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January 2006
Tom Cruise
'Irritates Most' Say Fans
Tom
Cruise has been named the biggest movie
star of all time, but also the most
irritating, by film fans.
An
Empire
magazine
poll of 10,000 movie fans named Tom Cruise
the biggest star, beating Robert De Niro
and Marilyn Monroe among
others.
Kate
Winslet and Kevin Spacey took the
favourite actress and actor
titles.
Cruise's
status as most irritating actor "may be a
knee-jerk reaction to his year in the
spotlight", said Empire assistant editor
Ian Freer.
While
promoting latest film War of the Worlds
earlier this year, Cruise announced he was
engaged to Dawson's Creek star Katie
Holmes. The pair are now expecting a
baby.
Cruise
also spoke of his belief in Scientology
and criticised actress Brooke Shields, who
had admitted taking drugs for post-natal
depression.
He beat
Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Adam
Sandler and Jim Carrey in the most
irritating actor category.
But Mr
Freer added: "He has also been voted the
greatest movie star in the world,
something this year's Mission: Impossible
3 will no doubt confirm."
The poll
was commissioned to mark Empire magazine's
200th issue.
In the
acting categories Finding
Neverland
star Winslet beat Nicole Kidman and
Natalie Portman while American Beauty star
Spacey beat Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp
among others.
Steven
Spielberg was best director, beating King
Kong film-maker Peter Jackson -
nevertheless Jackson's Lord of the Rings
trilogy was named favourite film
franchise.
Film
fans named Fargo star Steve Buscemi their
favourite unsung movie hero.
Seven
out of 10 of those questioned thought
there was too much product placement in
films, while 81% thought there were too
many sequels and remakes.
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