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[Jada Pinkett Smith, and Jacqueline Olivier]Back in the spring of 2015, your proprietor and Mike Rinder sat down with Daily Beast writer Marlow Stern as part of the publicity on Alex Gibney’s film, Going Clear. During the interview, Stern said that Will Smith was a Scientologist, and the two of us both corrected him — it wasn’t true. Continue reading Of course Jada Smith was a Scientologist, says principal who ran her Scientology school
We’re of two minds about Scientology’s glittering celebrities. On the one hand, there’s no question that Scientology’s pursuit of celebrated actors and other artists is the major reason such a small group (the church claims millions, but the real figure is in the tens of thousands) gets such major press, and why the subject draws so much interest from the public. That abiding public fascination is what, frankly, helps a website like this get so much traffic. Continue reading Tonight, Paul Haggis calls out Scientology’s celebs: ‘Damn them for being purposely blind’
As expected, actress Elisabeth Moss took home the Emmy award last night for her role in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, besting her fellow nominees for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Claire Foy (The Crown), Keri Russell (The Americans), Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder), Robin Wright (House of Cards), and Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld). The Handmaid’s Tale also won the Emmy for Best Dramatic Series. Continue reading Moss wins Emmy for portraying totalitarian cult victim and doesn’t care what you think about it
Rod Keller keeps an eye on Scientology’s “Ideal Org” program for us, and he reminds us today of just how much empty real estate the church has lined up so David Miscavige can hold grand openings for years to come… Continue reading Scientology leader David Miscavige has empty buildings all over the world — here’s a rundown
[Brian Sheen and his daughter Spring]We’ve written several stories about Brian Sheen, a Florida man who left Scientology many years ago, but who never had a problem with his daughter, Spring, continuing in the organization. But after Spring married into a wealthy Scientology donor family in 2014, she got the order from the church to cut off all contact with her father. Continue reading Disconnected at birth — another infuriating Scientology saga
You have to hand it to Scientology. No matter how much L. Ron Hubbard’s creation is battered and bruised by bad press, shrinking numbers, and ridicule on social media, Scientology never, ever gives up. Continue reading Scientology’s newest infiltration — Rebecca Minkoff and Meghan Fialkoff at Nasdaq!
[George Lang, talking the Scieno talk]Yesterday, a pretty minor political story — the appointment of a Republican township trustee to an open seat in the state House of of Representatives — blew up into something more, thanks to the Church of Scientology and a notorious alt-right figure. Continue reading Is Ohio’s newest legislator a Scientologist? ‘I had him on the cans,’ says our man in Cincy
[Ford Greene]We heard this week from Ford Greene, the California lawyer who was involved in important litigation against the Church of Scientology and who also recently appeared on a special 2-hour episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. He’s also the former two-time mayor of San Anselmo, California. Continue reading Ford Greene responds to Marty Rathbun, and brings up a previous Scientology secret deal
[John Brousseau]If L. Ron Hubbard is responsible for the millions of words that spell out every aspect of Scientology, what, exactly, qualified David Miscavige to take over as church leader after Hubbard died in 1986? Continue reading Tonight on ‘Leah Remini’: Two witnesses detail David Miscavige’s ruthless Scientology takeover
We’re still marveling at the juxtaposition — that the same weekend Leah Remini took home an Emmy award for her A&E series Scientology and the Aftermath, a major hurricane was barreling down on the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida. Continue reading HURRICANE LEAH: ‘The defenses are crumbling. Scientology in Los Angeles is dying.’
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