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...Hollywood, Scientology has assembled a star-studded roster of followers by aggressively recruiting and regally pampering them at the church's "Celebrity Centers," a chain of clubhouses that offer expensive counseling and career guidance. Adherents include screen idols Tom Cruise and John Travolta, actresses Kirstie Alley, Mimi Rogers and Anne Archer, Palm Springs mayor and performer Sonny Bono, jazzman Chick Corea and even Nancy Cartwright, the voice of cartoon star Bart Simpson. Rank-and-file members, however, are dealt a less glamorous Scientology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

Sometimes even the church's biggest zealots can use a little protection. Screen star Travolta, 37, has long served as an unofficial Scientology spokesman, even though he told a magazine in 1983 that he was opposed to the church's management. High-level defectors claim that Travolta has long feared that if he defected, details of his sexual life would be made public. "He felt pretty intimidated about this getting out and told me so," recalls William Franks, the church's former chairman of the board. "There were no outright threats made, but it was implicit. If you leave, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

Grease, made legendary by the movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, focuses on the high school romance of Danny Zuko (Adam Freed) and Sandy Dumbrowski (Faith Salie). Their summer fling is put to the test when Sandy unexpectedly enrolls in Rydell, Danny's high school, and must fit in with his friends. They are the decidedly cool T-Birds and Pink Ladies who do not readily accept good girl Dumbrowski. Sandy's eventual conversion into a spandex-clad vixen has Danny on his knees and the rest of Rydell cheering...

Author: By Margaret H. Gleason, | Title: It's Groove and Meaning | 3/15/1991 | See Source »

...Fashion Jokes. Your interviewer may be clad entirely in skin-tight polyester. Don't say the 1970s are long over. Don't mention that John Travolta sends his regards. Instead, ask where your interviewer bought the suit, and dutifully write the name of the store on a piece of paper. Then go home and burn...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: No-Nos of Job Interviews | 2/10/1990 | See Source »

...brought blessed relief to a few careers. For the Kansas-born Alley, "this is my big blockbuster. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, I'm clicking my heels." Travolta, back on top after years of languishing, says the movie "makes people happy. It makes them feel good about having a family. Men tell me, 'You're giving me lessons in how to be a dad.' Women say, 'Will you be my husband?' I gotta tell you, it thrills me to pieces." It thrills Hollywood too. The town is always pleased to welcome a baby with such a humongous silver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Whole Town's Talking | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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