Tom Cruise, potentially the greatest action star of all time, received his first Oscar at the Governors Awards on November 16. Cruise was joined by his fellow 2025 honorary Oscar recipients: Dolly Parton ( 9 to 5 , Steel Magnolias ), production designer Wynn Thomas ( Do the Right Thing ), and Debbie Allen, who choreographed the Oscar ceremony ten times. Cruise used his acceptance speech to praise the industry and the people who keep it alive. “The cinema, it takes me around the world,” Cruise said. “It helps me to appreciate and respect differences. It shows me also our shared humanity, how alike we are in so, so many ways. And no matter where we come from, in that theater, we laugh together, we feel together, we hope together, and that is the power of this art form. And that is

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