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L. Ron Hubbard's Great-Grandson Is a Circus Ringmaster
Jamie DeWolf is a filmmaker, circus ringmaster, writer, performance artist, and a teacher. He’s also the last of his relatives who’s willing to speak out against the organization that his great-grandf…
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The Last of the Magicians
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the world leader in space exploration. JPL scientists have put robots on Mars, sent probes into interstellar space, and collected dust from the tails of comets. But what if the real purpose behind its mission was something darker? What if the lab was less interested in exploring outer space than the depths of the void? What if its researchers huddled around their computer screens in search of paranormal entities or dark gods crawling clear of the event...
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Church of Scientology targets film critics over Going Clear documentary
The Church of Scientology has started contacting film critics who have reviewed Alex Gibney’s documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. In the film, Gibney outlines the inception and growth of the religion founded by L Ron Hubbard in 1953, which features an exotic mythology and unusual spirituality based around transcending earlier trauma.
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How Scientology Is Suffering in the Internet Age
Since its founding in the 1950s, L. Ron Hubbard’s organization has put a premium on controlling the flow of information—an increasingly impossible enterprise in the Internet age.
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How one woman climbed her way out of Scientology’s elite Sea Org
The release Sunday of HBO’s “Going Clear” documentary will bring attention to members and past members of Scientology and to questions about the movement’s allure and controversies. Among those speaking out is Tracy Ekstrand, who joined the Church of Scientology in 1967 when she was 19. Fourteen years later, after Ekstrand said her daughter’s finger was severed in the door of a Scientology nursery, she made her way out of the the Sea Organization...
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What You Need To Know Before Watching The New Scientology Movie
HBO's eagerly-anticipated, explosive Scientology documentary "Going Clear" finally premieres on the cable channel this Sunday. The film, written and directed by Alex Gibney ("The Armstrong Lie," "Taxi to the Dark Side"), is based on Lawrence Wright's controversial book of the same name. The documentary debuted at Sundance -- it does not disappoint -- but the more you know about Scientology before your viewing, the better you'll understand the mystery and mania that...
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A Guide to Scientology's Most Ostentatious Real Estate
Empire-building has been part of many a religious group's strategy throughout history. But no one does it better than Scientology. The documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, which debuts on HBO tonight, offers the first in-depth survey of Scientology's practices, including its ongoing quest to acquire high-profile real estate.
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How Scientology controls John Travolta and Tom Cruise, according to ‘Going Clear’
HBO hired 160 lawyers when the network decided to air “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” the two-hour documentary based on Lawrence Wright’s book. This makes sense when you watch the film, directed by Alex Gibney, which aired Sunday night. Ex-Church of Scientology members and officials reveal secrets of the organization, and tell horror stories of psychological and physical abuse during their time in the controversial religion — and after they escaped.
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Scientology calls HBO's documentary 'false propaganda' and slams former member featured in film
Director Alex Gibney's explosive new documentary on Scientology, which opened theatrically in limited release on Friday and airs on HBO March 29, alleges many things the church is not happy about. One of the allegations in "Going Clear" comes from former member, Mike Rinder, who, in an on-camera interview along with other former church members, discusses an area at one of the Scientology compounds supposedly called "The Hole," where disobedient members are allegedly sent as punishment.
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John Travolta happy with Scientology, won't see 'Going Clear'
John Travolta said Monday he hasn't viewed the HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, currently shining an accusatory light on his church.
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John Travolta Defends Scientology From 'Going Clear': The Church Has Been "So Beautiful for Me"
John Travolta says he has not seen Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief and has no plans to do so. The actor and member of the Church of Scientology said he has not experienced any of the negative things depicted in Alex Gibney's documentary about the church. "I haven't experienced anything that the hearsay has [claimed], so why would I communicate something that wasn't true for me?" Travolta said in an interview with The Tampa Bay Times.
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Read Why Shelly Miscavige, Once Scientology’s Queen, Was Dethroned by Her Husband David
Many Scientologists regarded David Miscavige’s wife to be a “shock absorber” for her husband’s temper. Until late 2006. After the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige disappeared from public view, in 2007, those who asked questions were stonewalled, or worse. Now interviews with former insiders provide a grim picture of Shelly Miscavige’s youth, marriage, and fall from grace—and an assessment of her fate.
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Prince Charles donated to Scientology?
Britain's Prince Charles has given money to the Church of Scientology, the organisation have claimed.
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Why I Left Scientology
I was a Scientologist for eight years. Although I identified as one I didn’t really understand what actually being a Scientologist fully entailed until after a couple of years of being heavily indoctrinated. The reality of Scientology is deceptively hidden and cleverly disguised. When I look at Scientology today, I have to forgive myself for not seeing through the manipulation sooner. I’ve spent the last 13 years keeping Scientology out of my life.
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What Really Happens In The Church of Scientology
"In Scientology, “going clear” means reaching a state of happiness and freedom. To get there, you've got to go through “audits.” Years of them. AJ+'s Francesca Fiorentini visited the Church of Scientology in San Francisco for her very first dip into the religion, or, as some would call it, cult.”
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Tom Cruise Leaving Scientology For Daughter, Suri Cruise? — Shocking …
Tom Cruise to leave the Church of Scientology for his daughter? Insiders are revealing Tom is over the church telling him what he can and can't do when it comes to Suri Cruise -- he plans to break free from Scientology to watch Suri grow up in peace.
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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
Air Date: 03/29/2015 Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, whose most prominent adherents include A-list Hollywood celebrities.
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Scientology Private Schools & Sea Org Recruitment (2015)
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Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief (2015)
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How the Church of Scientology fought the Internet—and why it lost
The Church of Scientology would like you to know that, as of this writing, its official Facebook page has 329,903 likes. We’ll return to that number later, but it might be a heartening one for the church, which has recently grappled with less-friendly numbers, such as the 5.5 million people who watched Alex Gibney’s scathing documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, which premiered on HBO in March.
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