Sunday, July 1, 2012

Tom Cruise is spotted looking miserable in Iceland as he continues to deal ... - Daily Mail

By Lucy Buckland and Jade Watkins

PUBLISHED: 13:24 EST, 1 July 2012 | UPDATED: 13:24 EST, 1 July 2012

It has now been 48 hours since his wife Katie Holmes announced that she is filing for divorce.

And it seems that the reality of the news is still sinking in for Tom Cruise.

The 49-year-old actor was seen looking downcast today in Iceland as he boarded a helicopter at around 2.45pm to take him to the set of his new movie Oblivion.

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Downcast: Tom Cruise was spotted boarding his helicopter in preparation to jet out of Reykjavik airport in Iceland to the set of his new movie Oblivion

Downcast: Tom Cruise was spotted boarding his helicopter in preparation to jet out of Reykjavik airport in Iceland to the set of his new movie Oblivion

Jetting out of Reykjavik airport, the rain and dark clouds looming certainly matched his mood.

Wearing a pair of dark sunglasses the actor appeared shattered, hunching over as he sat in his seat. 

The Top Gun star also looked as though he had pulled up the collar of his jacket and had his head down.

Dark mood: Wearing a pair of dark sunglasses the actor appeared downcast, hunching over as he sat in his seat before take off

Dark mood: Wearing a pair of dark sunglasses the actor appeared downcast, hunching over as he sat in his seat before take off

Miserable: The actor also looked as though he had pulled up the collar of his jacket and had his head down

Miserable: The actor also looked as though he had pulled up the collar of his jacket and had his head down

Tom it seems is still dealing with his wife's decision to end their marriage.

The couple sensationally revealed they are divorcing on Friday, despite depicting the image of the perfect Hollywood family.

Cruise said he was ‘deeply saddened’ that his younger wife, 33, had filed for a separation.

Sinking in: Tom it seems is still dealing with his wife's decision to end their marriage

Sinking in: Tom it seems is still dealing with his wife's decision to end their marriage

He revealed the former Dawson's Creek actress had initiated the split, bringing a dramatic end to one of Tinseltown's most high-profile romances.

Following the news of the split, Team Tom and Team Katie T-shirts are already up for sale on the internet.

Websites offering apparel paying tribute to troubled TomKat sprung up immediately after the divorce announcement.

And it begins: Following the news of the split, Team Tom and Team Katie T-shirts are already up for sale

And it begins: Following the news of the split, Team Tom and Team Katie T-shirts are already up for sale

And it begins: Following the news of the split, Team Tom and Team Katie T-shirts are already up for sale

A pink Team Katie T-shirt is selling for $12.90 but does not mention Ms Cruise by name instead featuring the tagline 'Show your support for Katies with our Team Katie T-shirt.

A similar design is available for Team Tom supporters for $12.90 at http://350201.spreadshirt.com.

Meanwhile today it was revealed that as her marriage dissolved, Katie's every move has been tracked by a team of mystery men.

Unknown people in two cars have been seen tailing Ms Holmes, prompting speculation they are members of the controversial Scientology doctrine.

For sale: Websites offering apparel paying tribute to troubled TomKat sprung up immediately after the divorce announcement

For sale: Websites offering apparel paying tribute to troubled TomKat sprung up immediately after the divorce announcement

And it has been claimed this tracking has been going on for weeks - even before Friday's shock announcement the pair will divorce.

According to TMZ, 'there have been several 'mysterious' men and vehicles around Katie's New York apartment and following her when she's out.

'Specifically ... a white Cadillac Escalade and black Mercedes SUV have been seen near Katie's NYC apartment for the past week.'

The site claims that although a publication has put a tail on Katie, sources say they believe these cars are not journalists, but there identity has never been established.

It has been claimed life behind closed doors for Katie was far from the romantic love story her Hollywood husband Tom painted it to be.

Church-goers: Tom and Katie Holmes on their way to the Scientology Celebrity Center in Los Angeles when they were first married

Church-goers: Tom and Katie Holmes on their way to the Scientology Celebrity Center in Los Angeles when they were first married

Are they watching Katie? A white SUV has been spotted parked near a building where the actress has visited several times this week

Are they watching Katie? A white SUV has been spotted parked near a building where the actress has visited several times this week

Today it was being suggested the pair had been living in separate sections of their sprawling LA apartment, with Katie opting to live in a large communal area in the Scientology Celebrity Centre - rather than face her increasingly controlling husband.

After Katie announced her plans to divorce her husband of five years, their lives have been blown open with a picture of a controlling, often manipulative Cruise emerging - taking charge of his wife's movie roles, appearance and even changing her name.

The Sunday Mirror reports the Top Gun star told his wife she must be called 'Kate' instead of 'Katie' and carefully picked her film roles - making sure the starlet didn't opt for something he didn't agree with.

Also their building, in the huge towering Scientology complex in LA was carefully guarded with sources revealing 'men in suits' stood guarding every door and even 'escorting' people to their own rooms.

Support act: The church offers courses and advice to couple's with marital problems

Support act: The church offers courses and advice to couple's with marital problems

Trapped: Katie and Cruise lived in separate sections of the sprawling Scientology centre in Hollywood

Trapped: Katie and Cruise lived in separate sections of the sprawling Scientology centre in Clearwater

'Katie was really embarrassed about it and didn't seem to like people to see the way she lived behind closed doors. Everyone knew they stayed in separate sections of the apartment,' a family friend said.

Cracks began to emerge after former Dawson's Creek star Katie started to fear for her daughter Suri, six, when she realised Tom's devotion to Scientology could not be wavered.

And Katie, who filed for divorce in New York - where it is thought she stands a better chance of getting custody of Suri, was thought to have 'finally snapped' after seeing a shot of her husband posing provocatively on the cover of W magazine with two women draped over him.

Split: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing after five years together

Split: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing after five years together

But it was his unwavering commitment to following the Scientology doctrine which sowed the seed of discontent according to family and friends.

Under the doctrine a child can make his or her own decisions and Tom treated his daughter 'like a little adult'.

A family friend said: 'Tom basically treats Suri as a little adult, however Katie treats her like a six-year-old child, and that causes major clashes.'

'The couple were arguing over Suri.'

The source added to RadarOnline.com: 'Katie did not want Tom making all the decisions in Suri's life, and that's what was going on. She decided it was high time she started deciding on what was best for her daughter, or at least having an equal say, and she knew that would be impossible if she remained Mrs. Tom Cruise.'

Separate lives: Katie and her daughter Suri were spotted in New York earlier this week

Separate lives: Katie and her daughter Suri were spotted in New York earlier this week

Separate lives: Katie and her daughter Suri were spotted in New York earlier this week

Focused on work: Tom was pictured on filming his new movie Oblivion in Iceland on Wednesday

Focused on work: Tom was pictured on filming his new movie Oblivion in Iceland on Wednesday

SURI IN THE MIDDLE

In the middle: Suri Cruise

A bitter custody battle is set to break out between Tom and Katie over their young daughter, Suri (pictured in New York last week).

The actress is seeking sole legal custody and primary residential custody of the six-year-old, and a 'suitable amount of child support'.

She even filed for divorce in New York - rather than California - because the East Coast state doesn't like giving feuding parents joint power to make decisions for their children, according to TMZ. 

But sources say the actor may mount a fight to bring the case to California, which favors joint legal custody.

They have suggested that Tom's absence - he has been on a promotional tour and filming he's new movie - was started to take a toll on his young daughter's behaviour.

Holmes's lawyer Jonathan Wolfe made it clear what his client's priority is in a statement to People magazine: 'Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest.'

But Katie's Catholic parents Kathleen and Martin Holmes are happy to have their daughter back, too.

A source told RadarOnline.com: 'It's been tough for them over the past five years to watch Katie be controlled by Tom and they really felt that they had lost their daughter to some extent.'

'So, that's the one bright side to the divorce â€" they feel like they're getting the old Katie back again.'

But it does appear that Tom really was blindsided by his wife of five years, as he gushed about her at a ceremony to accept his Friars Club Foundation Award just two weeks ago.

Tom who took his children Suri and Connor, 17, as dates to the event, said after he picked up his award: 'My wife who couldn't be here tonight, I have to thank, she made this suit for me. She's amazing. I'm very lucky to be married to her.

He then added, according to Usmagazine: 'She's in China working.'

She has asked for legal custody, primary residential custody and a 'suitable amount' of child support from her husband, TMZ reports.

Miss Holmes is also asking for a division of property in the divorce documents, although there is a significant pre-nuptial agreement that is based on California law.

The couple are worth around $275million - much of that owing to Tom's box office success.

The terms of the pre-nup are understood to be clear - for each year the couple stay married, the Dawson's Creek actress collects $3million - to a maximum of $33 million after 11 years - as well as their palatial home in California.

If their marriage had lasted more than 11 years, Holmes would have received half of Cruise’s reportedly $250million fortune.

After filing for divorce less than six years later, according to the agreement, Katie should only be entitled to $15million as well as the couple's $35million Beverly Hills Mansion

But with an estate worth upwards of $275million, Katie is expected to seek much more and there is already intense speculation as to how much she will collect when the papers are signed.

Cruise is believed to have 'not seen' the divorce coming.

Dream wedding: The pair married in an Italian castle in 2006 and filed their marriage certificate in California

Dream wedding: The pair married in an Italian castle in 2006 and filed their marriage certificate in California

But sources insist that she did tell her husband of five-and-a-half years that she was filing for divorce â€" but she didn’t give him a chance to control the spread of the news, as he did with Nicole Kidman.

The fact that she issued a solo statement speaks of some heat around the final extinguishing of the marriage.

However, Mr Cruise's shock is to be believed considering the fact that the pair were spotted together in Iceland around two weeks ago, holding hands.

Skeptic: Katie Holmes is said to dislike and distrust Scientology - of which her estranged husband is a vocal advocate - and no longer wants their daughter to be raised in accordance with its doctrines

Skeptic: Katie Holmes is said to dislike and distrust Scientology - of which her estranged husband is a vocal advocate - and no longer wants their daughter to be raised in accordance with its doctrines

Nevertheless, Miss Holmes failed to turn up to at any of the worldwide premieres of her husband’s latest film Rock of Ages, despite Cruise’s constant protestations of love for his wife.

The final arguments seem to have been over where Cruise was going to spend his 50th birthday on Tuesday. He told her that he was planning to be on the set of his latest film Oblivion, in Iceland, and that seems to have been the last straw.

The statuesque brunette had frequently been pictured looking drawn and exhausted during her marriage. One Hollywood source said she had been ‘utterly miserable with Tom for months, if not years’.  

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