"This guy's a Scientologist."
Sony tried to pressure MSNBC.com into killing a story they had posted about Will Smith being a Scientologist. Supposedly execs are worried that any negative press about Smith will hurt his Summer blockbuster Hancock. A source told Defamer:
"After word got out that Will was a secret Scientologist, reps from Sony [the studio behind Hancock] completely flipped out, and asked that the online exclusive be taken down immediately. After being refused, Sony forced Smith to speak out and release a denial statement."
The same source claims that Smith has secretly donated money to the church for years. After MSNBC posted the outing, Smith quickly issued a statement that denied he was a Scientologist -- something that didn't sit well with some in the church:
"After Smith's Scientologist friends saw the denial today, they got incredibly pissed and some asked him, 'you're still gonna donate money, right?'" (Source)
Have you seen the price of spaceship fuel lately? Not to mention those things only get like seven galaxies to the gallon. So you can understand why they'd be a little concerned about Will still making donations. You do not want to run out of fuel on the dark side of Saturn. There aren't any gas stations for like two light years.
PICS: Will Smith at the premiere of I Am Legend in New York (12/2007)
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Leaders of Hollywood's wackiest religion, Scientology, are comparing Tom Cruise to Jesus Christ. Apparently, they've also told him that he is the one that's been "chosen" to spread the word about the pseudo-cult throughout the world. A source "close to the actor" who has risen to a top level in the church reveals:
“Tom has been told he is Scientology’s Christ-like figure. Like Christ, he’s been criticised for his views. But future generations will realise he was right.”And leader David Miscavige believes that in future, Cruise, 44, will be worshipped like Jesus for his work to raise awareness of the religion. Cruise joined the Church of Scientology in the ’80s. Leader L Ron Hubbard claimed humans bear traces of an ancient alien civilisation.
Tom Cruise as Jesus Christ? Yeah, if Jesus used to love dudes. Like instead of turning water into wine, he turned it into gay porn. But then he totally denied that the gay porn was actually his. And to prove how heterosexual he was, he started taking awkward pictures with Mary Magdeline. I guess I can see how Tom is a lot like Jesus.
Tom Cruise might want to cross Australia off his list of vacation destinations.
The federal government's mental-health spokesman has blasted an anti-psychiatry exhibit sponsored by an offshoot of Scientology as "incredibly irresponsible." The exhibition, operated by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, slams psychiatric practices and claims that psychiatry is an "industry of death. It's ill-informed and it's dangerous to undermine a highly respected and important part of the medical profession," Christopher Pyne, Australia's parliamentary secretary for health with special responsibilities for mental health told Australia's Daily Telegraph. "Patients who see a psychiatrist shouldn't have their faith in psychiatry shaken by crackpot claims."
How batshit-crazy must an "offshoot" of Scientology be? That's like someone starting a more "extreme" version of Nazism.
I've always wanted to start an "offshoot" of something--even if it's just a little league baseball team or something. We could be the rough and tumble "offshoot" that everyone fears and no one wants to play. Men want to be us and women want to be with us. Now that I think about it, that would make a pretty kick ass movie-especially if the Rock played my part. Don't kid yourself folks, that has Oscar written all over it.
