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Mar 1, 2011
Was a Vanity Fair editor secretly working for the Church of Scientology? — New York Observer
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Cook Source:
New York Observer Gawker.com, where the author is employed as a staff writer, declined to publish this story. Did the Church of Scientology use a Vanity Fair contributing editor to infiltrate and gather intelligence on the cult's enemies in the media? John Connolly is a well-known, and well-liked, character in New York media circles. He's a former NYPD detective and stock broker who landed a third career as an investigative reporter for Vanity Fair, where he is a contributing editor, Radar, the Daily Beast, ...
Mar 28, 2010
I penned the suckiest movie ever - sorry! — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s):
J. D. Shapiro Source:
New York Post This month, "Battlefield Earth," the blockbuster bomb based on the novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, won the Razzie for "Worst Movie of the Decade." J.D. Shapiro, the film's first screenwriter, accepted the award in person. Shapiro, who also wrote the screenplay for "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," "We Married Margo," and is developing a King Arthur spoof called "524 AD" (524AD.com), explains what it's like to be attached to one of Hollywood's most notorious flops. Let me start by ...
Feb 1, 1996
The cult of personalities — Details (magazine)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
William Shaw Source:
Details (magazine) Scientology is the religion everyone loves to hate. So how come so many movie stars are devout followers? Moves into the church's Celebrity Centre for an exclusive look at the starway to heaven. AT FRANKLIN AND BRONSON A LOGJAM OF LIMousines crawls toward the mock-French Normandy Chateau. At the grand doorway, celebrities, lawyers, producers, and the children of the well-heeled of the entertainment industry step onto the crimson-carpeted tarmac, chattering through the pink-and-gold lounge to the lawns and fairy-lit trees beyond, ...
Aug 12, 1994
What's Scientology got to do with it? — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) WHY DID LISA Marie Presley and Michael Jackson get married? Love, if you believe her press release, the one pledging to "dedicate my life to being his wife." Or, according to speculation from Hollywood, Jackson is rehabbing his image and simultaneously consummating the ultimate entertainment empire merger. But another possibility is circulating among the conspiracy-minded former members of the Church of Scientology. It's an astounding theory — that the church itself helped arrange the Presley-Jackson union. But these defectors say that ...
Aug 9, 1994
One theory on Michael-Lisa: It's all a plot — Seattle Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
Seattle Times Why did Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson get married? Love, if you believe her press release, the one pledging to "dedicate my life to being his wife." Or, goes the speculation from Hollywood, Jackson is rehabbing his image and simultaneously consummating the ultimate entertainment merger. But another possibility is circulating among conspiracy-minded former members of the Church of Scientology. It's an astounding theory - that the church itself helped arrange the Presley-Jackson union - but these defectors say nothing about ...
Aug 4, 1994
Harmonic conversion? // Ex-Scientologists speculate on why Michael and Lisa wed — Washington Post
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
Washington Post Why did Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson get married? Love, if you believe her press release, the one pledging to "dedicate my life to being his wife." Or, goes the speculation from Hollywood, Jackson is rehabbing his image and simultaneously consummating the ultimate entertainment empire merger. But another possibility is circulating among the conspiracy-minded former members of the Church of Scientology. It's an astounding theory – that the church itself helped arrange the Presley-Jackson union – but these defectors say ...
Nov 1, 1993
Letters // Scientology — Premiere (magazine)More: link
Type: Press
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Premiere (magazine) THANK YOU, thank you, thank you for having the courage to print your Scientology story [
"Catch a Rising Star," September]. I have lived in California for quite a while now and have seen the Scientology presence grow like a tumor. I have been harassed by the "nice young men" in suits and ties handing out Scientology literature. It doesn't surprise me, considering the number of people that are looking for something to believe in and will pay a lot of ...
Oct 20, 1993
Advertising // Church of Scientology to launch campaign to improve its image — Wall Street JournalMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Laura Bird Source:
Wall Street Journal The Church of Scientology, having just won tax-exempt status, after a bitter, decades-long battle with the Internal Revenue Service, is now ready to take on media critics in a major promotional campaign to try to mend its public image. Early this month, the Internal Revenue Service notified 30 entities within the Church of Scientology hierarchy that they would be recognized as tax-exempt organizations, whose donation income isn't subject to federal income tax. Church officials hailed the decision, saying it would allow ...
Oct 17, 1993
Media watch // The church and the magazines — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jane Galbraith Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) No one would ever accuse the Church of Scientology of not being vigilant about its press coverage, especially when it comes to its famous Hollywood members. One of the latest cases in point was the 2,000-word response in Premiere magazine after a recent story about Scientology's ties to the entertainment industry. This was followed by the publication of a 16-page booklet dubbed "Premiere Propaganda." "Premiere's reporter was not interested in writing a fair story on the church. Instead he went out ...
Oct 1, 1993
Scientology responds — Premiere (magazine)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
Premiere (magazine) Last month we published an article by PREMIERE
senior writer John H. Richardson that carefully examined the growing influence of Scientology in Hollywood. The Church vehemently protested the article, and we have given David Miscavige, the head of the Church, the right of reply. —Ed. IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE FACT THAT late in the 20th century, I find myself defending my religion between these covers. It is, however, a necessity, for if truth is not presented, then untruths become accepted ...
Oct 1, 1993
Tom Cruise: No more Mr. Nice Guy — Los Angeles (magazine)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Rod Lurie Source:
Los Angeles (magazine) There is a story that Steve Tisch, producer of the 1983 coming-of-age classic Risky Business , the film that would eventually vault Tom Cruise into the warm aerie of megastardom, likes to tell. After a tough day of shooting, Cruise approached Tisch, his partner Jon Avnet and the film's director, Paul Brickman. It seemed Cruise was concerned: He felt that his costar, Rebecca DeMornay, a newcomer who had snatched the part of sexy hooker Lana from Michelle Pfeiffer, was miscast. Things just ...
Sep 1, 1993
Catch a rising star — Premiere (magazine)More: link
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