Andrew Morton

A mysterious, nine-minute-long video of Tom Cruise talking about the power of Scientology disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared, according to the Huffington Post. The official church video reportedly features the 45-year-old actor saying, “We are the way to happiness.”

Apparently the media outlet was sent links to the video, which has since been removed, from investigative reporter Mark Ebner. In a new unauthorized biography by Andrew Morton, the author claims that Mr. Cruise is the second most powerful person in Scientology, a religion founded by the late science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, behind current leader David Miscavige. During the videotaped interview, Mr. Cruise is also quoted as saying that Scientologists are “the authorities on the mind,” and, according to the blog, “the only people who can bring peace and unite cultures.”

In a new unauthorized biography of Tom Cruise, Andrew Morton—the author who made a small fortune with Diana: Her True Story—makes some pretty serious and inflamatory claims.

The book, which is scheduled to be released later this month, alleges that Katie Holmes was impregnated, a la Rosemary's Baby, with the preserved semen of deceased Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It also says that Mr. Cruise’s ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, “feared blackmail” over auditing tapes she made with Scientologists in which she discusses her sex life. Moreover, Mr. Morton writes that Mr. Cruise is the second most powerful person in the church’s hierarchy; and, according to the book, he now plans to recruit soccer phenom David Beckham to the religion.  read more »