New York, NY :: Mission: Impossible 3 cast members made an appearance on MTV’s Total Request Live show at the MTV Times Square Studios yesterday afternoon where they were interviewed by MTV VJs Damien Fahey and Susie Castillo. Pictured above L to R :: Keri Russell, Tom Cruise, Laurence Fishburne, Connor Cruise (Tom Cruise’s son), Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Maggie Q, Michelle Monaghan and Ving Rhames (not pictured).  I unfortunately don’t have the M:I3 cast on TRL video, so I have the next best thing.  Keri Russell on The Late Show with David Letterman!

Rome, Italy :: Actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, 27, and girlfriend Reena Hammer, 20, share a kiss on the red carpet of the world premiere of Mission Impossible III.  Reena studies ancient Latin translations and Persian, her father owns beauty spas and her mother is a very famous make-up artist who has a cosmetics line. During an interview in the March/April 2006 issue of  Social & Personal magazine, JRM talked about his leading lady (see below).  More pictures in the gallery!

How long have you been going out with your current girlfriend, Reena Hammer? A year and two months. I live with her.

Is it still exciting? Yes, it is, but it’s difficult to keep it alive.

How do you cope when you’re away working? Phone calls. I’ve learned how to deal with it over time, because I’ve been on the road for about nine years now.

Do you ever send her flowers or chocolates? She comes and visits. I’m not really the sending flowers type. I’m not very romantic. A nice box of chocolates once a month is always good when you can’t get there to shag your girlfriend, though!

Does distance ever make you insecure about your relationship? You have to have trust - and I have to trust her as much as she has to trust me. I go out with a girl who’s ten years my junior and very, very beautiful, so why shouldn’t I be insecure?

You must be able to sleep with whoever you want to, though? I prefer to be in a relationship with somebody that I love very much and that’s close and sensitive and comforting than to **** a different supermodel every week. That has no appeal whatsoever.

Does Reena ever get jealous of your love scenes? Yeah, I remember seeing Match Point at Cannes and I was sitting next to Scarlett while my girlfriend was in the row behind. When it got to that scene (where Jonathan rubs baby oil onto the back of Scarlett), she started kicking the back of my chair and saying, "I’ll ****ing kill you!"

What do you love about her? Lots of things, She’s very very smart. She’s very, very sensitive. She’s very, very beautiful. She’s very tough. I don’t fancy weak women, regardless of how really beautiful they are,

What does she do? She goes to university.

Do you think you would ever an actress? No - it would be too difficult, too competitive. I’m the only actress in my life!

Rome, Italy :: Tom Cruise, 43, certainly has an affinity for climbling on top of things.   Tom climbs atop his car and stands on the roof top during the world premiere of Mission Impossible III held in the Eternal City, where many of the MI3 scenes were shot.  Many more pictures in the gallery!

Tom Cruise collects a stuffed animal bear as a souvenir for baby Suri.

Rome, Italy :: The cast of of Mission: Impossible III — (left to right) Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Monaghan, director JJ Abrams, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Phillip Seymor Hoffman — pose for a group photo in front of the Coliseum during the world premiere of M:I3 this morning at the Palazzo Colonna.  They all attended a photo call and press conference later on in the day.  Mission: Impossible III opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 5.  More pictures in the gallery!

The hotties of Mission: Impossible 3 to heat up the big screen –
Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Maggie Q.

HOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!  A whopping 30 new Mission: Impossible 3 images have surfaced with pictures of director JJ Abrams and the entire leading cast including Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt), Ving Rhames (Luther Stickell) and newcomers Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Keri Russell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Crudup and Laurence Fishburne. There’s also a handful of scenic shots including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Pudong (Shanghai, China). M:I3 hits theaters nationwide on Friday, May 5, and is sure to be box office gold.  All new Mission: Impossible pictures in the gallery. And they’re all really good too!

Tom Cruise is back as special agent Ethan Hunt in M:I3.

New to the Mission: Impossible franchise are fresh faces hotties
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Maggie Q all geared up for action.

New York City, NY :: More filming went on at Washington Square Park late last week.  Actors Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, 28, and Freddie Highmore, 14, strummed their guitars on the set of Kirsten Sheridan’s August Rush. The story of August Rush revolves around charismatic young Irish guitarist Louis Rush (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and sheltered young cellist Lyla Rush (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above in New York’s Washington Square Park, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush (Freddie Highmore), orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger  / mentor / wizard (Robin Williams), August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.  More pictures in the gallery!

Ask the Dust Plotline :: In the Robert Towne-directed adaptation of John Fante’s Depression Era novel, Hayek will play the fiery Mexican beauty Camilla who hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini (Farrell), a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm

New York City, NY :: The premiere of Ask the Dust (Limited Release :: March 10, Wide Release :: March 17) was held last night at the Tribeca Grand Hotel sponsored by The Cinema Society and Piaget bringing in celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Ask the Dust stars Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Idina Menzel (Rent, Wicked) and William Mapother (Tom Cruise’s cousin).  My question is… WHERE’S COLIN?  Many, many more pictures in the gallery.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, dandily attired in a tight suit coat and an open shirt with little pearls lining the cuffs, had been chatting with a tall man wearing a fedora. They are both working on "August Rush," a movie being shot in the city. "Woody [Allen] told me this about filming in New York," Mr. Rhys Meyers said. "It’s almost like guerrilla filmmaking." We remarked on his success in "Match Point" and the Golden Globe for his Elvis miniseries, roles that must have attracted different audiences. "Yes, it was a very nice two-gun operation for me, wasn’t it?" he said with a laugh. "I couldn’t have played it better. They all believe I have a lot of range now. I need to get up on my actorspeak." We recommended using the phrase "I work from the inside out" a lot so people would think he was a Serious Actor. "But they always eventually find out, right?" he said. "Someone always smells a rat."

If you missed it the first time around, check out the pictures of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Keri Russell filming August Rush in New York City’s Washington Square Park. More Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in L’uomo Vogue February 2006 pictures in the gallery!