Tom Cruise's PR handlers give him a 5-point system for winning back his female fans

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Tom Cruise has lost a few pounds, and his bad habits are next to go.

The Valkyrie actor's overworked publicity team has put together a multipoint plan to bring him back to screen-idol status. Some of the dos and don'ts: You won't hear Tom lecturing any talk show hosts (think: Matt Lauer!) about Scientology from now on. Also, to be more connected to the audience, he will stop wearing sunglasses on the red carpet, an insider tells Star. His PR team has also nixed showing up at premieres in fancy cars. "They don't want him to seem arrogant during the recession!" are next to go.

But the flacks' No. 1 priority? Winning back Tom's female fans! Research showed that women turned against him after he criticized Brooke Shields' use of postpartum depression meds. So now Tom is making a concerted effort to appear on women-friendly programs like The View. "It's all very calculated," the insider says. are next to go.

Tom's wife, Katie Holmes, is benefiting from the new rules, too! When they step out together, he has to be less hands-on. "Tom needs to quit grabbing her arm and pulling her around. The idea is to make him the kinder, gentler Tom, not a controlling husband with a Stepford wife." are next to go.

http://www.starmagazine.com/tom_cruise_image_makeover/news/15139

[tigereye]

1. the guy's an ass and a crappy actor

he can go stuff himself.

[BurtWorm]

2. Leaking these rules to this reporter for this article was a brilliant move.

That's going to make the girls really love Tommy boy.

:sarcasm:

[TZ]

3. oh good lord

I thought political spin was bad..this is WORSE.As far as I'm concerned the only thing that could make me a fan again is if he got rid of his batshit crazy ideas/religion and just not talking about them isn't gonna make me forget he's a lunatic!

[CreekDog]

4. Oh, that's too many, how about a 2-point system?

1 Shut
2 Up

[madinmaryland]

5. Tom Cruise is really that one that needs to STFU!!

[Bake]

7. Or ...

1 Go
2 Away

Bake

[CreekDog]

9. Well I like his movies

So I wouldn't go that far. :hi:

[PVnRT]

6. See, you don't know the history of batshit crazy Scientologist actors. I do.

[Missy Vixen]

8. Any woman with a memory

is not going to think Tom Cruise is anything but an idiot. We won't even go into the fact that his comments on post-partum depression, etcetera, were the biggest of many PR blunders.

I wish Katie Holmes luck with him. It's only a matter of time before she suffers the same fate both previous wives have: Traded in for a younger, cuter, and dumber model.

Julie

[dawgmom]

10. Ugh. Never found him sexy, still don't

But then, my gaydar is pretty strong, and I'm not attracted to gay men (funny how that works out -- they're not attracted to me, either. Ha!) Especially deeply closeted gay men, like Cruise.