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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Will Smith Interrupts Dinner to Fend Off Latest Scientology Rumours

7:25AM STV | The revelation that the Will Smith-funded New Village Learning Academy will offer a uniquely Hubbardian curriculum came as little surprise to us last May, back when the star couldn’t go a week without some new Scientology-related scandal consuming his painstakingly OT-free public persona. Finally, after taking a summer off, the NVLA controversy crept back into view last night when Smith attended the premiere for Lakeview Terrace, which he co-produced; despite his bodyguard’s best efforts at suppertime interference, Smith confronted the issue head-on with Fox gossip Roger Friedman: More »
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Is Will Smith Training Your Kids To Build An Army Of Evil Robots?

10:50AM Defamer Hollywood | You know that school Will Smith opened up in Calabasas? The one people are saying is a big front to indoctrinate children into the ways of Scientology? Well, we here at Defamer hate to pass judgement without at least a tiny bit of research. That’s why I spent a few minutes skimming the new Village Academy’s website. Surprisingly, there were no classes called “Worshiping Overlord Xenu” or “Releasing Your Inner Engram.” But they do really stress building robots. In fact, the Educational Philosophy section of the site, mentions robots no less than 4 times! More »
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