Think this is an excellent, cynical take on the state of Hollywood–The age of celebrity: A little squirt (Or: Why do we all hate Tom Cruise?):
Money is, naturally, the back story to everything. It is almost impossible, in fact, not to consider the Cruise-Holmes romance and the Pitt-Jolie smooch rumours without also considering the fact that Hollywood is suffering from its roughest period at the box office in 20 years. Since February, the weekly big-screen revenues have been consistently lower than they were last year – the first time that has happened over so long a stretch since 1985.
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