Petrelis Files

Creepy Tom Cruise's FEC File

Count me as one gay man who has never found the actor appealing, many of his movies mediocre and overhyped, and his religious beliefs bizarre. Last week, Cruise used his movie-star muscle against Comedy Central and forced the network to cancel an episode of "South Park" because it poked fun at his religion, Scientology. It doesn't surprise me Cruise and Comedy Central stifled the free speech rights of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of "South Park."

After all, money rules in Hollywood and the comedy channel's parent company, Viacom, which also owns Paramount Pictures, the studio that will soon release Cruise's latest boring blockbuster, "Mission Impossible 3," wants to keep its possibly-closeted star happy.

Speaking of money, when it comes to political donations, all of Cruise's checks, some written while he was married to Nicole Kidman, have gone to Democrats, both in California and at the national level. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's always good gossip to chat about where Hollywood celebrities put their political dollars, yes?


CA Donations

TOM CRUISE AND NICOLE KIDMAN, SELF, ACTOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
COALITION TO SAVE PROP 10
A PROJECT OF FORUM FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
NO ON PROP 28
$5,000.00
2/4/2000

NICOLE KIDMAN AND TOM CRUISE, HOLLYWOOD, ACTRESS/ACTOR,
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN LEADERS FUND
$1,000.00
5/26/2000

CRUISE TOM, C/W PRODUCTIONS, ACTOR,
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
DAVIS COMMITTEE, THE GOVERNOR GRAY
$5,000.005/21/2002


Federal Donations (Sources: PoliticalMoneyLine and NewsMeat)

05/23/90
$1,000
MRAZEK, ROBERT J (D) Senate - NY

05/23/90
$1,000
PEOPLE FOR MRAZEK SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

4/29/1994
$1,000.00
CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN FOR U S SENATE

5/22/1996
$500.00
JOHN F. KERRY COMMITTEE

5/12/1998
$1,000.00
FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXER

10/11/96
$5,000
Democratic National Committee

11/6/1998
$2,500.00
LEADERSHIP '98 (FKA FRIENDS OF ALBERT GORE JR INC)

3/4/1998
$1,000.00
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE

5/19/1998
$5,000.00
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

9/2/1999
$10,000.00
MAJORITY 2000

12/27/1999
$5,000.00
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

6/30/2000
$5,000.00
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

3/31/2003
$1,000.00
FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXER