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Attorneys for former Smallville actress Allison Mack have filed new documents in Brooklyn Federal Court to support their motion to dismiss criminal charges for her involvement in an alleged “sex cult” within a purported self-help organization known as Nxivm (pronounced “nexium”). In April 2018, Mack and Nxivm founder Keith Raniere were indicted on charges of sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, and forced labor conspiracy; Mack has plead not guilty and is being held on house arrest in California. In new documents submitted with the court on Friday, December 28, Mack’s attorneys...

BBC journalist Louis Theroux explores the Church of Scientology in his new documentary, “My Scientology Movie.” “Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience in dealing with eccentric, unpalatable and unexpected human behavior, the beguilingly unassuming Theroux won’t take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church’s headquarters is turned down,” reads the official description of the film.

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Besides unscripted scenes, the film, directed by John Dower (“Ronald,” “The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain”), also includes a series of scripted scenes in which actors replay incidents former Scientology members claim they experienced being part of the church. The film features interviews with Jefferson Hawkins, Marc Headley and Marty Rathbun, who all worked for the Church of Scientology in the past, and actors Tom De Vocht, Paz de la Huerta and Steven Mango,...

My Scientology Movie Magnolia Pictures Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B Director: John Dower Writer: Louis Theroux, John Dower Cast: Rob Alter, Tom Cruise, Paz de la Huerta, Tom De Vocht, Jefferson Hawkins, Marc Headley, Steven Mango, Andrew Perez, Marty Rathbun, Stacia Roybal, Conner Stark, Louis Theroux Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/22/17 Opens: […]

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This week's episode of A&E's Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath saw the host and fellow former Scientologist Mike Rinder traveling to Colorado to meet with Marc and Claire Headley, the former Sea Org executives who left the Church in 2005. Here's five things we learned from last night's episode.

1. "Whoever controls the public relations, controls the world."

The show details how Marc Headley signed his billion-year contract when he was just 15, and was sent to work at Golden Era Productions, the Church's audio/video production company which puts out the organization's promotional materials.

Sometimes, a picture really is worth a thousand words. In yet another testament of to her severed ties with Scientology, Leah Remini was snapped arriving at rehearsal for Dancing With the Stars in Los Angeles with Marc Headley's famous tell-all on Scientology in hand. The 43-year-old actress could clearly be seen carrying the book Blown for Good Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology, which is well known for portraying the controversial religion in a less than positive light.  Remini wore a teal shirt with stars on the front, matching sweats and a white Juicy Couture zip-up. She added a pair of oversize shades to her workout wear in addition to trendy gold jewelry, which she sported while seemingly...

Leah Remini may be done with Scientology, but she's not done reading about it.The "King of Queens" star and current "Dancing with the Stars" contestant was seen heading to dance rehearsals on Friday in Los Angeles -- where she was holding onto some very interesting reading material.So what was Remini, who used to be an outspoken member of the Church of Scientology, reading?"Blown for Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology," by Marc Headley.The tell-all book describes Headley's time in the Church, his work with celebrities like Tom Cruise and the mysterious SeaOrg and the obstacles he faced while trying to leave.Remini herself has talked about some issues associated with leaving the church, telling Ellen DeGeneres some of her old friends won't talk to her anymore.See what else she said about her decision to defect below:  It's possible Remini is doing some research for her own tell-all,...

I think the New York Times got it right when it said in its review of After Earth that not too long ago, Hollywood stars used to buy their children expensive sports cars as gifts. Now they give them $130 million vanity projects to star in. And after seeing the film, I wish Jaden had asked for a Porsche instead too. And not only that, but it’s also a devious Scientology indoctrination scheme as well. And I’m not the only one saying that. Even Marc Headley, who was, for 15 years, a high ranking member of the cult…I mean church . . . and who was written a book exposing what goes on behind the scenes there, says that Ae “contains language, concepts and imagery plucked directly from...

About two years ago, Lawrence Wright dropped a 26-page journalism bomb about Paul Haggis's departure from the Church of Scientology. It appears that was just the tip of the iceberg, as he has a new book on the religion, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, coming out later this month. The Hollywood Reporter excerpted a portion about Tom Cruise, Scientology leader David Miscavige, and Sea Orgs (the church's "elite clergy"). Here's what we learned:1. Cruise modeled his A Few Good Men character on Miscavige, "a fact that the Church leader liked to brag about." 2. One time when Cruise audited former Sea Org Marc Headley, Kirstie Alley was there. Headley decribed her as a "celebrity prop" because she mostly just read. 3. Between 2000 and 2004, the food costs for the Miscaviges and his guests would range between $3,000 to as much as $20,000 a week. 4. Miscavige would have...

Tom Cruise's lawyer says Vanity Fair allegations that a recruitment process was conducted in 2004 by Scientologist leaders to find a partner for the actor are false

Tom Cruise's lawyer has denied claims that Scientologist leaders held auditions to find the Top Gun star a new partner in the wake of his split from Nicole Kidman in 2001.

Bert Fields spoke out after the Us magazine Vanity Fair published an article alleging that Iranian-born British actor Nazanin Boniadi was recruited by Scientology leader David Miscavige's wife Shelly to date the Oscar-nominated actor in 2004 following an exhaustive month-long process. The piece suggests Boniadi was later punished for revealing the relationship to a third party. The magazine does not quote the actor but cites a "knowledgable source".

In a statement, Fields wrote: "Vanity Fair's story is essentially a rehash of tired old lies previously run in the supermarket tabloids, quoting the same bogus 'sources'.

Top defectors from the notoriously litigious Sciebtology cult confirm that the long rumored "casting couch" for brides for Tom Cruise, in fact, existed.In the latest Vanityfair.com October issue, Vanity Fair special correspondent Maureen Orth writes that in 2004 Scientology held a "top-secret project" headed by Shelly Miscavige, wife of Scientology chief David Miscavige, which involved finding a girlfriend for Tom Cruise. According to several sources, the organization allegedly created an "auditioning process" in which actresses who were already Scientologists were called in, told they were auditioning for a new training film, and then asked a series of curious questions including: .What do you think of Tom Cruise?. Marc Headley, a Scientologist, claimed he watched a number of the...

This sounds like the audition from hell. According to an upcoming story in Vanity Fair, The Church of Scientology held secret auditions to find a wife for church member Tom Cruise following his divorce from Nicole Kidman. The auditions were so secret that the candidates didn’t know they were taking place. These allegations are being presented in a story written by Maureen Orth and drawing upon "several sources," including former Scientologists and Marc Headley, who left the church in 2005 with police help. Headley reportedly saw "a number of the audition tapes." In 2004, the church allegedly brought in actresses who were

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The anticipation for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film The Master is now settling in, this is an exciting time for fans of his work or fans of great movies. I have called There Will Be Blood the best movie of the 2000’s (2000-2010), I only suspect that after 5 years, he has another masterpiece to share.

There is a wonderful trailer you can watch below, that’s a good place to get started as I am going to delve into what we know about the movie up until this point. There is also more than enough gorgeous pictures below in a gallery to appreciate.

Let’s get started.

The Master will be released on September 14. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Thomas Anderson this story stars Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Academy Award-nominee Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) and Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams (Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter...

Tom Cruise reportedly has ''issues'' with a new movie thought to be based on the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard. The feelings from the actor - who recently came a divorce settlement with estranged wife Katie Holmes - came to light when he recently saw Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie 'The Master', according to the New York Post newspaper. A full length trailer starring Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman was released by The Weinstein Company on Thursday (19.07.12), but the motion picture's director denied claims is was referring to Scientology. Former Scientologist, Marc Headley, obtained a copy of the...

Tom Cruise reportedly has 'issues' with a new movie thought to be based on the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard. The feelings from the actor - who recently came a divorce settlement with estranged wife Katie Holmes - came to light when he recently saw Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie 'The Master', according to the New York Post newspaper. A full length trailer starring Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman was released by The Weinstein Company on Thursday (19.07.12), but the motion picture's director denied claims is was referring to Scientology. Former Scientologist, Marc Headley, obtained a copy of the screenplay, and told The Daily Beast website: 'I can tell you that even if Scientology comes out...

A new book claims the Top Gun star had a tendency to chat to ashtrays, bottles and other inanimate objects

Just a teeny tiny amount of space left to say, hey, guess what? Tom Cruise? He's a bit fricking weird! Yuhdoansay.

In Blown For Good, the latest book by an escapee from the Galactic Confederacy, Aka Scientology, Marc Headley claims that Cruise would talk to inanimate objects "for hours". No, not Nicole Kidman's face, but ashtrays, bottles, books. "You tell the ashtray, 'Sit in that chair.' Then you actually go over and put the ashtray in that chair. Then you tell the ashtray, 'Thank you,'" is Headley's account of Tom's personal teachings. And to all of you out there thinking, "Well, telling an ashtray thank you sounds a lot more fun than having to share a set for God knows how many weeks with Dustin Hoffman banging on about Qantas,...

The head of the Church of Scientology is desperate to land British soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria as celebrity followers of the religion, a former Scientologist has claimed.

Ex-Scientologist Marc Headley, who used to produce promotional films for the controversial religion, claims leader David Miscavige is so intent on using Hollywood actor and fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise's star power to recruit the famous couple, he has a wall of photographs of the Cruise family with the Beckhams in his office.

And Miscavige even tried to lure the L.A. Galaxy player to make a guest appearance at the Church's Gold Base headquarters in Helmet, California, by relaying the soccer field.

But Beckham didn't take up the offer.

Headley says, "Tom's a good friend of the Beckhams. The church leader David Miscavige has literally hundreds of pictures of him with Beckham and Victoria and all the kids. They'd love to get them into the religion.

"There was talk about introducing David to Miscavige. They redid the field with the best turf you could get - just to impress him."...

Hollywood star Tom Cruise's marriage to Katie Holmes was set up by the Church of Scientology after a series of fake casting calls for actresses including Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba failed to deliver a suitable wife, according to sensational new claims by a former Scientologist.

Cruise and Holmes wed in a fairytale ceremony in Italy in 2006 after a whirlwind 20-month romance and have one-year-old daughter Suri together.

But ex-Scientologist Marc Headley - who used to produce promotional films for the controversial religion - claims Holmes was set up with the Mission: Impossible star after he split from Penelope Cruz in 2004 after three years together.

Headley alleges Scientology leader David Miscavige organised an audition process for potential wives disguised as a casting call for a new movie in which Cruise was the leading man.

He tells British tabloid News of the World, "After that (splitting from Cruz), he started complaining to his best buddy David about his luck with girls. So Miscavige assigned a high-ranking official with the order: 'Find a wife for Tom Cruise.'

"The official put out a casting call to female actresses, including Scientologists, saying, 'There's an upcoming Tom Cruise movie you might get a part in. Come for an audition.' But in the end no movie was made. They had to be single, they had to be pretty and in their 20s.

"First they rounded up Scientologist actresses like Erica Christensen, Erica Howard and Sofia Milos. But they were all rejected."

The unnamed official then tried to lure Electra star Garner - who had just started dating Ben Affleck at the time - with the beauty ranked top of the priority list, before Holmes was spotted gushing about Cruise and called to Los Angeles to meet the actor.

Headley adds, "Then... they went for Jennifer Garner, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba, in that order. They came up with the same plan. Jennifer and Jessica didn't bite but Scarlett took the bait and came in for an audition. When she arrived at the audition address and found out it was the Scientology Center in Hollywood she freaked out and didn't do a tape...

"So they worked the audition tape on Katie, got her to L.A. and introduced her to Tom. The moment he meets her, he's enthralled with her and he told Miscavige later, 'I knew immediately she was the one.'"...