Buh-Bye, Tom: Paramount Cuts Ties With Tom Cruise

Oh, Tom.
Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, TOM!

WHat have we brought forth this time?

The misadventures of one Thomas Cruise Mapother IV continues as the 94-year-old motion picture powerhouse Paramount Pictures Corporation decided that dealing with one 44-year-old Scientologist, who allegedly has a daughter named Surly, er, Suri by Katie Holmes, was a bit too much of a Mission: Impossible.

Admittedly, the 14 year relationship between Paramount and Cruise/Wagner Productions (with producing partner Paula Wagner) was a pretty good one. But like all relationships, this one had to end- in this case, by divorce. It could have been his off screen behavior that was the last straw for Paramount, or the fact that Paramount's gotten sick of those crazy Scientologists. I don't know. But you have to admit that Mr. Cruise's career has been headed south of the border (of A-list) lately (Mission: Impossible III- as much as I personally liked it- pretty much tanked at the box office). Paramount has slashed financial support for Cruise/Wagner Productions, and that the public pretty much hates him (so does Oprah, by the way. Remember that couch jumping incident last year? Ewww!)



Whatever the reasons, it looks like ol' Tommy's a free agent again. His star power hasn't yet diminished to the point that he has to start starring in and producing B-movies- hell, he can star in and produce a few TV series if he wants- but he's not as popular as he once was.

If I were him, I'd seriously reconsider staying in Scientology. That seems to be a deal breaker for him as of late.