A&E > Jarvis writes Tom Cruise's Epitaph
and the epitaph for crazy, excess stardom:
Pity the poor Hollywood star who starts to believe his own PR and has no one near who’ll dare disagree with it. Agents won’t. Studios won’t. Entourages won’t. Families won’t. The media won’t. They all fear banishment from the cool club. They all fear their trains will derail, spilling much gravy.
I’m reminded of the young scion of an incredibly rich and powerful family who was, to be blunt, downright unattractive, yet who was dating beautiful women. It was going to his head, to say the least. So I’m told that a loyal family retainer pulled him to a mirror, shoved his face in front of it and said: “Kid, do you think they’re dating you for your looks?” Slap. Thanks. He needed that.
Read the whole thing to discover why stars are always shown cooking pasta.
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