The latest news following the last year i-e 2006 and relating to Tom's acting career is his massive box office hit Mission Impossible III. Tom played the role of Ethan Hunt and he was very well received by the critics also, let alone his common fans which are always in love with Tom's works. It is known that Tom is working over the movie Lions for Lambs and also Valkyrie to be released as his next flicks.

It is expected that the productions of the movie Valkyrie would start off in the summers of 2007. The movie is a thriller based on the assassination attempt of Adolf Hitler Tom cruise signed the role in early months of the year 2007.

The second project in collaboration with the United Artists is their inaugural film called the Lions and Lambs a directorial venture of Robert Redford. The cast includes Meryl Steep and Redford along with Tom Cruise. It is expected for a release on the ninth day of November in the year 2007.

At the end of the year 2006, it was great achievement for Tom to get an honor of the declaration of the tenth of October 2006 to be the "Tom Cruise Day in Japan" he was indeed the first Hollywood star to have a day in his name. It was revealed that he got this honor because of having the maximum trips to Japan than any other Hollywood actor.

Latest in the year 2006 also brought about the end of some long lasting link ups in Tom's career. The association with the Paramount ended in the year 2006 after a fourteen year old relationship. The reason given by Paramount was quite a scar over Tom's reputation:

"His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount"

which was based on his off-screen conduct.

The latest news on the production side of Tom's career is that the very successful Cruise-Wagner productions is on floor with the development of a screenplay, which is known to be based on "The Devil in the White City' a bestseller of the New York times by Erik Larson. The book is about a real life, in Chicago based on a serial killer. It is reported that Kathyrn Bigelow is also associated in the project with Cruise.

The relationship of Tom and Katie though is known to be a very romantic affair and very well compatible, the latest buzz is that Katie is having some relationship problems with her newly wed husband Tom Cruise. She has reportedly invited Victoria Beckham, for her assistance in the matter. Her major known problem is Tom's passion for Scientology and she might have to undergo training to learn its techniques. It is leaked that Tom has various times warned Katie that she needs to undergo some "mommy classes" offered by Scientology.