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On August 22, 2006, Paramount Pictures announced it was ending its 14-year relationship with Cruise. In the Wall Street Journal, chairman of Viacom (Paramount's parent company) Sumner Redstone cited the economic damage to Cruise's value as an actor and producer from his controversial public behavior and views.[40][41] Cruise/Wagner Productions responded that Paramount's announcement was a face-saving move after the production company had successfully sought alternative financing from private equity firms.[42] Industry analysts such as Edward Jay Epstein commented that the real reason for the split was most likely Paramount's discontent over Cruise/Wagner's exceptionally large share of DVD sales from the Mission: Impossible franchise.[43][44] Management of United Artists In November 2006, Cruise and Paula Wagner announced that they had taken over United Artists film studio.[37] Cruise acts as a producer and star in films for United Artists, while Wagner serves as UA's chief executive. Production began in 2007 of Valkyrie, a thriller based on the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler. The film was acquired in March 2007 by United Artists. On March 21, 2007 Cruise signed on to play Claus von Stauffenberg, the protagonist. This project marks the second production to be greenlighted since Cruise and Wagner took control of United Artists. The first was its inaugural film, Lions for Lambs, directed by Robert Redford and starring Redford, Meryl Streep and Cruise. Lambs was released on November 9, 2007,[45] opening to unimpressive box office revenue and critical reception. In August 2008, Wagner stepped down from her position at United Artists; she retains her stake in UA, which combined with Cruise's share amounts to 30 percent of the studio.[46] Relationships and personal life Cruise has been married three times and has three children (two adopted and one biological). Cruise had a relationship with Risky Business co-star Rebecca De Mornay from 1983 to 1985.[47][48] Singer and actress Cher says that she dated Cruise in 1985.[49] Cruise married actress Mimi Rogers on May 9, 1987. The marriage lasted two years, and their divorce was finalized on February 4, 1990. Rogers introduced Cruise to Scientology.[50] Cruise met his second wife, actress Nicole Kidman, on the set of their film Days of Thunder in 1989. The couple married on December 24, 1990. Cruise and Kidman adopted two children, Isabella Jane (born December With Katie Holmes in May 1992) and Connor Antony (born January 1995). In February 2001 Cruise 2009 filed for divorce from Kidman while she was unknowingly pregnant. The pregnancy ended with a miscarriage. In 2007 Kidman clarified rumours of a miscarriage early in her marriage to Cruise, saying in an interview, "It was wrongly reported," and explaining that she had actually had an ectopic pregnancy.[51] Kidman has spoken after the divorce of how much she still loves him, "He was huge; still is. To me, he was just Tom, but to everybody else, he is huge. But he was lovely to me. And I loved him. I still love him."[52] Cruise was next romantically linked with Penélope Cruz, his co-star in Vanilla Sky. The relationship ended in 2004.[53] An article in the October 2012 issue of Vanity Fair states that several sources have said that after the breakup with Cruz, the Church of Scientology launched a secret project to find Cruise a new girlfriend. According to those sources, a series of "auditions" of Scientologist actresses resulted in a short-lived relationship with British-Iranian actress Nazanin Boniadi, who subsequently left Scientology.[54] The Church and Cruise's lawyers issued strongly worded denials and threatened to sue, accusing Vanity Fair of "shoddy journalism" and "religious bigotry."[55] Journalist Roger Friedman later reported that he received an email from director and ex- Scientologist Paul Haggis confirming the story.[56][57] In April 2005, Cruise began dating actress Katie Holmes. On April 27 that year, Cruise and Holmes – dubbed "TomKat" by the media – made their first public appearance together in Rome.[58] A month later, Cruise declared his love for Holmes on The Oprah Winfrey Show, famously jumping up and down on Winfrey's couch during the show.[59] On October 6, 2005, Cruise and Holmes announced they were expecting a child,[60] and their daughter, Suri, was born in April 2006. On November 18, 2006, Holmes and Cruise were married at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy, in a Scientology ceremony attended by many Hollywood stars.[61][62] The Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, June actors' publicist said the couple had "officialized" their marriage in Los 2009 Angeles the day before the Italian ceremony.[63] There has been widespread speculation that the marriage was arranged by the Church of Scientology.[64][65] David Miscavige, the head of the Church of Scientology, served as Cruise's best man.[66] On June 29, 2012, it was announced that Holmes had filed for divorce from Cruise after five and a half years of marriage.[67][68] On July 9, 2012, it was announced that the couple had signed a divorce settlement worked out by their lawyers.[69] Because New York law requires that all divorce documents remain sealed, the exact terms of the settlement are not publicly available.[70] Cruise is also the first cousin of actor William Mapother (Cruise's given name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV), who has appeared in five movies alongside him. Popularity In 1990, 1991 and 1997, People magazine rated him among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. In 1995, Empire magazine ranked him among the 100 sexiest stars in film history. Two years later, it ranked him among the top 5 film stars of all time. In 2002 and 2003, he was rated by Premiere among the top 20 in its annual Power 100 list. In 2006, Premiere ranked Cruise as Hollywood's most powerful actor,[71] as Cruise came in at number 13 on the magazine's 2006 Power List, being the highest ranked actor.[72] The same year, Cruise and Katie Holmes interacting Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful with fans in March 2006 celebrity.[73] In August 2006, Paramount cited Cruise's "recent conduct" as the reason they did not renew their production contract with him.[74] In addition, Marketing Evaluations reported that Cruise's Q score (a measure of the popularity of celebrities), had fallen 40 percent.[75][76] October 10, 2006 was declared "Tom Cruise Day" in Japan; the Japan Memorial Day Association said that he was awarded with a special day because he has made more trips to Japan than any other Hollywood star.[77] Controversy Litigation During Cruise's marriage to Nicole Kidman, the couple endured public speculation about their sex life and rumors that Cruise was gay. In 1998, he successfully sued the Daily Express, a British tabloid which alleged that his marriage to Kidman was a sham designed to cover up his homosexuality.[78] In May 2001 he filed a lawsuit against gay porn actor Chad Slater. Slater had allegedly told the celebrity magazine Actustar that he had had an affair with Cruise. Cruise denied this,[79] and in August 2001, Slater was ordered to pay $10 million to Cruise in damages after Slater declared he could not afford to defend himself against the suit and would therefore default.[80] Cruise also sued Bold Magazine publisher Michael Davis, who alleged but never confirmed that he had video that would prove Cruise was gay. The suit was dropped in exchange for a public statement by Davis that the video was not of Cruise, and that Cruise was heterosexual.[81] After The Beast's publication of their 50 Most Loathsome People of 2004, which included Cruise, Cruise's lawyer Bertram Fields threatened to sue. Seeing the opportunity for nationwide exposure, The Beast actively encouraged the lawsuit. No lawsuit was ever filed and Cruise was included more prominently in the 2005 list.[82] In 2006, Cruise sued cybersquatter Jeff Burgar to obtain control of the TomCruise.com domain name. When owned by Burgar, the domain redirected to information about Cruise on Celebrity1000.com. The decision to turn TomCruise.com over to Cruise was handed down by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on July 5, 2006.[83] In October 2012, Cruise filed a lawsuit against In Touch and Life & Style for defamation.[84] Oprah Winfrey Show During his relationship with Katie Holmes, Cruise made several public pronouncements of his love for her, most notably during the "couch incident" on The Oprah Winfrey Show of May 23, 2005. Cruise "jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend."[85] The phrase "jumping the couch", fashioned after "jumping the shark", is used to describe someone "going off the deep end" in public in a manner extreme enough to tarnish his or her reputation.[86] It enjoyed a short- lived popularity, being chosen by the editors of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang as the "slang term of the year" in Cruise jumps on the couch during the 2005[87] and by the nonprofit group Global Language Monitor as one [88] taping of an interview on The Oprah of its top phrases for the year. Winfrey Show. The "couch incident" was voted No.1 of 2005's "Most Surprising Television Moments" on a countdown on E![89] and No.5 at BoxOfficeProphets.com.[90] It was the subject of numerous parodies, including the epilogue of Scary Movie 4, an episode of South Park, a short on Sesame Street,[91] and an episode of Family Guy.