Celebrity News

Tom Cruise, Jenna Elfman, Anne Archer and Isaac Hayes recently assisted U.S. Congressman Lacey Clay and Applied Scholastics International CEO Bennetta Slaughter cut the grand opening ribbon for the new international headquarters and campus of Applied Scholastics. More than 2,000 guests attended the opening ceremony and tours from Missouri and around the world, who gathered in the St. Louis community of Spanish Lake for the occasion.

Applied Scholastics is an international education organization that licenses private schools, community literacy centers and tutors utilizing the teaching and learning methods — called Study Technology — of L. Ron Hubbard.

At the new campus, Applied Scholastics will be training teachers, corporate trainers, mentors, tutors and education consultants with Mr. Hubbard's unique and precise system of learning any subject. These services, which are designed to supplement existing educational training, include workshops and courses ranging from educational basics to advanced teaching strategies and methodologies. Several of the courses offer continuing education or postgraduate credits.

Actor Jim Meskimen has guest starring roles on upcoming episodes of UPN's The Parkers, CBS's Judging Amy and NBC's Friends.

Actress Jennifer Aspen is one of the leads of the new NBC midseason comedy, Come to Papa. She's also recurring on The Lyon's Den starring Rob Lowe and is making a special appearance on Danny DeVito's Karen Sisco during November sweeps on ABC.

Actor Bodhi Elfman can be seen in PBS's Robert Redford-produced Coyote Waits movie of the week, a murder mystery set on a Navaho Reservation.

Rock bassist Billy Sheehan is currently on tour in the yearly G3 tour, featuring three legendary rock guitarists: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen. The tour will cover most of the U.S. and features each guitarist with their band separately, then a jam session with all three guitarists. Billy is playing bass with Steve Vai.