"Tom Cruise has finally won an Oscar after being nominated four times and losing each time. With this recognition, Hollywood honors not just an actor, but the last representative of a breed: the star-performer who managed to survive the rise of superheroes, the age of disenchantment, and the reign of the algorithm without losing shape or charisma. Cruise embodies an intense, meticulously crafted masculinity shaped through discipline and risk."
"His Oscar, more than just an award, serves as confirmation that his dedication to show business not only built a popular icon but also created a language of its own within mainstream cinema. Over the years, as we've watched him take on a variety of roles on the big screen, Cruise has left us a series of images which we now revisit as a retrospective of his career and distinctive style."
"During the 1980s, Tom Cruise effortlessly established himself as a sex symbol. Here he is at a promotional event for the film 'Endless Love,' wearing a lined denim jacket and a simple sweater.Vinnie Zuffante (Getty Images) In the 1980s, Cruise would slip on a leather jacket, a henley shirt, and jeans for a night out at the On The Rox club in West Hollywood, California.Barry King ("
Tom Cruise won an Academy Award after four previous nominations. The recognition highlights his status as a surviving star-performer amid changing cinematic eras including superheroes, disenchantment, and algorithm-driven media. Cruise embodies an intense, meticulously crafted masculinity defined by discipline and risk-taking. His career produced a distinct visual and performative language within mainstream cinema. The images of his career—from early appearances in Taps and Risky Business to promotional events and night outings—trace a retrospective of style, persona, and sustained popular iconography. The 1980s solidified his sex-symbol status through carefully curated fashion and public presence.
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