Tom Cruise just won his first Academy Award . Despite receiving a nomination for Best Actor three times, it took a special honor from the Academy for Cruise to finally take home a golden man. (I'm still surprised that climbing the Burj Khalifa and jumping from one airplane to another in the Mission: Impossible series never did the trick.)

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu presented Cruise with the annual Academy Honorary Award among a celebration of his peers at this year’s Governors Awards, acknowledging his “incredible commitment to our filmmaking community, to the theatrical experience, and to the stunts community.” Iñárritu also praised the actor, stating, "Tom Cruise doesn’t just make movies. He is movies."

The honorary Oscar typically awards significant achievement in

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