Church of Scientology

Food News Roundup: Campanile News, How to Quit Your Diet Coke Habit A Guide to Obama's Ale

Daily Dish: In which Bill Chait and Walter Manzke probably take over the Campanile space for Republique. Tasting Table: Café Dulcé pops up with coffee and street art in downtown L.A. The New York Times Diner's Blog: Brewing President Obama's ale, step-by-step. Zester Daily: Cruise food! (And we ... More >>

The Master's Master

Paul Thomas Anderson on his new 70 mm film

5 Signs Tom Cruise Is Gay

Folks are buzzing once again about Tom Cruise's sexuality following his reported divorce from Katie Holmes, which he's on the record saying she initiated. We're not saying Tom Cruise is gay. In fact, we're saying he's not. That's official. He's been married three times -- to some of Hollywood's sex ... More >>

Erica Loberg's L.A. County Mental Ward Tell-All

Michael Doven, Tom Cruise's Personal Assistant, Spied on Him For Church of Scientology -- Report

Oprah​If you wonder how the creepy Church of Scientology keeps tabs on its superstar converts (and -- perhaps -- digs up a little dirt?), Tony Ortega, editor-in-chief of our sister paper, Village Voice, might have found out. His mega-scoop today: Between 1991 and 2005, Cruise's personal ass ... More >>

Bartender Q & A: Oldfield's Jared Mort On Hiring By Flavor, Cocktail Foraging, The "M" Word A Dauntless Holiday Cocktail Recipe

Flickr user casenar (left) Guzzle and Nosh (cocktail)Portrait Of Oldfield's Jared Mort The Dauntless Cocktail​When we called Jared Mort, manager at the recently revamped Oldfield's in Culver City, with a question about a cocktail, the conversation suddenly took a mixology versus Scientolo ... More >>

Can You Seer Me Now?

Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology: Author's Packed L.A. Talks Reveal Why Angelenos Still Want Answers About the Controversial Religion

Courtesy of JanetReitman.comJanet Reitman​Every folding chair at Skylight Books in Los Feliz is taken, and standing-room folks jam into any available spot offering a sight line to the front.The questions pop out."What is the political agenda of the church?" asks an audience member."What's th ... More >>

Benjamin Ring, L.A. Sheriff's Deputy, Appears in Mailer Endorsing Costly Scientology Services: Inquiry Underway

Deputy Ring, looking kind of creepy.​An L.A. County Sheriff's deputy was under internal investigation this week after he appeared in uniform in a mailer for the Church of Scientology. He appeared to be encouraging members to buy spiritual services that can cost as much as $8,000 a pop. The re ... More >>

Footprints

Daniel Montalvo's Scientology Lawsuit Claims False Imprisonment, Child Labor Violations, Lack of Education While Growing Up in L.A.-Based Org

Daniel Montalvo.​The Church of Scientology responds, denies the allegations, after the jump. Not exactly the glory days for the L.A.-based Church of Scientology. A New Yorker piece on director Paul Haggis' split with the organization reported last month that the FBI was investigating allega ... More >>

Are There More Scientologists Than Rastafarians in LA?

​So today everyone's reading the New Yorker's article about LA director Paul Haggis and the Church of Scientology. The whole thing is really, really, really long but fairly entertaining and worth reading regardless of how you feel about the Los Angeles and showbiz institution of Scientology. M ... More >>

Scientologist Johnny Goodboy Warns That L.A.-Based Church's Enemies Will 'Have The Blackest Future Imaginable'

Scientologist preducts black future for nonbelievers. ​We received nearly 100 comments based on the story of 19-year-old Daniel Montalvo, a teen raised inside the Church of Scientology who appeared to have run away from the organization only to be talked back for questioning and an arrest. So ... More >>

INSIDIOUS CRACKPOT

France to Scientologists: Stop Defrauding Us

He's no Jerry Lewis. ​Apparently the French have less tolerance for financially exploitative religious institutions than we do. A Paris court today convicted the French branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology of fraud, says the Associated Press. The church's French office was fined m ... More >>

Sign-tology: The Big Blue HQ Gets a Huge Name Plate

No, the big blue Scientology headquarters on Fountain near Vermont didn't get smaller -- its signDakota/Curbed LA just got bigger. So huge, in fact, as to move Curbed L.A.'s Dakota to exclaim, "Holy frickin' thetan. Behold the new LED Scientology sign, now atop the church's building . . ." According ... More >>

Newspaper Describes Scientology Beatings

Although the St. Petersburg Times' three-part series on L.A.-based Scientology and its enigmatic leader, David Miscavige, mostly focuses on the church's Clearwater, Florida operations, there's a deep Los Angeles background to some of the stories involving beatings that have allegedly become an insti ... More >>

Scientology Battered on Two Sides

E-meters along Hollywood and Sunset boulevards must have been going off their dials this week. The WikipediaLos Angeles-based Church of Scientology, which has fought the IRS, former members and the state of Florida, now finds itself on even less stable battlegrounds: the French legal system and Wiki ... More >>

On Chandler, L. Ron and a treeless L.A.

Plus: In defense of Michael Jackson

City Council's Birthday Gift to Scientology

LAist and L.A. Observed are among those questioning why the L.A. City Council, in the depths of an economic sinkhole, voted to waive $3,000 in city fees for the Shrine Auditorium celebration of L. Ron Hubbard's birthday. Zach Behrens quotes from Councilman Bernard Parks' motion: "This annual celebra ... More >>

HOUSES OF THE HOLY ROLLERS

Beck's Benefit Show at the Echo Tonight: What Exactly is "Educating Children International"?

What exactly is Educating Children International? There's a mystery brewing regarding tonight's Beck show at the Echo, which is being billed as a benefit for something called "Educating Children International." The flyer, posted above, lists the organization's website as www.educatingchildreninter ... More >>

More Evidence that Beck's Echo Show Tonight Is a Scientology-Affiliated Benefit (UPDATE)

An astute reader has just sent us a link to this Scientology page, which seems to add further evidence to the assertion that the non-profit organization to be the beneficiary of the $35 cover to tonight's Beck show at the Echo, Educating Children International, is indeed affiliated with the Church ... More >>

My Date With Anonymous: A Rare Interview With the Elusive Internet Troublemakers

The new new romantics

Missing Hollywood

What's great (and not-so-great) about our old hood

"Anonymous" vs. Scientology: Group Targets "Church" Headquarters

Growing movement of Internet pranksters hits the organization's heart in Hollywood

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON

Why Don't We Do It in the Dirt?

Top 10 e-mail responses to the question, “Where would you have your last lay in apocalyptic L.A.?”

They Must Be High

Spacing out with Ben, Chris, Tom and Tom

Citizen Beck

Coming to terms with our native son

Citizen Beck

Coming to terms with our native son

Bong Hits, Bluegrass, Pervy Puppets, and Tom Petty As Hipster

War of the Words

Cruise And Redstone do battle – prepare for a true epic.

Cruise in Control

The Syracuse kid saves the world in style

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