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Scientology Admits Connection to Slimy Anonymous Attack Sites — Again

The Hollywood Reporter has a nice scoop today: An open letter from Crash director Paul Haggis about his friend Leah Remini’s defection from the Church of Scientology.

The world became aware of Haggis’s own departure from Scientology in Lawrence Wright’s epic February 2011 New Yorker profile, “The Apostate.” And as we reported when we broke the […]

Jim Lynch, Scientology’s Shill, Dies at 59

Just last week, news organizations around the country (and overseas) reported that Scientology’s propaganda magazine, Freedom, had placed an ad for a new writer.

Now we have some idea why the magazine is hiring.

We have learned that on July 19, Jim Lynch, Freedom‘s main correspondent, died in Boca Raton, […]

Scientologists Warned about Facebook “Entheta” After Leah Remini’s Departure

Run away! Leah Remini’s in your Facebook!

Oh, this is rich. One of our tipsters forwarded to us a message that has been sent to Scientologists about how to avoid all the “entheta” — negative press — that has enveloped Scientology, especially since the departure of Leah Remini.

Since the news of Remini’s defection broke […]

Nicole Remini: John Travolta Has NOT Called Leah, Despite National Enquirer Unnamed Source

Last week, Leah Remini’s sister Nicole had to call bullshit on an unnamed source who told the Chicago Sun-Times that Leah and Kirstie Alley were “chatting” to make sure there was no “loss of friendship” between the two. Didn’t happen, Nicole told us.

Now, the National Enquirer is saying it talked to an unnamed source who […]

Scientology Continues to “Handle” the “Black PR” of Leah Remini’s Defection

Scientology continues to “handle” the defection of Leah Remini and the subsequent media uproar. We have now learned that the church has produced a video about the controversy, and is asking Scientologists in the Los Angeles area to come to local facilities to view it and learn how to think about “Black PR” — Scientology […]

Perez Hilton Has Poor Reading Skills: Here’s a Leah Remini Primer for the Word-Challenged

Oh, Perez. You look fabulous after all that weight loss. But you just have no reading comprehension, apparently.

We say that because we’ve just watched Perez mangle the Leah Remini story out of all recognition, and the thing is, he’s obviously getting nearly every one of his “facts” from stories we published earlier this week.

Perez, for […]

Leah Remini’s Friend, TV’s Michelle Visage, Says Scientologists Are “Scattering Like Roaches”

Two years ago, Michelle Visage was a longtime talk radio host in Los Angeles when she was presented with a tantalizing opportunity. RuPaul wanted her to be a judge on the third season of his VH1 show, RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Visage says she knew it would be great for her career. But she worried that […]

LEAH REMINI’S SISTER NICOLE: How We Got Into Scientology, And How Leah Got Out

Nicole Remini [Photo by Joe Dickie]

Nicole Remini sounds irritated when we ask her about a report in the Chicago Sun-Times yesterday that claimed her sister, King of Queens actress Leah Remini, had “chatted” with Kirstie Alley to make sure there was no “loss of friendship” between the two over the explosion in news […]

Scientology Claims No Forced “Disconnection” — So Tell Us About Yours

The last time Scientology denied forced disconnection — with Tommy Davis on CNN in 2008 — it backfired badly

Scientology is spinning as madly as it can.

Today, in order to deal with an avalanche of bad news about Leah Remini’s defection, the Church of Scientology put out a statement denying that it forces members […]

SHELLY SPEAKS: Scientology Leader’s Banished Wife Says She’ll Get Out “Only One Way”

[Never before published photo of Shelly Miscavige courtesy of Claudio and Renata Lugli.]

One of the most intriguing mysteries of the Church of Scientology is the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige, wife of the church’s leader, David Miscavige. A frequent refrain heard from critics of the church is “Where’s Shelly?” — and that question is also central […]

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