Jack Reacher, the ’ethical thug’—Lee Child on creating his most famous characterThe similarities between the author, a street fighter as a kid, and his Yankee alter ego are obvious
What ’Going Clear’ means for the decline of ScientologyHBO’s documentary about Scientology finally crosses the border into Canada. What does it say about the Church’s future?
Why we still love Tom CruiseThe Oprah couch dance be damned, global audiences can’t get enough of Tom Cruise and Edge of Tomorrow
Major Tom to Ground Control: ‘Oblivion’ and ‘To the Wonder’Olga Kurylenko seduces Cruise and Affleck in two odysseys that are all about the visuals
The best in holiday movies Fed up with peace on earth? Check out ’Jack Reacher,’ ’Django Unchained,’ ’The Impossible,’ ’This is 40’ and ’Rust and Bone’
Why Hollywood needs a new set of stats to calculate stars’ payYou could call is ’the Moneyball’ approach
How dare Tom CruiseFans of Lee Child thrillers are apoplectic about who’ll play his six-foot-five hero in the movie
NewsmakersEmma Watson’s really big moment, the Dog Whisperer’s disappointing day, Pamela Anderson’s good deed’s too dirty
When a man is just not up to the jobA spy scripted for Tom Cruise is sex-changed into Angelina Jolie’s latest avatar