Will Smith, Jada Pinkett and Kimora Lee Simmons are loudly denying Radar magazine’s claims that they’ve been recruited into — dun dun dun! — the Church of Scientology.

Smith, a good buddy of Scientology poster boy Tom Cruise, denies he is a church member. “You don’t have to be Jewish to be a friend of Steven Spielberg. You don’t have to be a Muslim to be a friend of Muhammad Ali. And you don’t have to be a Scientologist to be a friend of Tom Cruise,” Smith tells us. “I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions. And I respect all people and all paths.”
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Jada Pinkett, Will Smith, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes poses at the First Annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon, at the Beverly Hills Hotel on February 21, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.

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» “Essence Black Women In Hollywood” Luncheon [HQ]

With the current push to expose Scientology as the Hitler regime style cult that it is, Scientology is strongly recruiting black people to help their image. Already having built a center in Harlem, Scientology is working to make Will Smith, Jada Pinkett, and Kimora Lee Simmons the new celebrity faces of Scientology. MSNBC (by way of Radar) reports:

He’s been getting more and more involved (in Scientology),” said one source. “And it isn’t just him, it’s definitely Jada, too.”…”It’s not so much that anyone is upset that Will is becoming a Scientologist,” the source added after seeing a copy of the nine-page Radar piece. “It’s that as he becomes more involved, you’d think he’d sort of help fly the flag with Tom (Cruise), who seems to only get a bad rap for it, while Will does this and comes through just fine.”

“As for Kimora Lee Simmons, the Radar piece makes the case for including her among the ranks of celebrity Scientologists. The magazine points to a 2006 gathering where Scientology leader David Miscavige “spoke glowingly of Kimora Lee Simmons’ efforts to distribute a personalized edition of Hubbard’s “The Way to Happiness,” featuring her image on the cover, to school kids in New Jersey.”

It’s unclear how they decided on Will Smith, his lesbian wife, and that transvestite Kimora, but I guess anything would be better than what Scientology is currently working with. A cardboard cutout of Tom Cruise would be a better spokesman than Tom Cruise at this point.
Source: I Don’t Like You in That Way

Singer-actor Will Smith will be hosting former South African president Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party in London.

Thesun.co.uk reports that the event is being set up by Mandela’s 46664 campaign against AIDS team. The bands to perform at the function include Razorlight, Keane, Queen and singer Annie Lennox. U2, Spice Girls and Sir Paul McCartney have been approached to perform but there is no confirmation.
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