29 Stories on Scientology
Acclaimed film director Paul Haggis's decision to leave the Church of Scientology shines a further public spotlight on the organization.
A French court's verdict against the Church of Scientology amounts to a "modern Inquisition" and threatens freedom of religion in France, a senior Scientologist said Tuesday.
The actor's spokesman refutes a report that he split from Scientology after death of son Jett
The Church of Scientology went on trial this week in France, accused of fraud in a case that sheds light on the group.
Three months after the devastating death of Jett Travolta, friends tell PEOPLE about the family's struggle to heal
"John just adored him," Cruise says about Travolta's 16-year-old son
Before checking into rehab for depression, "I wasn't taking care of myself emotionally," she says
Pinsky "apologizes if his comments were hurtful," his rep says of the remarks about Cruise's mental health
The actor's lawyer bashes Pinsky for raising questions about Cruise's mental health
John Travolta is coming to the aid of friend – and fellow Scientologist – Tom Cruise following last week's leaked video.
Acclaimed film director Paul Haggis's decision to leave the Church of Scientology shines a further public spotlight on the organization.
A French court's verdict against the Church of Scientology amounts to a "modern Inquisition" and threatens freedom of religion in France, a senior Scientologist said Tuesday.
The actor's spokesman refutes a report that he split from Scientology after death of son Jett
The Church of Scientology went on trial this week in France, accused of fraud in a case that sheds light on the group.
Three months after the devastating death of Jett Travolta, friends tell PEOPLE about the family's struggle to heal
"John just adored him," Cruise says about Travolta's 16-year-old son
Before checking into rehab for depression, "I wasn't taking care of myself emotionally," she says
Pinsky "apologizes if his comments were hurtful," his rep says of the remarks about Cruise's mental health
The actor's lawyer bashes Pinsky for raising questions about Cruise's mental health
John Travolta is coming to the aid of friend – and fellow Scientologist – Tom Cruise following last week's leaked video.
Tom Cruise expounds on his beliefs in Scientology in a 2004 video that made its way onto the Internet this week.
Tom Cruise and Jerry Seinfeld have been spending some quality time together in New York lately.
A video clip of Tom Cruise, speaking in what has been identified as a 2004 Scientology recruitment film, is making the YouTube rounds. The clip, which was pulled from the video site but is still online, shows the star praising what he calls the "privilege" of being a Scientologist. (Click here to see the video.)
A new state-level probe is aimed at banning the organization. But legally and politically, that remains a difficult task
While failing to pursue the Hamburg Minister of Interior's motion, the Minister of Interior Conference has demonstrated that they are completely out of step with the rest of the world. Their statement and recommendation are a blatant attempt at justifying the ongoing and never-ending discrimination against the Church of Scientology and its members in Germany.
Some Christian congregations, particularly in lower income, urban areas, are turning to an unlikely source for help -- the Church of Scientology.
The German government might consider Scientology a cult but they're now going to allow Tom Cruise to finish his film
What edits on Wikipedia have been made by people in congressional offices, the CIA and the Church of Scientology? A new online tool called WikiScanner reveals answers to such questions
Victoria Beckham says Scientology never gets in the way of her friendship with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and calls the couple "wonderful" people who have been a source of support as she and her family prepare to move to America.
The Defense Ministry remains anti-Scientology, but the government's film fund will give Cruise's production $6 million
The country doesn't want Hollywood's top gun, and outspoken Scientologist,portraying its most beloved anti-Nazi
The creators of "South Park," Matt Stone and Trey Parker, don't make life easy for their bosses at the network. Here are some of the things that have happened recently behind the scenes:
Actor Tom Cruise and his fiance, actress Katie Holmes, welcomed the birth of a daughter on Tuesday, according to Cruise's publicist.
Some people think the term "investigative reporter" is redundant, that all reporters should, by definition, be investigators. But in the real world of journalism, that's not the way it works. Just ...
THE MARCH of science has produced this arresting tidbit: Though most of us are in a blah or foul mood three days out of ten, an annoying 0.5% of the population is in a good mood all the time. And j...
The Church of Scientology, one of the cultish groups that have moved into management training (''Trying to Bend Managers' Minds,'' Fortune, November 23, 1987), believes every man's mind is cluttere...
Short of cash on Sunday mornings? That's no excuse. Just pull out your plastic. Last month, parishioners at St. Marks United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, became one of the first congregat...
IN THEIR OCCASIONALLY feverish effort to become more competitive, American businessmen have grabbed for one restorative after another, some of them quite strange. None seems stranger than the human...
YOU MIGHT THINK that the great American bull market of the past five years must have been tough on shortsellers. A shortseller, after all, makes money on a stock only when it goes down -- and stock...
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