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102. I used to love Tom Cruise. That smile!

Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:27 PM

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Then he made that movie "Magnolia." I hated that movie and I hated his character, so much so that I started disliking him. Then he went all nutty with that Scientology stuff and he completely lost me.

But to each his own. You like who you like. It's all good.

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