Tom Cruise Hits Oscar Trail For Japan’s ‘Kokuho’; Ryan Coogler, Spike Lee, ‘One Battle’ Women Light Up Black Cinema & TV Awards – Notes On The Season

Tom Cruise Hits Oscar Trail For Japan’s ‘Kokuho’; Ryan Coogler, Spike Lee, ‘One Battle’ Women Light Up Black Cinema & TV Awards – Notes On The Season

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. There was a rarity on the awards season trail Thursday night. None other than arguably the biggest movie star in the world turned up in Culver City to host an FYC screening, and it was for a movie he hadn’t even seen until just recently but one he is justifiably instantly passionate about. Tom Cruise came in specifically to introduce a special screenin…