sona for four decades, while Glen Donner looks at how Cruise appears to unnaturally defy the aging process in both looks and actions despite now being in his late fifties. Tying these ideas together, Justin Owen Rawlins investigates Cruise’s persistence to do his own stunts on set, one of which resulted in a broken ankle which he continued to perform with until the scene was over. Michael DeAngelis’s chapter on ‘the aging and seemingly ageless’ Cruise who appears to maintain his youthfulness through both unnatural processes (surgery) and natural processes (workouts), focusing on ‘functional fitness’ as an example of the latter, brings the book to a close. Other topics taken on by the authors in this volume include Cruise’s link to Scientology, his assumed but oft denied homosexuality and the 2005 ‘couch jumping’ incident on The Oprah Winfrey Show as he proclaimed his love for actress Katie Holmes. Moreover, as well as textual analysis of Cruise’s films, the contributors use a wide range of press coverage, biographies, documentary, websites, reality television and social media posts, alongside academic literature, to explore Cruise’s complex image and longevity as a star. An excellent read for those both familiar and unfamiliar with Cruise and his work.

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明星电影：创造好莱坞童话

sona 四十岁，而格伦·唐纳（Glen Donner）则研究了克鲁斯（Glen Donner）如何在外表和行为上不自然地对抗衰老过程，尽管他现在已经 50 多岁了。贾斯汀·欧文·罗林斯将这些想法结合在一起，调查了克鲁斯在片场坚持做自己的特技，其中一个导致脚踝骨折，他继续表演直到场景结束。Michael DeAngelis 关于“衰老和看似永恒”的章节克鲁斯似乎通过不自然的过程（手术）和自然过程（锻炼）来保持年轻，并以“功能性健康”作为后者的一个例子，将这本书带到了关。作者在本卷中讨论的其他主题包括克鲁斯与科学教的链接，他假设但经常否认同性恋和 2005 年在奥普拉温弗瑞秀上的“沙发跳”事件，因为他宣布了他对女演员凯蒂霍姆斯的爱。此外，除了对克鲁斯电影的文本分析外，撰稿人还利用广泛的新闻报道、传记、纪录片、网站、电视真人秀和社交媒体帖子以及学术文献来探索克鲁斯作为明星的复杂形象和长寿。对于熟悉和不熟悉克鲁斯及其作品的人来说，这是一本极好的读物。