Robert Pattinson washes his hair with dirt -- because Tom Cruise tells him to

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Tom Cruise is bringing the thunder again as super-agent Les Grossman, and he has career advice for Robert Pattinson. Click on the photo to see the video, but be warned, there are some crude words barely disguised by MTV’s mini-bleeps...

All of it is to promote the MTV Movie Awards, this Saturday...

--Geoff Boucher

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