While Tom Cruise prepares for his next closeup on the Oprah Winfrey show, Jenna Miscavage (the niece of Scientology world leader, David Miscavage) gave an interview to “Nightline” about what it’s like to grow up as a member of the COS. In particular, Jenna was recruited into the Sea Org by means of a 1 billion year contract to express her devotion to the cult. In return, Jenna and other Sea Org children received work weeks that regularly exceeded 100 hours per week.

The interview also briefly touched upon the Cruise as the “Face of Scientology” (crikey!), and this leads to questions of willful blindness on the part of Cruise and other high profile celebrity members of Scientology. Do these celebs know what occurs in the Sea Org? Obviously, they’ve heard the stories but choose to dismiss them for a greater good, as John Travolta alluded in a 1983 Rolling Stone interview:

RS: “Then despite all the negative publicity about Scientology, you still believe?”

Travolta: “Yes. I think it’s pretty brilliant. I try to separate the material and the organization, because I don’t agree with the way the organization is being run. I believe that the material is more worthy than the individuals who are handling it.”

RS: “Scientology uses your name a lot in promoting its cause. Do you feel it has used your celebrity for its own purposes?”

Travolta: “I’ve been something of an ostrich about how it’s used me, because I haven’t investigated exactly what the organization’s done. One part of me says that if somebody gets some good out of it, maybe it’s all right. The other part of me says that I hope it uses some taste and discretion. I wish I could defend Scientology better, but I don’t think it even deserves to be defended, in a sense.”

So, in the instances where Scientology has been implicated in certain homicides, these celeb members probably overlook that as well. Nice work!

Video clips of Jenna Miscavage’s “Nightline” interview are below:

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Oh, bloody hell, mates. First off, I would like to thank those of you who emailed me about this story. I cannot begin to explain how flattering it is that, when you hear of a new exploitation for crackhead Pete Doherty, your minds automatically lead you to pass said tidbit onto me. On with the show, mates.

So, the English red tops are all aflutter with the latest revelations that Pete Doherty may be newly obsessed with Scientology. In particular, The Sun claims that Doherty has stocked up on Scientology literature after he was photographed walking next to “Scientologist DJ Nadine Ruddy.” Naturally, if one walks next to someone else, they automatically want to adopt their religion.

A source said: “Nadine is really into Scientology. She takes her beliefs very seriously. Pete’s chatted a lot with her about it. He went out and bought some books to read up about it. He just wanted to find out more about Nadine and what she believes in.”

This air of mystery can easily be interpreted as this: Pete Doherty, after hearing rumours of Kate Moss’ as-of-yet unconfirmed engagement to the ruggedly sexy Jamie Hince, wants to look like he’s getting laid too. And, as everyone knows, the quickest route into a Scientologist’s pants is to brush up on the terminology, and, when all else fails, nod politely and sign up for a few auditing courses. Sexy.

Obviously, Scientology loves celebrities, and Pete Doherty is more of a celebrity than any other musician in England. Further, Scientology has really yet to crack England in the same manner as it has anchored its tentacles throughout the United States. However, the image-conscious cult probably isn’t interested in the junkie wastrel as the new face of Scientology:

• Pete Doherty is anti-establishment to the point of advocating “petrol bombers, mate, and fighting in the streets.”
• Pete Doherty talks too much and is easily twice the loose cannon as Tom Cruise, who can at least stay on topic.
• Pete Doherty will never stop taking drugs. While Scientology would love to claim him as a Narcanon™ success, the risk of failure is approximately 137%.
• Tom Cruise and John Travolta would shit twice and die before allowing Doherty into the cult. ‘Nuff said.

However, some good can come of these Scientology rumours that stem from Doherty being photographed (below left) with Nadine Ruddy. This provides the excellent opportunity to slap Doherty’s head onto Tom Cruise’s tiny little body. Bless their little cotton socks.



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By now, Tom Cruise thinks we’ve forgotten that he’s the same Scientologist who dressed up like a Nazi with perfect with teeth for the role of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in Valkyrie. In doing so, Cruise caused a right ruckus in Germany, which seems to contradict the convenient praise heaped upon him during the Bambi awards. Nice acceptance speech, btw.

Oh, but all is not well, for authorities in Munich, Germany abruptly shut down a kindergarten “with immediate effect” after word got out that the school was run by the Church of Scientology:

“The wellbeing of the children in the establishment was under threat because the education process was based on the principles of Scientology,” the municipality said.

[Scientology] has been under surveillance in some German states for more than 10 years and regional ministers agreed in December to investigate the possibility of banning it. A court in southern Germany earlier this month threw out a bid by the Church of Scientology to stop intelligence services watching it. It ruled that there were clear indications that the movement “seeks to establish a social order that runs counter to the constitution.”

Surely, this is nothing that Tom Cruise can’t fix with a little visit in his private jet. He can even bring Will Smith or John Travolta as a gesture of good will. They can do party tricks or something. Good times.

I don’t know about you, but I really feel like it’s my right to know when an actor is heterosexual. Let’s take Kirk Douglas as an example. He just assumes that we shall find him incredibly manly because of his displays of testosterone in such classics as Ulysses, Spartacus, and Town Without Pity. The sheer nerve of this guy — not indulging us with details of his private life. Are we supposed to believe, simply because he married a woman and procreated, that he is indeed heterosexual? C’mon, Mister Douglas. We’re not that stupid. When an arguable screen legend doesn’t feel comfortable expressing this sort of thing, it’s a bit troublesome. Is there supposed to be something, like, embarrassing about being a hetero dude in Hollywood?

Luckily, Kirk Douglas has just been outed as a heterosexual. That John Travolta — he’s smooth like butta.

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Demi Moore (NSFW) used to be naughty. And hairy. Verrry hairy. (Yeeeah!)

Angelina Jolie depressed over weight loss that was caused by depression. (Celebrity Smack)

Heather Locklear wants to kick Pamela Anderson’s ass. (Celebitchy)

Britney Spears’ photos with OK! Magazine could possibly end her nonexistent career. (IBBB)

David Beckham: Make no mistake, he’s the Posh One. (KIsP)

Tom Cruise continues to piss off the Germans. (Glitterati)

Hairspray: John Travolta. In a musical. Camping it up. (Pajiba)

Hollywood’s New Rat Pack: Drat pack, more like. (CityRag)

As if anyone ever listens to him, John Travolta has decided to speak out against the Hollywood trend towards “far too skinny” women. Yeah, they totally make his ass look fat:

Sometimes, this is just too easy, and we didn’t even need any Hairspray pics to prove this one.

See also John Travolta Is A Clueless Prick.

John Travolta continues to make an ass out of himself (and to prove, incidentally, that absolutely nobody and nothing connected with the Seventies was ever cool). Travolta got in trouble last month when gay activists called for a boycott of Hairspray (due out in two weeks) because Travolta is a Scientologist and Scientology holds homo-unfriendly views. Instead of telling the activists to grow a skin and get on with their lives, Travolta insisted that there’s nothing homophobic about his chosen cult. Obi-Wan Kenobi could make people believe that “these are not the droids you’re looking for,” but the Force is not strong with John. Now he’s saying there’s nothing gay about Hairspray, a movie based on a Broadway musical based on a film written and directed by the flambuoyantly gay John Waters and starring 300-pound drag queen Divine as Edna Turnblad, the same role Travolta plays in the latest version.

Interestingly, Travolta described himself as “a complete slut” with both women and men on the set in his Edna Turnblad drag. Not that there’s anything gay about that. John’s inability to see anything homophobic about Scientology, or anything gay about Hairspray, just might have some connection with his need to see himself as not gay, but European.

Glitterati reports that John Travolta credits Princess Diana with reviving his film career. Presumably, Di was a fan of Saturday Night Fever and chose him to be her dance partner at some White House fancy schmanzy function. Whatever.

Yeah, so after that fateful dance in 1985, Travolta made a couple of television movies for, like, the USA Network, and his highness appeared in a film about a talking baby. Oh, and then he remade that fucking movie twice, just for the hell of it and because he had nothing better to do.

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Fast forward to 1994. A rising filmmaker named Quentin Tarantino, notorious within his nostalgic debauchery, cast John Travolta in a little film called Pulp Fiction. You may have heard of it . . .

Only after the success of Pulp Fiction did Travolta see continued success within major motion films. In all fairness though, at least his misguided gratitude didn’t fall upon the so-called dictator of the Galactic Confederacy.

See also John Travolta Is Creepy, John Travolta Is A Fat Cavelady, John Travolta Is An Asshole, John Travolta Is Greasy & Gross, and John Travolta Needs A Straightjacket, Muzzle, & A 12-Inch Dildo.