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[David Miscavige, master of ceremonies]
Thirty-seven years ago today, Scientologists in the Los Angeles area were instructed to come to the Hollywood Palladium for a special briefing. Continue reading 37 years ago: The eerie Hollywood Palladium sendoff for Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard
Last May we commissioned our old friend Luke Y. Thompson (AV Club) to review Top Gun: Maverick for the Underground Bunker, and we still think it’s the best written about that movie. This time, we asked him what the odds are that Scientology watchers will have to witness Tom Cruise taking home an Oscar now that the nominations for the 2023 awards broadcast have been announced. Here’s what he sent us. Continue reading We asked a film critic: What are the odds Tom Cruise gets a statue at the Oscars this year?
Nearly 14 years ago, in March 2009, one of our favorite writers of all time, Roy Edroso, wrote a blurb for us at the Village Voice. Continue reading WTF? Scientology gets Yuma TV anchor fired for piece about Lisa Marie Presley
[John Goodwin and Emily Jones, and Shelly Miscavige (circa 1990)]Well, we did it once again this week. We got into some newsy stuff on our new podcast that we created for our subscribers, which we call Group Therapy. Continue reading Who takes over Scientology after Dave? Surprising answers from our experts
For years, we’ve been fascinated by the behavior of Scientology’s whales. These are the really big donors, the ones who give the church more than $1 million just in straight donations, above and beyond what they spend for courses, auditing, accommodations and the rest. Continue reading DONOR DRAMA: Stunning new data on the life cycle of a Scientology whale!
The person in the video you see below is Dana White. He’s president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts organization obsessively followed by its fans, who tend to be younger men. Dana has been dealing with some controversy since he was caught on tape on New Year’s Eve slapping his wife in a drunken brawl. But we’re more interested in something he said a few months ago on the “Action Junkeez” podcast. Continue reading Grant Cardone selling superhuman med beds to the wealthy sounds very Scientological
On Wednesday, we showed you a new promotional video that Scientology has recently put out that is intended to lure its wealthier members to the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida for some arcane practices known as the “L Rundowns.” Continue reading PODCAST: Karen de la Carriere on the ‘Ls’ — Scientology’s nuttiest ‘technology’?
[Attorneys Neil Glazer, left, and William Schifino]There’s an interesting showdown happening in Tampa today, and we’ll have someone on the scene who will give us a report on it. Continue reading TODAY: Arguments on Scientology honcho David Miscavige being served in trafficking suit
Our first trip to the Mark Twain House in Hartford was with our friend Dan Perkins, the man behind Tom Tomorrow and the This Modern World comic strip. We got a special tour, and at one point found ourselves in Twain’s upstairs billiards room where his writing desk was tucked away in a corner. It shook us to stand there, by that desk, and think about what the man had created there during the years 1874 to 1891. Continue reading Tonight: Our conversation with Mike Rinder on ‘A Billion Years’ for Mark Twain House
Yes, once again we have another of Scientology’s newer promo videos that encourage members to pay for expensive upper-level “technology,” and this one is selling total immortality! Continue reading ‘WHOA’: Scientology selling ‘Total Immortality’ in slick new video!
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