Tom Cruise may be back in the dating game, according to a number of “sources” who spoke to U.S. tabloid OK! Magazine. In the latest edition of the publication, an alleged insider claims that:
“Tom thinks Jessica’s wonderful and he’s smitten but he isn’t taking any chances. They’re spending quiet time together, getting to know each other. He’s taking his time but he’s looking for something serious. Tom is feeling the heat if being single for over a year, a condition he’s not been in for over a decade. He’s always got a woman. He’s that kind of man. He needs a companion in that way.”The source went on to claim that the couple was a perfect fit. The insider revealed that:
“Jessica is a good choice for Tom. She’s beautiful, professional, intelligent; she’ll look great on his arm on red carpets. Jessica is also very familiar with London and since Tom is in the middle of relocating there, Jessica could make the perfect tour guide.”
OK! Magazine, however, is referencing a story that they actually wrote in last week’s edition, claiming that Tom is moving to London. They cite yet another unnamed source who claimed:
“Tom has been planning to set up a base in Europe for about four years, and now he is finally ready to make it happen. He is utterly charmed by London and wants to get a place in Notting Hill...Tom is happy because he thinks putting down roots in London will allow him to take Suri for longer stretches of time. The only downside is Katie will definitely miss seeing her baby girl for longer than a few days at a time.”
Comedian Lee Camp: Supporting war in Syria makes believing in Scientology look sensible
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Comedian and activist Lee Camp sounded off against the burgeoning campaign for a military strike against the Syrian government, likening it to buying into Scientology, which he described as the religion in which “Tom Cruise is the Virgin Mary and Will Smith is the Burning Bush.”
“L. Ron Hubbard didn’t claim he started the religion for money. He claimed he did it because it’s the true religion. Do you believe him? I should f*cking hope not.” Camp said in a commentary posted on Friday. “Why do we believe the White House and Congress when they say we now need to go to war with Syria to save the day? Believing that makes Scientology seem downright sensible.”
Camp also played excerpts from a 2007 speech by retired Gen. Wesley Clark discussing what he said was a government plan to attack seven countries, including Syria, in five years. (Salonreported in 2012 that Clark backed off of that statement in a CNN interview, saying that it might have been “a think-piece.”)
“Something tells me Mr. Wesley Clark wouldn’t have been so forthcoming if he had won his bid for the presidency,” Camp said, adding that he also opposed an attack on Syria because the U.S. tends not to “save the day” in a country unless there’s a financial interest.
“It’s like a lifeguard who says he’s there to save people’s lives, but then he just ends up doing mouth-to-mouth on all the hot chicks, whether they need it or not,” Camp argued. “Meanwhile, there’s hairy, obese men drowning left and right. Whole piles of ugly dudes lost to the deadly activity of amateur swimming.”
Watch Camp’s “Moment of Clarity,” as posted on Friday, below.
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HOCKLEY - Hockley Valley residents are ramping up efforts to stop a controversial rehab centre with Scientology ties from setting up in their community.
At the end of July, the Canadian branch of Narconon International, a Scientology-based organization that operates non-medical drug rehab centres around the world, announced plans to bring a treatment centre to a 150-acre rural property along the Mono-Adjala Townline just north of Highway 9.
The announcement was met with overwhelming opposition by the community and since then residents have banded together to do what they can to stop the proposal.
In recent weeks “No Narconon" signs have sprouted around the village and an online petition has nearly 300 signatures.
Claire Morris is one of the local residents trying to spread the word to stop the proposal. She lives within a five-minute drive of property currently up for sale for $2.9 million.
“If people are interested in supporting it, it will make it possible for them to track it down and sign,” she wrote. “There is also a paper version at the Hockley General Store. A Facebook group has also been formed.”
Morris and other residents are against the centre for several reasons, including concerns it will devalue properties, its potential security risks and its association with the controversial religion.
The proposal isn’t being received well by local politicians either.
“I would have to say there was very little mention of the Scientology aspect until questions from the audience raised it,” said Coun. Sam Keenan, who attended the public meeting. “I would have to say the majority of residents were against it and were quite vocal about it too.”
Clark Carr, the corporate president of Narconon International who travelled from California to speak at the meeting, said the organization is moving ahead with its proposal despite the local opposition.
“Of course, we understand that many people have a strong concern about any kind of alcohol and other drug rehab in their neighbourhood vicinity, whether Narconon or another,” he said in a written statement.
Carr said nothing new on the proposal has been submitted to the township since the public meeting. The proposal hasn’t been brought before council yet either.
In an earlier interview, Carr stated several reasons for choosing the Hockley property for the rehab centre, with the main factors being the characteristics of the site and its proximity to Toronto. Being relatively close to the Church of Scientology retreat in the neighbouring Town of Mono was also a factor.
“We wouldn’t be bothering anybody, nor would anybody be bother us,” he said. “Since they (the rehab patients) don’t leave campus without somebody with them, we are quite certain, because we’ve been in rural communities for 10, 20 and 30 years, that we can be good neighbours once we are there.”
Carr said the rehab program, which was established in 1966 by William Benitez who at the time was a prisoner at the Arizona state jail, is based on the self-help teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
While the church and Narconon support each other, he said they are separated both corporately and financially.
“We very openly acknowledge on all of our materials and all our website, that L. Ron Hubbard, the materials are based on his research,” he said.
Over the years Carr said the program has grown and expanded to many countries. While its effectiveness has been called in to question, he calls it “very successful” with about a 75 per cent patient success rate.
“Narconon has produced 35,000 graduates in 30 countries since 1995,” he said. “It’s been operating in good faith and we are dealing with a tremendously challenging field and getting very good results.”
Last April, Narconon was forced to close one of its rehab centres in Trois-Rivières, Que., after four patients were hospitalized.
Carr maintains this had nothing to do with the treatment methods, saying the province changed its licensing rules requiring all rehab programs to follow a medical model.
He said patients of the Narconon program undergo a more “holistic approach”, using sauna sessions and vitamin supplements to break their addictions.
Narconon is also facing tough questions over one of its rehab centres in Oklahoma after four young people died at the site in recent years.
“Narconon cannot comment on the on-going investigations,” he said. “The center has of course continued to deliver its drug rehabilitation services and is working closely with the state agencies on the matter.”
If the Hockley site is established, Carr said they would work within the existing provincial regulations, including whatever level of medical supervision is required.
“Our program is an educational model, but whatever the law requires in terms of the training the personnel and the kind of personnel, we always comply with that,” he said.
Carr said the program would accept patients or “students” 18 years and over and the site would be able to accommodate 24 people at a time, with the average stay lasting three to four months. Roughly speaking, he said the treatment would cost a person around $25,000.
To view the community’s petition against the treatment centre visit www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-drug-rehab-in-hockley.
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