CHER'S REBOUND CRUSH ON CRUISE

NEARLY 40 years after their racy romance went belly-up, Cher still carries a torch for Tom Cruise, mourning the young lover who got away, insiders tattle.

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The 77-year-old singer dated Cruise, now 61, in 1985 and 1986 when she was 38 and he was 23. She describes the fling as “pretty hot and heavy” and ranks the “great and lovable guy” as No. 1 on her all-time Top 5 lovers list, which includes Val Kilmer, Gene Simmons, Richie Sambora and late exhubby Sonny Bono.