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Actor, rose to Operating Thetan level V (OT V), left Scientology and subsequently spoke out publicly against the church in 2008. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] He joined the church through Milton Katselas ' acting class, connecting with Bodhi Elfman and Mary Thompson.
The Church of Scientology has recruited celebrities for their endorsement of Scientology as a public relations strategy. The organization has had a written program governing celebrity recruitment since at least 1955, when L. Ron Hubbard created "Project Celebrity", offering rewards to Scientologists who recruited targeted celebrities.
In 1955, Hubbard created a list of 63 celebrities targeted for conversion to Scientology. [242] Prominent celebrities who have joined the organization include John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley, Nancy Cartwright, and Juliette Lewis. [243] The Church uses celebrity involvement to make itself appear more desirable. [244]
Scientology has had a written program governing celebrity recruitment since at least 1955, when L. Ron Hubbard created "Project Celebrity", offering rewards to Scientologists who recruited targeted celebrities, and another church document pointed to the importance of "using Scientology celebrities to mold the opinions of their publics."
Church of Scientology was incorporated in California on February 18, 1954. Two years later it was officially renamed to Church of Scientology of California on June 19, 1956. That corporation was restated in August 1982, dissolved on December 30, 2002, and terminated with the California Secretary of State on November 18, 2004.
3 Catholics in Celebrity List. 14 comments. 4 Katie Holmes. 1 comment. 5 Lisa McPherson. 2 comments. 6 Proposed merge into List of Scientologists. 8 comments. 7 Awards.
Critics of Scientology point to L. Ron Hubbard's launch of "Project Celebrity" in 1955 to recruit celebrities into the church, and that the centres were established as an extension of this initial purpose. [8] [9] "A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists." — L. Ron Hubbard [10]
Feshbach began working with assistants to celebrity Scientology member and actor, Tom Cruise, [86] in April 2005; she attended to Katie Holmes. [87] By 2009, Feshbach had become a public spokesperson for Scientology; [ 26 ] as of January 2011, she was listed as an "International Spokesperson" on Scientology Newsroom, the Church's official media ...