Bunker reader Dee Findlay stole the show as Clearwater stood up to Scientology last night The Underground Bunker By now youve probably heard that the city of Clearwater is the proud owner of a 1. Church of Scientology, which wanted the plot for its own uses. The parcel sits between City Hall and two of Scientologys Clearwater landmarks, the Fort Harrison and Oak Cove hotels, where wealthy Scientologists come from around the world to pay for expensive auditing levels they can get nowhere else. Miscavige said he wanted the plot for a swimming pool for guests at the Oak Cove, which was farcical. The real reason, former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder told us, was to keep non Scientologists away from the Fort Harrison, the churchs holiest spot on Earth. But at last nights city council meeting, no Scientologists or church executives came forward to speak during the time for public comment before the councils vote. And one person who did come forward to speak really stole the show. 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And I apologize to the citizens of Clearwater for being a volunteer covert operator for the organization in the early 8. I thought I was helping. I was a good member of the church. And I thought they needed my help with their enemies. But thats not true. I found that out later. Of all the speakers, her message was the most personal. We talked to her after the meeting, and after the council had voted 5 0 to purchase the parcel and keep it out of Scientologys hands. When they voted I yelled a great wahoo, really loud. I couldnt help it, she says. Dee started in Scientology in 1. Scientologys spy wing. In one operation, she managed to get a volunteer receptionist job working for city commissioner Richard Tenney at his hot tub store. He was running for re election at the time, and Dees job was to see who was donating to his campaign. When checks came in, I would write down who wrote them, and I was also turning over addresses and amounts to the church, she says. Tenney lost re election. We asked her what the churchs attitude was to the city and its leaders. They believed that it was their town, and they had to get rid of all their enemies, she says. It took a long time for me to realize that no, they dont own Clearwater. She left Scientology for several years before she was briefly sucked back in about six years ago. Since then, shes wanted to say something to the people of her town. I finally did it. I wanted to go and apologize to the citizens of Clearwater. She shared with us a fun vignette from the nights long meeting. Although no Scientologists came up to the podium to speak, there was at least one member of the church in the audience. I was actually sitting next to a Scientologist, Dee says. She describes their conversation I was a Scientologist in the 7. GeezLouise Theres so much action at this place lately, I cant keep up. Good thing the new board is able to hold a bigger barrel of bygone posts or slowpokes. The Hollywood Reporter is your source for breaking news about Hollywood and entertainment, including movies, TV, reviews and industry blogs. Bunker reader Dee Findlay stole the show as Clearwater stood up to Scientology last night. Dee told her. So was I In Seattle. Watch A Fantastic Fear Of Everything Online. Are you getting up to speakI dont think so, are youYeah, Im going to. For or againstFor the city. Oh, OK. Are you OSA Dee says she asked, referring to the spy division she used to volunteer for. No. Well I was for a little while, Dee told her. After Dee went to deliver her remarks, when she returned to her seat the woman was gone. We told her that her words produced a huge reaction here at the website last night. I had to do it. I needed to do it, she says. Countdown to Denver  Howdy. Con 2. 01. 7 Denver, June 2. Go here to start making your plans. Scientology disconnection, a reminder. Bernie Headley has not seen his daughter Stephanie in 4,7. Quailynn Mc. 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Accurate data remains a mystery to even top level Hollywood execs outside of the Netflix bubble. Thats starting to change, as more services chip away at the facade of Netflix ratings. Parrot Analytics has made headlines recently with its proprietary Demand Expressions metric, which looks at a variety of factors in determining a digital programs popularity. And according to a new study revealed exclusively to Indie. Wire, the Jason Bateman drama Ozark led the pack among all streaming shows over the past 9. Demand Expressions measures audience demand for a title including streaming, social media, blogging, file sharing, blogging, comments and other sources. The measurement is weighed by importance, which means a stream or download take precedence. As for the Parrot Analytics data, the company shared the top 1. United States over the past 9. Netflix easily dominates the roster. The sleeper hit Ozark actually topped the charts, while CBS All Access Star Trek Discovery was No. Netflixs Stranger Things, which remains popular even before the launch of Season 2. Hulu makes an appearance with Emmy winner The Handmaids Tale, but as has been discussed recently about the lack of buzz surrounding Amazon Primes programming, none of that services shows make the top 1. Visit the article at Indiewire. Ozark Renewed for Season 2. By Joe OttersonOzark has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix, Variety has learned. Like the first, the second season will consist of 1. The series follows financial planner Marty Jason Bateman and his wife Wendy Byrde Laura Linney. Without warning, Marty relocates the family from the suburbs of Chicago to a summer resort community in the Missouri Ozarks after a money laundering scheme puts him in the crosshairs of a Mexican drug lord. Bateman directed multiple episodes in addition to serving as an executive producer. Chris Mundy executive produced and wrote for the series. Watch Battle For Haditha Online'>Watch Battle For Haditha Online. Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams created the series and also executive produce. The series is produced by Batemans Aggregate Films in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix. The series has received mostly positive reviews, with Varietys Sonia Saraiya writing The taut thriller veers close toward storytelling pitfalls that other prestige dramas have made strippers, money laundering, infidelity, a sex tape, bags of cash, barrels of acid but deftly avoids falling into the bleak soup of bloated streaming dramas about a tortured male soul. Ozark so carefully guides the audience through the story that it is one of the most compulsively watchable debuts of the year a crime story that is part thriller, part caper, and endlessly surprising. Netflix also recently renewed freshman comedy GLOW, which is a fictional account of a real all female wrestling TV show from the 1. That renewal came on the heels of the cancellation of the drama series Gypsy starring Naomi Watts. Read the full article of Variety. Baby Driver Zooming Past 1. M At Domestic B. O. By Anythony DAlessandro. The Edgar Wright directed action movie ballet will break the 1. M threshold by tomorrow according to rival estimates. Baby Driver, made by SonyTri. Star, Working Title and Media Rights Capital to the tune of a net production cost of 3. M, has been a breath of fresh air at a summer box office given its originality amid a litter of Nth franchise sequels, many of which have fallen short of providing any gas at the B. O. take your pick Alien Covenant, The Mummy, Transformers The Last Knight, etc. Baby Driver is a clear example of Sony Pictures motion pictures group chairman Tom Rothmans mandate at the studio Make ambitious, original fare at a reasonable price so that theres plenty of upside. In addition, Baby Driver is a big win for Hannah Minghellas Tri. Star Pictures. Much like Jordan Peeles Get Out before it, what Baby Driver proves in this streaming age, is that audiences will drive to the multiplex to watch riveting, original, lower budget fare. Just because a film is considered niche and risky, doesnt necessarily mean it should just be destined to home audiences. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have another brilliant summer film like Netflixs 5. M plus budgeted Okja, which despite its grand launch at the Cannes Film Festival, isnt continuing to generate great buzz because its been shackled to the small screen. The way that Wright coordinates car chase sequences with punctuating sound and the rhythm of hard rock songs like Queens Brighton Rock or Jon Spencer Blues Explosions Bell Bottoms is something to behold on the big screen, not a 7. K television. Top this off with Ansel Elgort and Lily James smoldering chemistry, and you have a movie. Sony has been great about putting its below the line contenders out there during awards season, and Baby Driver should be in the mix. Currently, Baby Driver is playing at 8. M this weekend and if it doesnt clear 1. M by tomorrow, then it will on Monday. In the pics seven weekend run, Baby Driver has averaged a 3. Sony is currently planning to take the movie wide again during the weekend of Aug. Worldwide, Baby Driver stands at 1. M. Sony started the engines on this movie back at SXSW with a marketingpublicity campaign led by Danielle Misher, EVP of Tri. Star marketing. Baby Driver earned great reviews and slotted a 1. Rotten Tomatoes score before opening, and leveraged that in their trailers. Damon Wolf, the head of creative advertising for Tri. Star, led the charge on creating the high octane, retro style promos for the film with colorful vintage design posters and award winning million plus view trailers Best Action Trailer at 2. Golden Trailer Awards. From the onset, Baby Driver has been Wrights highest grossing title of his career both on an opening and running total basis. He hatched the feature from an idea he formulated years ago. Originally, the industry saw a 2. M take for Baby Driver in its five day opening, but the pic trumped expectations during an Independence Day stretch with 2. M, and 3. 9M in its first week of release. According to Com. ScoreScreen Engine, Baby Driver, rated R, drew mostly males at 5. Read Full Article At Deadline. Breaking Bad Fans Have Found Their New Fix In Jason BatemanStarrer Ozark. Rotten Tomatoes By Andrea Reiher August 4, 2. Have you heard about OzarkIts Netflixs latest original drama, and after a somewhat quiet debut on July 2. The series, which currently has a 6. Tomatometer, stars Jason Bateman as Marty, a financial advisor who has been laundering money for a drug kingpin. When his partner is caught cheating the business, Marty uproots his family to move the operation to the scenic Ozark Mountain region of Missouri, where they struggle to fit into this brave new world. Fans are comparing it to movies like Pulp Fiction and No Country for Old Men, but the biggest comparison its getting on social media is to the Bryan Cranston Emmy winner Breaking Bad. But the show is more than standing on its own, with fans praising the writing and direction. Bateman actually directed four of the 1. Fans are on board for this darker, twistier Bateman, who in recent years has mostly been known for his work on Arrested Development and some fans enjoy imagining that Marty is really just bizarro Michael Bluth. 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