Is Tom Cruise the Victim of Celebrity Blackballing?
OK, granted Tom Cruise isn't really TwentySomething, but he's dating Katie Holmes and I want to write this article, so let's take the stretch. Despite claims made to the contrary by the star's business partner, Paula Wagner, the word is that Cruise got canned for his recently outlandish conduct. Tom had a Rick James moment on Oprah's couch, as he professed his love for the lovely and much younger Holmes last year. But, while this and many other Cruise moments admittedly seem out of character, strange behavior has never been an entertainment taboo. So, why is Paramount parting with 'Ethan Hawk,' its biggest money maker?
Despite opening at almost $48 million Mission Impossible III was ultimately not as profitable as Paramount would have liked. While many cite Cruise's behavior as the reason, I'd say it was the anticlimactic, disappointing ending drafted for War of the Worlds. I guess anything sounds better with Morgan Freeman narrating but, come on- the aliens catch a cold? Cruise undoubtedly made enemies in Hollywood when his profession of faith in Scientology led him to publicly shun the use of psychiatrics; with it stars like Brooke Shields and probably half the Hollywood Hills who use drugs to treat emotional or psychological problems. Also some people probably don't know what to make of his public appearance on BET doing a popular hip hop dance.
Cruise's comments have likely left many in the entertainment industry offended and Paramount seems to be threatened by Tom's unapologetically open and overjoyed antics as of late, but there is nothing, so far, to suggest that Cruise is any weirder than other celebrities. Stars with levels of success like Cruise are entitled to their little eccentricities; practicing an obscure religion and having a "crazy in love" relationship hardly seems to warrant concern.
Kenda Johnson is an editor and writer for TwentySomething Inc. a company committed to a new era in media and music with blogs at twenty-somethin.blogspot.com and unsignedunderground.com |
Tom Cruise is a rich jerk. These rich people lose touch with reality. It is easy to see. I was watching the MTV reality show My Super Sweet 16. It is crazy how much money these spoiled rich kids blow trying to impress their friends. Its amazing that most will not even know or talk to any of their friends from high school in 4-5 years. All will be forgotten within 10 years. Why would you waste money like that? Look at all the starving, malnourished, poor and unemployed and under or non insured people in our country alone. Leave it to George Bush and the other republican vermin to blow money (thats all they are good at blowing other peoples money and breaking laws). Reality TV just takes stupidity to a new level.
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Tom Cruise is a rich cry baby and is mentally unstable.
Here, Tom Cruise is getting squirted with water by a prankster.
They should have used a super soaker and doused the idiot.
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I think Tom Cruise is actually gay and is hiding it behind Katie and baby Suri.
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