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Amy Scobee: ‘Even on her deathbed, my mom was fighting Scientology and disconnection’

[Mat Pesch and Amy Scobee, while Angelo Pagan photobombs]

When we called up Amy Scobee last night, she still hadn’t seen the episode of Leah Remini’s A&E show that featured her so prominently. But she had a pretty good idea of what would be in []

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Live blogging ‘Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath’ during its A&E premiere

 The press build-up to the premiere of tonight’s episode has been almost overwhelming. Between Leah’s AMA at Reddit and numerous reviews of her show (all but one of which were very positive), it’s been a day of growing []

As you watch Leah Remini’s show tonight, keep these people disappeared by Scientology in mind

[Shelly Miscavige, Angelo Pagan, and Barbara Ruiz, circa 2004]

UPDATE: We’re living blogging Leah’s show in the comments at a new post. Please join us!

Forty five years ago this week, on Saturday, November 27, 1971, the daily notices that were sent to the crew of the yacht Apollo, known as the “Orders of the Day,” included []

Leah Remini’s Scientology series opens with a gut-wrenching story of ‘disconnection’

[Rinder and Remini, on the case]

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, the A&E series that begins airing Tuesday night at 10 pm, opens with Leah Remini talking directly to you against a black []

Leah Remini demands $1.5 million from Scientology for interfering with her A&E series

 Since at least August, the Church of Scientology has been sending letters attacking Leah Remini to executives at the A&E network and its parent, ABC, in an attempt to head off her upcoming A&E series that premieres on November 29, Leah Remini: Scientology and the []

EXCLUSIVE: See the letter Scientology sent to scare A&E out of airing Leah Remini’s series

 Just ten days now until Leah Remini’s A&E series about Scientology debuts, and we are getting pretty excited. Last night, Leah made public a short spot of herself reading some of the things Scientology said about her in a letter to A&E’s producers, trying to frighten the network out of airing the []

Leah Remini schools us on what motivates Scientologists to toe the line

 Last month, we found ourselves having dinner in some pretty special company. We had flown out to Los Angeles and sat down for a meal with BBC journalist John Sweeney, longtime Scientology critic Mark Bunker, former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder, and the person who had brought us all together, actress, producer, and Troublemaker author Leah []

Scientology strikes back at Leah Remini as publicity for her upcoming series explodes

 On Monday, we told you that Leah Remini had been stalked while filming her upcoming A&E series on Scientology, which premieres on November 29. She’d also shared with us that her production company had received a lot of aggressive letters from the church, just as other recent shows and documentaries about Scientology have []

What the first trailer for Leah Remini’s Scientology series tells us about her show

 Last night, the A&E network released a trailer for Leah Remini’s upcoming series about Scientology, and wow, does it look great. []

Leah Remini reveals that she’s been stalked during production of her new TV series

 Leah Remini’s A&E television series about the Church of Scientology premieres on November 29, but it’s been filming for months. And in that time, Leah and her production crew have been subject to the usual reaction from the church itself including threatening letters, surveillance, and in Denver an encounter that was especially []