Tom Cruise steals Hitler's globe?

It is perhaps inflammatory to suggest Tom Cruise has adopted the same roadmap to world domination once used by Adolf Hitler. But when the man allegedly steals a copy of Hitler’s globe, well, all bets are off. Art collector Robert Pritikin tells the New York Post that a globe featured in Valkyrie looks strikingly similar to Hitler’s globe, which Pritikin bought for $100,000 and had copyrighted in order to prevent it from being used by neo-Nazi propagandists. Pritikin — who, in an aside that we think the Post may have simply made up, is the writer of the “Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat” ad jingle — says he’s looking into whether Cruise and his studio, United Artists, appropriated the globe’s likeness without permission. “Pritikin believes the globe should be used as a teaching tool so the lessons of Hitler’s nightmare can keep history from repeating itself,” investigator Paul Barressi said. Another investigator said he believes this was simply an oversight and that the issue will be resolved out of court. Reps for Cruise and United Artists did not reply to the Post’s requests for comment.

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