This week we welcome our dear friend Amy Scobee to talk about scientology and celebrities. Amy was in charge of scientology Celebrity Centres for many years. She has a lot of personal experience about how scientology treats its biggest celebrities. She was also the catalyst for The Aftermath when she reached out with the story of her mother, Bonnie. They were featured in the first episode. There's a lot of ground to cover... The first episode of The Aftermath, featuring Amy: Some bonus photos of Amy when she was in charge of the Celebrity Centres of scientology: with the infamous Tommy Davis: With Isaac Hayes, Dave Pettit (CO CC Int), Dave's ex-wife, Billy Sheehan and … [Read More...]
Hawking Hubbard Fiction
Hubbard fiction still being peddled, now by comparing it to Dune and Foundation. These guys will try to cash in on anything. Because these two sci-fi classics are currently getting buzz because of new screen adaptations (though i must say every review I have seen of Asimov's Foundation indicates it bears little resemblance to the books) the hustlers at Galaxy Press are trying to make it seem as though Battlefield Earth is in the same league. After all, it too was turned into a film, and what a magnificent disaster that was, memorialized in numerous "worst films of all time" lists. I wonder how many people realize that the revenue generated by Galaxy Press/Author Services channels directly into the coffers of Church of Spiritual … [Read More...]
The IAS Event This Year Is Hysterical
Well, I had wondered earlier what they were going to do for the IAS event this year -- they sent out "Save the date" promo for October 16. Now the great mystery has been solved. What a joke. The event they have forced people to watch 100 times already is the big draw for this year's annual IAS celebration? That is hysterical not historical… Surely, with an entire "state-of-the-art" TV studio at their disposal (remember how it was going to "break down the walls of dissemination"?) and a "state-of-the-art" film/sound production facility they could come up with something more creative than this? Which leads me to wonder -- I haven't seen anything about Scientology TV for some time? No new content? Nothing exciting … [Read More...]
