Tom Cruise: Abandoning Family to Become International Scientology Ambassador?

Yesterday, we reported on accusations about Tom Cruise’s bizarre justifications abandoning his daughter Suri.

Sources close to the actor have claimed that he hasn’t seen Suri in nearly three years and made no effort to contact the girl on her tenth birthday last month.

The alleged reason for Cruise completely cutting ties with his daughter and her mother, Katie Holmes, is unlikely to surprise those who are familiar with the details of the actor’s personal life.

Insiders claim that shortly after his divorce from Holmes, both she and Suri were branded as “Suppressive Persons” and “Potential Trouble Sources” by David Miscavige or some other high-ranking member of the Church of Scientology, and Cruise was encouraged to cut ties.

“Once you reach the mind-set where Tom is at, he doesn’t need much convincing. They believe the church is ultimately right, and abide by its demands,” says lapsed Scientologist and former friend of Cruise’s Gary Morehead.

“Miscavige would have hammered home to Tom that Suri has been infiltrated by a bad thetan,” he adds.

In this case, a thetan is a wayward soul that inhabits a human body and influences that person’s actions.

Several sources have claimed that Cruise wants to “cure” his daughter by enrolling her in a school for Scientologist children, but not surprisingly, Holmes is having none of that idea.

With that option cut off to him, it seems that Cruise may have decided to further cut ties with his family by basically living as a nomadic international ambassador for the the faith that’s played such an important role in his life.

According to TMZ Cruise has sold the mansion he once shared with Holmes for $ 40 million, and he seems to have no plans to buy a new home.

The site was unable to confirm that Cruise will be spending more time working with Miscavige and other CoS leaders, but all signs seem to point in that direction.

Cruise has been working less and less in Hollywood, and he already spends much of his time at Scientologist centers around the world. 

He’s the been the public face of the controversial religion for decades now, and Church leaders are likely thrilled by the possibility of the once-beloved actor making a full-time commitment to their cause (if that turns out to be the case).

And at this point, he’s been absent from Suri’s life for so long that she likely won’t realize anything has changed.

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Justin Bieber & Marilyn Manson End Feud, Become BFFs

Just about all of your major religions foretell some sort of end times scenario, usually involving plagues, famine, earthquakes, rivers running red with blood – that sort of thing.

It’s all very scary stuff, but we think they might have left out one equally surefire sign of the Apocalypse:

Yes, that’s Justin Bieber hanging out with Marilyn Manson at a club in LA on the left, and Manson posing for a selfie in a Bieber t-shirt on the right.

We don’t know if these two are friends now or what, but this is a seriously unexpected pairing, and not only because we didn’t think the planet could handle this much D-baggery in one place.

Like millions of others, Manson has reveled in mocking Bieber online on several occasions.

It seems he particularly took exception to Bieber’s habit of rocking Manson t-shirts at unusual times like…at church (seriously).

So it’s more than a little surprising that Marilyn and the Biebs have found some common ground.

Of course, Manson has demonstrated a willingness to bury the hatchet with famous youngsters in the past, such as when he dedicated a song to Paris Jackson after publicly poking fun at her dad.

We’re not saying it isn’t weird, but we’d much rather see Justin posing for a selfie with a 47-year-old goth than using his Instagram to try and win Selena Gomez back.

Both situations are creepy, but at least this way no one innocent gets hurt.

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Oh, No! What Has Become of Kevin McCallister?!?

Poor Kevin McCallister.

The precious little boy with whom fans fell in love in Home Alone (and Home Alone 2, we guess) is back in a new online web series called ":DRYVR."

He"s once again portrayed by Macaulay Culkin, whose answer to the question of Where are Members of The Home Alone Cast Now? is both hilarious and unexpected.

In the first episode of the aforementioned series, we learn that McCallister is now the deranged driver of an on-demand car service… and he still hasn’t gotten over the trauma of being left behind by his family during Christmas many years ago.

"How about this, it’s Christmas time. It’s f—king Christmas and your whole family goes on vacation and they forget their 8-ear-old f—king sonm," Kevin goes off to a passenger he has picked up.

"All by yourself, for a week.

"I had to fend off my house from two psychopath home invaders. I was just a kid, I still have nightmares about this bald weirdo dude chasing me around!"

Culkin"s character is clearly (and hilariously) suffering from some from of PTSD here, as he takes it to the extreme when someone tries to carjack him.

"They remembered my bastard of a brother, but forget me, the cutest f—king 8-year-old in the universe," he adds, referencing that stupid face Buzz.

HA! We love it!

See Culkin become our new hero below:

Man Kills Friend Before He Can Become Zombie, Blames Binge-Watching The Walking Dead

A man who had been watching The Walking Dead reportedly confessed to authorities that he fatally beat his friend before he could become a zombie.

That 23-year-old victim, New Mexico resident Christopher Paquin, was allegedly killed by Damon Perry, also 23 and now being held on a murder charge.

According to media reports, local police officers were called Thursday afternoon to an apartment complex where Perry was allegedly wielding a knife.

They found Paquin’s body inside an apartment unit within the complex and maintenance workers detaining Perry, who admitted he had been drinking.

Perry said Paquin began “to change into a zombie” and tried to bite him, at which point Perry took matters into his own hands … and beyond hands.

He beat Paquin with his hands, feet, an electric guitar and a microwave.

Authorities say Perry attributed his actions to binge-watching The Walking Dead, the hit AMC series which centers on a zombie apocalypse, on Netflix.

All this serves as a cautionary tale that one should likely not watch The Walking Dead online if one is unable to discern fact from fictional TV programs.

Just a little PSA for you right there.

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