{"id":3111,"date":"2026-10-22T13:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:03:48","slug":"tom-cruise-to-be-honored-with-american-film-institute-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3111","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise to be honored with American Film Institute award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Actor Tom Cruise, known for movies from \u201cRisky Business\u201d to \u201cTop Gun,\u201d will \u200breceive the American Film Institute\u2019s Life \u200cAchievement Award at a Hollywood ceremony in April, organisers said on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The AFI, a nonprofit dedicated \u200bto preserving and promoting movies, has bestowed \u200bthe honor annually since 1973. Previous \u2060recipients include Bette Davis, Gene Kelley, Elizabeth \u200bTaylor and Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise is known throughout the \u200bfilm business as one of the biggest champions of cinemas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an actor and producer, he brings an \u200bextraordinary commitment to everything he does,\u201c \u200bsaid producer Kathleen Kennedy, chair of AFI\u2019s board of \u200ctrustees. \u201cWhat \u2060I especially admire is his deep belief in movies and their ability to bring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruise has been nominated for three Academy \u200bAwards for \u200bacting and \u2060received an honorary Oscar last year for his lifetime of work.<\/p>\n<p>His \u200bfilms include \u201cJerry Maguire,\u201d \u201cMinority Report,\u201d \u201cA Few Good \u200bMen,\u201d \u201cRain \u2060Man\u201d and the \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d series.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise\u2019s latest movie, the big-budget dark comedy \u201cDigger,\u201d has struggled at \u2060the \u200bbox office, finishing fifth on \u200bUS and Canadian charts in its opening weekend in \u200bOctober.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Tom Cruise, known for movies from \u201cRisky Business\u201d to \u201cTop Gun,\u201d will \u200breceive the American Film Institute\u2019s Life \u200cAchievement Award at a Hollywood ceremony in April, organisers said on Wednesday. The AFI, a nonprofit dedicated \u200bto preserving and promoting movies, has bestowed \u200bthe honor annually since 1973. Previous \u2060recipients include Bette Davis, Gene Kelley, Elizabeth \u200bTaylor and Tom Hanks. Cruise is known throughout the \u200bfilm business as one of the biggest champions of cinemas. \u201cAs an actor and producer, he brings an \u200bextraordinary commitment to everything he does,\u201c \u200bsaid&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}