a good alien. At least, $30 million worth anyway. “Four Christmases” and “Twilight” are still hanging tough in the No. 2 and 3 spots.

OK, that’s enough to get us started … have a great day.