Leah Remini - Dancing With The Stars TV Show 2013

[WildKat]

Re: LEAH REMINI: Scientology Wants Me to Fail on Dancing With The Stars

I just put it up on your thread, WildKat (From The Hollywood Reporter, not Mr. Ortega's blog. I'll go back and add his link now.)

JB

Thanks! That video is just great. I watched it live on TV too. Everyone should watch it. ABC bravely did not cut the "offending" material. Good for them!!

 

[Purple Rain]

Is it too late to vote tonight?

 

[Mimsey Borogrove]

not if you are on the west coast. Or maybe the mountain zone either - you have an hour after the show airs where ever you are. M

 

[Purple Rain]

not if you are on the west coast. M

No, east coast, unfortunately. Damn! Where were all my reminderers when I needed them?

 

[CommunicatorIC]

Leah Remini Talks Scientology Split on 'DWTS': 'The Church Is Looking for Me to Fail'

The Hollywood Reporter: Leah Remini Talks Scientology Split on 'DWTS': 'The Church Is Looking for Me to Fail'
http://networkedblogs.com/PmJV2

Excerpt:

Leah Remini admitted to having a hard time adjusting toDancing With the Stars' demanding schedule during Monday's live telecast -- and the series' rehearsal package included the "King of Queens" actress speaking candidly with partner Tony Dovolani about the pressures of her public split with the Church of Scientology.

"The church is looking for me to fail," she said, "So they can say, 'Look what happens when you leave.'"

 

[NoName]

 

[JBWriter]

Is it too late to vote tonight?

If you vote online*, I believe you still have time to do so.

JB *via the ABC-TV site, Facebook, or Twitter.

 

[Purple Rain]

Okay, it let me vote, anyway. Phew!!

 

[JBWriter]

not if you are on the west coast. Or maybe the mountain zone either - you have an hour after the show airs where ever you are. M

If you're voting by phone, Mimsey's correct.

Via online, here's the applicable rule via the show's website:

Online voting at both ABC.com and Facebook opens each Monday when the show begins on the East Coast at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) and stays open until 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) the next day. During the season’s final week on Monday, November 25, online voting will open when the show begins on the East Coast at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) and will stay open until 11 a.m. ET (8 a.m. PT) on Tuesday, November 26.

JB

 

[CommunicatorIC]

Today - Leah Remini: Church of Scientology wants me to fail on Dancing With the Stars

Today - Leah Remini: Church of Scientology wants me to fail on 'Dancing With the Stars'
http://www.today.com/entertainment/...tology-wants-me-fail-dancing-stars-4B11241826

Excerpt:

It was actress Leah Remini who delivered the most interesting tidbit of the night. Fresh from her highly publicized split from the Church of Scientology, the actress told pro partner Tony Dovolani that the religious organization is rooting against her.

"The church is looking for me to fail, so they say to their parishioners, 'See what happens when you leave the church?'" she confessed as they prepared for this week's samba.

 

[HelluvaHoax!]

Re: Leah Remini Talks Scientology Split on 'DWTS': 'The Church Is Looking for Me to F

The Hollywood Reporter: Leah Remini Talks Scientology Split on 'DWTS': 'The Church Is Looking for Me to Fail'
http://networkedblogs.com/PmJV2

Excerpt:

It was actress Leah Remini who delivered the most interesting tidbit of the night. Fresh from her highly publicized split from the Church of Scientology, the actress told pro partner Tony Dovolani that the religious organization is rooting against her.

"The church is looking for me to fail, so they say to their parishioners, 'See what happens when you leave the church?'" she confessed as they prepared for this week's samba.

Fail? No.

Cult Footbullet Deluxe? Yes.

Leah looked beautiful and lovably herself!

And...

One of the top 3 female superstars in the world (Jennifer Lopez) was right there applauding and beaming for her good friend.

You rock Jennifer! This is how real friends act in the real world.

Disconnection FAIL! Cult loses!

 

[Purple Rain]

She just sizzled!!

 

[CommunicatorIC]

NBC News Entertainment has the same story as Today: http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainmen...tology-wants-me-fail-dancing-stars-4B11241826

 

[CommunicatorIC]

Dancing With the Stars: Leah Remini breaks silence on split from Scientology

New York Daily News: Dancing With the Stars Season 17, Episode 2: Leah Remini breaks silence on split from Church of Scientology
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/ch...-episode-2-leah-remini-breaks-silence-on-sp-0

Excerpt:

Forget the dancing, many of us have been watching "Dancing With the Stars" eager for Leah Remini to stop side-stepping talking about her break with the Church of Scientology.

On Monday night, she finally complied.

"I was always so scared to be myself, you're used to everything that happens to us is our fault," the 43-year-old Brooklyn-born actress told partner Tony Dovolani during their practice sessions.

"The church is looking for me to fail so they can say to the parishioners you see, 'Look what happens when you leave the church.'"

 

[Reasonable]

How did Kirsty go when she was on there, do you know?

She did well by applying LRH dance tech.

Leah will probably do terribly because she will squirrel LRH's dance tech and now that she is out will probably not apply study tech and forget to word clear "Cha Cha Cha"

 

[HelluvaHoax!]

...

IDEAL DWTS INTERVIEW

DWTS HOST
So Leah, you've been doing so great in the competition!
How is it that you never danced before?

LEAH
Oh, well I was in the cult of Scientology. After I heard Ron Hubbard say
that trillions of years ago when his name was Arcola he invented
music, I just didn't want to have anything to do with music or dancing.

DWTS HOST
Wuttt?

LEAH
You heard me. Scientology. Fucked up, isn't it? LOL​

 

[CommunicatorIC]

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[CommunicatorIC]

Dancing With the Stars Backstage Scoop: Leah Remini Opens Up About Her Scientology St

E Online: Dancing With the Stars Backstage Scoop: Leah Remini Opens Up About Her Scientology Struggles
http://www.eonline.com/news/462463/...mini-opens-up-about-her-scientology-struggles

Excerpt:

During the practices for this week's sexy samba, Remini revealed to America that she is ready to put her troubles in the past and look forward to a more positive future. "I'm going through a personal and big change for me and my family," Remini explains to her partner. "The church is looking for me to fail to they can say to their parishioners, you see what happens when you leave the church? They're waiting for me to fail."

 

[JBWriter]

Re: Leah Remini - DWTS - Jason Beghe Interview w/Tony Ortega

What does Jason Beghe think about what Leah Remini's said about Co$/scientology last night?

"She's Right - Scientology Does Want Her To Fail" - Link to The Underground Bunker here: http://tonyortega.org/2013/09/24/ja...shes-right-scientology-does-want-her-to-fail/

Excerpts:

Beghe left Scientology in 2008 in a very public way, recording a YouTube video denouncing the church. Since then, the veteran film and television actor’s career has taken off with a recurring role in Californication and Chicago Fire, and now he’s filming episodes for his own spinoff series, Chicago PD. But in spite of that success, he’s dealt with severe harassment from Scientology since he left, and he told us there was no question that Remini was right about what she said on television last night.


“It’s not just that they want you to fail. It’s kind of like they want you to die.”

But he said that he and Leah weren’t really the story of Scientology retaliation. “This isn’t really about celebrities. Celebrities are only a tiny percentage of the people who are suffering. I get messages from people all the time. What can I do for them? They’re living in fear,” he says.

“People who say they can’t see their mother anymore, or their children. My God, someone like Cindy Plahuta who can’t see her daughter anymore.”


Disconnection. Surveillance. Harassment. He hears from people all the time who continue to experience Scientology’s legendary retaliation program.

Also wanted to add here that according to the (very!) dedicated fans of the DWTS show, the live audience in the tv studio watched the pre-dance interview clip in the studio just as tv viewers watched it in their homes.

The clip was shown and then Leah & Tony danced....and the entire studio audience gave the pair a standing ovation. A number of the DWTS bloggers seem to think it wasn't because of the dance performance; rather, it was to show their support for Ms. Remini and her family at this time.

I love humans.

JB.

 

[hpm1999]

For us "non Americans"

not familiar with this show (which I do believe is similar to "You Got Talent" but involves dancing by celebrities) I, and I suspect, others, have some questions:

1. How Popular is this show in the US? Is it the type of show that has people discussing it at the water cooler in the office
2. Is it shown outside the US (the first I heard of this show was on ESMB- and then watched links on the Underground Bunker)
3. Do the judges select- or as it seems from what I have read- does the public watching the show vote who continues into the competition,
4. I was not familiar with Leah R prior to her appearance here and on the Bunker- is she considered Celebrity in the class of Travolta, Beghe and Cruise-

I assume that that the show must be WIDLY popular on US telly.

Regardless CO$ and COB have to be running around in circles. Hubbard's vaunted "get celebrities"on board cuts both ways. I would submit that these shows work (if it is like You GOt TAlent) when there is a "good story". And this is a "good story"-

I must admit that I did not know who Leah R was until she surfaced whilst quitting - but if she is as popular as claimed- then I must imagine that people will vote for her because of that and because "some nefarious group is trying to harm her".

Could one of you Yanks comment please?