Reports that Vinnie Barbarino, I mean, John Travolta, has broken with Scientology are false, according to People magazine, that well-known bible of religion news.
“There’s no change in the relationship between the Church of Scientology and John,” says Trovolta’s rep. “He is a member and it’s as it was, now and forever.”
In other news, the Los Angeles Times reports that Scientology is mounting a PR push after Scientologists were banned from editing Wikipedia and the St. Pete Times published this hard-hitting series this summer, which alleged abusive and violent behavior by Scientology’s top dogs.
LAT columnist Dan Neil says: “the church didn’t get to be La-La Land’s Holy See for nothing. In May the church launched a series of new commercials, and they are nothing short of brilliant. Sleek, chill and nonthreatening, these ads are visually beautiful, with a kind of tonal waveform of celestial bliss that invites fellow questers on a journey of self-discovery. `Scientology: Know yourself. Know life,’ the tag line runs. Well, who wouldn’t want a piece of that?
Here’s one of the ads, if you want to check it out for yourself.