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gawker.com - 3/14/2008

Secret Video: The Scientologists Celebrate The Birthday Of The Prophet, Tom Cruise [Tom Cruise]

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Andrew Morton wrote in his best-selling biography of Tom Cruise that the Hollywood star was prominent in the hierarchy of the Church of Scientology. Of all of the celebrity author's claims, it was the one that most enraged the sect: " Insinuations that Mr. Cruise is second-in-command of the Church are not only false, they are ludicrous ," the Scientologists maintained. "He is neither 2nd or ...

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  He is truly... unique in his ability to sustain near-hysterical levels of glee for that long.

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TOM CRUISE MIGHT BE RETARDED
What Would Tyler Durden Do — ... Tom Cruise sings and dances. I had some other intro written for this but who the fuck cares. This video shows Tom Cruise singing and dancing at his scientology birthday party. Top that. Gawker - who has done an unbelievable job with this stuff - says: ...

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Tom Cruise Had an Expensive Birthday
IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com — ... , so imagine if Scientology is Christianity, then imagine what happens when the 2nd-highest ranking person in Christianity has a birthday. But nobody throws Jesus a $100,000 party aboard a Scientology cruise ship ("Freewind") that's used mainly for slave labor and immunity from criminal and civil liability. They throw parties for Tom Cruise though. That's right. Step off, Jesus. Hat tip to Gawker for their coverage today, and thanks to the people who prefer to remain anonymous who emailed the video. More from Tommy's birthday: The following images thanks to and via ...

Scientologists Celebrate Tom Cuise’s birthday with cruise ship blowout
Cele|bitchy — ... Gawker has a new video of Tom Cruise’s birthday party on the Scientology Cruise Ship. It features footage of the band playing the theme songs from Top Gun and Mission Impossible while Cruise whoops and claps in the front row. Then Cruise takes the stage to sing a duet of “That Old Time Rock and Roll.” He jams out with the singer, jumps around, and looks like he’s having a great time. ...

Link Time!!!
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This guy is awesome and time wasters
The Blemish — ... Can reporters win Oscars? No? Well, then give this guy a cookie. Gawker: Scientologists’ worst enemy strikes again. This time with a fruity dance number by Tom Cruise. Bastardly: What’s Audrina Patridge looking at? Drunken Stepfather: Coco’s boobs are crazy CityRag: Conan the Late Night Barbarian Bossip: Three 6 Mafia: Coming to a strip club near you Asylum: Are you a mail-order bride? Desperate to settle into Canada? ...

Tom Cruise's Birthday Bash
Hollywood Offender — ... Click here five laughable, embarrassing minutes.  Remember in high school and the class nerds showed up at the Prom and thought they were cool by busting out the cabbage patch?  That pales in comparison. ...

OMFG......Wanna Watch Tom Cruise Sing and Dance?
Oh No They Didn't! — ... Secret Video: The Scientologists Celebrate The Birthday Of The Prophet, Tom Cruise Andrew Morton wrote in ...

Tom Cruise Should Never Sing Or Dance
Socialite Life — ... The Church of Scientology denies reports that Tom is the second in command and some sort of prophet, but this birthday shindig cost six figures. Parishoner, my ass! He's probably funding the whole damn church! Do you know how much Travolta's wigs must cost? Ok, by looking at them - not much. ...

Another Odd Tom Cruise Scientology Video
StarMagazine.com — Another Odd Tom Cruise Scientology Video It's no secret that Tom Cruise hearts the Church of Scientology and the Church of Scientology hearts Tom Cruise. But Gawker has obtained a 2004 video of a birthday extravaganza that was thrown for the organization's most famous member aboard the Scientology cruise ship Freewinds. Some highlights? In addition to his grand entrance set to the theme song from Top Gun you can see Katie Holmes ' now-husband dance, sing (earmuffs!), hop and do a couple of splits. Justin Timberlake he ain't. Plus, you can witness the delivery one ...

Tom Cruise's Scientology Birthday Bash: What Really Happened [Tom Cruise]
Gawker: defamer — ... If you've yet to catch a glimpse of the latest semi-outrageous Tom Cruise video to hit the blogspots, sure to lift your spirits as high as it lifts page views for our evil blogging overlord's gossipy domain, then get thee there, pronto. You're all but certain to delight in the lighter side of the Clear Crusader, the guest of honor at his own extravagant birthday festivities. (Highlights: Tom applauding and laughing hysterically at a movie theme; Tom singing Bob Seger; and, believe it--Tom doing The Worm.) Meanwhile, the great minds at Gawker Media Video Laboratories--headed ...

Tom Cruise's Scientology Birthday Bash: The Unauthorized Remix [Tom Cruise]
Gawker: defamer — ... If you've yet to catch a glimpse of the latest semi-outrageous Tom Cruise video to hit the blogspots, sure to lift your spirits as high as it lifts page views for our evil blogging overlord's gossipy domain, then get thee there, pronto. You're all but certain to delight in the lighter side of the Clear Crusader, the guest of honor at his own extravagant birthday festivities. (Highlights: Tom applauding and laughing hysterically at a movie theme; Tom singing Bob Seger; and, believe it--Tom doing The Worm.) Meanwhile, the great minds at Gawker Media Video Laboratories--headed ...

Off for the Linkend
Ayyyy! — Operation Reznorgasm complete! (AgentBedhead) Mary Ann not into Maryjane (Defamer) The Bad Boys of Blogging vs Beloved B-Listers (Jezebel) Happy COMPLETELY INSANE Birthday, Tom Cruise (Gawker) Fabio is completely secure in his masculinity (Cityrag) Patrick Swayze is still on the cancer sticks (Popbytes) Miley Cyrus is, like, a total brainiac, rilly (GabbyBabble) Kevin Federline is Dirty Thirty ...

Tom Cruise sings and dances at his birthday party
Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog — ... A new video has emerged of a 2004 Tom Cruise, birthday party. What’s interesting about this video beyond Cruise going all out singing and dancing, is that it allegedly takes place on the Scientology Cruise Ship. In the Church of Scientology’s statement/retort on the Tom Cruise bio recently written by Andrew Morton, they say that Tom Cruise does not hold any position of authority in the church, but the website Gawker points out that they’re willing to spend what must be at least six figures on this party for him. ...

Tom Cruise’s ‘Prison’ For Katie Holmes And The Scientology Birthday Video
Anorak News — ... her own home without being monitored by cameras and electrical devices. ” Electrical devices? Oh shit! I wish I was around when Katie and Suri’s internal computer interferes with the new security system! Katie’s head will spin and she’ll start spewing shit like “Tom Cruise is the best bottom I’ve ever been with” and “Mrs. Tom Cruise Beckham .” Tommy programmed those phrases into Katie, so she can repeat them to him in the privacy of their alien chamber. The video was obtained by Gawker of life aboard the watch Scientology boat Freewinds. Cruise’s entrance is, of course, to ...

Tom Cruise Gets Freaky on Cruise Ship!
Celeb Gossip, Celebrity News — ... ship full of Scientologists to give him such an extravagant birthday party and to actually be thoroughly enjoying a band playing the theme songs to Top Gun and Mission Impossible while showing a slide show of Tom in the background!? Everyone seemed so in aw of his greatness… weird. Oh, I just read about it and YES, it was a ship full of aliens. They reportedly spent over $1 million in celebrations. It’s definitely a funny watch! But, where was his Katiebot? Source: Gawker ...

Tom Cruise is somehow even weirder than I thought
Guyism » celebs — ... Mr. Cruise and the Church." But if Cruise was merely a humble parishioner, why in Xenu's name did the sect spend six figures to celebrate his birthday? In a video obtained by Gawker , watch Scientology chief David Miscavige lead the sect's most famous follower into an extravagant celebration of the Hollywood star on Scientology cruise ship, Freewinds. So tell me, will you EVER go see another Tom Cruise movie? And if so, why? This is not rhetorical. Tell me in the comments! All hail Gawker , our new God. H/T: ...

Tom Cuise Celebrate birthday with cruise ship blowout
Blog Media News — ... video seems to be taken from a DVD of Scientology moments, because you can see someone chose from a menu at the beginning and there are small icons of Tom Cruise. Maybe Gawker has their hands on that DVD and is going to release more clips next week. Please let that be the case. And no more party videos. We want more speeches we don’t understand about things we’ll never grasp unless we embrace the program and surrender all our worldly goods and critical thinking skills. You can watch the Tom Cruise party video at Gawker.com. ...

Tom Cruise's Wild Scientology Birthday
AOL Video Blog — After Tom Cruise's infamous indoctrination clip, we thought there's nothing else this guy can do to shock us. Well, we were wrong. Unless you've seen this video, you haven't seen the truly wild side of the 'Mission Impossible' star. Gawker obtained the 'secret' clip from Tom's birthday party on the Scientology cruise ship ...

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Agent Bedhead — oprah While Oprah relives her recent moments of hair-raising joy with Tom Cruise, others are finding out that, well, it just doesn’t pay to kiss ass. Case in point: While high-level Scientologists (and their slave laborerers) were celebrating the birthday of the prophet, Tom Cruise, they were unwittingly breathing invisible particles of blue asbestos. Exposure to this well-known carcinogen immediately places normal human beings into the high-risk category for lung cancer (mesothelioma). Ain’t that a bitch? Of course, ...

All Aboard The Scientology Cruise, Where Cancer And Purity Go Hand In Hand [Scientology]
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Are Scientology Moms Katie Holmes And Leah Remini Feeding Their Kids Toxic 'Hubbard's Formula'? [Scientology]
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Katie Holmes' Attempt To Flee The Scientology Kingdom: A Tragedy In Three Parts [Defamer Photo Essay]
Gawker: defamer — ... her tiny dancer, we couldn’t help but notice the presence of an actual sippy cup. Why is this news so glorious? You see, most babies tend to go from nipple to bottle to sippy cup to the wine glass you’re currently holding. But Hubbard's Parenting Book tells Scientology moms like Holmes to rot their kids' teeth with honey instead, a method Holmes had been following obediently. But before we could celebrate Suri's freedom and Katie's long-awaited rebellion against Overlord Tom and his disco-dancing minions, Cruise suddenly descended on their escape attempt clutching an ...

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