Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out...

You gotta love this. Finally some karmic retribution for Tom Cruise's recent ills against humanity. In an unexpected, yet thoroughly enjoyable, move -- Paramount has decided against renewing Tom Cruise's sweetheart deal of a contract and sent his ass packing. After 14 years of blissful unity, Paramount has realized Cruise just isn't their cup of tea anymore. And the head of Paramount's parent company isn't holding back:

"As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal," Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone told The Wall Street Journal in a candid interview. "His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount...It's nothing to do with his acting ability, he's a terrific actor. But we don't think that someone who effectuates creative suicide and costs the company revenue should be on the lot." [independent/uk]

The 14-year relationship between Cruise's production company and Paramount exploded Tuesday after Sumner Redstone, chairman of Paramount parent Viacom Inc., said Cruise's recent behavior, such as jumping on Oprah Winfrey's couch and aggressively advocating Scientology, was "creative suicide." Redstone said such displays cost the studio up to $150 million in lost ticket sales for Cruise's last film, "Mission: Impossible III." ... "We're talking about a guy who makes $20 million to $25 million up front as an actor," Brett Pulley, a senior editor at Forbes magazine, told Mason. "Then there's also an additional 20 percent of the back-end profits. In addition he's getting a producers fee and he's getting back-end participation as a producer. [cbs]

Seriously, how is he going to find a sweeter deal than that one -- especially now, since he's damaged goods. Sure, he'll find a deal. But, it can never amount to the way he was able to sucker Paramount for 14 years. Let's see Xenu get him out of this one.