First-hand celebrity rumours!

[cindiak]

Several years ago, I was part of a crew working a celebrity charity event. These are the celebs I remember off the top of my head.

Ian Ziering - Thought he was better than us lowly peons. I greeted each celebrity “good morning” as they arrived for the event. He was the only one who wouldn’t speak to anyone. He glared at me like I was something he just scraped off his shoe. A total asshat. I can see that attitude has gotten him far in life.

Jay Thomas - Chatted with him and his wife for quite a while. They were very nice people.

Richard Dean Anderson - During one of the events, someone got hurt and had to be taken to the hospital. This cut his event time short by about 10 minutes while we put everything on hold to get the injured person taken care of. He seemed to be only concerned that his event was cut short. I was not impressed with his lack of compassion.

Mimi Rogers – Vacant, emotionless and devoid of personality. I felt like I was talking to a robot. It creeped me out. I’ve never met anyone with a personality like that.

William Shatner - Very charming and approachable. I wasn’t expecting him to be so nice.

John Ratzenberger (Cliff Claven from Cheers) - The most “uncelebrity” of the bunch. He offered to pose for pictures with us (we didn’t ask him to) and helped us loading equipment. He was happier hanging out with the crew and didn’t seem comfortable being with the other celebrities.

At a different event, Ahnold was escorted past me with a bunch of security. I don’t care what anyone says, there is no way he is 6’ like he claims. I am 5’9” and towered over him by at least 3 inches. I’m still shocked by how petite he is.

[olivia720]

cindiak and sparklehead, thanks so much for your cool stories!!

the one about Babs is priceless. what a bitch from hell! she has that rep for a reason I guess!

[Grimmlok]

*snorts*

Scientology is a religion now? Hilarious.

Sorry, any 'religion' started by a failed sci-fi novelist and certified pathological nutcase, which includes spaceships that look like DC-7's and body thetans is a laughingstock.

I don't have much stock in the more traditional religions but Scientology takes the fucking retard cake when it comes to believability.

[Sunrider]

Originally Posted by cindiak

Mimi Rogers – Vacant, emotionless and devoid of personality. I felt like I was talking to a robot. It creeped me out. I’ve never met anyone with a personality like that.

Maybe that's what happens to you when you've been married to Tom Cruise

[Lobelia]

Originally Posted by Grimmlok

*snorts*

Scientology is a religion now? Hilarious.

Sorry, any 'religion' started by a failed sci-fi novelist and certified pathological nutcase, which includes spaceships that look like DC-7's and body thetans is a laughingstock.

I don't have much stock in the more traditional religions but Scientology takes the fucking retard cake when it comes to believability.

Well, it certainly doesn't help when the founder is quoted as saying that inventing a religion is a great way to get rich.

[DeChayz]

Originally Posted by Sunrider

Maybe that's what happens to you when you've been married to Tom Cruise

Yeah, but don't forget, he didn't become a whacked-out scienturd until she got him into it

[sparklehead]

Originally Posted by Lobelia

Well, it certainly doesn't help when the founder is quoted as saying that inventing a religion is a great way to get rich.

I'll be the first to say that I don't find L. Ron Hubbard particularly inspiring. That's not at all my point. People find happiness as a result of his invention, regardless. Just because the Bible doesn't quote Jesus similarly, or because time hasn't added mystery to events doesn't make scientology useless and other religions more acceptable. Whatever, I probably shouldn't even have started on this, and won't change anyone's mind. It's just a hypocrisy that really bothers me in how they are treated by the media or general public.

[roslyntaberfan]

Remember there was something about Tom Cruise in an internet popularity poll or something, and it turned out that all his votes came from the same few computers? I remember reading something about it...anyway, does anyone think there's a possibility that his minions at the Scientology centre monitor celebrity gossip websites like this one? Scary thought!!! I know this is off topic but I just thought about it so had to post it quickly!

[Mira]

Originally Posted by roslyntaberfan

does anyone think there's a possibility that his minions at the Scientology centre monitor celebrity gossip websites like this one? Scary thought!!! I know this is off topic but I just thought about it so had to post it quickly!

Of course they do. Powertrip types like to (and need to) keep up on what the "minions" are chatting about.

[Mira]

Good stories. and eh about JLC. Used to love her but she takes too many meds now. She's been crackers for ages.

[moomies]

I took this picture of a Scientology booth in Chinatown last summer.

Scientology’s “stress test” often utilizes an “E-meter.” This contraption involves holding metal cans connected to a box with a moving needle that supposedly measures the mind, or at least that what Scientologists believe as an article of faith.
The founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard reportedly claimed that the E-meter could register mental aberrations or "engrams" caused by traumas.
Counseling or “auditing” sessions within Scientology use the E-meter to help knock out those nasty engrams.
Hubbard once reportedly claimed this process could cure blindness and even improve a person's intelligence and appearance.
Maybe that’s what makes Tom Cruise so smart and gave John Travolta his good looks?
However, it doesn’t seem to be working so well for Kirstie Alley lately. The star of the new show “Fat Actress” now weighs in at over 200.
For more details about Scientology and its wares see Time Magazine’s “Scientology the Cult of Greed.”

Cult News.com: Scientology goes underground shilling “stress tests” at NYC subways

The Church of Scientology, started by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard to "clear" people of unhappiness, portrays itself as a religion. In reality the church is a hugely profitable global racket that survives by intimidating members and critics in a Mafia-like manner. At times during the past decade, prosecutions against Scientology seemed to be curbing its menace. Eleven top Scientologists, including Hubbard's wife, were sent to prison in the early 1980s for infiltrating, burglarizing and wiretapping more than 100 private and government agencies in attempts to block their investigations. In recent years hundreds of longtime Scientology adherents -- many charging that they were mentally of physically abused -- have quit the church and criticized it at their own risk. Some have sued the church and won; others have settled for amounts in excess of $500,000. In various cases judges have labeled the church "schizophrenic and paranoid" and "corrupt, sinister and dangerous."
The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power

Why is it hypocritical to call this organization a cult?

[Grimmlok]

Any 'religion' that asks for money in order for you to advance in it is a fucking pyramid scheme.

And i mean come ON.. spaceships that look exactly like DC-7's?

Whynot DC-10 or 747? Why you ask? because DC-10's were the most advanced airliner out at the time ol Hubbard came up with his fucktacular tardvision.

Heaven forbid Xenu jump ahead of the curve and fly his thetans around in, say, a Concorde.

[Dean James]

omg Moomies, that picture of the kid is BAD! I'm surprised they didn't chase after you and take your camera for snapping it.

For kicks, try loitering in front of any Scientology 'church'. Oh boy, they hate that. A friend of mine tried standing on the sidewalk in front of the one in midtown and they chased him away, even though it was public property. He was testing their limits and every time they threatened him with trespassing. Such bullshitters.

[moomies]

I used a cell phone cam and tried to be discreet

That's hilarious about them chasing people away, if anything, I'd think that they'd try and recruit them, give them a stress test tell them they got some bad-ass Thetans in their bodies.

[Grimmlok]

If they tried it, oh boy would i have some fun with them.

The second they touched me, i'd have them arrested and charged with assault