A Non-Story
Things are not really going as well for Tom Cruise as he'd like you to believe. Yes, he and his fiancee, Katie Holmes, have a lovely daughter, Suri, and only six of his films in the past 20 years have grossed less than 100 million dollars, but the couch-jumper has just lost his lucrative deal with Viacom, parent company of Paramount Pictures. Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom, has opted not to renew the deal with Mr. Cruise's production company, carefully pointing out his great affection for the world's most famous Scientologist, but saying it would "be wrong" to renew the deal. Wrong? When he's still the highest ranked actor on Premiere magazine's Power 50 list? When he topped Forbes magazine's 2006 100 Top Celebrities list? When he ranked #18 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties? Geeze, what more does Mr. Redstone need?
Poor Tom has had such a rough time of it in the recent past, and it wouldn't be fair to kick him while he's down. The poor dear couldn't get his point about prescription medication across to Matt Lauer without appearing to need a valium or two, and he had that nasty OpEd war with Brooke Shields about postpartum depression. The Blue Lagoon survivor seemed to win that little battle, seeming both more mature and more rational. Post box office depression is a topic Tom probably understands better, though, since Mission Impossible III had only a slightly better opening take ($47.7 million) than Taladega Nights ($47 million), putting Tom on par with Will Ferrell, which has got to make any action hero nervous. And speaking of action heroes, The Bourne Supremacy debuted with $52.5 million, but that's neither here nor there. I'm just saying.
Do we think Tom can bounce back from this? Do we think his career is running out of steam? Do we think Matt is catching up quickly to him and may soon jog right past him on his way to the Oscar podium?
It's hard to say, but the little man with the huge smile is smiling still, and he's not letting on that he's worried even a little bit. So I guess if he's not worried, there's no reason for me to go on and on about it. It's basically a non-story. Right?
Poor Tom has had such a rough time of it in the recent past, and it wouldn't be fair to kick him while he's down. The poor dear couldn't get his point about prescription medication across to Matt Lauer without appearing to need a valium or two, and he had that nasty OpEd war with Brooke Shields about postpartum depression. The Blue Lagoon survivor seemed to win that little battle, seeming both more mature and more rational. Post box office depression is a topic Tom probably understands better, though, since Mission Impossible III had only a slightly better opening take ($47.7 million) than Taladega Nights ($47 million), putting Tom on par with Will Ferrell, which has got to make any action hero nervous. And speaking of action heroes, The Bourne Supremacy debuted with $52.5 million, but that's neither here nor there. I'm just saying.
Do we think Tom can bounce back from this? Do we think his career is running out of steam? Do we think Matt is catching up quickly to him and may soon jog right past him on his way to the Oscar podium?It's hard to say, but the little man with the huge smile is smiling still, and he's not letting on that he's worried even a little bit. So I guess if he's not worried, there's no reason for me to go on and on about it. It's basically a non-story. Right?
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