MGM + Tom Terriffic =

[Dr Mordrid]

the return of United Artists Studio;

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/02/news/newsmakers/cruise_mgm/index.htm?cnn=yes

Cruise helps resurrect historic movie studio

Actor will star and produce, while partner Paula Wagner will head United Artists, founded by Chaplin and others.

November 2 2006: 6:37 PM EST

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Movie superstar Tom Cruise and MGM are partnering to resurrect the historic United Artists movie studio founded by Charlie Chaplin and associates, MGM's CEO announced Thursday.
Gallery: UA, from Chaplin to Cruise

The deal, which will give Cruise and his partner Paula Wagner "substantial ownership" in the new studio, will also give the pair control of the company's production slate.

Cruise will star in films for United Artists and produce, while Wagner will serve as chief executive of the studio, MGM CEO Harry Sloan said a statement.

The move marks a major comeback for Cruise and Wagner after Viacom's (Charts) Paramount Pictures dumped the couple last summer, when Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone complained that Cruise's behavior, such as his couch-jumping incident on Oprah Winfrey's talk show and criticism of actress Brooke Shields for her taking of antidepressants, hurt the actor's most recent film, "Mission: Impossible 3."

Paramount cut ties with Cruise in August.

United Artists was founded by Chaplin, along with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith 85 years ago. The studio helped make the "James Bond", "Rocky" and "Pink Panther" movies.

Cruise last teamed up with the original United Artists on "Rain Man" in 1988, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.

He just won't go away

[Gurm]

the return of United Artists Studio;

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/02/news/newsmakers/cruise_mgm/index.htm?cnn=yes

He just won't go away

Like a bad penny. A short, short, freaky scientology penny.

[Claymonkey]

Like a bad penny. A short, short, freaky scientology penny.

He's blinding me with SCIENCE!

[rylan]

Lol!

[Jessterw]

It's a shame, you can't even give him credit for having a really hot wife anymore either.

[Dr Mordrid]

It's a shame, you can't even give him credit for having a really hot wife anymore either.

He marries Katie Holmes on Nov. 18 and she looked pretty hot in "The Gift". Nice rack, tight bod etc.

NSFW...from "The Gift"

[Jessterw]

She's cute, but she's certainly not on the same level as Kidman.

[Gurm]

She's cute, but she's certainly not on the same level as Kidman.

Actually it really depends on type. Katie Holmes isn't as classically beautiful as Kidman, but she definitely fits the "my type" mold better...

[Dr Mordrid]

Me too; I like wider hips, curvy figures, suggestive eyes, more than a handfull etc. Basically your 30's to 50's Rosalind Russell type.



Just the opposite of the runway models of these days, most of which look like they need hospitalization.

[Jessterw]

Ah, so you like women who prefer to be in relationships with delusional, self-obsessed men?

Anyhow, never said I preferred one or the other, simply that one falls into the "cute" category and the other into the "hot" one. Body-wise, I'd say Holmes is more my type.

[KvHagedorn]

Me too; I like wider hips, curvy figures, suggestive eyes, more than a handfull etc. Basically your 30's to 50's Rosalind Russell type.



Just the opposite of the runway models of these days, most of which look like they need hospitalization.

You would have to be really obsessed with breasts to get past that Mack truck of a face.

[GT98]

You would have to be really obsessed with breasts to get past that Mack truck of a face.

And the bad hair! LOL

[KvHagedorn]

btw, that's Jane Russell, not Rosalind.

[KvHagedorn]

Now what about this chick?

[gt40]

She's a hunny.
I'd still take Kidman over any of them.