Will Smith is standing up for his good pal Tom Cruise .

The HanCOCK star wants y'all to stop knocking Tom for being a Scientologist!

In a new interview Jada's wife says, "That's painful for me to see. I've met very few people committed to goodness the way Tom is. We disagree on a lot of things. … But even with different faiths and different beliefs, at the end of the day, goodness is goodness."

Nice! Way to remind us that you're proclaiming in public your non-Scientologist ways.

As we've previously mentioned, Will's on his way to box office history. If Hancock opens to big numbers, as expected, he'll be the first actor to score 8 consecutive $100 million movies.

Tom, the former box office champ is trying to one-up Will, though!

Apparently the two have this ongoing autograph face off thing going…they see who can sign fan autographs longer.

The Fresh Prince says, "It's hard to beat that dude. He has another gear. He did 2 1/2 hours in France for Mission: Impossible on the red carpet. Now when I go to France, people will say, 'You know, Tom was out here for 2 1/2 hours.' "

Can Tom 'go longer' at other things?

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Not all is well in the life of Tom Cruise!

Aside from Valkyrie, which has been plagued by problems, it seems Cruise isn't being offered many roles.

Recently, his people have reached out to Paramount about making Mission: Impossible 4.

Unfortunately for Tommy, he got rejected. Sort of.

Paramount decided to offer Cruise the opportunity to produce the film. Yes. Produce, not star in it.

Though, contractually he's guaranteed the right to produce a film a this point, so it looks like it wasn't such a great offer.

And being the diva that he is, Cruise decided not to take the producing role.

Paramount is apparently trying to continue the franchise with a younger star and leave Cruise completely out.

As for Cruise, his bad luck is continuing. This time with the Germans.

Valkyrie is the drama in which Cruise will play Claus von Stauffenberg, the German leader who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Well, reports are that the German people are upset at the fact that Cruise's company, United Artists, has altered photos of von Stauffenberg to create a stronger resemblance between the German hero and Cruise.

Reports are that alterations have been made to the nose, chin, and eyebrows.

Tom should just make a film with Will Smith and all would be good*.

*Really bad.

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Dr. Drew Pinsky issued the following sort of apology to Tom Cruise on Thursday after raising questions about Tommy Boy's mental health:

Dr. Drew meant no harm to Mr. Cruise and apologizes if his comments were hurtful. Although Mr. Fields's (Cruise's lawyer) intent is clearly to slander and discredit Dr. Drew, under no circumstances is Dr. Drew making a blanket diagnosis about Scientology nor Mr. Cruise whom he does not know. Dr. Drew was simply using Mr. Cruise as an example of someone who is recognizable to help the public understand. Again, Dr. Drew meant him no harm.

Dr. Drew sorta chickened out!

Way to go, Doc!

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And the battle is on!

No one messes with Tom Cruise. At least that's what he thinks!

Tommy boy just had his lawyers go after Dr. Drew Pinsky.

What'd the Celebrity Rehab host do to piss off the high holy one of Scientology????

Apparently, Dr. Drew compared Tom's mental health to that of a Nazi's. Ha!

Dr. Drew's comments are from an article published in next month's Playboy magazine, where the doc states:

"A lot of people in the public eye who behave strangely have mental illness we can learn from, and much of it is based on childhood trauma, without a doubt. Take a guy like Tom Cruise. Why would somebody be drawn into a cultish kind of environment like Scientology? To me, that's a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood - maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect."

Well, isn't that the general idea behind why people join cults? What's the big deal, it's just his professional opinion.

However, Cruise's lawyers, probably Scientologists themselves, have fired back stating, "This unqualified television performer who is obviously just looking for notoriety is so grotesquely unprofessional as to pretend to diagnose Tom and others without ever meeting them. He seems to be spewing the absurdity that all Scientologists are mentally ill. The last time we heard garbage like this was from Joseph Goebbels."

How is a psychiatrist unqualified again?

Scientologists blamed psychiatry for crimes and even believe it was created by the Nazis.

In 1982, Scientology cult leader creator L. Ron Hubbard even called psychiatrists murders and said they “destroyed every great civilization to date." Adding that "the majority of psychiatrists maim and kill their patients and, by record, in all history have only worsened mental conditions. After all, that's what they seem to be paid to do by the government."

Looks like someone needed a psychiatrist!

This probably explains why Scientologists always try to eradicate psychiatry and are completely against any and all psychiatric drugs.

And speaking of Nazis, we still think Tom's latest flick, Valkyrie, where he plays a Nazi, is totally going to bomb!

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TomKat and Suri Cruise went out to din din in Beverly Hills on Friday night.

The celebutards hit E Baldi Restaurant and had not one but TWO police escorts.

Nice to see our taxpayer money wasted like that!

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The rumors have been confirmed!

Katie Holmes will make her Broadway debut in a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons.

Holmes, a Bway novice, will luckily be surrounded by Great White Way vets.

The other confirmed cast members are John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and super hottie Patrick Wilson.

Theater and performance dates are TBD.

Sadly, we're sure Tommy boy won't let Katie independently enjoy this experience.

Cruise (or some Scientology handler) will most likely be by her side at all times!

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Tom Cruise's Nazi film, Valkyrie, has been pushed back yet again!

The film, which was originally supposed to come out this June, was pushed back to the Autumn.

Now, it's not coming out until some time in 2009.

We smell a disaster!

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Where were Nicole Kidman's kids this past weekend????

They were with their mom, Katie Holmes!

Connor & Isabella Cruise attended David Beckham's soccer game in Los Angeles this past weekend with dad Tom and mother Katie.

Nicole, of course, was out of the picture.

Kidman has said in interviews that her children call her "Nicole" and not mom.

Holmes, on the other hand, has said that Connor & Isabella call her "mom."

Thankfully, Nicole's gonna have her own baby with Keith Urban any minute now.

Hopefully she'll spend more time with it than she does her other kids!

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One of Tom Cruise's Scientology buddies, Australian billionaire James Packer, is reportedly over the 'religion'. Packer was recently listed as Scientology's richest member.

Cruise introduced Packer to Scientology in 2002.

Packer's closest friends have revealed that he's quietly distanced himself from Scientology, was no longer undertaking Scientology courses and has told them he no longer "needs it".

The religion entered Packer's life at one of the lowest points. He was overweight and depressed, his marriage to his first wife, Jodhi Meares, had ended and he was reeling from the humiliating and very public collapse of business, One.Tel, in which he lost about $350 million.

Packer spilled about his association with Scientology only once, telling The Australian Financial Review Magazine in 2006 that he spent an hour or so "every couple of days" practicing the religion. "I think it has been very good for me," he said. "It has been helpful. I have some friends in Scientology that have been very supportive. But I think it's just helped me have a better outlook on life."

However, looks like Packer's distancing from the church could be money-motivated. The report points to observers who've suggested that Packer's expanding casino empire has presented issues difficult to reconcile with Scientologist beliefs.

Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, denounced gambling. "An obsessive gambler is a psychotic just like a drug addict or an alcoholic," Hubbard wrote in 1977.

Packer's office did not respond to calls for comments.

This is a big glow for the "church." Packer - as all Scientologists do - give a big portion of their annual income to the house of Xenu.

That's a lot of money Scientology's no longer getting!

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