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Paula Wagner steps down at United Artists - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 8/14/2008
Paula Wagner steps down at United Artists - Los Angeles Times
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.'s much-ballyhooed plan to revive the moribund United Artists studio was derailed Wednesday when the movie label's chief executive, Paula Wagner, stepped down after less than two years on the job. Wagner's departure marks an end to her longtime business partnership with actor Tom Cruise, who, along with Wagner, was recruited by MGM chief Harry Sloan in 2006 in a bid to ...

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Oh No They Didn't!:  You fickle bastards abondoned Tom Cruise and now his career is ending. Are you happy now?! (lol)

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Links for the Day (August 14th, 2008)
The House Next Door — ... of the Day: Fred Allen "Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done." *** Image of the Day (click to enlarge): That guy from Taps as a Nazi. Valkyrie now opens Friday, December 26th, 2008. Related: "Paula Wagner plans to step down at United Artists." *** Clip of the Day: With a clip name like ...

Paula Wagner Leaves Tom Cruise To Deal With That Nazi Movie All By Himself
RadarOnline.com — ... for his portrayal of a greedy Jewish studio boss in Tropic Thunder , because every other aspect of his life is slowly going to hell. The recent news that Paula Wagner , his producing partner at United Artists and the husband of Cruise's recently departed agent Rick Nicita , is leaving her post as chief executive to produce projects independently certainly doesn't help matters. Cruise and Wagner teamed up at UA in 2006 with a $500 million credit line from Merrill Lynch and the auspices of parent company MGM to greenlight any movie with a budget of up to $60 million, no ...

You fickle bastards abondoned Tom Cruise and now his career is ending. Are you happy now?! (lol)
Oh No They Didn't! — ... The recent news that Paula Wagner, his producing partner at United Artists and the wife of Cruise's recently departed agent Rick Nicita, is leaving her post as chief executive to produce projects independently certainly doesn't help matters. ...

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