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A sure sign that you've made it to the top is that the last great Hollywood star sends you a famous dessert

Published May 7, 2024 1:30PM (EDT)

Jean Smart in "Hacks" | Tom Cruise | Homemade Coconut Bundt Cake (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Max)

Rosie O’Donnell , Tom Hanks and Angela Bassett are on the list. Brooke Shields used to be on it but not anymore , and according to a 2023 interview with People magazine, she doesn’t know why. Graham Norton has been on the list for years, but his crew kept him in the dark, enjoying his rich reward themselves.

We’re talking about the coveted dessert known as the Tom Cruise cake, a treat that materializes every holiday season on the doorsteps of hundreds of the friends, associates, and anointed randoms deemed worthy by Hollywood’s Last Real Movie Star.

As of the third season premiere of “ Hacks ,” this celebrity confectionery clique includes Deborah Vance ( Jean Smart ), a comedian long scorned by Hollywood who after…