Tom Cruise

A world-famous actor who's been a Scientologist since the late 1980s.

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Tom Cruise and Scientology

When did Tom Cruise join Scientology? What level has he reached in Scientology? Has Cruise received any special recognition in Scientology? When did Tom Cruise start talking more about Scientology?

Tom Cruise in the News

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October 6, 2005 Quit Yellin', It's Only Childbirth Katie Holmes' mission impossible will be giving birth without painkillers - or screaming. That's because her fiance, "Mission Impossible" star Tom Cruise, is a Scientologist. Practitioners of Scientology are against drugs but insist on "silent birth" because they believe it's traumatic for babies to hear their mothers groan or cry. John Travolta, Katie Holmes, Kelly Preston, Press, silent childbirth, Tom Cruise
March 24, 2005 Tom Cruise Makes Opportunities To Tout Scientology Lately, doing business with Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood's most bankable actors, means a bow in the direction of his religion, the Church of Scientology. Increasingly public about his long association with Scientology, Cruise invited film executives on a four-hour tour of three different Scientology facilities in Los Angeles. Celebrities, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Press, Tom Cruise
December 23, 2004 Dear David and Victoria, Happy Cultmas, With Love, Tom Cruise Tom Cruise has sent a Christmas card to David and Victoria Beckham which promotes a controversial religious cult. The Hollywood star is a follower of the Church of Scientology - and the card to the England captain and his wife included its "Code of Honour". He also told the couple he had made a donation to the church - founded by the late science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard - on their behalf. Press, Tom Cruise
November 2, 2003 Critics Leary Of Fire Fund's Cruise Plan FDNY officials are worried by the clinic's requirement that firefighters abandon their inhalers and medication. FDNY Deputy Commissioner Francis X. Gribbon told us that Downtown Medical "is not a bona-fide detox program. It should not be a substitute for the medical treatment that our doctors have advised. We don't endorse it." front groups, New York, Press, Purification Rundown, Tom Cruise
October 1, 2001 Divvying Up The Millions (Tom & Nicole) MX: Divvying Up The Millions (Tom & Nicole) Tom Cruise
August 1, 2001 Cruise and Kidman to meet South China Morning Post: Cruise and Kidman to meet Tom Cruise
June 13, 2001 Tom Cruise Sect Preys On Drugs Prisoners: Warning As Cult Targets British Jails Mirror: Tom Cruise Sect Preys On Drugs Prisoners: Warning As Cult Targets British Jails crimes, Tom Cruise
April 29, 2000 Cruise loses faith in Scientology South China Morning Post: Cruise loses faith in Scientology Tom Cruise
April 9, 2000 Religion No Act for Tom Cruise Lately, doing business with Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood's most bankable actors, means a bow in the direction of his religion, the Church of Scientology. Increasingly public about his long association with Scientology, Cruise a few weeks ago invited film executives involved in distributing his summer movie, War of the Worlds, on a four-hour tour of three different Scientology facilities in Los Angeles. Celebrities, Los Angeles, CA, Press, Tom Cruise
March 28, 1999 Store Selling Scientology Vitamin Regimen Raises Concerns Some physicians and a former Scientologist say the treatment, called a purification rundown, is dangerous and ineffective. Two members of the state physician's board are questioning whether a health-food store with ties to Scientology is practicing medicine illegally by offering a church-sanctioned vitamin regimen. dangers of Scientology, Kirstie Alley, Press, Purification Rundown, Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise in the News

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November 8, 2005 Tom Cruise Chooses New PR Rep - Pro Instead of Scientologist Sister Tom Cruise chooses a new publicist, Paul Bloch, replacing his sister, Scientologist Lee Anne DeVette. Tom Cruise