Halperin’s “His Highness” Premiere Reveals More Than Just Sabotage
Page Six is reporting Nicole Kidman’s wants her two children, Isabella and Connor, from her marriage to Tom Cruise, out of the Church of Scientology based on reports from undercover writer Ian Halperin:
JASON Beghe isn’t the only former Scientologist who wants nothing to do with the church. Nicole Kidman , a Catholic, has limited contact with her adopted kids by Tom Cruise, Isabella and Connor, who are deeply entrenched in Scientology. At the New York premiere of Ian Halperin’s film, “His Highness Hollywood,” a Scientology insider told Halperin that Kidman “wants her kids out of the church.” Halperin beat up on the faith in his book, “Hollywood Undercover,” and said he wasn’t surprised when, during the premiere, “the projector had been sabotaged.”
As Glosslip reported the day after the event Halperin’s film premiere was besieged with technical difficulties which resulted in 2 hours of lost time and the final film being scrapped and instead, showing an unready version to the impatient crowd.
Not surprisingly, Ian and the crew at the National Arts Club confirmed sabotage was the root cause of the malfunctions and there’s been open speculation the Church of Scientology may know something about it. Ian told Glosslip exclusively he has hired a private security firm and the harassment he’s endured since the release of the book has increased in recent days. Halperin stated he would be taking extra precautions, especially at future premieres.
For anyone who wants to downstat the Church, go buy Ian’s book. I’m reading it now, and I recommend it highly.
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Ian Halperin’s book can alternately be found here:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Hollywood-Undercover/Ian-Halperin/e/9781845962661/?itm=7
Comment by anonymous — April 19, 2008 @ 1:05 am
Just a suggestion, but I would personally recommend http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ for your online book buying needs until amazon pulls its head out of its ass and uncensors dianetics reviews.
Comment by anonymous — April 19, 2008 @ 1:05 am
Bah! I already bought it at amazon. Will have to work up a dish of copypasta like no other.
Nice work. I hope Ian can share with us some of the harassment he has suffered.
Comment by Doc — April 19, 2008 @ 2:06 am
I wonder if Halperin studied scientology and it’s Fair Game tactics on the internet before he ventured out to do this book. I remember hearing him say in your interview with him when Arnie Lerma was on the phone line, that he’d never heard of lermanet or xenu.net/
To play devil’s advocate on this: I don’t think Nicole Kidman is very happy about this outing of sorts because she has worked very hard to keep in communication with her kids despite her feelings about CoS. Anyone who has had children or loved ones in the cult will tell you it’s a juggling act to keep the peace and be able to have contact with them while being an ex-member. This Page Six article reporting what Ian has told by a “scientology insider’ may be thing that closes the door on her being able to ever see them again. She may be scared now, after finally telling this cult that she’s out. Being pregnant and having morning sickness along with it doesn’t help her any either. I do pray all goes well for her.
Comment by Mary McConnell — April 19, 2008 @ 2:38 am
I think, unlike Andrew Morton, Ian didn’t go into Scientology as a pursuit of interest, but rather as a side angle to his Hollywood investigation. He really had NO idea what was truly going on inside the church, he says so in his book and in the movie. It wasn’t until after the book’s release that he got a taste of what awaited him.
Same with me sadly.
Comment by Dawn — April 19, 2008 @ 7:37 am
Co$ vs. The World. Hmmmm, I wonder how that will work out.
Comment by marcab — April 19, 2008 @ 9:23 am
Its time for Nicole to rescue her kids. She’s too big for them to fuck with. And as Jason Beghe pointed out, Co$ can’t use their auditing tapes without exposing what they’ve done.
Comment by marcab — April 19, 2008 @ 6:01 pm