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'South Park'-Scientology battle rages
NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central's South Park has declared war on Scientology.

"So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!" Parker and Stone said Friday.
By Ann Johansson, AP

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist Tom Cruise was yanked abruptly from the schedule Wednesday — with Internet rumors it was covert warfare by Cruise that led to its departure.



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    Kooky superstar Tom Cruise has gotten the boot from Viacom chief Sumner Redstone, who abruptly cut ties with the uber-star's production company because of his bizarro behavior off-camera.

    Redstone's firm owns Paramount Pictures, which has had a 14-year relationship with Cruise/Wagner Productions.

    Redstone believes that the sometimes maniac megastar of such Paramount flicks as "Mission: Impossible" and "Top Gun" actually hurt box-office receipts for his latest "Mission" installment, whose take was considerably below expectations, the paper said.

    A poll released in May, around the same time as the movie, showed that half of those surveyed had an "unfavorable" opinion of the star.

    Many suggested that the new dad occasionally seems off his rocker over his Church of Scientology beliefs and rants against the use of antidepressants.

    Cruise reportedly turned bully this past spring and threatened to refuse to promote "Mission: Impossible III" after one of Viacom's other holdings, Comedy Central, was set to air an episode of the controversial cartoon "South Park" in which it poked fun at Scientology.