Scientology
TV anchor and New York City native Dodge Landesman thought he had a thick skin after a stint as a 15-year-old freestyler rapper on the VH-1 reality show “Ice-T’s Rap School” and a failed run for a NYC council seat when he was only 18. But, he alleges, he was no match against the Church […]
The hunt is on for David Miscavige, the fiery, controversial and elusive head of Scientology, who’s being sought by lawyers in a civil child trafficking suit brought by former church members in federal court. The case involves three plaintiffs who once belonged to the sect’s notorious military-style Sea Org and who allege they were forced into the […]
Celebrities and dubious spiritual leaders have always gone hand-in-hand—Hollywood and cults practically grew up together. “Faith healer” Aimee Semple McPherson’s LA church, founded just as the film industry was moving West, lured silent-era figures like Charlie Chaplin and the star who invented the phrase “It Girl,” Clara Bow. Since then, Hollywood’s list of bizarre spiritual groups has grown along […]
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