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Scientologists Recruit Will Smith In Effort To Break Into Enturbulated Urban Markets
Posted by Molly Friedman at 6:15 AM on March 18, 2008
Earlier this month we discussed whether or not Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' double date with Forest Whitaker and his wife Keisha was less about baby talk and more about Xenu talk. And while we didn't rush to the race card, MSNBC is reporting that TomKat and the CoS are intent on luring more African-American stars onto the Knights of Hubbard bowling team:
"Will is definitely in the process of becoming a member, 'He's been getting more and more involved. And it isn't just him, it's definitely Jada, too. It's that as he becomes more involved, you'd think he'd sort of help fly the flag with Tom (Cruise), who seems to only get a bad rap for it, while Will does this and comes through just fine.'"However, Will, Jada and Forest aren't the only stars benefiting from Scientology's new affirmative action plan.
According to an upcoming cover story in Radar, designer and Style Channel star Kimora Lee Simmons has been involved with the Church for years, even lending her recognisable visage to promotional materials used in a children's school in 2006. Apparently Scientology leader David Miscavige "spoke glowingly of Kimora Lee Simmons' efforts to distribute a personalised edition of Hubbard's The Way to Happiness' featuring her image on the cover, to school kids in New Jersey." Interesting. Naturally, reps for Will and Kimora deny the fact that they're Scientologists. But, as we noted two months ago, Will disturbingly gave free coupons for personality tests at an E-Meter outlet to the entire cast and crew of Hancock as his wrap gift. We know Will's a funny guy, but this action doesn't pass the sniff test for being some sort of Kutcher-esque prank. And Kimora's career has been taking off a bit of late (working with E! on their red carpet, etc.). Now, if only Cruise and Miscavige can get Oprah on board, they'll really be onto something...
[Photo Credit: Wire Image]
- WILL SMITH, JADA THE NEW FACES OF SCIENTOLOGY? [The Scoop]
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SteamyMcFirecrotch
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
Maybe this is God's way of thinning out the herd.
SteamyMcFirecrotch
SteamyMcFirecrotch
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
@Sweet Panda Love: That's hysterical. Can you say it with a lisp?
SteamyMcFirecrotch
spankhaus
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
Sorry, but at this point whenever I hear another celebrity has been suckered in, I just think "Huh, I never thought he/she was stupid. Guess I was wrong."
spankhaus
busterbluth
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
The universe keeps coming up with new reasons for me to hate Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith. At this rate, I won't ever run out.
busterbluth
SanFranBetsu
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
No, No! Don't go there Will.
SanFranBetsu
NoWireHangers
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
I don't know that I've ever read anything good about the Co$ that wasn't propaganda created by the "church" itself. When I hear that Forest Whitaker is in bed with L.Ron it makes me second guess his sanity as a human being, and less likely to trust anything that comes out of his mouth. That said, why convert? What is the benefit? That the "church" will buy bucket loads of tickets to your stink-bomb movie so it debuts #1? Is the goal to convert lemming fans? We saw how post-couch stomp Tom went from superstar to laughing stock. Why would this ever be a good idea? I don't know that the average US Weekly subscriber is rich enough for a weekly e-metering or even that stupid.
NoWireHangers
roodles
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
this would be the top story on the yet-to-be-created blog "Stuff that black people don't like"
roodles
Tiger_Tanaka
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
This does not make White Jesus happy.
Tiger_Tanaka
mikedell
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
mikedell
Sweet Panda Love
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
I am fascinated by the steamy stew of megalomania and deep insecurity (with just a soupcon of staggering stupidity) that makes these stars so susceptible to Scientology.
But not fascinated enough to actually pay to see any of their movies.
Sweet Panda Love
TryThisAtHome
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
That's so sweet how they're cuddling in the open like that. Very warm and fuzzy.
TryThisAtHome
BadUncle
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
Coupons for free e-Metering? Very thoughtful. You can usually only get a handful of those on any stroll down Hollywood Boulevard.
BadUncle
StaringatScreen
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
Oprah won't join, she's already the single star of her own sect, the Cult of Oprah.
StaringatScreen
419Baiter
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
Bad ideas spread like wildfire. At this rate these guys are going to have their own pyramid soon.
419Baiter
Juancho
Posted 9:12 AM 18/3/08
That's it, Cruise. I warned you.
Juancho
fembot
Posted 10:00 AM 18/3/08
I'mm surprised the scientologists haven't infiltrated the post yet - to start ranting and raving about religious freedom.. To preempt the inevitable pro-sci post - it's religious freedom only if the participants are free..
fembot
rtisovec
Posted 10:51 AM 18/3/08
What does Reverend Run think about his ex sister in law and her pseudo religion?
rtisovec
Pay_Me_Or_Pay_Me_No_Attention
Posted 10:51 AM 18/3/08
The next recruits will be Posh & Becks, then the not so secret love tryst going on between Will, Becks and Tommy can be more frequent and frivolous with the nice Co$ beard covering it all for them.
And now I bid adieu, as I know come midnight my life is over after typing that.
That, or I will get "Nikitized" into their secret assination organization's "Plan 9" whose operatives silently eliminate anyone that questions Xenu, or whether or not the church is a big beard for gays...
Pay_Me_Or_Pay_Me_No_Attention
MissFiFi
Posted 11:41 AM 18/3/08
@SteamyMcFirecrotch: We can only hope so. The man was a science fiction writer who thought up a religion...did I miss something??
MissFiFi
NotReadyForPrimeTime
Posted 11:41 AM 18/3/08
Aren't these celebrities aware of what LRH said about black people?
Check out Youtube--"Whatsamada Wid Yu Hat?"
NotReadyForPrimeTime
raincoaster
Posted 1:43 PM 18/3/08
Simmons actually wigged out when she found out they'd been using her image to promote themselves. Gawker covered it a couple of weeks ago, I think?
raincoaster
Cultmember
Posted 3:10 PM 18/3/08
L. Ron loved blacks....as servants that is.
Cultmember
Hamud
Posted 5:34 PM 18/3/08
@NotReadyForPrimeTime:
The deal is this...
If you're the sort of person, black or white, who can accept Scientology at face value, then you're so nominally engaged in reality that issues such as "racism" aren't going to hold much interest for you.
What's so crushingly dispiriting about Scientology isn't just its wackiness. It's that its wackiness, as far as wackiness goes, is so uninspiring.
Had L. Ron Hubbard been some sort of lyric visionary, an ecstatic caught up in extraordinary witness of beauty, then I could kinda, sorta, see the attraction to Scientology.
But Scientology is significant in that it lacks any sort of beauty, or the esthetic charge humans have for thousands of years associated with religion. Hubbard's dull mechanical voice, his plodding middle-brow diction, are in keeping with the lifelessness of the crazy thoughts he expresses.
Hamud
Dr_Venkman
Posted 1:00 AM 19/3/08
@Hamud: Must be something else then - the beernuts, maybe?
Dr_Venkman