MUMBAI: Tom Cruise is all set to join the ranks of legends Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra who being some of the entertainment industry‘s most beloved performers, are the only three people before him to receive the Friars Foundation‘s highest honor The Entertainment Icon Award.
The Friars Foundation, the charitable arm of the longstanding Friars Club, will present the award to the 49-year-old actor at the Friars Foundation Gala on 12 June in New York City. Announcing the award ceremony, Friars Club‘s spokesperson Abbot Jerry Lewis has reportedly said, "Tom Cruise will join an elite group of only 3 other entertainment legends who have received our Icon Award, and whose work has made a global impact on our industry and changed the very face of cinema."

The Friars Club was founded in 1904 as a haven for some of the industry‘s most noteworthy figures. Its charitable branch was created in an effort "to help small performing arts groups create innovative and affordable programs that will educate, entertain and enrich the lives of diverse audiences and participants.