CRUISE MISSES

Tom Cruise stood up Philippine President Corazon Aquino but her daughter was still thrilled to meet him.

Filipinos are known for their punctuality and when Cruise was five minutes late for a visit Monday night at the presidential palace, Aquino told her daughter, 'Hey, Kris, I waited for them. Just tell them I waited.' Kris, 17, an aspiring actress, couldn't convince her mother that Cruise was as important as any head of state and when the actor and wife Mimi Rogers finally showed up, she told them she was sorry that her mother had split. Cruise, who wore a black cap, polo shirt, blue jeans and rubber shoes for the visit, is in the Philippines filming 'Fourth of July.'