
Oscar-winning writer-director Paul Haggis has condemned the media for its failure to hold Tom Cruise accountable for the movie star’s leading position in the controversial Church of Scientology.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Aug 2015, 6:10 PM PST0

The life of Steve Jobs has proven to be a considerable draw for movie studios in recent years; Ashton Kutcher take on the role of the Apple founder in 2013’s Jobs, while Michael Fassbender is set to play Jobs in this year’s Aaron Sorkin-penned Steve Jobs.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 Jul 2015, 12:29 PM PST0

Hollywood director Paul Haggis, a former Scientologist, is now accusing his former church of trying to spy on him under the guise of a journalist working with Time magazine.
by Kipp Jones18 Apr 2015, 10:51 AM PST0

Going Clear director Alex Gibney wants the IRS to revoke the Church of Scientology’s tax-exempt status.
by Daniel Nussbaum12 Apr 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times this week, actor and Scientologist John Travolta said he he has not seen HBO’s explosive documentary about his religion, and has no plans to watch it any time soon.
by Daniel Nussbaum7 Apr 2015, 9:28 AM PST0

Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is already a commercial hit for the network.
by Daniel Nussbaum31 Mar 2015, 3:42 PM PST0

A number of celebrities who defected from the Church of Scientology have praised the new HBO exposé Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, after the film made its cable debut Sunday night.
by Daniel Nussbaum31 Mar 2015, 10:32 AM PST0

Documentarian Alex Gibney’s new HBO exposé Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief has raised new questions about the church’s classification as a nonprofit organization and its resultant tax-exempt status.
by Daniel Nussbaum31 Mar 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

The director of a new exposé on Scientology claims that former church members who participated in his documentary have been threatened with violence and blackmail by church officials.
by Daniel Nussbaum30 Mar 2015, 9:08 AM PST0

Alex Gibney, the Oscar-winning director behind an upcoming HBO Scientology exposé, called actor and prominent adherent Tom Cruise “irresponsible” for refusing to address allegations of mental and physical abuse within the controversial church.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Mar 2015, 7:31 PM PST0

A flurry of biographical films were announce shortly after Steve Jobs’ death in 2011, with the first to reach theaters starring Ashton Kutcher as the Apple visionary. Alex Gibney, creator of the upcoming Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine, told Variety that he thought Kutcher looked good in the part, but his movie was “silly,” and its flattering take on Jobs “wasn’t interesting to me.”
by John Hayward23 Mar 2015, 6:44 AM PST0

The Church of Scientology aired an advertisement during Sunday night’s Super Bowl broadcast, offering viewers an introduction to the “age of answers.”
by Daniel Nussbaum2 Feb 2015, 4:10 PM PST0

The HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief debuted to a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Sunday.
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Jan 2015, 2:50 PM PST0

The Church of Scientology ran a full-page advertisement in the New York Times Friday attacking HBO for the pay cabler’s upcoming documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.
by Daniel Nussbaum16 Jan 2015, 2:33 PM PST0