Celebrity Recruitment

Karen Pressley was an executive for Scientology’s Celebrity Center.  She sat down with me recently to do an interview for my feature film, Knowledge Report.  In this short clip from our chat, she tells us how Scientology management would target celebrities for recruitment and threaten the CC execs if they did not bring in a [...]

Hollywood and Scientology

Here’s a show that aired throughout France in late April.  Nancy Many, Amy Scobee and I talk about Scientology’s use of celebrities as recruiting tools and how the stars are treated differently from rank and file members.  Although this show focused primarily on movie stars, we managed to talk about some of the abuses members [...]

New Larry Anderson Interview

Larry Anderson was on the Chariots of Iron show and sent along this write-up of his appearance: Larry here. Happened to catch an interview with Marc Headley a while back on an Internet podcast called Chariots of Fire. It features news and topical discussions on atheism, humanism, skepticism, science, religious history, scriptural criticism and (of [...]

Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Apologizes

Writer J.D. Shapiro has written a very funny mea culpa about his involvement with the worst film of the decade, L. Ron Hubbard’s Battlefield Earth. Let me start by apologizing to anyone who went to see “Battlefield Earth.” It wasn’t as I intended — promise. No one sets out to make a train wreck. Actually, [...]

Larry Anderson on WOR Radio

Larry Anderson of Scientology’s Orientation video appeared on the John Gambling radio show from New York to talk about his past involvement with the group and his attempts to get his money back for courses he paid for in advance and never took.

Star in New Scientology Orientation Film!

Here’s your chance to make it big in Hollywood and network with tinseltown’s not-so-brightest stars!  Imagine it:  Cruise, Travolta, Elfman, Bart and…YOU! Scientology has just posted a casting notice for what appears may be the new incarnation of “Orientation.” The former star of this introduction to Scientology video, Larry Anderson, left in a big, noisy, [...]

Larry Anderson On KSLG Radio

Morning man John Matthews interviewed Larry Anderson about his time in Scientology and his attempts to get a refund of the money he left on account in Scientology’s coffers.

Orientation Star Demands his Money Back — on Tape

The St. Petersburg Times continues their explosive coverage of Scientology with today’s story about celebrity Larry Anderson departing Scientology and asking for the return money he had in his account: If you watched TV in the past three decades, you probably saw Larry Anderson. He appeared on more than 30 shows, including Charlie’s Angels, Mork [...]

One More Celebrity Leaves

This is about celebrities and how Scientology treats them IF they decide to leave. Larry Anderson is an actor, hired to be in their “Orientation” film. Jason Beghe is an actor who also was in their films and has left, and spoken out about Scientology, “Clear”, etc. I’ll put links to Larry’s most recent talk [...]

Does Scientology Blackmail its Celebrities?

Aaron Saxton talks about Scientology’s confessionals and how the group deals with your deepest secrets.

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