Katie & Suri Enjoy Boston
Posted on Nov 08, 2009 @ 01:14PM - 15 comments
Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri Cruise were look-alike fasionistas Saturday in Boston.
PHOTOS: Katie & Suri Dress Alike In Beantown
Both the actress and three-year-old Suri wore red dresses with black tights and flat black shoes.
The Cruise girls are in Boston while Tom shoots his latest movie with Cameron Diaz.
Tom recently took son Connor to a Lakers game and maybe not so coincidentally, father and son were dressed alike as well!
PHOTOS: Tom Cruise And Connor Take In The Lakers
Katie Holmes and Suri On Set
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 @ 10:02AM - 5 comments
U.S actress Katie Holmes with her daughter Suri on the movie set of The Romantics which is filming at a vineyard in Long Island in New York.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Scientology Employees Forced To Watch Tom Cruise Videos
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 @ 09:55AM - 13 comments
Scientology employees are forced to watch video montages of Tom Cruise as part of their training.
According to a former member of the church the eccentric star is used as inspiration to those working at the sprawling compound in Gilman Hot Springs California.
Book: Tom Cruise Talked To Bottles As Part Of Scientology Ritual
Adorable Suri Cruise Lovable On Set Of The Romantics
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 @ 07:23AM - 9 comments
A-lister in the making Suri Cruise provided for some heartwarming moments on the Long Island, New York set of Katie Holmes upcoming film, The Romantics, Thursday.
PHOTOS: Suri Cruise Hangs With Mom Katie On Set Of The Romantics
Suri, the daughter of Holmes and Tom Cruise, played with a stuffed animal while hanging with mom on the set of the film.
Book: Tom Cruise Talked To Bottles As Part Of Scientology Ritual
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 @ 01:40PM - 8 comments
Tom Cruise spent three weeks talking to books, bottles and door knobs while attempting to perform the (Scientology-related) task of auditing an underling, according to a 15-year veteran of the Church of Scientology, author Marc Headley, in his new book, Blown for Good.
Headley, a longtime employee at Scientology's formerly secret Southern California headquarters, said he witnessed Cruise's bizarre behavior 19 years ago, as the A-lister was coming off big box office hits such Born On The Fourth Of July, Rain Man and Days Of Thunder.
Nicole Kidman: "I’ve Explored Strange Sexual Fetish Stuff"
Posted on Nov 04, 2009 @ 12:32PM - 3 comments
Break out the whips and leather -- Nicole Kidman talks about her sex life in a candid new interview in which she admits, "I’ve explored strange sexual fetish stuff."
The fiery 42-year-old told British GQ: “I’ve explored obsession. I’ve explored loss and love in terms of being in a grief-stricken place ... I’ve explored the mundane aspect of marriage and monogamy."
She characterized her current marriage to country singer Keith Urban as "raw" and "dangerous."
New Details on Katie Holmes' Next Film
Posted on Nov 02, 2009 @ 03:28PM - 3 comments
While she has been happy to support husband Tom Cruise as he films in Boston, Katie Holmes will soon be bringing home the bacon as well. She will replace Liv Tyler in the upcoming comedy The Romantics.
Tom And Katie Go Jogging--Hand In Hand
She will also executive produce the film whose cast includes Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Malin Ackerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody and Jeremy Strong. It is slated to begin shooting in New York as early as this week.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: A Peek At Katie's High-Priced Fashion Line
The plot revolves around eight college friends who reunite for a wedding. Holmes will play Laura, the maid of honor to Paquin's bride Lila. Duhamel will play the groom both women have a past with. Tensions arise between the two characters who have not moved passed their long-standing rivalry over the groom.
REPORT: Tom Cruise Wedding Chef "Chased Down" By Scientology
Posted on Nov 01, 2009 @ 01:28PM - 13 comments
Working for Tom Cruise and other celebrity Scientologists can be treacherous if a member ever wants to leave the controversial church, according to a stunning new investigation.
Tom Cruise Is One Of Scientology's Most Devoted Members
What happened to Sinar Parman, the five star chef who prepared the 1990 wedding feast for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman when he later made numerous attempts to leave Scientology, reads like a best-selling thriller. Except his story is true and told in great detail in Sunday's St. Petersburg Times.
Oscar-winning writer/director Paul Haggis shocked the Scientology world by abandoning the Church last week, and in an open letter, he addressed the subject of what happens to members who want to leave.
Paul Haggis Dumps Scientology
Scientology's U.S. base is in Clearwater, Florida and the local daily, the St. Pete Times, launched a three-part investigation into the church with its front page story on what happens to members who decide to leave.
Parman was a special case because of his involvement with celebs like Cruise.
"John Travolta gave him a carton of Camels for his birthday. Cruise brought him a jacket from the set of Days of Thunder and would hand him Cuban cigars," according to the Times. And Cruise personally selected him to prepare the food for his Christmas Eve wedding to Kidman in Telluride, CO.
Parman and his wife Shelly Wolff, who worked as a personal assistant to Scientology head David Miscavige (he was Cruise's Best Man), were estatic to be part of the Telluride adventure. For a variety of reasons though, only about a month later, they jointly made the decision to leave the Church, and fled in the middle of the night.
They were "free" for only a few weeks before they were tracked down at the home of a distant relative. After convincing the pair they only wanted to help them, a Scientology security team searched their luggage and clothes. They claimed to be looking for pictures Parman and Wolff might have taken at Cruise's wedding but found nothing.
Branded as "security particles," Parman and Wolff were taken to a local hotel where they were "audited" and "security checked" every day for a week. They finally agreed to return and "route out" properly under threat that this was the only way they would not suffer eternal damnation.
It was the beginning of a decade-long cat-and-mouse existence. Four more times the couple would leave, each time to be "chased down" by Scientology investigators and talked into returning. The couple's marriage fell apart under the pressure and they divorced in 1998.
Parman left Scientology for good in 2001; Wolff finally left in 2004 after signing a declaration blaming herself for everything that had happened.
"Had I the guts, I would have gotten up and gotten out of there," Wolff said of her last return to Scientology HQ. "But you're scared."
PHOTOS: Pete Wentz Channels Tom Cruise & Taylor Swift Rocks Out
Posted on Oct 28, 2009 @ 02:56PM - Add a comment
Pete Wentz and Taylor Swift- along with Travis Barker and Rivers Cuomo- are the latest famous faces promoting the immensely popular Guitar Hero franchise. RadarOnline.com brings you the latest photos from behind-the-scenes of the star-studded Band Hero commercial.
PHOTOS: Pete Wentz Channels Tom Cruise & Taylor Swift Rocks Out
Taylor Squared: Teens Lautner, Swift Paint The Town Red
Like Kobe Bryant and Michael Phelps before him, Wentz donned a pair of underwear, socks, and a button-down shirt to slide across the floor Risky Business-style. Along for the ride, Barker and Cuomo also joined in on the eighties-inspired fun.
Ashlee Simpson Celebrates Her Birthday In Vegas With Jessica & Pete
Though Swift taped her part on Monday (performing in a sequined dress to a crowd of screaming fans), she visited the guys during their Sunday shoot. The down-to-earth teen star was "humbled" a source says when the three musicians rocked out to her song "Love Story."
Returning the favor, Swift played Band Hero with Barker's kids who were "star struck" by her when she walked through the door.
PHOTOS: Suri Cruise Gives Dad Tom An Early Halloween Surprise
Posted on Oct 26, 2009 @ 07:20PM - 15 comments
A day after shopping for pumpkins with her parents Tom and Katie, Suri Cruise continued to get into the festive spirit by visiting the set of Tom’s new movie wearing a Halloween costume.
PHOTOS: Suri’s Blue Surprise For Tom
PHOTOS: Tom and Katie Take Suri Pumpkin Shopping
Looking beautiful in blue, Suri (complete with a matching blue tiara) struck an adorable pose as she waited in the wings between takes. The famous offspring even got her own personal entourage for the day as set workers protectively watched over her.
PHOTOS: Tom and Cameron Diaz Get Close On Set
The family has been in Boston while Tom shoots Knight and Day with Cameron Diaz.
Oscar-Winner Paul Haggis' Stunning Departure From Scientology, Accuses Leader Tommy Davis Of "Lying" To The Public
Posted on Oct 26, 2009 @ 11:25AM - 26 comments
Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Jenna Elfman can count one less Hollywood A-Lister as a fellow Scientologist. In a shock heard-round-the-Scientology world, Paul Haggis has very publicly quit the organization. Among the acclaimed Haggis' many credits: he wrote Million Dollar Baby and Flags of Our Fathers for Clint Eastwood; and he produced/directed and wrote Crash for which he won an Oscar. He has an all-around stellar reputation in Hollywood as one of the good guys who made good.
Paul Haggis At The Premiere Of The Valley Of Elah
It was his conscience that made him quit the religion he's been part of for 35 years, Haggis said in a letter to Tommy Davis. Davis, the son of actress Anne Archer, is the face of Scientology, appearing on numerous TV interviews every year.
Roger Friedman, in his Hollywood Reporter column, Showbiz 411, broke the story Sunday, and published a copy of Haggis' letter to Davis.
Haggis first became disenchanted with Scientology last year when it backed Prop 8, the ban on gay marriage in California.
The director personally spoke to Davis about it. He claimed he was horrified at the news, Haggis wrote, and he'd get to the bottom of it. Nothing changed.
Then Haggis learned that in a CNN interview, Davis had laughed off the idea that Scientology has a policy of "disconnection." Haggis couldn't believe he was watching Davis "lying." His own family had suffered from disconnection when 18 months ago, his wife, actress-turned-producer Deborah Rennard was ordered to "disconnet" from her parents because of something Scientology officials claimed occured when they resigned from the church 25 year ago.
Perhaps coincidental to Haggis releasing his letter, Davis literally walked off the air during an ABC Nightline interview wth Martin Bashir Saturday night.
Here's Haggis' letter to Davis:
Tommy,
As you know, for ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make
a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology
of San Diego. Their public sponsorship of Proposition 8, a hate-filled
legislation that succeeded in taking away the civil rights of gay and
lesbian citizens of California – rights that were granted them by the
Supreme Court of our state – shames us.
I called and wrote and implored you, as the official spokesman of
the church, to condemn their actions. I told you I could not, in good
conscience, be a member of an organization where gay-bashing was
tolerated.
In that first conversation, back at the end of October of last year,
you told me you were horrified, that you would get to the bottom of it
and “heads would roll.” You promised action. Ten months passed. No action
was forthcoming. The best you offered was a weak and carefully worded
press release, which praised the church’s human rights record and took
no responsibility. Even that, you decided not to publish.
The church’s refusal to denounce the actions of these bigots,
hypocrites and homophobes is cowardly. I can think of no other word.
Silence is consent, Tommy. I refuse to consent.
I joined the Church of Scientology thirty-five years ago. During my
twenties and early thirties I studied and received a great deal of
counseling. While I have not been an active member for many years,
I found much of what I learned to be very helpful, and I still apply
it in my daily life. I have never pretended to be the best Scientologist,
but I openly and vigorously defended the church whenever it was criticized,
as I railed against the kind of intolerance that I believed was directed
against it. I had my disagreements, but I dealt with them internally.
I saw the organization – with all its warts, growing pains and
problems – as an underdog. And I have always had a thing for underdogs.
But I reached a point several weeks ago where I no longer knew what to
think. You had allowed our name to be allied with the worst elements of
the Christian Right. In order to contain a potential “PR flap” you
allowed our sponsorship of Proposition 8 to stand. Despite all the
church’s words about promoting freedom and human rights, its name is
now in the public record alongside those who promote bigotry and
intolerance, homophobia and fear.
The fact that the Mormon Church drew all the fire, that no one noticed,
doesn’t matter. I noticed. And I felt sick. I wondered how the church
could, in good conscience, through the action of a few and then the
inaction of its leadership, support a bill that strips a group of its
civil rights.
This was my state of mind when I was online doing research and chanced
upon an interview clip with you on CNN. The interview lasted maybe ten
minutes – it was just you and the newscaster. And in it I saw you deny
the church’s policy of disconnection. You said straight-out there was no
such policy, that it did not exist.
I was shocked. We all know this policy exists. I didn’t have to search
for verification – I didn’t have to look any further than my own home.
You might recall that my wife was ordered to disconnect from her parents
because of something absolutely trivial they supposedly did twenty-five
years ago when they resigned from the church. This is a lovely retired
couple, never said a negative word about Scientology to me or anyone
else I know – hardly raving maniacs or enemies of the church. In fact
it was they who introduced my wife to Scientology.
Although it caused her terrible personal pain, my wife broke off all
contact with them. I refused to do so. I’ve never been good at following
orders, especially when I find them morally reprehensible.
For a year and a half, despite her protestations, my wife did not speak
to her parents and they had limited access to their grandchild. It was a
terrible time.
That’s not ancient history, Tommy. It was a year ago.
And you could laugh at the question as if it was a joke? You could
publicly state that it doesn’t exist?
To see you lie so easily, I am afraid I had to ask myself: what else
are you lying about?
The great majority of Scientologists I know are good people who are
genuinely interested in improving conditions on this planet and helping
others. I have to believe that if they knew what I now know, they too
would be horrified. But I know how easy it was for me to defend our
organization and dismiss our critics, without ever truly looking at what
was being said; I did it for thirty-five years. And so, after writing
this letter, I am fully aware that some of my friends may choose to no
longer associate with me, or in some cases work with me. I will always
take their calls, as I always took yours. However, I have finally come
to the conclusion that I can no longer be a part of this group. Frankly,
I had to look no further than your refusal to denounce the church’s
anti-gay stance, and the indefensible actions, and inactions, of those
who condone this behavior within the organization. I am only ashamed
that I waited this many months to act. I hereby resign my membership in
the Church of Scientology.
Sincerely,
Paul Haggis
