ON OCTOBER 18, 2018, film executive Franklin Leonard’s phone started vibrating and would not stop. His eyes grew wide as his screen filled up with Twitter alerts from strangers hurling vicious, baffling insults at him, hundreds of tweets at a…[Continue Reading...]
Actor Michael Peña is well known for his work as Scott's former cellmate Luis in Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, but he's also appeared in films such as Tower Heist, Gangster Squad, The Martian, and Secret Headquarters. The actor…[Continue Reading...]
Dr Gideon Wamasebu left Mbale, Uganda, a healthy man on February 6. A week later, his corpse was dug up by the police from a shallow grave on the banks of River Isiukhu in Kakamega County. Preliminary police investigations suggest…[Continue Reading...]
The Sodales Augustales were a religious organization in ancient Rome dedicated to the worship of the emperor. Composed of prominent citizens, they served as ambassadors and reinforced the emperor's divine status, contributing to the unity and stability of the empire.…[Continue Reading...]
The religion that's synonymous with Tom Cruise is based on the beliefs and practices of American author L. Ron Hubbard. While many have fled the religious movement, past members have noted the difficulty in breaking free as followers are entirely…[Continue Reading...]
Browsing through an antique bookstore in Quito, I stumbled on a book called Shabono: A Visit to a Remote and Magical World in the South American Rain Forest, written by an anthropologist named Florinda Donner. Published in 1982, I expected…[Continue Reading...]
It’s not uncommon for comedies to take a potshot or two at Scientology. After all, most of what people know of the Church stems from gossip pages, highly publicized lawsuits, or documentaries like Going Clear and Leah Remini: Scientology and…[Continue Reading...]
Former Gloriavale Christian School principal Faithful Pilgrim has told a court the community's leaders do not rule like tyrants, before breaking down over his relationship with a son who has left the sect. Pilgrim, who was a Shepherd until his…[Continue Reading...]
Actress Demi Moore is struggling to navigate her ex husband Bruce Willis' recent dementia diagnosis but she still has to find time to be happy herself. She has been helping out the entire family coming to terms with their new…[Continue Reading...]
A month after Jerrod Carmichael used the Golden Globes stage to mock Tom Cruise for his involvement in the Church of Scientology, Judd Apatow got in a few similar jabs while emceeing the Directors Guild of America Awards. The jokes…[Continue Reading...]
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