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The 13 Most Intriguing Revelations of The New Yorker’s Paul Haggis/Scientology Expose

So you might have heard writer-director Paul Haggis caused a bit of a stir when he left the Church of Scientology in 2009. His defection, he said at the time, was attributable to the church’s reluctance to declare its tolerance toward gays and lesbians — an institutional blind spot exacerbated by its refusal in 2008 to condemn California’s Prop 8. But as a much-anticipated new profile in The New Yorker proves, there is a little more to the story. Like 24,000 words more.

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REVIEW: Russell Crowe Tries to Roughen the Edges of The Next Three Days

Blood on a trench coat, a wholesome-seeming wife and mom behind bars, a spouse who’s devoted almost to the point of obsession: Paul Haggis’ marital thriller The Next Three Days has a lot going for it, including two appealing and extremely capable actors, Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks. The plot is worked out with care, and it takes its time, unapologetically, in a manner that’s perfectly suited to thinking adults. The whole enterprise reeks of class.

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REVIEW: Russell Crowe Tries to Roughen the Edges of The Next Three Days

Elizabeth Banks on The Next Three Days, Prison Panic and Sympathy for Demi Lovato

Elizabeth Banks is terrified of going to prison. The self described “goody two shoes” knows that anyone is just one little moment away from an event — she cites Brandy’s traffic accident as an example — that can mutate into something far more sinister, changing the course of a person’s life forever.

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Elizabeth Banks on The Next Three Days, Prison Panic and Sympathy for Demi Lovato

Oscar-Winner Paul Haggis Publicly Resigns From Church of Scientology Over Gay Rights

When it rains, it pours on the Church of Scientology.

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Oscar-Winner Paul Haggis Publicly Resigns From Church of Scientology Over Gay Rights