“John Duignan, 45, said the so-called church’s devotees deny the existence of psychiatric and mental health problems. A firm believer like his dad would put Jett’s fits down to ‘thetans’ or spiritual beings.” [Link]

Jenna Elfman supports fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise at the premiere of his movie Valkyrie in Los Angeles.

“A security guard shot and killed a man wielding a sword Sunday on the grounds of a Scientology building in Hollywood, police said. The unidentified man approached the guard around noon in the parking lot of the Scientology Celebrity Centre, said Officer April Harding, a police spokeswoman. The guard ‘felt threatened for his life’ and fired at the man, Harding said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.” [Link]

“Nearly 100 people lined up outside the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Thursday night an hour before Holmes acted on Broadway for the first time in a preview performance for ‘All My Sons.’ Not in the line: roughly 30 Scientology protesters who stood behind a barricade and loudly chanted ‘Scientology kills!’ Some wore masks like in the movie ‘V for Vendetta,’ and one poster read: ‘FREE KATIE.’” [Link]

“On this past Monday September 8th, actor Will Smith met with members of Anonymous outside of New Village Leadership Academy, the private school he founded with his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. ‘I am not a Scientologist,’ Smith told Anonymous in response to concerns that his new school would be used as an indoctrination tool for the Church of Scientology.” [Link]

Star reports: Katie was recently secluded for three days at Gold Base, the remote, supersecret Scientology compound in Hemet, Calif., where she was put through a demanding schedule. “It included various tests, confession sessions, tons of reading and physically challenging purification processes,” a Scientology insider reveals. “Tom insists that auditing and purification practices are incredibly beneficial to Scientologists at all levels.” [Link]

Defamer has learned that executives at Sony tried to have an MSNBC story outing Will Smith as a closeted Scientologist killed. With the Smith tentpole Hancock slated for a July release, execs are clearly worried their big summer blockbuster will turn into another Mission:Impossible 3 conundrum, when Tom Cruise’s anything-but-glib antics spurred petitions against the film and damaged the film’s B.O. on both the domestic and international fronts. In an effort to prevent a similar shitshow come July, our source claims Sony forced a denial statement out of Smith after MSNBC stuck by their original story: “After word got out that Will was a secret Scientologist, reps from Sony [the studio behind Hancock] completely flipped out, and asked that the online exclusive be taken down immediately. After being refused, Sony forced Smith to speak out and release a denial statement.” [Link]