Scientology honcho David Miscavige turns 63 today, and here’s his official church bio!

Scientology leader David Miscavige turns 63 today — hip, hip, hooray! — and we thought it would be fun to look at the actual, official biography Scientology has for him on its website.

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Mike Rinder and Jon Atack explain why you find it so difficult to leave Scientology

While your proprietor is recovering from this first week of testimony at the Danny Masterson retrial, we hope you enjoy the latest discussion by these two titans of entheta as they discuss “peak experiences, placebo, and the sunk cost fallacy.”

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Defense opened the door to hacking allegations in Danny Masterson retrial

[Was an email from Jane Doe 3 to Danny Masterson about his then-new wife Bijou Phillips hacked? Photo by @meghanncuniff]

First for you today we have a programming note: Today’s session of the Danny Masterson retrial will begin a bit later this morning, so the first report you may get from us will be at the lunch break.

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Jane Doe 3: Scientology required a victim to get her attacker’s car washed

[Danny Masterson, happy that his car is clean?]

Even more Scientology content came in yesterday as direct examination of Jane Doe 3 was completed at the Danny Masterson retrial in Los Angeles, and there was one moment in particular we wanted to highlight before what we expect is going to be a full day of cross-examination of Jane Doe 3 today.

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DA led Jane Doe 3 through devastating testimony yesterday, today cross begins

[Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller and defense attorney Shawn Holley]

Jane Doe 3 once again provided devastating testimony about what it was like to be in a relationship with That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson at his retrial in Los Angeles yesterday, describing in detail incidents of abuse and sexual assault. And what a difference it was not only that she led off the witness testimony this time, but also that Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller’s questions led her into so much Scientology content.

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Opening statement a big improvement for prosecution at Danny Masterson retrial

[Another great shot by Meghann Cuniff: L to r, Philip Cohen, Danny Masterson, Shawn Holley, Mackenzie Phillips, Bijou Phillips]

After opening statements yesterday at the Danny Masterson retrial, the journalists we talked to were pretty unanimous: They said that Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller had done a much better job presenting the government’s case this time than he did at the first trial in October.

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How will today’s opening statements in the Danny Masterson retrial differ?

[Defense attorney Philip Cohen and Deputy DA Reinhold Mueller]

After an eventful week covering jury selection at the Danny Masterson retrial in Los Angeles, the main event gets underway with opening statements scheduled to begin this morning.

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Scientology issues pics of LRH Birthday event, when David Miscavige was dodging service

On March 18 Scientology held its annual birthday party for founder L. Ron Hubbard, who was born on March 13, 1911.

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A warrior’s journey in and out of Scientology

While we take a weekend break in the Danny Masterson retrial, we’re glad to see that Jon Atack and Mark ‘Warrior’ Plummer have begun a conversation about Mark’s journey in Scientology.

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Did prosecutors leave a Danny Masterson fan on the retrial jury?

Judge Charlaine Olmedo succeeded yesterday in sticking to her schedule by seating a jury for the Danny Masterson retrial after a couple of long days of voir dire. By about 4 pm yesterday we had a sworn jury of seven women and five men, and eight alternate jurors evenly split between men and women. Opening statements in the trial will begin Monday morning.

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