Celebrity Centre
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Celebrity Centres are Church of Scientology centers that are open to the public but serve mostly artists and celebrities and other "professionals, leaders and promising new-comers in the fields of the arts, sports, management and government," and "for those are the people who are sculpting the present into the future." [1] The Celebrity Centre International was established in Hollywood, California, in 1969 by Yvonne Gilham, a Sea Org member who worked with L. Ron Hubbard. Since then, other centers have been established in London, Paris, and a number of other cities across the world.
The Church often quotes L. Ron Hubbard as saying that A culture is only as great as its dreams and its dreams are dreamed by artists, citing this as the reason that Celebrity Centres were established - to create a good environment for "artists". Critics of Scientology point to the fact that Hubbard launched "Project Celebrity" in 1955 to recruit celebrities into the church and say that the centres were established for this purpose, because celebrity members give Scientology the publicity it needs to recruit more members. [2]
The Centre features a restaurant, a spa, a hotel and classrooms for the teaching of various celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Kelly Preston and other special dignitaries, such as Cruise's mother.
The head of the Centre is Tom Davis, the son of actress and Scientologist Anne Archer.
The Church consistently uses the British spelling, Celebrity Centre over the American spelling.
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[edit] Locations
[edit] Austria
- Celebrity Centre of Vienna. Senefeldergasse II/5, A-1100. Vienna, Austria
[edit] France
- Celebrity Centre of Paris. 69 Rue Legendre, 75017. Paris, France
[edit] Germany
- Celebrity Centre of Duesseldorf. Luisenstrasse 23, 40215. Düsseldorf, Germany
[edit] Italy
- Celebrity Centre of Florence. Via Salvestrina 12, 50129. Florence, Italy
[edit] UK
- Celebrity Centre of London. 42 Leinster Gardens, England W2 3AN. Bayswater, London
[edit] US
- Celebrity Centre International, Hollywood. 5930 Franklin Avenue, CA 90028. Hollywood, California main organisation
- Celebrity Centre of Las Vegas. 4850 W, Flamingo Rd, #10,89103. Las Vegas, Nevada
- Celebrity Centre of New York. 65 East 82nd Street, NY 10028. New York, New York
- Celebrity Centre of Portland. 708 S.W. Salmon Street, OR 97205. Portland, Oregon
- Celebrity Centre of Nashville. 1204 16th Avenue South, TN 37212. Nashville, Tennessee
- Celebrity Centre of Dallas. 1850 N. Buckner Blvd., 75228. Dallas, Texas
[edit] External links
- Celebrity Centre International. Presentation of the Celebrity Centers and news about Scientologist celebrities. Church of Scientology.
- Ecclesiastical Structure: "Celebrity Centre Churches". A presentation of the Celebrity Centers churches. Church of Scientology.
