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Tom Cruise Moving to Clearwater Area?

The buzz is the actor is pulling up stakes to live closer to the Church of Scientology's downtown Clearwater headquarters.

John Travolta might not be the only major Hollywood player to lay down roots in Florida.

Rumors are that Tom Cruise has placed his Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion on the market with his heart set on relocating to the Sunshine State.

“Tom hates living in L.A. and is relocating to Florida,” Us Weekly reported, adding that the actor thinks people in Hollywood are fake.

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Cruise, 53, is a Scientologist and with the church’s headquarters located in downtown Clearwater, the speculation is running high he’ll move somewhere in the area.

Cruise’s decision was reportedly influenced by Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, who own a ranch in the Ocala area. The magazine’s unnamed source said the fellow Scientologists love their life in Florida.

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