Re: [MOPO] WSJ: Paramount terminates ties with Tom Cruise

[Bob Brooks]

Yup, you gotta love Hollywood!...   Not that I have much respect for Tom Cruise (although anyone who can get Katie Holmes into bed gets a big check-mark in my book).  But, if they think it was Tom Cruise who hurt Mission Impossible III - they are waaaaay off-base (yet again).   What hurt MI3 wasn't Cruise - it was the fact that the first installment was brutally awful and the 2nd one was even worse!  Two of the very worst movies ever made (and in Hollywood, that's saying a lot).  Perhaps that has more to do with MI3's disappointing box office - than some fool jumping up and down on a couch.  But, then again, that's just me... ----- Original Message ----- From: David Kusumoto To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 4:14 PM Subject: [MOPO] WSJ: Paramount terminates ties with Tom Cruise FYI, below. -koose. ============================= Paramount Ends Relationship With Tom Cruise's Company By MERISSA MARR, WALL STREET JOURNAL August 22, 2006 6:43 p.m. Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone said his company's Paramount Pictures is terminating its 14-year relationship with actor Tom Cruise's production company, citing the actor's controversial and sometimes erratic behavior of the past year. Mr. Cruise, the star of Paramount hits like "Mission: Impossible," "Top Gun" and "Days of Thunder," has based his moviemaking company, Cruise/Wagner Productions, on the Paramount lot since 1992. But in the past year, Mr. Cruise's star has fallen in the wake of a series of public incidents in which he stumped for his faith in the Church of Scientology; severely criticized the use of antidepressant drugs; and engaged in sometimes offbeat behavior, such as jumping up and down on Oprah Winfrey's couch to proclaim his love for actress Katie Holmes. Paramount now believes that Mr. Cruise's behavior hurt the box office of his most recent film, "Mission: Impossible III." Now, Mr. Redstone said he wants to sever the studio's connection to its biggest star. "As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal," Mr. Redstone said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. "His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount." A spokeswoman for Cruise/Wagner Productions declined to comment. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.