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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on August 23, 2006, 02:25:19 AM
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Too wierd for Hollywierd...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Paramount Pictures has cut its 14-year-old ties to Tom Cruise's production company because of his off-screen behavior, the chairman of the studio's parent company told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
The remarks by Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone signaled the end of one of the most lucrative production deals commanded by an A-list Hollywood star and followed other signs that Cruise's stature had been damaged by his conduct during the past year.
Although Cruise recently topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's 100 most powerful celebrities, his latest film, "Mission: Impossible III" opened in May to lower-than-expected ticket sales. Days later an opinion poll showed his star power had dimmed considerably in the eyes of the public.
"As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal," Redstone was quoted as saying in the Wall Street Journal report e-mailed to reporters. "His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount."
:aok
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Incredible...
Tom Cruise has an incredible depth of talent that has only grown with his experience.
Why the cocky jerks he played in Top Gun and Cocktail pale in comparison to the cocky jerk he played in Days of Thunder... and the cocky jerk in the Mission Impossible trilogy, well the depth of the performance speaks for itself. Tom Cruise may be the best cocky jerk in Hollywood history.
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i liked the last samurii cocky jerk and the risky business cocky jerk.
something tells me that he's not done just yet.
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I hope its a trend .. to fire the overstuffed stars who run their mouths in public.
can we vote who goes next?
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Wtg Paramount, even if the reason given is not something i care about.
Never liked the guy (no, didnt much care for Top Gun either) but frankly I dont care about what "stars" do off-set if their work is good. Dont care if they do brilliant things off-set either if their work sucks...
I prefer actors like Jenna Jameson and such.. her on-set work is really good but she can eat puppies off-set for all i care.
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The real 'behavior' they're mad at is that he secured a better deal for himself replacing Paramount before negotiations even started.
His new salary demands were way off the scale, his people knew Paramount would walk and free him to move on with his new financial backers.
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Originally posted by Eagler
I hope its a trend .. to fire the overstuffed stars who run their mouths in public.
can we vote who goes next?
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The guys got enough money, Im sure he's devestated by the news.
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The last 2 movies he made brought in almost $1 Billion. Maybe Paramount is the one who needs their head examined?
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talk to me goose........
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What do you expect to come from a mouth that eats placenta anyway :D
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Originally posted by Angus
What do you expect to come from a mouth that eats placenta anyway :D
Aw, man, i'm not gonna ask and I don't want to know
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Originally posted by x0847Marine
The real 'behavior' they're mad at is that he secured a better deal for himself replacing Paramount before negotiations even started.
His new salary demands were way off the scale, his people knew Paramount would walk and free him to move on with his new financial backers.
I would tend to believe something like this, since when did the hollywood moneymakers ever care about how someone acts, gimme a break.
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"His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount."
What recent conduct is he referring to? Jumping on a couch? NOT parading his newborn around in public? Getting pissed off at an interviewer with a water pistol-microphone?
He must have really *****ed up a storm over the whole South Park thing if they are dropping him because of that.
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I wonder when he's going to let Katie out of the compound for some highly controlled visits with the real world.
Charon
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Originally posted by Charon
I wonder when he's going to let Katie out of the compound for some highly controlled visits with the real world.
Charon
Hopefully no time soon, she gives pugs a good name.
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He'll let her out when Xenu tells him to.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
I prefer actors like Jenna Jameson and such.. her on-set work is really good but she can eat puppies off-set for all i care.
No no. Thats Anna Nicole.
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"What's wrong son?"
"Tom Cruise is in the closet and he won't come out."
:rofl
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LOL
Paramount get a life, HE is the one who brings YOU $.
who cares what he do privat? we know he have a daughter,
and i'm sure thats his priority.
I like him as an actor, he played good in WoW.
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One thing about that movie Vanilla Sky, the song that was in it called "Can we still be friends" by Tod Rundgren.... has got to be one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. Minority Report was pretty good, so was Rainman. I don't get worked up about Cruise's shennanagins, he's only an entertainer erntertaining. He isn't very well educated, but I think he's smart enough to leave world politics to others... I'll give him that.
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why is this news anyway?
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Ask Drudge ;) Personally, I think the human mind can take just so much reality.... its escapism.
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I doubt this has anything to do with Tom's shennanigans. It just doesn't make sense. Why care about somebody jumping up and down on a couch, generating publicity, when you have a roster of stars that get coked up and end up in the hospital with "exhaustion" after a bender?
It probably has more to do with the fact that lawsuits from shareholders, against film companies, are gaining momentum. Shareholders want full disclosure of a star's salary. They already get this from the executives, so it makes sense to get it on all employees.
I'd rather have a company that makes 3 movies a year (ironically, probably for the same budget as 1 Tom movie) to generate 1 billion profit, instead of a single Tom movie generating 1 billion... because those 3 movies you can outsource Tom Cruise and replace him with much more affordable actors, giving them only 10% instead of a 30% stake in the profit of their film.
I'd be willing to bet you can even generate movie stars now... the formula works for music. "So You Think You Can Act" anybody? Now you hippies don't go stealing my million dollar idea! :furious
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Ya I think WoW was his best acting to date. In most others its Tom Criuse playing the part of Tom Cruise playing a role.
Alot like Jeff Goldblume (sp)
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Originally posted by FiLtH
Ya I think WoW was his best acting to date.
His best work was in Magnolia, IMHO.
Other than that... he's a whackjob. I don't want to hear his opinion on religion or medicine or women.
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His best work was in Collateral.. great movie.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Incredible...
Tom Cruise has an incredible depth of talent that has only grown with his experience.
Why the cocky jerks he played in Top Gun and Cocktail pale in comparison to the cocky jerk he played in Days of Thunder... and the cocky jerk in the Mission Impossible trilogy, well the depth of the performance speaks for itself. Tom Cruise may be the best cocky jerk in Hollywood history.
:aok
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Originally posted by Sandman
His best work was in Magnolia, IMHO.
Other than that... he's a whackjob. I don't want to hear his opinion on religion or medicine or women.
Agree, Magnolia was screwed out of an Oscar. Awesome movie all of the way around.
Agree on the rest of Sandy's post as well.
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Question: Why is this news?
Not intended for rpm. More the news agency that would write this.
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"collateral" was on last night.
thought he was pretty good in that one.
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Originally posted by Furious
He'll let her out when Xenu tells him to.
:rofl
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The thing with cruise is... he is just like that cage guy in one respect..
They both just about ruin action movies that could have been good.
lazs
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Question: Why is this news?
Not intended for rpm. More the news agency that would write this.
scroll up, I already asked that hours ago :lol
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I am not sure, but I think I heard the net for mission impossible 3 was something in the magnitude of -$150 million. If so, that might have something to do with it.