Will Smith — One of a Kind

Will Smith - One of a Kind

(The Actor and Rapper Talks About Scientology, Tom Cruise and His Career)

I must say that if there is one actor I like most in Hollywood, it must be Will Smith. Not only is he a great actor and proven rapper, but he is a man of style, class and family values. So, when he comes out with something new, hey, I’m interested.

Will Smith was just featured on the cover of Men’s Vogue (”Prince Becomes King“) and his film “I Am Legend” is already topping $250 million in the box office. Will Smith is one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars.

In the Men’s Vogue article, Will Smith speaks of Tom Cruise (his buddy) and Tom’s religion, Scientology. The article says:

“Smith’s power marriage has begotten some power friendships, most notably with newlyweirds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. “That’s my man right there,” says Smith. “We push one another to be better. We both homeschool our children, and there’s a comprehension of what each of us goes through that everybody else can’t understand, that’s a really unique position that less than .0001 percent of people on earth will ever experience.“

It is through Cruise that Smith—a polymath in a town of pedants—is learning about Scientology, and if there’s anyone in the world who can make L. Ron Hubbard’s universe sound less spooky, it’s Will Smith. “I studied Islam for Ali, I grew up in a Baptist household, I went to a Catholic school,” he reasons. “I’ve studied Buddhism and Hinduism and I’ve studied Scientology through Tom. And nobody’s saying anything different! Look, I use the Bible to explain the ideas of God, and life, and love, and relationships, and the life of Jesus Christ to teach my children how to defend their spirit. But in all of the experiences I’ve had with Tom and Scientology, like, 98 percent of the principles are identical to the principles of the Bible. The Bible says, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And you know, there’s a Scientology principle: Do not create experiences for others that they cannot comfortably perceive.” Smith would rather stroll many paths to enlightenment than commit to one high road. “The Bible talks about your spirit being immortal, that you were created for existence beyond your physical body. Well, that’s no different from Scientology! I don’t think that because the word someone uses for spirit is thetan that the definition becomes any different.”

I believe it is important to respect the religious beliefs of others too. This too is a concept with L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology promotes. Check out this short clip on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5POLgGqlxuA.

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Victoria “Posh” Beckham, David Beckham, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith.

When I look back at Will Smith’s career, I see blockbuster after blockbuster after blockbuster.

Independence Day

Bad Boys

I, Robot

Men in Black (MIB)

Hitch

Smith and family

Will Smith is also listed in Forbes’ Top 100 Celebs.

Do visit Will Smith’s official webpage at http://www.willsmith.net.

Clearly Will Smith’s career has been impressive and his style and humor is almost unbeatable, making him truly one of a kind.

Tom Cruise Wins Germany’s Bambi Award

Tom Cruise Wins Germany’s Bambi Award

“Cruise wins German courage prize,” the BBC stated. “Tom Cruise has been given a courage award for his role in his forthcoming film Valkyrie at a ceremony in Germany.”

The award ceremony was held in Düsseldorf, Germany on November 30th, 2007. Germany’s most popular media award, The Bambi award is an annual prize awarded by the German media company Hubert Burda Media. The awards started way back in 1948.

Bambi

It is equivalent to the Academy Awards (Oscars) in the US.

Tom Cruise was handed the Bambi award for playing Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg (Nazi officer) in the film, Valkyrie, which is about a failed assassination attempt on Hitler.

Tom Cruise was praised for tackling a story that had never been covered by Hollywood before.

Eye-catching and trend-setting, Katie Holmes, at Tom Cruise’s side, looked very fashionable with her new hairstyle and Monique Lhuillier gown. Definitely caught a piece of the spotlight. Personally, I think the two of them look very professional and very fashionable. Their style currently looks very German to me. Shows they really go to the effort to be liked by the people they aim to please, while at the same time looking quite stunning.

Other awardees included Italian actress Sophia Loren; “Umbrella” signer, Rihanna; and TV’s Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria.

John Travolta and Kelly Preston host fundraiser for Narconon in Hawaii

John Travolta and Kelly Preston host fundraiser for Narconon in Hawai’i

HONOLULU, HAWAI’I: Kelly Preston and her husband, John Travolta, were hosting a lavish dinner celebration today, Thursday to support a new Narconon rehab center in Hawai’i.

“This is my baby,” Preston told The Associated Press of her efforts to provide drug education, prevention and rehabilitation services.

A Hawaii native, Kelly Preston said she came home to help address the islands’ growing problem with crystal meth. She started three years ago, working with school and government officials to launch Narconon in Hawai’i.

The dinner will raise money to support that program as well as a new residential drug-rehabilitation facility. The 60-bed Narconon Hawai’i center is expected to open in “two to three months,” Preston said.

She was quoted saying: “This is my first one” and ”I would love to continue doing it on the islands — on each of maybe four or five of the main islands — and I’d love another one also here, a juvenile facility.”

She also told the local TV station (KgMB9): “I know that this program works.  I know that it gets a 75% success rate.  It’s amazing.”

Narconon is a worldwide drug rehabilitation and education network with facilities in 40 countries. It is based on the principles of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology.  It is also one of the most effective drug rehab programs.  http://www.narconon.org  Narconon has more than 100 drug prevention and treatment centers around the world.

“Our goal collectively as an organization is to help with collaboration of everybody else, have a drug free Hawaii,” said Narconon Hawaii president Myron Thompson.

As you know, Kelly Preston and Travolta, who have been married 15 years, are both Scientologists and as humanitarians both have been supporting efforts to get kids off drugs for a long time.   Read my prior article on this very point: Kelly Speaks Out Against Drugs.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/24/arts/NA-A-E-CEL-US-Kelly-Preston.php

Here is a story about a man named Chad Bloom whose life was destroyed by drugs until he found the Narconon program:

Kapolei resident Chad Bloom, 21, told KGMB9 (local Hawai’i tv) his life was a mess before Narconon.

“That’s when I quit work.  And that’s all I was doing.  Going out to find more drugs.  Going out to find where they were.  And using them,” Bloom said.

Desperate for help Bloom entered the Narconon rehab program in Oklahoma last December.  He graduated from the program in mid-April and today says he is drug free.

“I’m very confident that I’m done with it.  I have no doubts what so every that I won’t go back to it,” Bloom said.

“It’s wonderful.  I mean, he’s back and he’s that person I always knew he could be,” added Lari Bloom, Chad’s mother.

http://kgmb9.com/kgmb/display.cfm?storyID=11527&sid=1183

Narconon Hawai’i has been delivering basic drug education in Hawai’i schools since January 2005. To date, Narconon drug educators have given presentations to more than 23,000 students in 65 schools. Analysis of initial responses from those students have shown positive results–informal surveys show that 89% stated they would never start taking drugs, or were now against drugs as a result of the Narconon presentations.

A year ago, Preston and Narconon Hawai’i teamed up with other island drug prevention groups to distribute free “parent kits”, designed to help parents learn how to more effectively talk to their children about the dangers of drug abuse. The kit, introduced by Lt. Governor James “Duke” Aiona and University of Hawai’i football coach June Jones, includes essential information and simple lesson plans most anyone can follow. As a result of the distribution campaign, which included television public service announcements featuring Preston airing repeatedly on all four local networks, thousands of families requested and received the free kit.

Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann proclaimed the week of May 20 - May 27, 2006 “Teaching our Kids the Truth About Drugs Week” to commemorate the launch of the kit distribution on the islands.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb528446.htm

See also http://www.narcononhawaii.org and http://drug-free-kids.org.

The Foundation for a Drug Free World also heavily promotes drug-education materials with their newly designed website at http://www.drugfreeworld.org.  They also have booklets on key drugs which provide lots of useful information concerning these drugs and the harm they create and what to do about it.

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John Travolta - Success with Scientology

John Travolta - Success with Scientology

John Travolta has been a long time Scientologist and his movies continue to be rake in the millions and please his fans.  His last movie Wild Hogs did very well.

John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston are also very active on various community activities, which I find to be a very humanitarian effort.  For example, they will be at a fundraiser in Hawaii on May 24th, 2007 to support Narconon, a drug rehabilitation program which has proven to be a very successful program. (http://www.narconon.org)  Read my earlier blog entry on this at: http://spiritualbeing.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/john-travolta-and-kelly-preston-to-host-anti-drug-event/

To say that John Travolta has had a successful career in life would be an understatement.  Not to mention, he happens to be one of the only celebrities that I know that fly jets and can park one by their own house.  It is quite amazing.

John Travolta has definitely expressed a lot concerning his religion of Scientology and here is a success story which I found which was published in the book What is Scientology?

“In January of 1975 I was working on my first film in Durango, Mexico. There I met an actress who gave me the book Dianetics. During the five weeks we were filming she gave me some auditing sessions and applied some basic principles. That was when I became involved in Dianetics – because it worked.

“When I returned to the United States I began Scientology training and auditing. My career immediately took off and I landed a leading role on the TV show “Welcome Back Kotter” and had a string of successful films. I have been a successful actor for more than twenty years and Scientology has played a major role in that success.

“I have a wonderful child and a great marriage because I apply L. Ron Hubbard’s technology to this area of my life.

“As a Scientologist, I have the technology to handle life’s problems and I have used this to help others in life as well.

“I would say that Scientology put me into the big time.”

John Travolta
Actor

http://www.whatisscientology.org/html/part05/chp19/pg0308.html

http://www.whatisscientology.org

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Isaac Hayes - Success with Scientology

Isaac Hayes - Success with Scientology

I must say, I have seen Isaac Hayes play SHAFT and it is quite moving.  He is definitely a great musician.  Isaac Hayes also does a lot of community outreach and humanitarian activities, such as taking actions to increase learning skills with kids, as well as promoting human rights abroad.  Below is a success story from Isaac Hayes which is in the What is Scientology? book. 

“Scientology is the gateway to eternity. It is the path to happiness and total spiritual freedom. Until one has experienced the technology of Scientology it’s unlikely that one will ever experience these wonderful discoveries. I know because it has worked for me. The more time and effort I invest, the more I receive. I highly recommend it.”

Isaac Hayes

Composer,

Musician & Actor

http://www.whatisscientology.org/html/part05/chp19/pg0309-a.html

http://whatisscientology.org

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L. Ron Hubbard’s Masterful Study Technology

L. Ron Hubbard’s Masterful Study Technology

(Photo by Kathleen Flynn /Times)

The St. Petersburg Times reported in “Scientology makes it in classroom door” a great success of L. Ron Hubbard’s study technology being introduced in Baton Rouge, LA.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/20/Worldandnation/Scientology_makes_it_.shtml

As part of their curriculum, all the eighth-graders at Prescott Middle School are being taught learning techniques Hubbard devised four decades ago when he set out to remedy what he viewed as barriers to learning.  Prescott Middle School is predominantly black.

The curriculum and textbooks used by Prescott’s 156 eighth-graders are similar to methods and books used among Scientologists worldwide. And teaching the children is a Scientologist hired by the school district. 

Scientologists helped introduce L. Ron Hubbard’s study program into the school following the activities the Church did when Scientology Volunteer Ministers were helping in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. 

Celebrity Scientologists John Travolta and Isaac Hayes played key roles.  Both John Travolta and Isaac Hayes have a history helping children in the area of education, including introducing L. Ron Hubbard’s precise and incredible study technology.

The people who run the program say Hubbard’s teaching technique is divorced from Scientology, that it is just a masterful way to learn. They note that it has won the support of many non-Scientologists, including a number of academics.

After a year of monitoring the program, Prescott’s principal found that Hubbard’s technology has changed the school’s long-dreadful scores in which have turned around.

The article further goes into the three specific barriers to study and the exact manifestations each of these cause on students.

The article also touches upon the history of L. Ron Hubbard’s creation of the study technology. 

In 1972, Scientologists founded the nonprofit Applied Scholastics to advance Hubbard’s “study technology” outside Scientology.

The program in Prescott Middle was introduced by Mayor Kip Holden, who had met with John Travolta, Kelly Preston and also Isaac Hayes concerning Hubbard’s study technology.

With below level scores now finally rising to normal, other local institutions are now getting interested in L. Ron Hubbard’s study technology.

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Kirstie Alley Brings Supplies and Help to Greensburg, Kansas

Scientology Volunteer Minister Kirstie Alley Brings
Supplies, Aid and Help to Greensburg, Kansas

Minister of Divine actress and Scientologist Kirstie Alley and other Scientology Volunteer Ministers reported to duty in Greensburg, Kansas after a category 5 tornado devastated the city.  Kirstie Alley was wearing her yellow Scientology Volunteer Ministers t-shirt.

“I had some truckloads of things brought in,” Kirstie Alley said.  She brought lots of supplies, toys and food for the people in Greensburg, as well as the animals.  She paid for it all too. 

She also brought in food, bowls, cardboard carriers and other things that displaced animals need.

See the full Wichita Eagle article at: http://www.kansas.com/233/story/68185.html

Check out the Scientology Volunteer Ministers website at http://www.volunteerministers.org

Meanwhile, Kirstie Alley is helping in Kansas, her Scientology friends and celebrities John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Lisa Marie Presley are setting up for an event (May 24) in Hawaii to support Narconon, a successful drug rehab program. http://elvisland.blogspot.com/2007/05/lisa-concert-hawaii.html

You can help too, check out: http://kathysmith.zaadz.com/blog/2007/5/volunteer_ministers_are_needed_in_kansas  

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Jason Lee — Skateboarder, Actor and Scientologist

Jason Lee — Skateboarder, Actor and Scientologist

Jason Lee was born on April 25, 1970 in Orange, California.  He is a professional skateboarder and has been for years, particularly in the late 80s and early 90s. 

He since has been focusing his career in acting and doing quite well at that.

He currently stars in as Earl Hickey in “My Name is Earl”, which is an extremely popular tv show on NBC.

Jason Lee has also been in numerous well-known movies, including Vanilla Sky (with Tom Cruise), Almost Famous, Enemy of the State (with Will Smith), A Guy Thing (with Julia Stiles), Heartbreakers (with Jennifer Love Hewitt), Dogma, Chasing Amy (with Ben Affleck) and Mallrats, among others.

Jason Lee was also nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy.

http://www.answers.com/topic/jason-lee

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/26/jason_lee_sets_the_record_straight_about Scientology

http://www.beliefnet.com/whoswho/scientology_couples_09.html

http://silver-skater.blogspot.com/2006/08/professional-skateboarder-actor-and.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lee_%28actor%29

http://www.scientology.cc/en_US/news/lw0103/index.html

Jason Lee also attended the grand opening of a Dianetics and Scientology Center on Melrose in Los Angeles.

The Scientology center opened on August 30, 2003.  Other Scientology celebrities who attended included Lynsey Bartilson, Denice Duff, Michael Duff, Marisol Nichols and professional skateboardist Steve Berra.

“Sponsored by actress Rachel Miner, the Dianetics and Scientology center is headed by veteran Scientologists Tom and Cathy Steiner. The executive director is Monica Geller. At the opening ceremonies, Miner spoke emotionally about the importance of achieving one’s own goals and dreams and said that bringing Scientology to Melrose is her contribution to achieving her own goals and helping others achieve theirs.”

http://www.scientology.org/en_US/news-media/briefing/openings/melrose/

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Jenna Elfman, Tom Cruise and Other Scientology Celebrities Open Scientology Mission

Jenna Elfman, Tom Cruise and Other Scientology Celebrities Opened a
Scientology Mission in San Francisco (SOMA)

September 30, 2001 

Celebrity Scientologist Jenna Elfman, star of the hit US TV show “Dharma & Greg,” set the example, stepping forward to sponsor and promote the opening of a new Mission in San Francisco. This is the Mission of SoMa (South of Market Street), opened in cooperation with her good friends and fellow Scientologists Joe and Cindy Feshbach; Cindy also being the Mission Holder and Executive Director of another very successful mission in the San Francisco bay area.

The street was closed off for the mission’s grand opening that was attended by over 1,000 people including San Francisco community leaders and officials. In support of this example of positive action to do something effective about the world and conditions in society, the grand opening was also attended by other celebrity Scientologists including:

Tom Cruise
John Travolta
Kelly Preston
Bodhi Elfman
Catherine Bell
Kirstie Alley
Jennifer Aspen
Danny Masterson
Chris Masterson
Lynsey Bartilson
Juliette Lewis

as well as the leader of the Scientology religion, Mr. David Miscavige.

http://www.exactscientology.net/soma.htm

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Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum

Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum

With public distrust of psychiatry increasing—and government agency drug warnings at an all-time high—a Church of Scientology-sponsored psychiatric watchdog group (Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)) shows that it’s much worse than you think.

On December 17, 2005, Citizens Commission of Human Rights held their grand opening of the Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum in Los Angeles, California.

The museum features 14 documentaries with statements from scores of health professionals, academics, legal and human rights experts, and victims of psychiatric brutalities ranging from electroshock and involuntary commitment to political torture, psychosurgery and the devastating effects of psychotropic drugs. The state-of-the-art museum documents that psychiatry is an industry driven entirely by profit, and provides practical guidance for lawmakers, doctors, human rights advocates and private citizens to take action in their own sphere to bring psychiatry under the law.

Community and government leaders were joined by ardent celebrity supporters Lisa Marie Presley, Priscilla Presley, Danny Masterson, Giovanni Ribisi, Leah Remini, Jenna Elfman, Catherine Bell and Marisol Nichols at the grand opening.

More than 2,300 people attended.  Speakers included Martin Whitely, a member of parliament from Western Australia, Georgia Senator Nancy Schaefer, Dr. Jeffrey A. Schaler, psychologist and professor of Justice, Law and Society at American University, Washington, DC. and Liberty Committee Executive Director Kent Snyder.

Jan Eastgate, President of CCHR International stated, “There have been 18 psychiatric drug warnings issued in the last year alone, which link suicide, hostility, worsening depression, mania, hallucinations and death to psychiatric drugs that reap $80 billion a year—an abuse CCHR has persistently exposed for three decades.”

A sampling of current statistics and facts shown in the new museum include:

• Psychiatrists are using electroshock, drugs and other barbaric means to torture political dissidents.

• 17 million children worldwide are taking psychiatric drugs, which can cause suicide, hostility, violence, mania and drug dependence.

• More than 100,000 patients die each year in psychiatric institutions.

• Annually, psychiatrists kill up to 10,000 people with their use of electroshock—460 volts of electricity sent searing through the brain. Three-quarters of all electroshock victims are women.

• Psychiatrists and psychologists have raped 250,000 women. Studies show that 10 to 25 percent of psychiatrists sexually assault their patients; of every 20 of these victims one is likely to be a minor.

http://www.scientology.org/en_US/news-media/briefing/2005/hr/051221.html

Perhaps this explains why Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley, Marisol Nichols, Kelly Preston and so many others support CCHR and disapprove of psychiatry’s drugging of kids and ruining our culture.

http://www.cchr.org