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NEWS ABOUT: Scientology

Scientology stories: 57 news summaries

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 Cruise: Jett's Death 'Horrific' 

Actor slams 'false' accusations against Scientology

Jan 8, 09 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise mourns the sudden death of John Travolta’s son and defends Scientology in an appearance on The View taped to air tomorrow, ABC News reports. "It's just horrific. Here you have a man, both of them doting parents, they're wonderful people and…” Cruise says, trailing off.... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • John Travolta • The View • funeral • Scientologists • medical care • Jett Travolta

 Lisa Marie Defends 
 Travoltas, Scientology 

Blog post on MySpace stands up fro Jett's parents

Jan 7, 09 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Lisa Marie Presley's reaching out to John Travolta and Kelly Preston, while also calling out those who have used their son's death to trash Scientology, Us magazine reports. “Folks, as popular as it has been to discriminate and ridicule Scientology and Scientologists in the recent past, now is NOT... More »

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Scientology • John Travolta • blog • MySpace Celebrity • Lisa Marie Presley • Kelly Preston • Jett Travolta

 Did Scientology 
 Block Meds for 
 Travolta's Son? 

Dogma suggests people can cure themselves by following church

Jan 4, 09 9:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientology dogma opposes medication for seizures and does not acknowledge the existence of autism, a condition that many believe John Travolta's son suffered, reports the New York Post. It's not known if Jett Travolta, who died suddenly in a Bahamas vacation condo, was taking medication for his seizures. But Scientology,... More »

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Scientology • John Travolta • autism • seizures • Autism Society of America • Jett Travolta

 'I'm Losing Him!' 

Paramedic tells of Travolta's desperate moments trying to save dying son

Jan 4, 09 6:36 AM CST
(Newser) - "Help me, help me, I'm losing him!" John Travolta pleaded with a paramedic who discovered the actor pumping the chest of his dying 16-year-old son at a Bahamas resort. As he struggled to save the boy, lying unconscious on the floor of his bathroom, the actor was anguished... More »

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Scientology • John Travolta • autism • Bahamas • Kelly Preston • Jett Travolta

(Newser) - In the vast, fragmented online universe, videos tend to entice some and disgust others. But every year offers a list of viral vids enjoyed by all. The Washington Post runs down 2008's best:
  • Tom Cruise on Scientology: A rambling, fervent Cruise extols his religion, saying he's the "
... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Scientology • Tom Cruise • viral video • FunnyOrDie.com • Will.i.am • Joss Whedon • 2008 • Best of 2008

 Look Out: Tom Wants 10 Kids 

Star just hopes 'Katie can keep up'

Dec 29, 08 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise is a “great parent” looking to build a 10-child brood, the effusive actor tells the Sun. Cruise, whose own father left when he was 12, doesn’t let the paparazzi get between him and parenting, saying, “I go to the children’s groups like other daddies.... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • celebrity • Suri Cruise • celebrity parents

'Terrified' Tom Cruise Reports Death Threats

Valkyrie star, wife
live apart, travel in bomb-proof vehicles

Dec 28, 08 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise has notified the FBI of death threats he’s received from anti-Scientology groups, the Daily Mail reports. The Valkyrie star, 46, has increased security for his family and now lives separately from wife Katie Holmes, 30, and 2-year-old daughter Suri—who all travel in bomb-proof vehicles. Cruise has... More »

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FBI • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Valkyrie • Katie Holmes • death threats

 Cruise, Lauer Grip and Make Up 

Calmer interview follows 2004 Today showdown

Dec 15, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer met on Today for the first time since an infamously tense 2005 interview, and this time, things were more relaxed, People reports. The pair chatted about their previous meeting. "I came across as arrogant," Cruise said, adding, "that's not the person I... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • psychiatry • Matt Lauer • Today show • interview

OPINION

 Cruise's Craziest Moments 

From blow-ups over Scientology to couch acrobatics on Oprah, Tom's had his share

Dec 11, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Three years after Tom Cruise and Today's Matt Lauer went a few rounds over Scientology, drugs, and Brooke Shields' postpartum depression, the pair is set for a rematch Monday—which spurred the Los Angeles Times to list Tom's top 5 head-smacking interviews:
  1. Oprah, May 2005: Cruise dances around proclaiming
... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Matt Lauer • list • Katie Holmes • Today show • interview

Hollywood Scientology Guard
Kills Samurai Man

Shooting of former church member was self-defense, police conclude

Nov 24, 08 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - A man brandishing two Samurai swords was shot dead by a guard inside a Hollywood Scientology church yesterday. A security tape revealed that the guard used his automatic weapon to protect himself and two colleagues, police concluded. The sword man had a history with the church, but was not a... More »

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California • Hollywood • Scientology • Tom Cruise • shooting

(AP) - Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said today. But domestic intelligence services plan to continue monitoring the group. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by domestic intelligence services for... More »

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Scientology • Germany

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 Holmes Holds Own on Stage 

Supporting performer is center of attention in Broadway production of All My Sons

Oct 17, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a perfect world, stars John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest would be the center of attention in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. “In this world, however, Mrs. Tom Cruise is playing a supporting role,” writes Natalie Finn of E!. So with tabloid-lovers... More »

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theater • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Broadway • Katie Holmes • reviews • Anonymous • Arthur Miller • John Lithgow • Dianne Wiest

 J.Lo Battled Blues, 
 'Breakdown' 

Jennifer Lopez may send her twins to Scientology school

Oct 7, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez admits to having had a “nervous breakdown” in 2002 and a weepy “hormone thing” 10 days after the birth of her twins in a previously unpublished interview excerpted at the Daily Beast. "I couldn’t get up fast enough to feed the babies," says... More »

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Scientology • New York • breast feeding • Jennifer Lopez • nervous breakdowns • celebrity interview • celebrity baby

(AP) - Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut in All My Sons last night, but not before about 30 anti-Scientology protesters put on a show of their own outside Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The protesters, some masked, chanted "Scientology kills! and carried "FREE KATIE" placards. And, yes, her famous hubby showed... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • New York City • Broadway • Katie Holmes

 Smith: I Am Not a Scientologist 

Clears up long-standing rumor, talks to anti-Scientology group

Sep 17, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite months of speculation, Will Smith tells Fox News that “I am not” a Scientologist; he even agreed to speak with the anti-Scientologist group Anonymous. Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who are close friends with Scientologist Tom Cruise, opened a school which uses Scientology teaching tools. But, “... More »

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Scientology • Will Smith • Anonymous • celebrity interview

Scientology Facing Trial for Fraud in France

Woman charges church bilked her out of $28K for supplies, drugs

Sep 8, 08 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - An imminent court case could lead to the Church of Scientology being banned in France, the BBC reports, with the controversial sect being accused of organized fraud by a former congregant. The woman claims she was suckered by the offer of a free personality test, and wound up spending more... More »

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fraud • Scientology • France • Scientologists

 Did Isaac Hayes Go to Heaven?

Slate explains where Hubbard's flock go when they die

Aug 12, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of legendary soul singer Isaac Hayes on Sunday is no cause to mourn: He’ll apparently be back. Hayes was a dedicated Scientologist, and as Nina Shen Rastogi explains in Slate, this means eternal life. Church founder L Ron Hubbard describes the Scientology experience as "simply living... More »

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Scientology • death • South Park • religious rites • Isaac Hayes

Lawsuit Targets Cruise, Scientology 'Crime Syndicate'

Files harassment lawsuit under federal RICO statute

Jul 31, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ex-Scientologist says the organization is a “crime syndicate” in a $250 million federal lawsuit that names Tom Cruise as the head honcho's "right-hand man," reports the Daily News. The suit uses a statute designed to counter organized crime in an attempt to have the Church of... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • racketeering • RICO • David Miscavige • Peter Letterese

 Monday's Child Is ... Sunday? 

Celebrity baby name weirdness arms race escalates

Jul 8, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's newborn daughter’s name, Sunday Rose, may be part cross-promotion, part payback, reports MSNBC. The couple decided on the name after Urban wrote a song, "Sunday," about his daughter-to-be—but a source says the name could also be a shot at Tom Cruise's... More »

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Nicole Kidman • Scientology • baby • Tennessee • name • Keith Urban • Sunday Rose Kidman Urban • baby name

OPINION

So What If
Will Smith's
School Preaches Scientology?

Actor denies it, but live and let live, writes LAT

Jul 1, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Will Smith denies he, wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, or the school they founded are affiliated with the Church of Scientology, writes the LA Times in an opinion piece, but who cares if L. Ron Hubbard himself is teaching Scientology 101? The school, set to open in September amid rumors that... More »

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Scientology • Los Angeles • L. Ron Hubbard • Will Smith • private schools

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