OK! Magazine Australia - July 02, 2018

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Perhaps the most famous

Hollywood tie to a religion that

keeps its ins and outs on the

DL is Tom Cruise’s devotion to

Scientology. The actor and his

pal John Travolta have been

high-profile members for years,

with the 55-year-old calling it

‘a beautiful religion’. The church

is shrouded in secrecy and has

a rep for shunning those who

criticise the religion – something

actress and former member Leah

Remini, 48, has spoken about.

‘If you speak out, you’re labelled

an enemy to the church and the

church has policies on how to deal

with its enemies,’ she alleged upon

leaving the church ater 30 years.

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Back in the ’80s, Michelle Pfeiffer

became involved in a movement that

believed humans could exist without

od or water – with a number of

Breatharians known to have starved

to death. The actress, then in her

twenties, joined the sect ater being

encouraged by a couple. ‘They were

very controlling,’ recalls the star, 60.

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