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Stormy weather doesn’t dampen the spirits of Scientologists and critics alike at IAS opening

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Day One of the IAS gala was drenched, and more weather is on the way for the Patrons Ball as Scientology once again holds its big tent party in Sussex. Alex Barnes-Ross organized another […]

Tom Cruise flies to East Grinstead for today’s Scientology blowout

[Tom flying in for a film event in 2022]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Tom Cruise’s helicopter made the short flight to East Grinstead, England yesterday, indicating that once again he will be on hand for Scientology’s big annual event […]

Scientology official spells out the church’s expectations that Save the Garden will fail

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While Clearwater’s council faces a voter revolt against its gift of a street to Scientology, a familiar face has made the church’s position clear. We have Mark Bunker’s reaction. ALSO: Another whale is harpooned […]

Jim Carrey and Scientology: The tragic story the media seems to have forgotten

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You may have seen some stories recently about Jim Carrey and Scientology. It was actually a bit of a feeding frenzy, so we thought we’d wait for the dust to settle and then point […]

Joy Villa tells us what it’s like to watch herself when she was shilling for Scientology

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It was great to hear from Joy Villa, who shared a video from her time shilling for Scientology. And the timing is great, because her experience brings up something we’ve been noticing about the […]

Clearwater on the hot seat: Lawsuit and petition aim to stop city’s gift to Scientology

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Clearwater’s council voted to give a key street to Scientology. That’s not only being challenged by a petition from the Florida city’s voters, but also a lawsuit from one of its most notable music […]

10 years on: Revisiting our list of Scientology’s top 20 celebs, in order of most likely to defect

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Ten years ago, we put together a list of the top 20 celebrities in Scientology, and in an interesting way: In order of those most likely to defect. Now a decade later, we asked […]

Scientology may get to expand at Saint Hill, but the newts have a final surprise for Dave

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology may have won the battle to expand its UK headquarters, but the fine print has arrived, and it’s surprisingly restrictive, Alex Barnes-Ross tells us. ALSO: Mandatory ‘interviews’ at the Flag Land Base? [What […]

One week out, Scientology amps up the hype for its Tom Cruise party!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In the past year Tom Cruise has proved his loyalty to Scientology by showing up at the church’s big annual events. But it’s the IAS gala in England that he’s most known for. With […]

You first heard about Chuck Lorre’s Scientology past here, and now he’s spilling it in a memoir

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Some of the stories about Chuck Lorre’s new memoir not only mention that he dishes on his years in Scientology, but also that his Scientology past was first made public in 2019. Hey, that’s […]

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