Top water gun

Tom Cruise's water war at the "World" premiere.

K.L.

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Nov 27, 2005 | You don't have to be a huge Tom Cruise fan to sympathize with him after some jokers from England's Channel 4 TV pranked him at the July 4, 2005, London premiere of "War of the Worlds." It is, however, fascinating to watch Cruise fight like hell to keep the clouds from shading that sunny, all-American demeanor of his.

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