Fox News' Roger Friedman Manages To Slam Tom Cruise AND Jann Wenner In One Fell Swoop
Love the sinner, hate the sin is the philosophy I apply to Fox News' Roger Friedman. I hate Fox News and their over-the-top conservative slant, but I love Roger Friedman's take-no-prisoners attitude towards celeb Scientologists, and his outright hatred toward Rolling Stone Magazine publisher Jann Wenner.
So today's article was especially awesome, as he does BOTH.
Tom Cruise = FAIL
Apparently, Tom Cruise, second alien in charge at the Church of Scientology is under the faulty impression he's still a major star, commanding a major paycheck. Unfortunately for Tom, movie studios aren't under the same impression and Tom's having trouble making his once typical $20 million per film. In fact, studios don't want the liability related to negative press surrounding Tom and the creepy cult he shills for. Here's more from Roger:
It looks like there’s a snag in Tom Cruise’s big career comeback film. According to sources, Cruise is probably not going to be playing the role of Edwin A. Salt, a fictional CIA officer who is outed as a spy."Edwin A. Salt," which is set at Columbia Pictures, has had a rocky road. First Terry George was set to direct. He left and was replaced by Philip Noyce.
But now Cruise is out, and I’m told it’s because of money. Apparently, Tom is unaware of the change in his status in the Hollywood community. Where once he was the top-paid star, Cruise now is in a position where a $20 million salary is not possible. I’m told an internal memo went around among the film’s producers and top creators in which the Cruise situation was discussed and names were gathered for a replacement.
The reasons for Cruise’s departure are not just his diminished popularity, negative public opinion and Scientology.
This can not be good news for Cruise, who seems to be on the receiving end of this kind of misfortune a lot lately. His most recently completed film, Valkyrie, about real-life German hero Claus von Stauffenberg, has been plagued with problems, ranging from outrage from Germany, to footage being destroyed in fires, to general lackluster interest. The film's release which was scheduled to open this summer, has been pushed back twice and is now set to release in Feb. 2009. Cruise's efforts to revamp his career have not worked out so well either, and even a special show with Oprah celebrating his 25 year career did little to help.
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