Despite employing teachers who are members of the Church of Scientology and using teaching methods developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, administrators at Will Smith’s new private school insist that it isn’t a Scientology school.
Both Mr. Smith and Jada Pinckett Smith say they do not belong to the church and the New Read More
The L.A. Times’ Web Scout blog posted a story last night about a group of Web types protesting the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles and dozens of other cities around the world—including the church’s Manhattan location on West 46th Street (see video above!).
This mysterious group goes by the name Anonymous and Read More
Today brings some added conspiracy surrounding the all-too-infamous Tom Cruise Scientology video. A recent item published on OnlineAthens.com, the Athens Banner-Herald’s official Web site, claims that after local satirist and TV producer Waco O’Guin posted his own spoof of the Cruise clip, his Web site was hacked.
After the comedian Read More
CBS’ Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson was not allowed to air the Tom Cruise video that has been on the tips of innumerable tongues this week. So, he went and made his own version. As impossible as it sounds, Mr. Ferguson’s version, complete with lots of strange acronyms, double-chin laughs and Read More
Hallelujah! We’re not sure how long it’ll stick, but the Tom Cruise Scientology advertisement we reported on earlier has been restored to the Web. In it, the Lions for Lambs star wants to know: Do you have what it takes?
“If you’re on board, you’re on board like the rest Read More
The Church of Scientology has purchased more property on 125th Street, and one of the buyers is listed in city records as Richard Fear. We kid you not.
The L. Ron Hubbard-founded religion recently closed on 230 and 232 125th Street for $10.2 million, according to city records. The latter address was formerly Read More
Yesterday, I caught up with Councilman Hiram Monserrate, who has come under fire for supporting a Sept. 11 first-responder detoxification program associated with the Church of Scientology.
Scientology’s most famous booster, Tom Cruise, held a fund-raiser last night for the program.
Monserrate, a former cop, told me he spoke with Sept. 11 Read More
May I point out a small error that David Mamet—and practically everyone else in the country—is making with his excellent adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance at the Atlantic Theater Company? They’re misspelling the name of the play’s British author. It isn’t Harley Granville Barker.
The distinguished Edwardian playwright ought to have a hyphen, thus: Harley Read More
May I point out a small error that David Mamet—and practically everyone else in the country—is making with his excellent adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance at the Atlantic Theater Company? They’re misspelling the name of the play’s British author. It isn’t Harley Granville Barker.
The distinguished Edwardian playwright ought to have a hyphen, thus: Read More
