Tom Cruise Dropped From Paramount

Paramount Pictures announced today in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, that it’s ending a 14-year long relationship with Tom Cruise because of the actor’s behavior off-screen.

Sumner Redstone, Viacom chairman, said the behavior of the star of the “Mission: Impossible” series and “Top Gun” was unacceptable to the company, according to the Wall Street Journal story e-mailed to reporters.

Cruise, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, has been known more recently for his antics on U.S. television talk shows, including jumping up and down on Oprah Winfrey’s couch to declare his love for Katie Holmes and criticizing the use of anti-depressant drugs.

As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal,” Redstone was quoted as saying in the Wall Street Journal. “His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount.”

Sucks for TomKat, no new deal. Maybe he should drop Scientology. In 10 years it will be a fad.