You've goatee be kidding! John Travolta reveals bizarre mini beard and full head of hair at boutique opening
Watch out Flash Gordon: John Travolta showed off his Ming The Merciless goatee at a boutique launch in New York
And why not, for it provided the perfect accompaniment to the luxurious slicked back locks he was suddenly sporting.
John was looking as dapper as ever in a silky purple suit jacket and black trousers, though he lost a few style points for adopting the current trend of going tieless.
But for this fashion faux pas, John was looking almost as good as ever as he hawked watches for the luxury Breitling brand.
Saturday night weaver: John was wearing a particularly luxurious mane at the luxury watch company event
High flyer: John is the perfect brand spokesman as he is a certified pilot with over 40 years of experience
He even kept a small horde of fans amused with some of his trademark one-liners as he gave a speech in front of a miniature aeroplane.
Breitling has been making watches since 1884 and is known for their precision-made, fully Swiss-made timepieces, especially in the aviation industry.
Thew latter makes John the perfect spokesman, for he has been a certified pilot with more than 40 years of flying experience.
Look who's talking: Old pro John had the crowd in stitches with some of his well worn one-liners
Look who's balding: John is infamous for switching between coiffured and hairless looks such as here in 2011
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Katie Holmes' Kids: Tom Cruise's Ex And Suri's Future Siblings' Chic NYC Apartment [PHOTO & VIDEO]
Katie Holmes' kids will be living in luxury if she stays in 'The Mercantile.' (Photo: Reuters)
Katie Holmes' kids will be sitting pretty - when she has them, that is. The Dawson's Creek darling and ex-wife of Tom Cruise dished on her plans for more kids in the most recent issue of Allure, telling the magazine she is "open" to giving 6-year-old daughter Suri a sibling one day.
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Katie Holmes' kids, however many there may turn out to be, will likely be brought up in the sophisticated and luxurious surroundings of The Chelsea Mercantile, where Holmes signed a lease last year following her sudden divorce from Tom Cruise.
Katie Holmes' kids will be real New Yorkers. (Photo: Reuters)
Katie Holmes' kids will be steeped in famous company. The stunning building has had its share of celebrity residents over the years. In 2010, Lance Bass purchased a 1,300-square-foot condo in the Mercantile. Marc Jacobs rented a three-bedroom pad there in 2009, and Nick Jonas later rented the same apartment.
Considering Katie Holmes' daughter Suri Cruise's penchant for high-fashion and glamour, it's a good thing Holmes found an apartment luxurious enough to keep the young princess in style. Will all of Katie Holmes' kids be as devoted to the high life?
Katie Holmes' kids will have sanctuary from the paparazzi in this high-security, celeb-friendly building. (Photo: Reuters)
The Mercantile was built in 1907, and most of its 354 apartments feature huge picture windows, 11-foot high ceilings, walk-in closets and hardwood floors. The building has a 10,000-square-foot landscaped roof deck, a fitness center, valet services, a child's play room (perfect for Katie Holmes' kids) and an on-site Whole Foods. A 1,531-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo in The Mercantile is listed for $2,525 million on Trulia - and that's one of the least-expensive units in the building.
Katie Holmes' neighbor Christopher Hyland gave the NY Daily News a tour of his own glamorous pad in The Mercantile in 2012. Hyland's apartment, which he put on the market for a hot $23 million, was a 4,000-square-foot, 12-room luxury extravaganza decorated with Mapplethorpe photographs and busts from ancient Greece and Rome.
Katie Holmes' kids, whenever she decides to have them, will be living in sophistication. (Photo: Getty Images)
Hyland expressed his support for Katie Holmes' and her kids during the tumultuous days of the divorce and her transition period, when many feared that Holmes' break from Tom Cruise's world of Scientology would be a serious challenge. "This is a very brave little girl to go up against a powerful religion," said Hyland. "She has friends in the building who will help her any way they can."
Katie Holmes' kids will be able to enjoy a relatively low-key life in the celebrity-friendly building, by the sounds of it. "So many celebrities come and go from this building that at first I didn't think anything of it," Hyland says. After all the scrutiny she experienced during her relationship with Tom Cruise, going unnoticed probably suited her just fine. And Katie Holmes' kids will definitely benefit from a little sanctuary.
It seems Katie Holmes' kids are destined to be raised as New Yorkers. Before The Mercantile and before her divorce from Tom Cruise, Holmes was living in a Greenwich Village apartment she bought with the famous actor and Scientologist for $15 million.
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Katie's little princess: Suri Cruise can't hide her delight as she dresses up as Disney's Jasmine during Electric Parade
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It's said to be the most magical place on earth, and judging from Suri Cruise's reaction that certainly seemed to be the case for her at Disney World on Thursday.
Katie Holmes' daughter couldn't hide her delight as she sat next to her mum and grandparents during the special Electric Parade where she got to watch the Disney characters come out to entertain.
Suri even channelled her own Disney princess as she dressed up as princess Jasmine from Aladdin.
Mommy's little princess: Suri couldn't hide her delight during Disney's Electric Parade on Thursday night as she sat dressed in her Princess Jasmine costume
And obviously being treated to the max the six-year-old also wore a pink Disney hoodie over the top.
At one point the youngster, who looked the spitting image of Katie, held her hand up to her mouth in delighted astonishment as she watched the parade unfold.
Suri even wore a crown to complete her Arabian outfit complete with pretty matching shoes.
Fancy that! The six-year-old, as well as mother and her grandparents were delighted as the Disney characters walked passed
Cruise was treated to the parade during the family's last day at Disney World's Magic Kingdom Park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
But it wasn't the only excitement she was treated to as they started their adventure by going on Autopia Racers, where they practiced their car racing skills around a track.
They then went to the special Disney store to pick out Suri's cute princess outfit.
All dressed up: Suri grinned widely after walking out of a shop with her brand new Jasmine costume and pink Disney hoodie
What's next! Throughout their stay Suri and Katie went on numerous rides for the exhilarating day out
And she was so delighted with the outfit she even put it on in the shop and emerged afterwards with a big grin on her face.
They then rounded off their day with a dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table in Cinderella's Castle, before letting their dinner go down and jumping on some more rides.
But it seems it was the finale at the Electric Parade which completed the magical trip for the six-year-old.
Family fun: Earlier in the day Suri wore a red skirt as she swung from Katie and her grandfather's hands
Even Katie got into the swing of things as she squealed with delight at seeing her daughter's reaction, especially when one big fluffy character came over to shake her hand.
She was earlier seen without her Princess outfit, dressed in a red skirt and purple jacket as she swung from her grandfather's hand.
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What's Wrong With the Simon Wiesenthal Center Honoring Tom Cruise?
There has been a bit of a fuss about the recent announcement that the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance plans to honor Tom Cruise with its prestigious Humanitarian Award.
It is a very controversial decision. I suspect that the Simon Wiesenthal Center had no idea it would be quite so controversial when they made the decision.
I don't think they fully understand what is wrong with that decision.
It isn't about Tom Cruise. I don't know Cruise personally, and I certainly don't have any information about what he has done to warrant such an honor as a humanitarian. Maybe he has done some amazing things that we don't know about. I'd give him the benefit of the doubt on that.
The fact that Tom Cruise used to be the celebrity face of the Church of Scientology was not, and should not be, a factor in that decision. After all, the museum has "tolerance" in their name -- and tolerance is a very, very good thing.
The above are not reasons why this award is a bad idea.
The problem with this award is how the Church of Scientology will use this award. They will trumpet this award as if it means that the Simon Wiesenthal Center:
And that's what's wrong here. Even if the Simon Wiesenthal Center asks the Church of Scientology to not do that, they will anyway. Scientologists do not believe that requests by non-Scientologists are binding on them. They will do whatever they please.
The Church of Scientology is NOT a humanitarian group by any stretch of imagination. It is arguable that the church is the biggest violator of Human Rights in the United States. See my article Scientology and the Declaration of Human Rights.
The Church of Scientology does NOT contribute to any humanitarian efforts anywhere in the world. Individual Scientologists certainly may, and I do recognize and honor that, but the Church of Scientology itself does not contribute anything. See my article The Church of Scientology Loves Disasters. This is an excellent example of how the church exploits the good work of others to polish their own image -- exactly as they will with this award.
But worst of all, in relation to this award, is how the Church of Scientology frames the Holocaust in relation to their own dogma. I don't think the Simon Wiesenthal Center wants to have any association with Scientology because of their beliefs in this area.
The Church of Scientology redefines and exploits the Holocaust to forward their personal vendetta against the psychiatric profession -- they blame psychiatrists, and only psychiatrists, for the Holocaust. Professor Deborah Lipstadt has termed this "soft-core" Holocaust denial -- although I'd use harsher terms to describe such crass exploitation. Professor Lipstadt's writings on the church are here.
Second, and by far the worst, L. Ron Hubbard's dogma states that anything that happens to a person is their fault and only their fault. This is called the "overt-motivator sequence".
The following are direct quotes from Hubbard's Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary.
Thus, in Scientology belief, all harm that happens to you is completely and totally your fault, you "pulled it in" because of your priorovert.
If you are paying attention then you will understand what this means in relation to the Holocaust. According to Scientology, all the victims of the Holocaust were guilty of overts and it was all their fault that this atrocity happened. Yes, this is straight Scientology dogma.
Understand that this is not some "fringe" belief of Scientology that can be changed or discarded, this is a fundamental teaching of L. Ron Hubbard. These concepts are core, unchangeable beliefs of Scientology.
I think it's wonderful that the Simon Wiesenthal Center demonstrates tolerance towards Scientology, but I really don't think they want to directly associate themselves with the Church of Scientology in any way.
It is a very controversial decision. I suspect that the Simon Wiesenthal Center had no idea it would be quite so controversial when they made the decision.
I don't think they fully understand what is wrong with that decision.
It isn't about Tom Cruise. I don't know Cruise personally, and I certainly don't have any information about what he has done to warrant such an honor as a humanitarian. Maybe he has done some amazing things that we don't know about. I'd give him the benefit of the doubt on that.
The fact that Tom Cruise used to be the celebrity face of the Church of Scientology was not, and should not be, a factor in that decision. After all, the museum has "tolerance" in their name -- and tolerance is a very, very good thing.
The above are not reasons why this award is a bad idea.
The problem with this award is how the Church of Scientology will use this award. They will trumpet this award as if it means that the Simon Wiesenthal Center:
- approves of Scientology,
- endorses Scientology,
- validates Scientology's claims that they are a "humanitarian group" and
- confirms that Scientology supports Human Rights.
And that's what's wrong here. Even if the Simon Wiesenthal Center asks the Church of Scientology to not do that, they will anyway. Scientologists do not believe that requests by non-Scientologists are binding on them. They will do whatever they please.
The Church of Scientology is NOT a humanitarian group by any stretch of imagination. It is arguable that the church is the biggest violator of Human Rights in the United States. See my article Scientology and the Declaration of Human Rights.
The Church of Scientology does NOT contribute to any humanitarian efforts anywhere in the world. Individual Scientologists certainly may, and I do recognize and honor that, but the Church of Scientology itself does not contribute anything. See my article The Church of Scientology Loves Disasters. This is an excellent example of how the church exploits the good work of others to polish their own image -- exactly as they will with this award.
But worst of all, in relation to this award, is how the Church of Scientology frames the Holocaust in relation to their own dogma. I don't think the Simon Wiesenthal Center wants to have any association with Scientology because of their beliefs in this area.
The Church of Scientology redefines and exploits the Holocaust to forward their personal vendetta against the psychiatric profession -- they blame psychiatrists, and only psychiatrists, for the Holocaust. Professor Deborah Lipstadt has termed this "soft-core" Holocaust denial -- although I'd use harsher terms to describe such crass exploitation. Professor Lipstadt's writings on the church are here.
Second, and by far the worst, L. Ron Hubbard's dogma states that anything that happens to a person is their fault and only their fault. This is called the "overt-motivator sequence".
The following are direct quotes from Hubbard's Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary.
- OVERT ACT
- an intentionally committed harmful act committed in an effort to resolve a problem.
- MOTIVATOR
- an overt act against oneself by another. In other words, a motivator is a harmful action performed by somebody else against oneself.
- OVERT-MOTIVATOR SEQUENCE
- if a fellow does an overt, he will then believe he's got to have a motivator or that he has had a motivator.
Thus, in Scientology belief, all harm that happens to you is completely and totally your fault, you "pulled it in" because of your priorovert.
If you are paying attention then you will understand what this means in relation to the Holocaust. According to Scientology, all the victims of the Holocaust were guilty of overts and it was all their fault that this atrocity happened. Yes, this is straight Scientology dogma.
Understand that this is not some "fringe" belief of Scientology that can be changed or discarded, this is a fundamental teaching of L. Ron Hubbard. These concepts are core, unchangeable beliefs of Scientology.
I think it's wonderful that the Simon Wiesenthal Center demonstrates tolerance towards Scientology, but I really don't think they want to directly associate themselves with the Church of Scientology in any way.
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