Talking Pictures

Tom Cruise Is Missing

Today's Times (21 May, 2003) notes that Kim Howells is in trouble for saying that Tom Cruise was too frightened to attend the Cannes Film Festival. That's strange since an article by James Christopher in The Times T2 section (15 May, 2003) wrote: 'The sight of Tom Cruise squiring Penelope Cruz...up the red carpet of the Festival Palais in a flashbulb blaze is the vital evidence that the madness has started.' Perhaps he was startled by the flashbulbs?