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November 2008
- Germany Drops Pursuit of Scientology
  
  Associated Press | Nov 21, 08 6:32 PM CST
  
  (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 than a decade, the AP reports. More »
October 2008
- Holmes Holds Own on Stage
  
  E! Online | 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 watching and Anonymous protesting outside, how did Katie Holmes do in her Broadway debut? Not bad, critics say, but not great. More »
- J.Lo Battled Blues, 'Breakdown'
  
  Daily Beast | 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had a “nervous breakdown” in 2002 and a weepy “hormone thing” 10 days after the birth of her twins in a previously unpublished interview excerpted at the Daily Beast.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 Lopez of her post-baby meltdown. "I was crying and crying and going, ‘Oh, Papi...they’re going to know everybody more than me…They’re going to love everybody more than me!’" More »
September 2008
- Scientology Protests Greet Katie on Broadway
  
  Associated Press | Sep 19, 08 7:59 AM CDT
  
  (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 up for moral support. More »
- Smith: I Am Not a Scientologist
  
  Fox News | 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, “You can take different parts of things you like and put them all together,” Smith explains. More »
- Scientology Facing Trial for Fraud in France
  
  BBC | 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 than $28,000 on books, illegally prescribed drugs, and other supplies. More »
August 2008
- Cruise's Partner Quits UA
  
  Hollywood Reporter | Aug 14, 08 6:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The next mission impossible for Tom Cruise may be reviving his own career, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Cruise's business partner Paula Wagner is quitting her job as CEO of United Artists just weeks after her husband, Cruise's agent Rick Nicita, left CAA. The changes likely reflect the star's unhappiness with his career as he casts about for suitable roles and a new screen image, say industry observers. More »
- Did Isaac Hayes Go to Heaven?
  
  Slate | 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 time after time, getting a new body, eventually losing it and getting a new one." More »
July 2008
- Lawsuit Targets Cruise, Scientology 'Crime Syndicate'
  
  New York Daily News | 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 Scientology broken up. More »
- Monday's Child Is ... Sunday?
  
  MSNBC | 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 favored belief system. More »
- Holmes' Sept. Broadway Debut Already a Bust?
  
  New York Post | Jul 2, 08 11:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Katie Holmes is not drawing the tickets sales for her Broadway debut producers had hoped for, the New York Post reports. "I bought 1,000 tickets to the show," one broker says of the September revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons . "I still have them." Some had predicted Holmes' turn would rival Julia Roberts' box-office success with Three Days of Rain in 2006. More »
- So What If Will Smith's School Preaches Scientology?
  
  Los Angeles Times | 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 it uses Scientologist-developed teaching methods, is being funded on the Smiths' dime and should be subject to the Smiths' beliefs. More »
June 2008
- Cruise's Lawyer Rips Dr. Drew
  
  Radar | Jun 13, 08 11:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Drew Pinksy's armchair diagnosis of Tom Cruise in Playboy has riled up Cruise’s lawyer, who compares the doc to a Nazi, Radar reports. The host of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew said Cruise’s attraction to the “cultish kind of environment” of Scientology is “a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood—maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect." More »
May 2008
- No Charges for Scientology Protester
  
  BBC | May 23, 08 1:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Charges against a 15-year-old who called Scientology as a ‘cult’ were dropped today, the BBC reports. The London police issued a mea culpa after a court ruled that the teen’s holding up a sign reading, "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult," did not constitute “abusive or insulting” behavior. More »
- Teen Calls Scientology a 'Cult,' Faces Charges
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 20, 08 3:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A 15-year-old is facing charges for holding a sign calling Scientology a "cult" during a peaceful protest. A London policewoman asked the teen to remove the sign; when he refused, she handed him a court summons, the Guardian reports. Free speech and anti-cult groups are furious, particularly in light of recent gifts from the Church of Scientology to the London Police Department totaling thousands of pounds. More »
- Smith Puts His Money Where His Church Is (Maybe)
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 19, 08 12:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Doing little to dispel widespread rumors that he's a new recruit to Scientology, Will Smith is funding a school that will use te

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Germany Drops Pursuit of Scientology

Holmes Holds Own on Stage

J.Lo Battled Blues, 'Breakdown'

Scientology Protests Greet Katie on Broadway

Smith: I Am Not a Scientologist

Scientology Facing Trial for Fraud in France

Cruise's Partner Quits UA

Did Isaac Hayes Go to Heaven?

Lawsuit Targets Cruise, Scientology 'Crime Syndicate'

Monday's Child Is ... Sunday?

Holmes' Sept. Broadway Debut Already a Bust?

So What If Will Smith's School Preaches Scientology?

Cruise's Lawyer Rips Dr. Drew

No Charges for Scientology Protester

Teen Calls Scientology a 'Cult,' Faces Charges

Smith Puts His Money Where His Church Is (Maybe)