.: Tom Cruise Top Related Articles
1). ABCs Desperate Housewives and the Suddenly Famous Pink Blanket
Copyright 2006 Scott Corbett
Ever since Cary Grant rattled the men's t-shirt industry by famously appearing without one and causing a decline in retail sales of undershirts, television and movie stars have been changing the tastes of the American consumer.
For retailers in the baby products market, these celebrity-induced trends haven’t been as much of a factor as they have been in the adult fashion world.
Article tags: desperate housewives, little giraffe, katie holmes, tom cruise, angelina jolie
2). Tom Cruise, Paramount and Hollywood Power’s Shift, and now Hedge Funds
Until the 1950’s, Hollywood was controlled by seven major motion picture studios. More importantly it was controlled by moguls, all of whom were men they of eastern European descent, who ruled the studio in the same way that the kings of their previous countries ruled the peasants. Creative control belonged to the mogul, while the money was always controlled by the New York bankers, the so-called “Suits”.
Article tags: hollywood, tom cruise, kirk douglas, sony, robert redford, newscorp, mel gibson, disney, summer redstone