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Venice Film Festival: Hollywood shines a light on Scientology – Telegraph

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Venice Film Festival: Hollywood shines a light on Scientology – Telegraph.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie “The Master”, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival tells the story of the early days of Scientology.

It has been revealed that Tom Crusie requested a private viewing of the movie before the premiere. Anderson would not disclose what Tom Cruise thought of the movie, saying only, “we are still friends”.

Tom Cruise is Scientology’s most famous follower. The movement has been called Hollywood’s cult with celebrities like John Travolta and Lisa Marie Presley also members.

The movie The Master is tipped as a potential winner of the Golden Lion, the Venice Festival’s most prestigious award.

Scientology was founded by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950s. Hubbard also came up with the idea of “Project Celebrity” to promote his ideas. He targeted the big names of Hollywood at the time: Greta Garbo, Howard Hughes and Orson Welles. Hubbard was unsuccesful at gaining their support, unlike modern day Hollywood.

Scientology are also planning on launching a broadcasting service from near their Hollywood headquarters, to promote the teachings of Scientology to a global audience.

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Scientology founders great-grandson blasts church

Jamie DeWolf, the great-grandson of L. Ron Hubbard the Scientology founder, says that the Scientology church destroyed his family.

Even though he never met his great grandfather DeWolf has labeled Hubbard as a “portly red-headed charismatic lying con-man pseudoscience self-help author” and describes Scientology as a “pyramid scheme that sells secrets and they sell them under the guise of self-help.”

In an interview with CBS out of San Francisco, DeWolf relates a story of how the church spied and followed on him with a number of Scientologists.

DeWolf feels that Tom Cruise is a “golden mascot,” and that his marriage breakup with Katie Holmes, was probably due to her becoming aware of the behind the scenes of Scientology.  However he views Cruise as “… another victim of the mirage that my great grandfather created around himself,”

See Scientology founders great-grandson blasts church | Fox News.

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Scientology is a creepy and weird cult, says Murdoch on Twitter – Telegraph

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Scientology is a creepy and weird cult, says Murdoch on Twitter – Telegraph.

Following the news that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are to divorce the media has been full of speculation that the split is due to Tom Cruise’s heavy involvement in the church of Scientology.

Many believe Cruise is at the very top of the organisation, which was started by L Ron Hubbard in 1952.

Holmes is said to be seeking “sole custody” of their 6 year old daughter allegedly because of her fears that Cruise would raise her as a scientologist.

Commenting on the story Murdoch has called the organisation a cult, and has told his followers on Twitter to “watch this story”.