Sugar Editorial Picks
Jun 22, 2009 -
- A long investigative report on Scientology, which includes interviews with the top defectors, has shed light on some of the church's most secretive and controversial practices. — St. Petersburg Times
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has weighed in on France's burqa debate, saying that the garment is "not welcome" in France.
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Sep 08, 2008 -
The Church of Scientology and seven of its leaders will soon face trial in France for fraud and illegally practicing as pharmacists. French law classifies the Church of Scientology as a strictly commercial organization, and the government conducts surveillance of its operations.
The alleged victim in the case is a woman who signed up for a free Scientology personality test in 1998.
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Jun 10, 2008 -
Kathy Griffin appeared on Larry King Live last Friday to promote the return of her Emmy-winning reality show, My Life on the D-List. Given that Kathy has something nasty to say about everyone — minus Anderson Cooper — Larry knew exactly what he was doing when he dragged Tom Cruise into the discussion. He was stepping into a minefield of accusations and slander and .
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Mar 31, 2008 -
People won't quit with the Tom Cruise impersonations. A couple months back, a vid was released of Tommy boy having an on-camera discussion with heck-knows-who (the mirror?) about Scientology, being "in" or "out," and poof-spik-shoo! The dude below is a dead ringer for Tom and he's done his homework.
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Mar 13, 2008 -
Recently, Munich, Germany shut down a Kindergarten because the "well-being of the children in the establishment was under threat because the education process was based on the principles of Scientology." This event highlights the fact that in parts of Europe, freedom of religion does not extend to Scientology, which is not recognized as a religion — some countries even call it a "sect."
The choice of famous Scientologist Tom Cruise to play a well-known Nazi resistance leader, upset many Germans, who compared his infamous Scientology video to Nazi propaganda.
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Jan 31, 2008 -
We've seen countless impersonators crawl out of the woodwork to make light of Cruise's Scientology babble sesh, but Jerry O'Connell has been the best thus far. He had the crazy laugh, the out-of-this-world sound effects, and the mumbo-jumbo mumble down pat. Of course, this took some practice and a lot of outtakes.
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Jan 28, 2008 -
Tom Cruise's creepy-ass Scientology video has finally been made comprehensible. By cats, naturally! I can has captions cat-tions?
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Jan 22, 2008 -
The video of Tom Cruise rambling about Scientology was the talk of the Internet last week and the parodies keep rolling in. Jerry O'Connell wanted in on the fun, so he donned his creepiest black turtleneck and sat down for an intimate chat about everything from the writers' strike to KFC to convenient-store bathrooms. He added some mumbling, obnoxious laughing, and sound effects to give this the true Tom touch.
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Jan 18, 2008 -
Charming Craig Ferguson did some sleuthing and found a much shorter and more condensed Tom Cruise/Scientology video. If you don't want to watch the long drawn out one, consider this the Cliffs Notes version. Enjoy!
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Jan 17, 2008 -
Curious about Scientology? The following are take-home points from a long-ass discussion with Tom Cruise on the subject. He had a whole lot of nothing to say, so these are the highlights.
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