CRUISE ENDS SCENES FOR 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III'

Cruise ends scenes for'Mission: Impossible III'
SHANGHAI, China -- It was "Mission: Unpredictable" for Tom Cruise when a reporter pulled out a cell phone and the actor insisted on talking to the person on the other end of the line.
"Put her on the phone. I want to talk to her," Cruise told the journalist, who sheepishly called someone Cruise assumed to be the man's girlfriend.
"Hello. Xiexie. Ni hao. Are you good?" said Cruise, handling the Chinese words for "thank you" and "hello" with ease.
"Are you good? Are you working?" he asked. "Are you going to get engaged? Soon? Maybe?"
Cruise was speaking to journalists atop the historic Bund 18 building as bells tolled and horns blared from ships passing on the nearby Huangpu River on Wednesday after wrapping up scenes for the new "Mission: Impossible" film, due in theaters next year.
"Oh, you're married?" asked the translator, who stepped in to help the conversation along. "Tell her I wish her happiness," Cruise said.
"Xiexie, bye-bye," said the 43-year-old actor before handing the phone back to the reporter.
Asked about his own plans to wed pregnant fianc & eacute;e Katie Holmes, Cruise replied, "You want to know where we're gonna get married? The exact date? The exact place? The color dress, designer?"
He added: "You know, we haven't set a date. ... It will happen next year."
Sienna Miller calls 2005one 'tumultuous year'
NEW YORK -- Sienna Miller wants to move past what she calls a "tumultuous year."
Miller's engagement to Jude Law appeared to fall apart after the actor publicly apologized in July for having an affair with his children's nanny. Reports in recent weeks have suggested the couple may be back together.
"Yes, I wish [the tabloid coverage] wasn't in my life to the degree that it is or has been, but I accept that it has been a pretty tumultuous year and hopefully it will die down," the 23-year-old actress told reporters recently, according to AP Radio.
Miller is promoting her new movie, "Casanova," which opens in some theaters Christmas Day. The change of topic is a welcome one for the actress.
"I'm so relieved to be able to talk about a film ... as opposed to my private life," she said.
Miller and Law, 32, who appeared together in 2004's "Alfie," became engaged last December. Law divorced fashion designer-actress Sadie Frost in October 2003 after a six-year marriage and three children.
Joel to perform concert at Syracuse University
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Billy Joel will play a special concert at Syracuse's Carrier Dome to cap the stadium's 25th anniversary.
The concert, to be held March 25, is part of the singer's first major solo concert tour in nearly seven years.
In September, Joel gave a $320,000 gift to Syracuse's Setnor School of Music to establish the Billy Joel Fellowships in Composition. This will be the fifth time Joel has played the Carrier Dome.
"We consider him a hometown boy, he's played here so many times. We're thrilled to have Billy come back," said Pat Campbell, the dome's managing director.
Joel's tour begins in January in Jacksonville, Fla., and includes stops in Tampa, Fla.; Boston; New York; and Las Vegas. On Tuesday, he released the career-spanning, five-disc box set, "My Lives."
Syracuse University is celebrating the Dome's silver anniversary with events throughout the 2005-06 academic year.
Today's birthdays
Actor Paul Picerni is 83. Former CIA director Stansfield Turner is 82. Actor Robert Symonds is 79. Singer Billy Paul is 71. Actor-director Woody Allen is 70. Singer Lou Rawls is 70. Golfer Lee Trevino is 66. Singer Dianne Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 66. Comedian-actor Richard Pryor is 65. Country musician Casey Van Beek (The Tractors) is 63. Television producer David Salzman is 62. Rock singer-musician Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) is 61. Rock musician John Densmore (The Doors) is 61. Actress-singer Bette Midler is 60. Singer Gilbert O'Sullivan is 59. Actor Treat Williams is 54. Country singer Kim Richey is 49. Actress Charlene Tilton is 47. Actress-model Carol Alt is 45. Actor Jeremy Northam is 44. Actor Nestor Carbonell is 38. Actress Golden Brooks is 35. Actress-comedian Sarah Silverman is 35. Actor Ron Melendez is 33. Singer Sarah Masen is 30. Rock musician Brad Delson (Linkin Park) is 28. Actress Ashley Monique Clark is 17.
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