Heading into Week 2 of Adam’s breakthrough role as “Man Katie Holmes Might or Might Not Be Flirting With,” we here at the Apple thought we’d round up some of the more Adam-centric tidbits from the mountain of largely redundant press clippings we’ve been sorting through.
Expanding on the story they manufactured debuted back in April was Star magazine, whose May 14th cover featured the on-set snap as part of their second Adam appearance. As we noted, there’s been a slew of stories on this rumor, from Fox News to MSNBC, from TMZ to Defamer, largely based on the Life & Style report and mostly retreads of the same old, same old.
Going a bit beyond to dig out some nice trivia for the newbies was the May 14th issue of InTouch. Although insisting that Tom totally trusts Katie, the publication nevertheless felt the need to feature a little box comparing the “sexy” “rising star” Adam Rothenberg to a curiously ticked-off-looking Tom Cruise, satisfying one query by our commenters Tom and Joslin, who wanted to know Adam’s height (5′11″). (We should note they also claim he made his reputation on the Broadway stage while the closest he’s been thus far is just off Broadway on 8th Avenue, so we’d take the height assertion with a grain of salt.)
In addition, they mention that Adam is from the fine state of New Jersey, that he served in Army at Fort Bliss in Texas and even manage to work in a little plug for Tennessee, which should be moviegoers’ first real chance to get to know him as an actor.
Big thanks to Sammie323 for the fine scans of this piece; we would have missed it otherwise.
And, finally, in addition to all the stuff that everybody else already reported on days before the magazine hit the stores, the Life & Style piece gets bonus points for finding a photo of Tom Cruise that kind of sort of makes him look like Adam and for the above quote from Adam’s presumably proud mother, Gillian. (Unfortunately, they lose points for reversing one of the production shots on their cover, which always makes people look kind of creepy.)
That’s all we’ve got for now, but we expect this to become a regular feature here at the Apple as we watch Adam’s career unfold over the coming months, so check back in with us later for more news.
The eighteenth season of the apparently unkillable Famous Original entry in the Law & Order franchise will benefit from a very special appearance by our Adam, along with Lara Flynn Boyle and new series regulars Jeremy Sisto and Linus Roache. L&O’s making a comeback to Wednesday nights on NBC starting on January 2nd, so Episode #7, “Submission,” should appear sometime in March, but we’ll keep our readers updated when we get a definite airdate.
