ShowbizParamount ends Cruise dealTom Cruise's lucrative deal has ended.Evening Standard11 April 2012Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures has ended its 14-year production deal with Tom Cruise's production company because of his off-screen behaviour.Summer Redstone, chairman of the studio's parent company Viacom Inc, told the Wall Street Journal they would not be renewing the lucrative deal.The A-lister's Mission:Impossible III film opened to low sales in May. Days later a US opinion poll showed half of those surveyed held an "unfavourable" opinion of Tom Cruise, who has just had a baby with Katie Holmes.His star power dimmed in the eyes of the public because of his manic public appearances and his Scientology beliefs.MORE ABOUTBusiness NewsNews InternationalThe Wall Street JournalWall St. Journal
