4.14.2006

Good. Friday.

Jesus, people, after yesterday's parade of insanity, we're taking it easy today. Besides, we've dressed the interns as homeless and sent them to various churches, subway stations and Jamba Juices around the city. (Feeding 27 children, most of whom will not go anywhere near cheese, is EXPENSIVE.) Of course, we'd be loath to leave you without anything religious on this goodest of Fridays. So, for now, please enjoy Wikipedia's list of current and former celebrity Scientologists. Yes, Beck is on the list. And Chaka Khan.

* Kirstie Alley, actress
* Anne Archer, actress (her son, Tom Davis, runs the Los Angeles "Celebrity Centre")
* James Barbour, Broadway actor
* Lynsey Bartilson, actress
* Catherine Bell, actress
* Mary Bono, congresswoman
* Sonny Bono, artist and congressman (claimed Catholicism on campaign biographies)
* Sami Boukai, country music singer
* Rufus Buck, folk singer
* David Campbell, musician
* Nancy Cartwright, voiceover artist, most famous as the voice of Bart Simpson
* Sharon Case, actress
* Kate Ceberano, actress and musician
* Erika Christensen, actress
* Chick Corea, musician
* Tom Cruise, actor (formerly Catholic, according to Parade)
* Sky Dayton, founder and Chairman of the Board of EarthLink
* Jason Dohring, actor
* Jenna Elfman, actress, formerly Catholic, and her husband Bodhi, actor
* David S. Freeman, writer, video game developer, and screenwriting teacher
* Brent Graber, voice of 'Otis' in movie 'Milo and Otis'
* Zachary Goertz, actor
* Paul Haggis, director
* Beck Hansen, musician
* Isaac Hayes, musician, actor, and formerly voiceover artist ("Chef (South Park character)")
* Katie Holmes, actress, introduced to Scientology by fiance Tom Cruise
* Nicky Hopkins, musician
* Mark Isham, musician
* Terry Jastrow, TV producer and director (married to Anne Archer)
* Mike Joubert, Bronson Pinchot's voice coach
* Cyprien Katsaris, musician
* Chaka Khan, singer
* Jarod Knoten, director
* Jason Lee, actor and professional skateboarder
* Paul Leland, magician
* Geoffrey Lewis, actor
* Johnny Lewis, actor
* Juliette Lewis, actress
* Peggy Lipton, actress
* Christopher Masterson, actor
* Danny Masterson, actor
* Lisa McPherson, died at Fort Harrison Hotel
* Peter Medak, director
* Jim Meskimen, actor and improviser
* Sofia Milos, actress (CSI: Miami)
* Elisabeth Moss, actress
* Floyd Mutrux, writer, director and producer
* Haywood Nelson, actor
* Corin Nemec, actor
* Marisol Nichols, actress
* Judy Norton, actress and musician
* Brandy Norwood, actress and singer
* Eduardo Palomo, actor, and his wife Carina, actress and musician
* Don Pearson, 'Management by Statistics' consultant
* Michael Pena, actor
* Bernadette Peters, actress and singer (source: Bergen Record 3/10/1985, may be an ex-member)
* Jeff Pomerantz, actor and founder of Hollywood Says No to Drugs
* Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis
* Priscilla Presley, actress and wife of Elvis
* Kelly Preston, actress and John Travolta's wife
* Leah Remini, actress
* Giovanni Ribisi, actor
* Marissa Ribisi, actress, wife of Beck Hansen, sister of Giovanni Ribisi.
* Carina Ricco, singer, actress and composer
* Michael D. Roberts, actor
* Mimi Rogers, actress -- believed to not be active in the church anymore, but still holds the beliefs
* Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congresswoman
* Gloria Rusch-Novello, singer, writer and actress
* Pablo Santos, actor
* Meghan Schlinder, swimsuit model
* Kristin Schwing, actress
* Jeffrey Scott, writer for TV cartoons
* Billy Sheehan, rock bassist
* David Singer, chiropractor, 'Management by Statistics' consultant
* Reed Slatkin, criminal ponzi scheme perpetrator
* Michelle Stafford, actress
* Ethan Suplee, actor
* Patrick Swayze, actor
* Greta Van Susteren, host of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren on FNC
* John Travolta, actor
* Josh Wiener, actor
* Edgar Winter, musician
* David Wittig, CEO
* Bryan Zwan, founder of Digital Lightwave, inventor of fiber-optic testing equipment

Former members

* J. J. Abrams, Writer
* Adi Da Samraj (a.k.a. Franklin Jones, Da Free John), religious guru (renounced Scientology after ca. one year)
* John Brodie, football player
* William S. Burroughs, author, Beat Generation icon (later denounced it)
* Leonard Cohen, singer, songwriter (at New York Org in late 60s)
* Werner Erhard, founder of EST
* Emilio Estevez, actor (renounced and won't discuss it)
* Soleil Moon Frye, actress
* Philip Gale, MIT student and primary developer of EarthLink's innovative ISP software; committed suicide on Hubbard's birthday
* Gloria Gaynor, singer (later renounced)
* Charles Manson, serial killer (professed Scientology in 1961, but critics claim he only read books in prison in the early 1960s)
* Ricky Martin, singer (says he dabbled in it)
* Van Morrison, singer, songwriter (renounced Scientology in the 1980s)
* Lou Rawls, singer (renounced Scientology)
* Melanie Safka, singer, songwriter (renounced Scientology)
* Barbara Schwarz, former Scientologist claiming Hubbard parentage
* Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
* Oliver Stone, director (said involvement was finished after 4 months)
* Sharon Stone, actress (reportedly now a convert to Buddhism)

(Here's the official Scientology celebrities FAQ site if you're really bored and into Courier font.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Melanie Safka is a Scientologist http://www.pr.com/press-release/624339