00:00After decades in the spotlight, Tom Cruise finally takes home his first Oscar,
00:05receiving an Honorary Academy Award at the 2025 Governors Awards.
00:09The Hollywood icon got nostalgic on stage,
00:13sharing how the magic of cinema captured his imagination as a child
00:17and set him on the path to stardom.
00:19He celebrated the way movies bring people together,
00:22letting audiences laugh, feel, and hope as one.
00:25Cruise also vowed to champion the next generation of storytellers.
00:29Keeping the art of filmmaking alive.
00:32And true to form, he added a dash of Cruise-style humor,
00:35promising to protect cinema, hopefully without too many more broken bones.
