看下派拉蒙影片公司列举好莱坞票房巨星汤姆·克鲁斯的诸多“罪状”：痴迷“科学神教”、公然挑衅精神病医疗法、公开谴责好莱坞影星波姬·小丝产后吃抗忧郁药物、与凯蒂·赫尔姆斯颇为扎眼的高调恋情…… 派拉蒙影片公司认为，汤姆·克鲁斯近一年来颇为怪异的行为影响了他的公众形象，导致票房收入锐减，表示将结束与这位超级巨星的合作。

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (08/19/06) Paramount Pictures has severed its 14-year-old ties to Tom Cruise's production company because of his off-screen behavior, the chairman of the studio's parent company said on Wednesday in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.  The report signaled the end of one of the most lucrative production deals commanded by any A-list Hollywood star and followed other signs that Cruise's public stature had been damaged by his conduct during the past year. Cruise's representatives and officials from Viacom and Paramount did not have any immediate comment on the report. Days after his latest film, "Mission: Impossible III," opened to lower-than-expected domestic ticket sales in May, an opinion poll showed his star power in the eyes of the public had dimmed considerably. Months ago, Grey was one of several movie industry executives who publicly rallied to Cruise's defense to insist that his status and popularity were undiminished. They were reacting to a USA Today/Gallup poll in which half of those surveyed registered an "unfavorable" opinion of the actor. Many cited his off-screen behavior during the past year, including his outspoken defense of his religion, Scientology, and his blunt criticism of psychiatry and actress Brooke Shield's treatment for postpartum depression. Cruise also became the butt of jokes for his manic, couch-hopping appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" last May to declare his love for actress Katie Holmes, who recently gave birth to Cruise's first biological child, a daughter they named Suri. "As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal," Redstone was quoted as saying in the Wall Street Journal report e-mailed to reporters. "His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount." (Agencies)

Vocabulary:

Scientology: 山达基教，又名科学论派、科学神教，新兴宗教之一。山达基教认为人是精神个体，相信精神、心理疗法。 postpartum depression: 产后抑郁症 butt of jokes: 笑柄 （英语点津陈蓓编辑）