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UPDATED: Scientology’s ad is now in the post, as well as a response from Alex Gibney. See below. This is a fun one: New York Times staffer Michael Cieply reporting on an ad in his own newspaper. Cieply reports that the Church of Scientology has taken out a full page ad in the Times to slam Alex […] We have several correspondents on the scene today as the next dramatic showdown occurs in Luis and Rocio Garcia’s fraud lawsuit against the Church of Scientology. The Garcias first filed their lawsuit in January 2013, alleging that over their long time in the church, they had been victimized by fraudulent schemes to convince them to donate […] Yesterday, we mentioned that there’s been something of a baby boom among former Scientology officials who left the church in a small wave in the last several years. We thought we’d follow up on that by pointing out that leaving the Church of Scientology appears to be very beneficial for the people who accomplish it. […] Amy Nicholson is the film reviewer for LA Weekly and she is disappointed that Tom Cruise is not the movie star that he once was. OK, fair enough. But Nicholson doesn’t bemoan Cruise’s choice of movie projects. She wants to place the blame on us — the Internet consumers who ruined Tom’s career because we thought […] We’ve been discussing some awfully serious issues this week. From the suicide of a talented young woman who was memorialized at the Hollywood Celebrity Centre, to the odd disappearance of a prominent 40-year member of Scientology, to the grinding arguments of a court hearing in Texas. Oh, how we’d love a little comedy to lighten the […] Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the book for sale, and on Saturdays he’s helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and […] We’re certain that Scientology will soldier on for years to come. But for now, we can’t help feeling that the End Days are upon […] 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, […]
UPDATE: PLEASE SEE THE NOTE THAT WE’VE ADDED TO THE END OF THE POST Oh, those wacky Taiwanese animators have really given us a treat this time. Their latest offering is this send-up of the launch of Lawrence Wright’s book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief. (And now in English!) We can’t get enough […] |
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