Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.) [Header image courtesy John Rickard]
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Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 5: Leaving his body with full perception

 We’re still counting down Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, and this time we’ve reached a biggie. []

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Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 6: Resuscitating the recently deceased

 Continuing with our countdown of the superpowers that Tom Cruise has attained after his decades in Scientology, we reach something so special you’d think Mr. Top Gun would have crowed about it by []

Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 7: Pulling in objects with tractor beams

 We’re continuing to count down the superpowers that Tom Cruise should have attained after being a dedicated OT Scientologist for years and years. []

Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 8: Recovering unspeakable acts from the past

 You are probably aware that evangelicals who are “young-Earth Creationists” figure that our planet is only about 6,000 years old, right? But were you aware that Scientology is notable because it also has a pretty warped idea about the age of our universe — except in the other []

Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 9: Mocking up an automobile out of thin air

 We’ve been counting down the Scientology superpowers that Tom Cruise can expect as an OT Scientologist and million-dollar []

Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 10: Drying out from space coke

 We’ve been counting down the Scientology superpowers that Tom Cruise can expect as an OT Scientologist and million-dollar donor.

One of our favorite Scientology superpowers is something we learned about a few years ago, and we think it’s been criminally undercovered by the []

Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 11: Levitating an ashtray

 Last week, we began our countdown of Scientology superpowers that Tom Cruise can expect as an OT Scientologist and million-dollar []

Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 12: Resisting illnesses with his mind alone

 On Friday we began our countdown of Scientology superpowers that Tom Cruise can expect as an OT Scientologist and million-dollar donor. []

Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 13: Communicating with anyone on any subject

 UPDATE: Subpoenas by Danny Masterson quashed in court. See below.

On Friday we began our countdown of Scientology superpowers that Tom Cruise can expect as an OT Scientologist and million-dollar []

Tom Cruise’s Scientology superpowers, No. 14: Helping at the scene of a car accident

 Friday we began our countdown of Scientology superpowers that Tom Cruise can expect as an OT Scientologist and million-dollar donor.

Today, we thought we’d tackle the astounding claim that Cruise made during his infamous “black turtleneck video” which was recorded in 2004 and leaked to the Internet four years later. You must have seen it. []