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. She went on Read more

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 . . . invisible alien Read more

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. That part about eating planets is not a joke; it's the only true way to happiness and — poof! Read more

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 Read more

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. Wanna see what fell to the cutting room floor? Trust me, you do. Get Flash to Read more

Tom Cruise's creepy-ass Scientology video has finally been made comprehensible. By cats, naturally! I can has captions cat-tions? Yes, you can! Read more

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 Read more

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! Thanks, Gawker! Read more

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. Grab a pen, take note, and may the force of Xenu be with you! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Bwahahahaha! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Get Flash to see this player. var so962069 = new Read more