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I know, you expect me to write something searing about Tom Cruise. Really I can write about that later it's all pretty clear he deserved this from my previous posts. And I think Paramount did the absolute right thing. It makes perfect sense for the head of the board to come out on the issue and take the heat for the studio's CEO and management. And what makes it even better is the New Yokr Times article that sums it all up perfectly. But the nail in the coffin is that the other producers at Viacom were willing to back up the head of the studio.

I find it all fascinating because no matter how many other celebrities love you or back you up as a celebrity : AKA, Leah Remini, John Travolta, or Will Smith. It's the people with the money to fund your films that matter in Hollywood.

It's a PR fiasco gone unmanaged and un hinged. Damage control should have been done a year ago for his hits on Brooke Shields, Matt Lauer and the weird scientology stunts. I mean as weird as Scientology is none of the other Scientologists act quite this weird. John Travolta is still a man people like to watch twist, Leah Remini plays moms well on TV, it's all fine for them.

He should have come out and talked about how sensitive he is to women's issues after giving birth. How he loves women and would never want to downplay their feelings-that would be the women who make up his largest and most loyal audience. The Matt Lauer incident just drove how out there he is home to that once loyal demographic in case they tried to convince themselves otherwise. It's like someone created a targeted PR strategy to ruin his career with his core demographic money producing audience. Yes I know women in their 20's and 30's don't run to movies the way 14 yr olds do-but they have a cult like allegiance to certain stars. One of whom is no longer Tom Cruise.

The New York Times article basically asks the question why did Paramount sign cruise for Mission Impossible III. That's easy, a star as big as Cruise deserved a last chance and there was hope that he would recover, I mean he was once Joe Cool, Maverick, and he even pulled off the sexually homoerotic Lestat. But he just did not recover himself PR wise, he needed to do a big campaign sans the scientologists to show how considerate and sorry he was to his audience and fans. He didn't do it because he ultimately believes he was right ( I guess), hubris anyone??

But the weirdest stuff with Katie Holmes, the no account baby who I believe does not exist, why would you say do I think that?? Well I've never seen it, Katie Holmes stomache changed sizes daily getting bigger and then smaller, it looked like a prosthetic. And because Tom Cruise is gay. I say this because I have two sisters living in Hollywood since 1994 and they swear everyone says he is gay. They believe he is gay. The rumor has been around since the 1980's and I often tell people this piece of advice about Tom Cruise. "When tempted to ask yourself why does Tom Cruise act so weird? Why does he do Scientology? Why did he dump Nicole? Don't ponder, just say to yourself, TOM CRUISE IS GAY. HE's GAY, and if he would just admit it and deal with it instead of holding young starlets hostage to prove he's not-heck his career might improve...
I once loved Tom Cruise, he now makes me feel uncomfortable and embarassed for him.