Former "The Bachelor" winner Shayne Lamas is waging war on the Church of Scientology -- claiming Xenu's followers are billing her $1,500 ... even though she wants nothing to do with them.


Shayne's lawyer fired off a letter to the famous L. Ron Hubbard shrine in Hollywood, demanding the church quit sending her bills for $1,506.35 -- claiming the bills are bogus ... and that Shayne "is not now, nor ever has been, a member of your organization or the Church of Scientology."

A Church rep claims Shayne "made a donation in 2004" -- but the check didn't clear. The rep says they'll stop sending letters to Shayne.

Best part ... Shayne's lawyer also reps her husband Nik Richie -- the guy behind TheDirty.com -- who says he's a big "Top Gun" fan and might be interested in joining the Church ... if they send him letters addressed to "Maverick."

We're guessing that's a negative, Ghost Rider.

Tom Cruise was secretly videotaped as he spilled his guts in Scientology confessional sessions, and those tapes became fodder for Scientology cocktail party humor ... this according to a high-profile and former high-level member of Scientology.

Mark Rathbun says in his blog, he recorded Cruise during the confessional sessions and Scientology guru David Miscavige read the transcripts at parties, "joking and laughing" at them.

Rathbun says the video was "well-concealed" in the VIP auditing room, per orders of Miscavige. Rathbun says Miscavige ordered him to prepare transcripts of the sessions. Then, according to Rathbun, Miscavige would hold late night whiskey parties, reading the transcripts and laughing out loud.

The nature of Tom's alleged confessions were not disclosed.

Nicole Kidman refused to answer a Scientology question during an interview for a BBC show -- if you love awkward moments, you should probably watch this clip.



Kidman, who was promoting "Nine" on "The Andrew Marr Show," was asked about her ex-husband Tom Cruise's religion -- which Marr said some people called a "bullying cult." His words, not ours.

Surprisingly, Kidman wasn't game for that Q and immediately shut him down.

Adorable Suri Cruise was allowed to roam freely around NYC with her birth mother Katie Holmes. Check out all the the photographic evidence of their girls day out.

John Travolta has not broken from Scientology, contrary to recent reports ... this according to sources connected to John.

Travolta testified in the Bahamian extortion case that his late son, Jett, was autistic. Until his testimony, Travolta never publicly acknowledged Jett's illness.

Travolta's silence on autism in years past was consistent with Scientology's unofficial position on the subject.

We're told some Scientology bigwigs are unhappy with John's recognition of Jett's condition, but Travolta remains "firmly committed" to the Church. In fact, we're told, he has used Scientology as "therapy" in trying to cope with Jett's death.

John, we're told, has never had his faith in Scientology shaken in the months following his son's death.

Today marks Suri Cruise's third year of birth.



Happy Birthday! Feliz Cumpleaños! Joyeux Anniversaire! Eeep Opp Ork!

Bart Simpson is officially cheating on Reverend Lovejoy's church -- with the one created by L. Ron Hubbard.



Nancy Cartwright -- voice of Bart and a multi-million dollar donor to Scientology -- has recorded a Scientology robocall in which she uses her famous character's name and voice to push an upcoming L. Ron Hubbard hoedown in L.A.

We called the phone number for the event that Nancy gives out, and the person who answered was surprised a non-Scientologist got the message -- thanks, YouTube.

No, their faces weren't mauled off by a chimp, they're just two of the creepy, faceless people that have recently turned up at various events in England.

This masked couple was snapped at a Wimbledon match this week and while it's unknown what or why they are doing it, the buzz is they could be part of the anti-Scientology group Anonymous.

Save Suri!

UPDATE: Sorry Suri, turns out it's part of some sort of marketing campaign for the car manufacturer Lotus.

"Fat Actress" star Kirstie Alley clearly hasn't seen Jenny lately, but there could be a Machiavellian reason.

After losing over 75 Scientolopounds on Jenny Craig, Kirstie said she was planning to start her very own slim down system that she'd launch next year. But these days it's clear ... Kirstie isn't taking her own medicine.

But how's this for a theory -- she can't sell a weight loss program if there's no dramatic before and after fresh in people's minds. So she balloons up, then slims down, and then sells tons (you'll pardon the expression) of her magic weight loss stuff.

Genius!

Little boys like big toys, so Tom Cruise took his P-51 Mustang on a Scientolo-test drive with Steven Spielberg and Ben Stiller.

Drew Peterson -- the ex-cop who's a suspect in the disappearance of his current wife and possibly the drowning of another -- could be getting some legal help from an unlikely (and unwitting) source: Scientolobig John Travolta.

Peterson's lawyers say that Illinois State Police wanted prosecutors to nab the ex-cop on a weapons violation for carrying an AR-15 assault rifle illegally. But this snap that Peterson took with Travolta in 2000, they say, shows Peterson with the assault rifle while on duty, guarding John while on tour shilling "Battlefield Earth."

Drew could face up to five years in jail if convicted on a weapons charge. His fourth wife Stacy disappeared last year and his third wife drowned in what cops are now calling a homicide. The Illinois State Police couldn't immediately be reached for comment.