In The "Sometimes, Life IS Fair" aka "Neuter That Tomkat!" Department

Having grown up in Connecticut and around Lime Rock Race Track where it wasn't unusual to see Paul Newman and John Wayne and Henry Kissinger, etc. I'm not much of a celebrity watcher because I learned early enough that they urinate and pass gas just like the rest of us. But one "celebrity" who has always bugged the hell out of me is Tom Cruise, mostly because he is sooooo fake. Remember his character in "Magnolia"? I believe very strongly that that IS Tom Cruise - the closest thing to real "Tomkat" gets.

The other day, when he did this whole publicity thing to get his name and picture attached to those separated Siamese twins out in Utah, I thought that Cruise had reached a new low (tough for him considering his behavior with the issue of depression, with his latest rented baby -strange that he can't seem to have one in a normal manner - and his efforts to somehow prove he's macho and heterosexual). If he wanted to help the little girls' family, that's fine. But what he really wanted was the publicity, which seems kind of crass.

So I was delighted tonight to hear that Viacom decided to drop his contract, perhaps finally realizing there is something really wrong with this "man". Of course, he also managed to drop in less than a year from the 11th most important "star" to the 197th and his last few movies haven't done too well.