Yeah, she looks like she’s about five feet tall, maybe a little under. You don’t even need to know Cruise’s height to figure that out. The only thing his height tells you is that he may not be as pudgy as he looks.
Great Zeusikins! Who the copulation cares?!
I lament the decline of classical education in our schools.
Is “girl” the mysterious part?
No, “friend” is.
Yes. I could give two shits what he likes to do with his dangly bits but my goodness this guy has had a long string of wives and girlfriends.
Groan.
I speculated in a thread years ago why some stars have persistent gay rumours, and the best answer I got is that they are persistently gay. 
Wait. Tom is no longer with what’s her face? What rock have I been under?
The restaurant girl? They apparently only went out on one date and it got blown up in the press.
Admittedly, the short mystery woman has also only been seen with Cruise one time.
Missed this user/post combo the first time around. Bonus points if originally unintentional.
He’s rich, famous, good-looking, and if he made a pass at my girlfriend, she would dump me in a heartbeat. Straight men, and gay women, really really hope he’s gay.
Yeah, you kinda do. He’s the only fixed reference point you have that is close enough to her position to make a valid comparison.
You don’t know, for instance, if the black guy in front of her is 5’ 9" or 6’4" tall. And you don’t know if he’s 2 ft in front of her or 8 ft in front of her. So using him for a geometrical comparison is dubious.
Tom, on the other hand, is the same distance from the camera and standing at the same elevation. Furthermore, his height is known. If Tom were 6’4" tall, then she would not be considered [del]tiny[del] short.
Dear sir, I cannot thank you enough for this link! 
So how much taller was she when you met?
Are you kidding? Procrustus has to have been waiting for years for this thread.
Nemo, it amuses me that you are aware of/interested in this stuff. You read Serious Books about Important Things but you also keep up on your celebrity gossip.
Retirement suits you, I think.
That who’s dating who website is fascinating, if flawed.
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Not really the spirit of the thread, but some honest observations:
It could well be that he’s tucking in his shirt. Just because I’ve stuck a sweater in a dryer & ruined it does not mean he ever would. Or that he’d ever wear it after.
She looks happy. He looks happy too. Take out the security & the photographer-muggers & they look like a nice couple out on a date. Its summer time; we should all be lucky enough to have someone
walking beside us who looks that happy to be with us.
I hope he took her for ice cream. I hope he remembers what flavors she likes & how she takes her coffee, because no matter how tall Anyone is, its the little things that matter.
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I try to live by the principle that ignorance of your culture is not considered cool.
There are unfortunately only so many hours in the day. I can’t know everything. But there’s no justification for celebrating ignorance. There’s no reason to be proud of not knowing who Farrah Abraham or Paula Deen or Aaron Hernandez are - any more than there is to be proud of not knowing who Keith Alexander or Hilary Mantel or Xi Jinping are. Ideally, a person should be familiar with both Raphael and Serge Haroche.
There’s no shame, either, in NOT knowing who is dating who in the celebrity world, what the star player(s) of some professional sports team is, what boy band is hot nowadays, etc.
But that’s not the same. As I noted, nobody can know everything.
What I disagree with are the people who are proud about not knowing something.
Compare these things (which some people would say):
“I’m proud that I don’t know the name of a single football player.”
“I’m proud that I haven’t watched an hour of television in over five years.”
“I’m proud that I’ve never learned to play any video games.”
To these things:
“I’m proud that I don’t know the name of a single member of Congress.”
“I’m proud that I haven’t read a book in over five years.”
“I’m proud that I’ve never learned to speak a second language.”