Leah Remini

Jennifer Lopez Hits Dinner With Leah Remini

... and sneakers, making it appear as if she had just been at a workout session. Five-second glam: The Jenny From The Block singer's hair was pulled up with large hoop earrings. Big tipper? She met up with Remini, also in a black down jacket. She added leggings and sneakers, making it appear as if she had just been at a workout session. She held onto a big bill. As close as can be: Lopez called Leah 'my girl' earlier this week. Casa Vega is one of the favorite restaurants of Kris Jenner, 61. Lopez and Remini have been friends since J-Lo got to Hollywood, she has said. On Thursday, Jennifer made a splash at the Zanotti event. She said said she is very aware of how lucky she has been to go from her humble roots to the A list. You've come a long way baby: Lopez told Daily __link__ at her Giuseppe Zanotti shoes party at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills that she is grateful for not having to wear shoes with holes in them any longer. Her older sisters: Jennifer, far left, with Leslie and Lynda. They grew up in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx. The event was held inside Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills with over 100 guests, including French Montana, Mary J ...

Conan O'brien Says Scientology Is 'not Happy' About His Revealing Leah Remini Interview

... had a document sent to me like that before and I've been doing this over 24 years.". Anyone who has watched Remini's show would know that the church has been making these claims  about her for a while. Remini said she has a simple answer to Scientology's pushback. "Yes, I do want to bring attention," the former "King of Queens" star said. "I am blessed to have had a successful series. Most actors work their whole careers in hopes that that happens once in their career. So I'm good. I don't need to work, I want to work, but I do want to bring attention to these abuses. That is true.". In response to O'Brien's question about why Scientology isn't suing Remini, the actress said, "You're damn right they're not suing me, because they know the truth. They know that what we are saying is the truth.". Remini had previously demanded that Scientology pay her $1.5 million in damages for trying to kill the A&E show and ruin her reputation in Hollywood. Recently, A+E Networks President and CEO Nancy Dubuc ...

Leah Remini's Most Shocking Claims About Scientology

... in a statement , saying, "I regret having upset Leah in the past and wish her only the best in the future.". 6. Scientologists apparently tried to recruit J. Lo. In an interview with 20/20 , Remini accused the church of trying to recruit Jennifer Lopez, who is her best friend. At Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' wedding, officials apparently tried to separate the friends so they could get close to Lopez. "They were always trying to extract me. I could only assume because they wanted to make Jennifer a Scientologist and maybe I was barring that road for them," she said. 7. Tom Cruise had a meltdown over cookie dough. Remini shared in her memoir that the movie star once freaked out when he wanted to make cookies, and asked his assistant to get materials ready. The assistant brought prepackaged cookie dough and laid it out for him, but Cruise didn't see it and started yelling, allegedly ...

Leah Remini Talks About How Church Of Scientology Didn’t Want John Travolta In ‘pulp Fiction’ Role

... approached John Travolta for a role in Pulp Fiction, John asked me to review the script to tell him what I thought, and his role was a heroin-addict assassin, and I said, ‘Oh, John, I don’t think that you should do this.'”. Travolta went on to garner critical acclaim for the role that is largely credited with helping him to jumpstart his than stalled career. Remini has been embroiled in an intense war of words with church officials ever since she left the church several years ago. She recently learned during an appearance on the Conan” show that church officials had contacted the host prior to her scheduled visit to blast her for waging a campaign against the church they insist is driven by the lure of “money, fame and attention.”. Leah Remini and Nicole Remini attend the Life is Good supports Dream Court opening BGCLB event in Long ...

Leah Remini's Scientology Show Hits Close To Home For Jax Taylor

... to watch their reality show [Leah Remini: It's All Relative]. I just love everything about her. I think I first saw her when she was on Saved by the Bell. She dated Zack Morris.". Does Leah Remini Regret Joining Scientology. But it wasn't just his love for the ex-Church member that got Jax interested in her new docuseries. "Any documentary-type show I love watching, so I just watched it. I was actually in Florida over Christmas and my mom and I were just watching this marathon and were like, 'Oh my God, this is happening down the street from your house.' It was all being taped in Clearwater, and my parents live in Clearwater, so oh my God. It was just so interesting, the things that these people do.". Jax said that he even once visited the Scientology compound in Hemet, California for a photo shoot for ...

Leah Remini Urges Church Of Scientology Members To Leave Organization

... the Church of Scientology. Although she was raised as a Scientologist, she is now calling on the members to walk away from the organization, like she did in 2013, The Daily Mail  reports. "For those who are in the dark, I want to say, 'Stop it. Stop giving up your families and your life for something that is truly damaging,'" Remini says in the "Sunrise" interview. According to Remini, people want to join the Church of Scientology because they think that they are "helping mankind." However, she said the organization almost tore her family apart. "When I saw that, I couldn't continue to be part of it," Remini added. In one of the episodes of her docu-series "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath," Remini said she did not want to believe that everything she knew as a member of the church was a lie. The actress said she ...

Leah Remini Warring With Giovanni Ribisi Over Church Of Scientology

... in Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. “There’s a lot of money behind it,” Ribisi charged in a recent radio interview. “It’s turned into such a controversy to where you go out, you make a documentary about it. You know, the person who’s doing that is making money off it.”. Ribisi went on to declare the church “works” for him and recommended others give it a look, finally prompting a response from the outspoken Remini. “I feel bad for Vonnie,” she said. “He’s only doing what we were all taught to do.”. Leah Remini attends the Life is Good Dream Court opening BGCLB event in Long Beach, California. [Image by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Life is Good]. The 46-year-old former King of Queens star walked away from the religion she was raised in three years ago, casting it as a dangerous “cult” ever since. Ribisi isn’t the first famous Hollywood star Remini has clashed with over her newfound portrayal of the church. In her 2015 ...

All The Most Shocking Things About Scientology, According To Leah Remini's Revealing Show

... decide to speak out, Remini said. "Every 'therapy room' is equipped with cameras and listening devices, as admitted by the church," she said. "Do they use it for blackmail? No, they use it to discredit you when you speak out.". To officially complete the "Bridge," members allegedly have to live on a ship called the Freewinds for as long as the church deems necessary. Kahn went to live on the ship a second time and said she was subjected to intense "sec checks" that lasted hours and sent her back to her room crying. "Every second was hell," she said. She vowed never to do another E-meter audit. Scientology allegedly justifies its extreme actions against enemies of the church with a policy called "fair game.". Rinder and Remini."Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath"/A&E. "Fair game" is the idea that any enemy or critic of Scientology can have anything done to them because the ends justify the means, according to Rinder. Basically, it allows members to push the boundaries of legality when it comes to shutting up and destroying the organization's detractors without fear of ...

Angelo Pagan Supportive Of Leah Remini’s Fight Against Scientology

... 2016, and goes into 2017. In a post on Angelo Pagan’s official Facebook page about his wife, one person commented that they wished they could do more to take down Scientology. Angelo Pagan appears to operate from a moral high ground from his Twitter account where he tackles controversial issues like the latest Muslim immigration ban by the Trump White House. It’s clear from this that he’s not afraid of confronting these issues, much like his wife does with Scientology. "The Church of Scientology is a business & they love to have a celebrity selling it" – Leah Remini: Scientology & The Aftermath starts now! __link__/r MTpjjd BPG. — CITV Australia (@CITVAustralia) February 8, 2017. Last month, Angelo Pagan was spotted with Leah and Jennifer Lopez for a night on the town, according to Entertainment Tonight Online. Angelo Pagan ...

Leah Remini Claims Church Of Scientology Would Let John Travolta Get Away With Murder

... to get out because there is fear of loss of your family and the organisation coming after you, which is dictated by the policies to destroy any critic who speaks out.". Asked if she believed the church was actually a cult, the 46-year-old actress added, "I don't think it's my belief. It has the hallmarks of what is defined as a cult, and it's not an easy thing to admit for most of us, because we fought for so long to say that it wasn't.". She explained that as her star rose in Hollywood, she was expected to recruit other celebrities into the church, including her King of Queens co-star Kevin James. "Everything that I did was to recruit for the organization and you're expected to show the world that you are basically a perfect person.  I didn't really have relationships with people outside of the church. Everything was kind of a front.". She alleged the church regularly abused ...