Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography He also consulted with Los Angeles, California attorney Graham Berry. Baressi stated he had begun investigating Cruise after his marriage to Nicole Kidman ended, but after six years of research on the actor had not been able to find any evidence that Cruise was gay. Baressi gave all of his research to Morton, and later told "InTouch" magazine: "Everything I have found, and everything I know, points to Tom being heterosexual." Morton also traveled to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to interview people who knew Cruise when he was filming "Cocktail". Several Paramount Pictures employees were interviewed about Cruise's termination by Sumner
Tom Cruise for which he received another Golden Globe and nomination for an Academy Award. In 2000, Cruise returned as Ethan Hunt in the second installment of the "Mission Impossible" films, "". The film was helmed by Hong Kong director John Woo and branded with his gun fu style, and continued the series' blockbuster success at the box office, taking in almost $547M in worldwide figures. Like its predecessor, it was the highest-grossing film of the year, and had a mixed critical reception. Cruise received an MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance for this film. His next five films were major