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While most recently associated with a certain couch-jumping movie star, Scientology has had a long history of recruiting celebrities. But now the L.A.-based religion is turning its sights to the massive demographics of NASCAR, which has, as of a 2004 estimate, 75 million religiously fervent followers. The Associated Press reports that “Kenton Gray, a 35-year-old…

A boorish Jude Law was the stumbling block to Sienna Miller’s domestic bliss. Now comes news that a boorish cult leader ruined the marriage of Miller’s father, the American investment banker-turned-art dealer Ed Miller. In an interview in the British magazine Tatler, Ed’s ex-wife, the well-known decorator Kelly Hoppen, says Sienna’s dad got so caught…

The New York Times Book Review created a furor in the literary world last month when it chose Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” as the best American work of fiction from the past 25 years. Though the book was chosen by a panel of 200 esteemed writers, several critics demurred–with some accusing the Times of kowtowing to…

In a culture where quick wealth and instant fame are becoming more and more glamorized on television–think the recent hit game show “Deal or No Deal” and almost every reality show on the tube–it seems the time is right for a drama like NBC’s newest series, “Windfall.” The series, which premieres tonight and is slated…

A big Idol Chatter mazel-tov goes to Adam Mesh on his recent wedding! The charismatic, fan-favorite runner-up of NBC’s original “Average Joe” and its follow-up “Average Joe: Adam Returns” tied the knot May 28 with his girlfriend, Jessica Malca. (I hope I’m not dating myself with the reference to a reality TV show that aired…

Riveting. Terrifying. Inspiring. Exasperating. Makes you want to grab people off the street as you exit and shove them in the door so they can see it too. Causes you to catalogue all the little things you could do, but are not yet doing to make a difference. Gives you hope while at the same…

Thou shalt not covet thy Middle Eastern neighbor’s oil–but coveting his wife, not such a big problem. Thou shalt not use weapons of mass destruction. Thou shalt not lie–unless you are up for re-election. These are a few of the changes I am speculating that David Wain, from the satirical comedy troupe Stella, might make…

What if a spiritual leader such as Deepak Chopra was channeled through the completely politically incorrect energy of a very famous comedian? You’d get a character named Guru Pitka, and Paramount Pictures would want to make a feature film about him. Guru Pitka is the invention of “Austin Powers” star Mike Myers, who has taken…

Amidst the coverage of this week’s 25th anniversary of the identification of the disease that’s come to be known as AIDS, Idol Chatter would like to take a moment to remember the pop-culture figures who’ve been lost to the disease. As the epidemic has moved on to devastate poverty-stricken African American communities and horrifyingly large…

If you can sit through the 149-minute movie version of “The Da Vinci Code” directed by Ron Howard, you can certainly sit through “Opus Dei and the Da Vinci Code,” a 50-minute BBC documentary directed by Jeremy Jeffs, which aired last night on The Hallmark Channel and will be re-aired next Sunday. The main problem…
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