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Scientology Celebrities Told Leah Remini is “Not in Good Standing,” Are Ordered to “Disconnect”

The Underground Bunker has learned that Scientology celebrities have received their marching orders from the Hollywood Celebrity Centre: They cannot be “in comm” with Leah Remini after we broke the news last week that she has left the []

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LEAH REMINI BLOWBACK: Kirstie Alley Calls for Scientology Celeb Strategy Session

On Monday morning, we broke the news that Leah Remini was leaving the Church of Scientology over David Miscavige’s “corrupt management” of the organization.

It wasn’t until Thursday morning that the New York Post picked up the news and made it catch fire with the rest of the media.

But well before the Post printed its story, []

Someone Apparently Forgot to Notify the VA that Scientology is a Religion

Our thanks to a sharp-eyed reader who brought to our attention an interesting page at the website of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The page contains an eclectic rundown of all the religious symbols the VA recognizes and will put on grave markers in our national cemeteries. If you’ve ever been in one of our []

Coming Soon to the Underground Bunker: PZ Myers!

Now that “Pharyngula” author PZ Myers has spilled the beans, we can reveal that the University of Minnesota Morris biology professor will be joining us here as we read through L. Ron Hubbard’s epic 1952 work, A History of Man.

As we were nearing the end of our series with Vance Woodward blogging Hubbard’s 1950 masterpiece []

Hey, Tom Cruise, Why Weren’t You the One to Raise a Stink When This Woman Went Missing?

 Dear Tom,

It’s been more than a year since our last open letter to []

Mike Rinder: Is the Leah Remini Anonymous Smear Website Coming Soon?

UPDATE: See below — A possible smear site has just been registered!

Former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder makes a great point on his website this afternoon: Now that news we broke Monday of Leah Remini leaving the Church of Scientology has spread like wildfire thanks to this morning’s front-page New York Post rewrite, will the church []

Indie Scientologists Try to Spoil “Super Power” Release as it (Supposedly) Nears Debut

In January 2012, we spilled Scientology’s “Super Power” secrets — hundreds of never-before-published renderings of what the church’s monster new building in Clearwater, Florida was going to look like, from its basement to its executive offices on the seventh floor. Of particular interest were outlandish contraptions like the Smell Wall, Oiliness Table, Pain Station and []

SCIENTOLOGY CELEBRITY REBELLION: Leah Remini Dared to Ask, “Where’s Shelly?”

Leah, her mother Vicki, and daughter Sofia

On Friday, we reported that we’d received a tip King of Queens actress Leah Remini had left the Church of Scientology in an angry fit. We asked our tipsters for more information, and we got it.

Over the weekend, we were contacted by several sources with detailed inside []

Alanna Masterson’s Dad Calls Connor Cruise “Worst Person in the World” for Her to Date

Joe Reaiche, in his playing days

The Underground Bunker has teamed with Australia’s biggest-selling magazine, Woman’s Day, to bring you a report that should send some reverberations through Scientology celebrity culture.

In its newest edition, which hit store shelves in Australia a few hours ago, Woman’s Day has published a photograph taken last month showing []

The Declaration of Independence: When Did You Join the Sons of Liberty?

Here in the U.S., it’s a special day. We hope our American readers have found a relaxing way to celebrate the independence of this great nation.

We have a full day planned here in the bunker, and so we’re hoping to turn things over to you on this holiday.

We’d love to hear from the former []