Nicole Kidman's Ex Tom Cruise And Husband Keith Urban Both At Daytona 500
It's the three degrees of Nicole Kidman...she doesn't really have anything to do with this story other than the rather odd coincidence of ex-husband Tom Cruise, adopted son Connor, and current hubby Keith Urban all being at the Daytona International Speedway for this year's running of the Great American Race, which probably made for some very interesting conversations at two separate dinner tables later that night:
Cruise brought his father-in-law and adopted son Connor along for company as he got behind the wheel of the same vehicle used in the 1990 film.Sporting a pair of sunglasses and leather jacket, the star appears to have aged well, looking younger than his 46 years.
There was no sign of ex-wife Nicole Kidman though, who he met on the set of the film and subsequently married.
Kidman's current husband however, country music star Keith Urban, attended the event to perform a surprise two-song set for reporters.
Urban took brief questions from reporters and laughed awkwardly when asked what his favourite racing film was.
"Uhhhhh ... Cars?" he stammered, choosing the animated movie over the more obvious Days Of Thunder that featured his wife as Tom's love interest.
Later, Urban and Cruise both attended the pre-race driver meeting. The two were seated on opposite ends, but Cruise heartily applauded Urban when the singer was introduced.
(I know Dawn ususally does the CoS stories...she rawks, I suck, but be gentle.)
I remember when Days Of Thunder came out...back in the day Tom was the hawt young thing, the darling of the cinema, and fans simply could not get enough. Then, by most accounts, he was introduced to Scientology in 1990 by former wife Mimi Rogers, the same year this movie was released (DOT was filmed in 1989, released in June 1990), and while he has had certifiable hits since then, the deeper he gets into Scientology the worse his movies perform at the box office. Now, he's done gone and lost his mind to a pseudo-religion, his career is going down the toilet, and fans are running from Tom and his footbullets in droves. Too bad, because I can still see traces of that hawt young thing in the caricature he has become (perhaps assisted?)...why oh why did he have to join a cult? Maybe the CoS thinks that NASCAR rednecks are too stupid to know about their atrocities...but they are wrong.
