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Subject: Travolta to do damage control on Clinton situation on Entertainment Tonight

Date: 1998/02/23

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Tonight (February 24, 1998) John Travolta will attempt to do damage

control for Clinton and Scientology on the Entertainment Tonight (ET) TV

show. The Travolta interview was announced in a special ET promotion.

What to expect? The Clinton Administration has been taking a lot a flack

over the Cultgate Travolta episode, in which Clinton told Travolta (a

Scientologist) he would help out Scientology in Germany just before

Travolta started filming a movie in which he plays a fictional alter-ego

of the president. Travolta says his portrayal of the president is very

positive.

The administration -- along with the intelligence division of

Scientology -- most likely has been grooming Travolta to downplay the

president's role in this affair, to reduce the negative attention

surrounding Clinton and Scientology. In addition, the producers of the

movie, Primary Colors, are probably concerned and may have helped

arranged the TV interview. After all, Primary Colors now looks like a

whitewash. And Hollywood remembers the last time a cult's political

motives drove a movie project: the $30 - $40 million Inchon Moonie movie

was a box office disaster.

There is already talk of a global boycott of Primary Colors as a

whitewashed Scientology non-event. See what may be Travolta's best

performance yet tonight on ET!

For a full story on the Cultgate episode, see:

For more information on Scientology and celebrities, see:

For more information on Scientology's IRS deal, see:

For more information on Scientology and religion, see:

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