Tom Cruise wreaks havoc again with Scientology

[buttmunch]

In this week’s New York there’s yet another example of how thimble-sized Tom Cruise can wreak havoc on mass media. According to the blurb, Cruise skipped out on a Men’s Journal cover article after Wenner Media went ahead and published a piece titled “Inside Scientology” in the latest Rolling Stone. The article revealed the not-so-breaking news that “the church has a storied reputation for squelching its critics through litigation, and, according to some reports, intimidation.” True to form, Cruise then pulled out of the cover shoot before Kate Rockland, the writer on the MJ story, could even get to him.

Even though a testy, amped-up Cruise always makes for great copy, we’re sure Rockland’s relieved that Camp Cruise chose to employ this is the type of “intimidation,” instead of, say, having Jenna Elfman stop by her house and bash her in the face with an E-meter.

Scientology Trumps ‘Men’s Journal’ [NYMag]

gawker.com

The March 9 issue of Rolling Stone includes a piece called “Inside Scientology,” which reports on how “the church has a storied reputation for squelching its critics through litigation, and, according to some reports, intimidation.” Sources at Wenner Media, which publishes Rolling Stone, say they know all about it. Scientologist Tom Cruise was supposed to appear on the cover of Men’s Journal, another Jann Wenner publication. According to sources, Cruise wanted the Rolling Stone story killed, and, when Wenner’s team said no, Cruise bailed on Men’s Journal’s May cover before the writer (a freelancer named Kate Rockland) even got to him. Wenner Media didn’t return calls, but Cruise’s camp, reached via e-mail, was forthright about its issues with Wenner’s magazines. “We were never confirmed to be the cover, we were in discussions,” says representative Arnold Robinson. As to whether the Rolling Stone story was the deal-breaker, he would only say: “We were aware of it.”

nymag.com

[DVS_one]

crybaby... an annoying crybaby too..

[darksithbunny]

I don't think Tom will be happy until we all bow down to him. ass.

[buttmunch]

Or until he can bend over for us.

[loulou58]

Tom you frigging nut job!

[asha22]

Who does he think he is...the president?

[Bellatheball]

The real questions is why would they want him? It's a fitness Magazine (sort of like Self for men), no? Have these people seen the photos of him in Aust? He's hardly the poster child of muscle.

[sweet2071]

Tom is such an idiot and his ego has blinded him to his own self destruction. The more time goes on the more I start to really dislike this man.

[ourmaninBusan]

He's due for his next big, BIG bomb -- something along the lines of
Howard the Duck or Ishtar. But then, do they really
have big bombs any more, what with foreign markets and
TV residuals picking up the slack for losses at home?

[hello]

If Scientology is so fabulous, why didn't he want to be in the mag? If he is the poster boy for his "religion" you would think he would want to talk about the positive aspects of it. Christians take all kinds of heat for this belief or that and are always more than willing to talk about their religion.

[buttmunch]

If someone wants to change the title of the thread, please spell 'wreaks' correctly. It is spelled, well, 'wreaks'.

[hello]

^^why do people change the Thread Titles? yours was perfect and the new one doesn't make any sense.

[buttmunch]

It wasn't my call and didn't know about it until a little while ago. But please spell correctly, folks.

[AgentOrange]

It looks so stupid I am embarrassed to be seen on this forum.



At least it doesn't say "reaks havok"

At first I thought it might be reaks haddock. "Tom Cruise reaks haddock". Something seemed fishy. For one thing that would be more of a Paris Hilton story.

"reaks havok", that is so cool. Can I use it for a blog title??

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Dear Peggy May,

It's OK honey, we've got spell check.