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For the love of God, get a grip!

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For the love of God, get a grip!

Tom Cruise dropped by major company

from JoeUser Forums

So all over the news this morning, Tom Cruise lost his contract with Paramount Studios. That’s if you even care. Hahaha….I really don’t care either! But I’m writing about it because IT WAS ALL OVER THE TV News this morning!


He’s going to bounce back despite what people might say or think. So he jumped all over Oprah’s couch and behaved like a Looney tune, so what, the guy was in love at the time. (I don’t know about now) If he wants to act and look crazy just let him, it’s a free country, for now anyway! (Did anyone read DrMiler’s blog “Medicine at gunpoint” Link? - makes me shudder and feel very afraid).


Just because the media loves (or used to) him and of course he loves to be in the forefront to promote himself (can you blame the guy, it’s what he does for a living!). I know, I know, what he said to Brooke Shields was not nice at all and was very inconsiderate. There go all his mommy fans. Not this mommy though. People will say stupid things at different times, and put their foot in their mouths. I think we’re allowed at least five slip ups in a life time right..? OK, three slip ups, consider yourself lucky! You name it, he’s been put through it, and called it, and blamed for everything else.


The thing I’m getting at here is the fact that he’s lost a major contract has turned into big news. You’d think it was the news of the century! He’s not going to be in the poor house anytime soon because of it. No way, the man has gazillions so he’s not feeling too sorry for himself. And what does Paramount proves anyway? That they have the balls to drop him as a client? They’re so big and bad THEY can drop a major movie star, especially one that has lost favor with the public. Who cares?!


Who cares indeed! For the love of God, get a grip people!


[I managed to find links with more juicy details!

More on Tom Cruise: Link
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
Here is my take on the role of celebrity in our society:

The one of the fastest ways to bond with someone is to gossip about a third person. Sad, but there you are. It used to be that you lived in a small town and picked a victim and gossiped about that person and it was easy because everyone knew everyone else's business. Now that we live in a bigger world, we don't know our neighbors so well. Or we meet a stranger. What now becomes the common denominator to gossip about? Celebrities.

In fact, one could see celebrities as perfoming a public service. By having the gossip focus of attention centred on them, they are taking away the gossip-spotlight from you! Don't you feel so much safer now that the gossips are digging into a celebrity's life rather than focusing all attention on the neighbor's dirty laundry?
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
While channel surfing Sunday night I turned it to one of those red carpet shows live from the Emmys. I can't remember the guy's name, I think it's Billy Bush, well he was interviewing Jeremy Piven, who plays the agent Ari Gold from the HBO show Entourage. The first question I seen him ask was, "You live in Malibu near Tom Cruise. Have you seen Baby Suri?" Then after he dismissed the question he was asked, "You play an agent. How would your character Ari Gold have handled Tom Cruise getting fired from Paramount, if he was his agent?"

I started laughing, and looked at Rose and said, "I can't believe all the dumbass questions".

Good thing Mariska Hargitay from Law & Order:SVU wasn't asked questions from Billy Bush. I can see them now. "You play a cop on your show, would you have arrested Mel Gibson for drunk driving?" then his next question would've been, "Your character is part of the special victims unit, how do you feel about John Mark Karr?"


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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
Good thing Mariska Hargitay from Law & Order:SVU wasn't asked questions from Billy Bush. I can see them now. "You play a cop on your show, would you have arrested Mel Gibson for drunk driving?" then his next question would've been, "Your character is part of the special victims unit, how do you feel about John Mark Karr?"




You get an insightful from me, uDigIt. Loved it.
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
The one of the fastest ways to bond with someone is to gossip about a third person. Sad, but there you are. It used to be that you lived in a small town and picked a victim and gossiped about that person and it was easy because everyone knew everyone else's business. Now that we live in a bigger world, we don't know our neighbors so well. Or we meet a stranger. What now becomes the common denominator to gossip about? Celebrities.In fact, one could see celebrities as perfoming a public service. By having the gossip focus of attention centred on them, they are taking away the gossip-spotlight from you! Don't you feel so much safer now that the gossips are digging into a celebrity's life rather than focusing all attention on the neighbor's dirty laundry?


You know Momijiki, that's an interesting way of looking at it!


Good thing Mariska Hargitay from Law & Order:SVU wasn't asked questions from Billy Bush. I can see them now. "You play a cop on your show, would you have arrested Mel Gibson for drunk driving?" then his next question would've been, "Your character is part of the special victims unit, how do you feel about John Mark Karr?"


hahaha...good one!
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
I really couldn't care less what they do the rest of the time. I think these people have far too much time on their hands.


But an executive of a movie studio might care if the actor's actions are costing them revenue.

I still think there was a LOT more behind the scenes on this than we'll ever know. And I can't rule out the "South Park" feud possibly being part of it (rumor had it that Cruise threatened not to promote MI:III unless Comedy Central banned the "offensive" SP cartoons).
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
But an executive of a movie studio might care if the actor's actions are costing them revenue.


That's understandable and I being in their shoe would be concerned too. However, he didn't kill anyone, he didn't do something really dreadful or drastic. He was intoxicatingly happy, and not even on drugs. People didn't like that he was too happy, or harped about his religion or tried to get things his way because he could. I think our world is definately too caught up in themselves if someone can't be that way. So what, it's his life. I don't need to know every detail about it though, as much as I admire him as an actor. Somethings I want to know cause I'm curious, others I don't because it's none of my business. He made the demands he did because he could. Remember they feed into his previous ones so now they're surprise all of a sudden when he does what he does?

You're right, there is a lot we don't know and probably never will. THIS is what companies like Paramount and all those other companies like that who have celebrities as clnts do. THEY feed into them, they 'reated the monsters' (to coin a phrase) and then act surprise when the celebrities don't comply with thei own demands? [oh no my writing is in correct mode and I'm not sure how to stop it in this program? forgive the mispell.]

At any rate Gid, I guess it will be between them and God's ears!