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VIDEO: ‘Chicago Fire’ star Christian Stolte’s tribute to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard

 If you were with us in Chicago for HowdyCon this weekend, you know that a real highlight was Chicago Fire star Christian Stolte’s appearance during our Saturday night []

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Did a little sunlight send Scientologists scattering for cover? An international update.

 Scientology can’t hide from the eagle eye of Rod Keller, as his collection of updates []

Coming soon, our collaboration with ‘Miss Lovely’ herself, Paulette Cooper!

 During the main event at HowdyCon in Chicago, we revealed there’s a new book coming soon which we’re pretty excited []

Scientology and celebs: ‘Miscavige had several of us catering to Tom Cruise behind the scenes’

 We have another entry in our ongoing series of book excerpts about Scientology, this time some startling material about the church’s obsession with celebrities which appears in Amy Scobee’s book Scientology — Abuse at the Top. Amy was one of several high-ranking executives who came out of Scientology in the 2000s and changed the way []

Why we think nutty Las Vegas councilwoman Michele Fiore might be a Scientologist

 Last October, we sent Michele Fiore’s office a request for information, and we never received a reply. What we wanted to know was, what was the infamous Nevada politician doing on Scientology’s private cruise ship, the []

Opportunity missed: What Erika Christensen should have been asked about Scientology

[Dax Shepard and Erika Christensen]

Your proprietor was on a family vacation a couple of weeks ago when a splash of Scientology celebrity news lit up the intertubes. Erika Christensen, second-generation Scientologist and accomplished actress, had uttered some interesting things about the church in a podcast with her actor friend, Dax Shepard. []

Scientologists charged with Medi-Cal insurance fraud will stand trial on August 28

 Our man in Los Angeles, Jeffrey Augustine, did us a huge favor by attending a preliminary hearing yesterday at Los Angeles Superior Court. And that’s why we can tell you that Hanan Islam and her fellow defendants, including three of her own children, are scheduled to go to trial on August 28 for defrauding the []

Stacy Francis goes to Washington: Are we witnessing another Scientology political op?

 We’ve been watching Scientologist singer Stacy Francis for a long time. At the Voice, we covered a controversy over the stories she was telling about herself in order to become an X-Factor contestant. It was obvious even then that for years she had downplayed her extensive connection to Scientology when it suited her, and that []

Another sign Nation of Islam members are moving from Dianetics to full Scientology

[Black Scientologists conference held in April on the ‘Freewinds’]

Our tipster Communicator I/C keeps trying to convince us that the Nation of Islam/Scientology mashup is more substantial than we’ve given it credit for. And we have to hand it to him this time for digging up a new piece of evidence that bolsters his point of []

Scientology scores with political conservatives in Europe using the ‘religious freedom’ gambit

 Rod Keller has a pretty alarming update for us on Scientology’s sneaky “interfaith” efforts scoring some pretty serious []