Studio blows 'overpaid' Cruise off the screen

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:48am

SUPERSTAR Tom Cruise has joined the ranks of the unemployed. The Hollywood studio that bankrolls his films is not backing any more Cruise movies until he agrees to a significant paycut.

The 44-year-old actor is eager to get back to work to put behind him disappointments such as Mission Impossible: III, but last week his 13-year deal with the Paramount studio was allowed to lapse. Executives say Cruise faces a “financial adjustment and reality check” before he can continue his illustrious career.

Cruise fans fears that, unless the hardworking actor learns some humility, an illustrious career which has matured from the cocky boy of Risky Business and Top Gun to more naunced performances in The Last Samurai and Collateral may burn out. “Right now,” said an insider close to the negotiations, “he is simply too expensive to employ.”


Is it wrong that this makes me happy?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:48am

ya beat me to it, addy.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:49am

Here's the link to the article

Bye, Bye, Tommy

Updated On: 8/8/06 at 09:49 AM

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:49am

yes.

[Craig]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:50am

too expensive to employ? I don't think so. That's ego, etc. There's nothing stopping him from working except greed.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:50am

Addy, it makes me really happy, too.

[shameless]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:50am

Karma, ain't she a b*tch!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:51am

I'll repent, RobbO.

Updated On: 8/8/06 at 09:51 AM

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:51am

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:54am

Another great avatar, addy!
I hope I never see Tom on screen again. Did you see War of the Worlds? Boooooooo-ring.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:54am

I sure hope this doesn't send him into a deep depression.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:57am

I won't miss him at all. May he find his peace in midst of his scientology friends...

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:59am

i just bought a shirt today that says "Xenu is my homeboy"

I'm gonna wear it as I walk past the times square sceintology holy fortress of solitude.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 10:03am

If John Lloyd Young decides not to take the New Newlywed Game hosting duties, I think Tom would make a great second choice.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 10:26am

I found this video on Break.com, dated 5/9/2006

The best part:

"His career will self destruct in three months."

What's today's date? Oh well. One day off.
Anyone know the make of that car?
Click

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 10:44am

No more Tom Cruise movies to boycott? Works for me.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 11:00am

"too expensive to employ"

Too crazy too.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 11:32am

Oh, poor Tom. However will he support his soon to be slave, I mean wife, and "baby?"

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 11:48am

I haven't paid to see a Tom Cruise movie since Jerry Maguire, but it was still nice to read this news.

Updated On: 8/8/06 at 11:48 AM

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:12pm

This has made my day!!

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:24pm

Updated On: 8/8/06 at 12:24 PM

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:32pm

I saw this coming after Cruise threatened Comedy Central about reairing the South Park Scientology episode. He said if they reaired it he would not promote MI3. I don't think the Studios like being threatened or having the "STARS" they helped create threaten them. Since MI3 was not the huge blockbuster they had hoped for, Cruise can now be smacked downand taught a lesson.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:35pm

He's never been that good of an actor.
Not even in "Risky Business".

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:45pm

Karma.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:47pm

To quote Kathy Griffin, this latest Tom Cruise development is "like a hug from Jesus."