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Nov 18, 2009
Scientology’s top gun pays respects — Boston Herald
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gayle Fee ,
Laura Raposa Source:
Boston Herald Hollywood heavy Tom Cruise looked like just another member of The Firm the other night when he turned up at attorney Earle Cooley’s jam-packed memorial service at the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse .
The “Knight & Day” leading man, wearing a dark suit and his trademark Tinseltown smile, joined rarely seen Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige at the service for Cooley, who was the religious group’s legal Top Gun for more than 25 years. Talk about Risky Business . . ...
Oct 28, 2009
Spokesman: Scientologists aren’t anti-gay // ‘Crash’ director Paul Haggis is publicly denouncing group — MSNBC
Type: Press
Author(s):
Courtney Hazlett Source:
MSNBC The Church of Scientology is responding to claims that the religion is anti-gay, an allegation made by “Crash” director Paul Haggis, who is publicly denouncing the church’s practices. “I don’t want any misunderstanding,” said Tommy Davis, a spokesperson for Scientology. “The church supports civil rights for everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, race, color or creed. We are a minority, too; we understand what it’s like to be persecuted, so to the extent that anything prohibits or inhibits on civil rights, we ...
Oct 1, 2009
Travolta: Defendants demanded $25M — Boston Herald
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gayle Fee ,
Laura Raposa Source:
Boston Herald Hollywood A-Lister John Travolta testified in a Bahamian extortion trial yesterday that he was told unless he paid $25 million, stories would be sold to the news media implying he was to blame for his is son’s death.
Travolta said his longtime friend and employee Ronald Zupancic first told him of the alleged threat Jan. 16 - two weeks after Travolta’s son, Jett, 16, died of a seizure during a family vacation in the Bahamas.
Former paramedic Tarino Lightbourne and former ...
Mar 3, 2009
Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting (Audio) — Riverside County (California)
Mar 1, 2009
Protester cited at Golden Era studios — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Asbury Source:
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) Protester cited at Golden Era studios
Riverside County sheriff's deputies cited a protestor on suspicion of vandalism after he was placed under citizen's arrest Saturday when flowers were trampled at the Church's of Scientology's Golden Era Productions compound outside San Jacinto.
Police cited and released Donald Myers, of West Hollywood, on misdemeanor vandalism for destroying about 100 plants, sheriff's Sgt. Lee Coffey said.
Myers was part of a protest that came four days after the Riverside County Board of Supervisors passed ...
Feb 24, 2009
Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting (Audio) — Riverside County (California)More: xenu-directory.net
Jan 15, 2009
Church of Scientology seeks 'ban' against HIV+ protesters // Takes aim at Pope and Smurf — The Register (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Leyden Source:
The Register (UK) Opponents of the Church of Scientology have accused the controversial organisation of attempting to ban a pair of HIV-positive protesters. Lawyers acting for Scientology are allegedly using medical information about two protesters picketing a Scientology facility near Hemet, California in an attempt to prevent the duo's attendance at further demos. The two protesters Angry Gay Pope and Happy Smurf, a former Scientologist, are contesting the legal action, which would prevent them protesting at the important facility (known internally as Gold Base). ...
Jan 13, 2009
Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting (Audio) — Riverside County (California)More: Video
Jan 13, 2009
Riverside County ordinance curtailing Scientology protests suspended — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Kelly Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today temporarily suspended an ordinance it passed last week to limit protests outside a large Church of Scientology compound near Hemet. Protesters show up about once a month outside Golden Era Productions, home to 500 Scientologists, on Gilman Springs Road. In an incident last week, protesters were swarmed by sheriff's deputies trying to enforce the ordinance. After a vigorous debate among supervisors, the ordinance was suspended today. The measure, which was requested by the church ...
Jan 10, 2009
Scientology foes blast new Riverside County law — Los Angeles Times (California)
Jan 6, 2009
Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting (Audio) — Riverside County (California)More: Video
Jan 24, 2008
Author goes inside Scientology — Montreal Gazette
Jan 17, 2008
Scientology No Road To Oz, Says "Gay Actor" — Queerty
Jan 16, 2008
Praying for Tom Cruise — Eye Weekly
Nov 2, 2007
Tribal Instincts // Tom Cruise's faith discovers an Indian audience — Little India
Type: Press
Author(s):
Sabrina Buckwalter Source:
Little India As she strolls down Dadabhai Naoroji Road in Mumbai, Aussie Marion Whitta gets a tap on the shoulder from a tall Indian fan. "I bought Dianetics (the first book of a post-modern faith called Scientology) in 1987 in Melbourne," he says. He is in a yellow polo shirt inscribed with the Scientology logo on the back. He walks with her for about 50 paces, interrupting the conversation she is trying to have with friend. He recounts the moment he first encountered ...
Oct 29, 2007
Kelly hosts Scientology gig — Press and Journal
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Press and Journal Hollywood star Kelly Preston took time out of filming new comedy Old Dogs with her husband John Travolta, to support a Scientology charity concert in West Sussex. The 45-year-old actress was master of ceremonies at the 11th annual Gala Charity Concert at Saint Hill, home of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard and headquarters for the Church of Scientology UK. Kelly said: "It was a great day. What we were doing with the concert is perpetuating what L Ron Hubbard started in ...
May 18, 2007
When Scientologists attack — Washington BladeMore: washblade.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kevin Naff Source:
Washington Blade Gays should be wary of ‘church’ that has helped advance the reckless idea that homosexuality can be cured. THE CULT OF Scientology is back in the news this week, after a video of a BBC reporter shouting down a church spokesperson hit YouTube. The BBC’s John Sweeney claims he was followed and harassed while working on a documentary about Scientology. The spokesperson in question is the son of actress Anne Archer. “I have been shouted at, spied on, had my hotel ...
Apr 4, 2005
Homophobia Claims Dog Scientology — NY Daily News (New York)
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NY Daily News (New York) John Travolta and Tom Cruise have forcefully denied allegations that they turned to Scientology to "cure" them of their supposedly gay urges. But critics continue to claim the religion is rife with homophobia. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote in his 1950 best seller, "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health," that gays were "sexual perverts" and "very ill physically." That apparently went for Hubbard's son, Quentin, who was said to have been confused about his own sexual orientation. "[Ron] thought ...
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