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Hollywood played a lead role in the large-scale popularization of decadent art.<ref name="thecharnelhouse.org">[https://thecharnelhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Georg-Luka%3Fcs-The-Destruction-of-Reason-1952.pdf Destruction of Reason] by Georg Lukacs </ref>]]

 

While before 1945 forms of "[[art]]" which appealed to the lowest and basest instincts of man or deliberately portrayed man as completely immoral were confined to a small circle among the "elite" of the decadent, parasitic intelligentsia, after the war this content was popularized on a large scale and pushed for mass consumption to the American people, with Hollywood playing the lead role in this popularization. The barriers between 'esoteric' art and mass kitsch were dismantled with increasing vigor. The cinema (and also radio and literature) started spreading to the widest extent the uninhibited venting of even the worst instincts. The constant increase in juvenile delinquency, starting from the late 1940s and early 1950s, demonstrates the results of such 'social pedagogics'.<ref name="thecharnelhouse.org">[https://thecharnelhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Georg-Luka%3Fcs-The-Destruction-of-Reason-1952.pdf Destruction of Reason] by Georg Lukacs </ref>

Hollywood played a lead role in the large-scale popularization of decadent art.<ref name="thecharnelhouse.org">[https://thecharnelhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Georg-Luka%3Fcs-The-Destruction-of-Reason-1952.pdf Destruction of Reason] by Georg Lukacs</ref>]]

While before 1945 forms of "[[art]]" which appealed to the lowest and basest instincts of man or deliberately portrayed man as completely immoral were confined to a small circle among the "elite" of the decadent, parasitic intelligentsia, after the war this content was popularized on a large scale and pushed for mass consumption to the American people, with Hollywood playing the lead role in this popularization. The barriers between 'esoteric' art and mass kitsch were dismantled with increasing vigor. The cinema (and also radio and literature) started spreading to the widest extent the uninhibited venting of even the worst instincts. The constant increase in juvenile delinquency, starting from the late 1940s and early 1950s, demonstrates the results of such 'social pedagogics'.<ref name="thecharnelhouse.org"/>

It was important for the (liberal) ruling class to "re-educate" men of the post-war generation by tempering them to a sort of barbarism, to the brutal and merciless imposition of their selfish interests, which necessarily implies a hypocritical attitude as the way to adapt to the [[Social Darwinism|Social-Darwinist]] "struggle for existence." In the field of cinema, this kind of pedagogy necessarily produces movies that either openly preach banditry, [[gangster]]ism, and murder (such as movies in [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler's]] [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] did, but also American gangster films do), or subtly place the individual in the social void, and cloud the sense of the real connection with society in his consciousness, degrade and reduce the intellect and reason to impotence, which these relationships reflect and elaborate, finally transforming man himself into an unethical lump of uncontrollable instincts. In relation to children, this is passed off as "respect" for the individual character of the child. But it means, in fact, the renunciation of pedagogy, and it comes, in the best of cases, to reduce young American children to a herd of lonely hysterics who end up following this wrong path often to become gangsters.<ref>https://thecharnelhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Gyo%3Frgy-Luka%3Fcs-La-letteratura-sovietica-1955.pdf</ref>

It was important for the (liberal) ruling class to "re-educate" men of the post-war generation by tempering them to a sort of barbarism, to the brutal and merciless imposition of their selfish interests, which necessarily implies a hypocritical attitude as the way to adapt to the [[Social Darwinism|Social-Darwinist]] "struggle for existence." In the field of cinema, this kind of pedagogy necessarily produces movies that either openly preach banditry, [[gangster]]ism, and murder (such as movies in [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler's]] [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] did, but also American gangster films do), or subtly place the individual in the social void, and cloud the sense of the real connection with society in his consciousness, degrade and reduce the intellect and reason to impotence, which these relationships reflect and elaborate, finally transforming man himself into an unethical lump of uncontrollable instincts. In relation to children, this is passed off as "respect" for the individual character of the child. But it means, in fact, the renunciation of pedagogy, and it comes, in the best of cases, to reduce young American children to a herd of lonely hysterics who end up following this wrong path often to become gangsters.<ref>https://thecharnelhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Gyo%3Frgy-Luka%3Fcs-La-letteratura-sovietica-1955.pdf</ref>

* Michael Jeter, who was homosexual, also died due to AIDS-related complications.

* Michael Jeter, who was homosexual, also died due to AIDS-related complications.

* Tommy Morrison, 44, died of an undisclosed illness after testing positive for HIV. He starred in the movie ''Rocky V'' and claimed to be related to [[John Wayne]].<ref>{{cite news|title=heavyweight champ also starred in 'Rocky V'|first=Dave|last=Skretta|work=Washington Post|date=September 3, 2013|page=B5}}</ref>

* Tommy Morrison, 44, died of an undisclosed illness after testing positive for HIV. He starred in the movie ''Rocky V'' and claimed to be related to [[John Wayne]].<ref>{{cite news|title=heavyweight champ also starred in 'Rocky V'|first=Dave|last=Skretta|work=Washington Post|date=September 3, 2013|page=B5}}</ref>

* Robert Reed, known for Kenneth Preston on ‘The Defenders’ (1961-1965), Mike Brady on ‘The Brady Bunch’ (1969-1974), and Dr. William Reynolds on ‘Roots’ (1977), died of AIDS in 1992.

* Robert Reed, known for Kenneth Preston on ‘The Defenders’ (1961–1965), Mike Brady on ‘The Brady Bunch’ (1969–1974), and Dr. William Reynolds on ‘Roots’ (1977), died of AIDS in 1992.

* [[Charlie Sheen]] admitted in 2015 that he is [[HIV]] positive, according to him four years after he was diagnosed with it.

* [[Charlie Sheen]] admitted in 2015 that he is [[HIV]] positive, according to him four years after he was diagnosed with it.

* Actor, performance artist, and filmmaker Shia LaBeouf has been arrested for public intoxication and has substance abuse problems.<ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/09/shia-labeouf-arrested-austin-texas/ "Shia LaBeouf arrested...booked for public intoxication"] (October 9, 2015).  TMZ website.</ref>

* Actor, performance artist, and filmmaker Shia LaBeouf has been arrested for public intoxication and has substance abuse problems.<ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/09/shia-labeouf-arrested-austin-texas/ "Shia LaBeouf arrested...booked for public intoxication"] (October 9, 2015).  TMZ website.</ref>

* Paul Walker, the 40-year-old star of the movie series ''Fast & Furious'', was traveling at the "unsafe speed" of more than 100 miles per hour in a luxury sports car driven by his business partner, resulting in the tragic deaths of both.<ref>Alexander, Bryan (January 3, 2014). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/01/03/paul-walker-coroner-report/4306673/ "Paul Walker crash detailed in coroner's report"].  USA Today/Life.</ref>

* Paul Walker, the 40-year-old star of the movie series ''Fast & Furious'', was traveling at the "unsafe speed" of more than 100 miles per hour in a luxury sports car driven by his business partner, resulting in the tragic deaths of both.<ref>Alexander, Bryan (January 3, 2014). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/01/03/paul-walker-coroner-report/4306673/ "Paul Walker crash detailed in coroner's report"].  USA Today/Life.</ref>

* Dennis Farina, from [[NBC]]'s crime dramas, ''Crime Story'' (1986-1988) and ''Law and Order'' from 2004 to 2006, was arrested in 2008 for carrying an unregistered loaded handgun through Los Angeles International Airport. He was convicted that year, served two years' probation and was fined $1991.00. Ironically, Farina was a police officer in real life-[[Chicago]] from 1967 to 1985.  

* Dennis Farina, from [[NBC]]'s crime dramas, ''Crime Story'' (1986–1988) and ''Law and Order'' from 2004 to 2006, was arrested in 2008 for carrying an unregistered loaded handgun through Los Angeles International Airport. He was convicted that year, served two years' probation and was fined $1991.00. Ironically, Farina was a police officer in real life-[[Chicago]] from 1967 to 1985.  

[[File:Paris Hilton Wikimedia.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Paris Hilton]] ]]

[[File:Paris Hilton Wikimedia.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Paris Hilton]] ]]

* Frances Farmer, arrested in 1942 for driving with bright lights in a "dim out" zone that affected the West Coast during World War II and was convicted of drunk driving.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/frances-farmer-9542364 "Frances Farmer biography"] (2011 or before)  Bio website.  Retrieved on September 15, 2015.</ref> In 1943, she assaulted a hairdresser who she said insulted her and also failed to appear in court for the remainder of her previous fine. When arrested in 1943, she resisted and was eventually placed under the guardianship of her mother, who eventually committed her to various psychiatric hospitals until 1950 (the guardianship lasted until 1953). In 1963, after what was thought to have been a departure from her former hard-drinking lifestyle, she was arrested again for drunk driving and received a one-year license suspension.

* Frances Farmer, arrested in 1942 for driving with bright lights in a "dim out" zone that affected the West Coast during World War II and was convicted of drunk driving.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/frances-farmer-9542364 "Frances Farmer biography"] (2011 or before)  Bio website.  Retrieved on September 15, 2015.</ref> In 1943, she assaulted a hairdresser who she said insulted her and also failed to appear in court for the remainder of her previous fine. When arrested in 1943, she resisted and was eventually placed under the guardianship of her mother, who eventually committed her to various psychiatric hospitals until 1950 (the guardianship lasted until 1953). In 1963, after what was thought to have been a departure from her former hard-drinking lifestyle, she was arrested again for drunk driving and received a one-year license suspension.

Many celebrities and other exponents of Hollywood Values have no respect for the sanctity of marriage—their own or anyone else's. This is manifested in a high rate of marriage breakdown, and by the home-wrecking activities of the promiscuous, whose moral outlooks have been distorted by liberal and atheistic teachings.

Many celebrities and other exponents of Hollywood Values have no respect for the sanctity of marriage—their own or anyone else's. This is manifested in a high rate of marriage breakdown, and by the home-wrecking activities of the promiscuous, whose moral outlooks have been distorted by liberal and atheistic teachings.

*Bonnie Lee Bakely was married ten times, divorced four, annulled five, and her last marriage (to Robert Blake) was the only one ending in death — hers, in 2001.

*Bonnie Lee Bakely was married ten times, divorced four, annulled five, and her last marriage (to Robert Blake) was the only one ending in death — hers, in 2001.

*Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress who achieved U.S. fame in the 1940s with ''[[Casablanca]]'' (1942) and ''The Bells Of St. Mary's'' (1945). In 1950, Ingrid, who was married to fellow Swede, Peter Lindstrom, had an affair with director Roberto Rosellini while in Italy directing the movie, ''Stromboli'' (1950), and remained there after becoming pregnant with his child. This caused her to be blacklisted from U.S. films and denounced from pulpits as "an agent of evil" until her U.S. comeback in ''Anastasia'' (1956). Her marriage to Rosellini, like the one to Lindstrom, ended in divorce, as did her third and last marriage afterward to Lars Schmidt (1958-1978), four years before her death in 1982.

*Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress who achieved U.S. fame in the 1940s with ''[[Casablanca]]'' (1942) and ''The Bells Of St. Mary's'' (1945). In 1950, Ingrid, who was married to fellow Swede, Peter Lindstrom, had an affair with director Roberto Rosellini while in Italy directing the movie, ''Stromboli'' (1950), and remained there after becoming pregnant with his child. This caused her to be blacklisted from U.S. films and denounced from pulpits as "an agent of evil" until her U.S. comeback in ''Anastasia'' (1956). Her marriage to Rosellini, like the one to Lindstrom, ended in divorce, as did her third and last marriage afterward to Lars Schmidt (1958–1978), four years before her death in 1982.

*Jacqueline Bisset, like Greta Garbo and Lauren Hutton, also never got married but was involved in many long-term romances with actors, directors, and dancers from various countries like Canada, Russia, and Turkey.  

*Jacqueline Bisset, like Greta Garbo and Lauren Hutton, also never got married but was involved in many long-term romances with actors, directors, and dancers from various countries like Canada, Russia, and Turkey.  

*[[Humphrey Bogart]], his first three marriages ended in divorce and his fourth (to Lauren Bacall) was the only one ending in death—his in 1957, age 51.

*[[Humphrey Bogart]], his first three marriages ended in divorce and his fourth (to Lauren Bacall) was the only one ending in death—his in 1957, age 51.

*William Bratton, Los Angeles Police Department chief from 2002 to 2009 after previously serving as commissioner of the Boston Police Department from 1993 to 1994 and New York City's from 1994 to 1996 and 2014-2016, his first three marriages ended in divorce before his current marriage (1999–present).

*William Bratton, Los Angeles Police Department chief from 2002 to 2009 after previously serving as commissioner of the Boston Police Department from 1993 to 1994 and New York City's from 1994 to 1996 and 2014–2016, his first three marriages ended in divorce before his current marriage (1999–present).

*Joan Crawford (real name Lucille Fay LeSueur), last of Hollywood's "movie queens" with roles spanning 45 years (1925-1970, most of her popularity in the 1930s) and long since a [[homosexual]] [[idol]], was married and divorced three times and named as the 'other woman' in at least one affair with a married man. Her fourth and last marriage to [[PepsiCo, Inc|Pepsi Company]]'s president Alfred Steele was the only one ending in death (his in 1959). When she died in 1977, her public disinheriting of her two oldest remaining adopted children from her $2M estate "for reasons that should be well known to them" was said to have caused her oldest daughter, Christina, to write her best-selling book ''Mommie Dearest'' (1978, adapted into film in 1981), which alleged a lifetime of [[Adultery|extramarital affairs]], [[alcoholism]] and selfishness-based [[child abuse]] at a time when child abuse was rarely talked about in public. Unfortunately, like her adoptive mother, Christina also got married and divorced three times in her own lifetime.

*Joan Crawford (real name Lucille Fay LeSueur), last of Hollywood's "movie queens" with roles spanning 45 years (1925–1970, most of her popularity in the 1930s) and long since a [[homosexual]] [[idol]], was married and divorced three times and named as the 'other woman' in at least one affair with a married man. Her fourth and last marriage to [[PepsiCo, Inc|Pepsi Company]]'s president Alfred Steele was the only one ending in death (his in 1959). When she died in 1977, her public disinheriting of her two oldest remaining adopted children from her $2M estate "for reasons that should be well known to them" was said to have caused her oldest daughter, Christina, to write her best-selling book ''Mommie Dearest'' (1978, adapted into film in 1981), which alleged a lifetime of [[Adultery|extramarital affairs]], [[alcoholism]] and selfishness-based [[child abuse]] at a time when child abuse was rarely talked about in public. Unfortunately, like her adoptive mother, Christina also got married and divorced three times in her own lifetime.

*[[Cecil B. DeMille]], despite his direction of popular Biblical epics, committed [[adultery]] during his marriage to Constance Adams that, surprisingly, lasted until his death in 1959, age 77.  

*[[Cecil B. DeMille]], despite his direction of popular Biblical epics, committed [[adultery]] during his marriage to Constance Adams that, surprisingly, lasted until his death in 1959, age 77.  

*Frances Farmer, who was the subject of a 1982 biopic starring Jessica Lange (who herself adopted Frances' lifestyle into her own real life), as a [[public school]]er in 1931 denied God in a controversial award-winning high school essay called ''God Dies'' and in 1935 visited the [[USSR]], was also popular in the 1930s to the point of being considered "the next Greta Garbo," and had three marriages, at least two of which ended in divorce, with extramarital affairs during at least one that included one with married playwright Clifford Odets. She also had a then-illegal [[abortion]] which left her sterile; the guilt of which caused her to avoid all contact with children. In 1958, however, when she moved to [[Indianapolis]] (she died there in 1970 at age 56), a friend's child whispered to her "I love you because you're good," something that nobody ever said or maybe even thought about her before. Soon afterward, she went to St. [[Joan of Arc]] Catholic Church where she went to [[confession]] of all her sins and took up classes about and in 1959 was baptized into the Catholic faith, turning away from her former lifestyle, at least until a 1963 arrest for drunk driving.

*Frances Farmer, who was the subject of a 1982 biopic starring Jessica Lange (who herself adopted Frances' lifestyle into her own real life), as a [[public school]]er in 1931 denied God in a controversial award-winning high school essay called ''God Dies'' and in 1935 visited the [[USSR]], was also popular in the 1930s to the point of being considered "the next Greta Garbo," and had three marriages, at least two of which ended in divorce, with extramarital affairs during at least one that included one with married playwright Clifford Odets. She also had a then-illegal [[abortion]] which left her sterile; the guilt of which caused her to avoid all contact with children. In 1958, however, when she moved to [[Indianapolis]] (she died there in 1970 at age 56), a friend's child whispered to her "I love you because you're good," something that nobody ever said or maybe even thought about her before. Soon afterward, she went to St. [[Joan of Arc]] Catholic Church where she went to [[confession]] of all her sins and took up classes about and in 1959 was baptized into the Catholic faith, turning away from her former lifestyle, at least until a 1963 arrest for drunk driving.

*Greta Garbo shunned marriage for herself altogether but instead engaged in numerous affairs with married men.

*Greta Garbo shunned marriage for herself altogether but instead engaged in numerous affairs with married men.

[[File:Katharine Hepburn.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Katharine Hepburn]] ]]

[[File:Katharine Hepburn.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Katharine Hepburn]] ]]

*Ava Gardner was married and divorced three times between 1942-1957 and cheated during the marriages. During her marriage to [[Francis Albert Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]] (1951-1957, her last), she got pregnant twice and aborted both children because MGM had all sorts of penalty clauses about their stars having babies.

*Ava Gardner was married and divorced three times between 1942-1957 and cheated during the marriages. During her marriage to [[Francis Albert Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]] (1951–1957, her last), she got pregnant twice and aborted both children because MGM had all sorts of penalty clauses about their stars having babies.

*[[Judy Garland]], best known for her "Dorothy Gale" role in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939), had five marriages, the first four ended in divorce, and the last ended only three months later in her death in 1969 from a barbiturate overdose at age 46.

*[[Judy Garland]], best known for her "Dorothy Gale" role in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939), had five marriages, the first four ended in divorce, and the last ended only three months later in her death in 1969 from a barbiturate overdose at age 46.

*Florence Henderson, despite her wholesome ''Carol Brady'' image on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', had an affair with then-future New York City mayor John Lindsay in the 1960s during her first marriage to Ira Bernstein with whom she had all four of her children. She said Lindsay gave her crab lice. She divorced Bernstein in 1985 after 29 years and married John Kappas in 1987, which lasted until his death in 2002.

*Florence Henderson, despite her wholesome ''Carol Brady'' image on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', had an affair with then-future New York City mayor John Lindsay in the 1960s during her first marriage to Ira Bernstein with whom she had all four of her children. She said Lindsay gave her crab lice. She divorced Bernstein in 1985 after 29 years and married John Kappas in 1987, which lasted until his death in 2002.

*Orenthal James, "O.J.", Simpson, cheated on his first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, with Nicole Brown, whom he met in 1977 while still married to Whitley and with whom he would be charged with spousal abuse and eventually divorced in 1992, two years before Brown's and her companion's murders in 1994 that he would be charged with, acquitted of in 1995 but found civilly liable in 1997 for both deaths and ordered to pay Brown's and her companion Ronald Goldman's families.

*Orenthal James, "O.J.", Simpson, cheated on his first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, with Nicole Brown, whom he met in 1977 while still married to Whitley and with whom he would be charged with spousal abuse and eventually divorced in 1992, two years before Brown's and her companion's murders in 1994 that he would be charged with, acquitted of in 1995 but found civilly liable in 1997 for both deaths and ordered to pay Brown's and her companion Ronald Goldman's families.

*Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight (8) times, including a nearly 6-year marriage to [[John Warner|Senator John Warner]] (R-VA). Taylor was married to and divorced twice from Richard Burton.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/bio "Elizabeth Taylor biography"] (2004 or bef.).  Internet Movie Data Base website.</ref>

*Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight (8) times, including a nearly 6-year marriage to [[John Warner|Senator John Warner]] (R-VA). Taylor was married to and divorced twice from Richard Burton.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/bio "Elizabeth Taylor biography"] (2004 or bef.).  Internet Movie Data Base website.</ref>

*Spencer Tracy, best known as Father Flannigan in both ''[[Boys Town]]'' films (1938 and 1941) and also for the pro-&#8202;[[evolution]] ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'' (1960) and post [[World War II]] courtroom drama ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961), was married to Louise Ten Broeck Treadwell from 1923—his death in 1967—but engaged in affairs with [[Joan Crawford]], Ingrid Bergman and his longest one with [[Katharine Hepburn]] until his death, claiming his "devout Catholic faith" was why he never got or sought a divorce from Treadwell.  

*Spencer Tracy, best known as Father Flannigan in both ''[[Boys Town]]'' films (1938 and 1941) and also for the pro- [[evolution]] ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'' (1960) and post [[World War II]] courtroom drama ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961), was married to Louise Ten Broeck Treadwell from 1923—his death in 1967—but engaged in affairs with [[Joan Crawford]], Ingrid Bergman and his longest one with [[Katharine Hepburn]] until his death, claiming his "devout Catholic faith" was why he never got or sought a divorce from Treadwell.  

*Valerie Bertinelli said her divorce from [[Eddie Van Halen]] was caused by infidelity and drug use—by both spouses. She said she was "destroying my body," trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle.<ref>Associated Press (February 26, 2008).  [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332551,00.html "Valerie Bertinelli about divorce from Eddie Van Halen: 'I wasn't an angel either'"].  Fox News website.  See [[Fox News Channel]], [[Associated Press]]</ref>

*Valerie Bertinelli said her divorce from [[Eddie Van Halen]] was caused by infidelity and drug use—by both spouses. She said she was "destroying my body," trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle.<ref>Associated Press (February 26, 2008).  [https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332551,00.html "Valerie Bertinelli about divorce from Eddie Van Halen: 'I wasn't an angel either'"].  Fox News website.  See [[Fox News Channel]], [[Associated Press]]</ref>

*Jolie Gabor, mother of the acting family the Gabor sisters (see individual entries below for each sister), and an actress herself, was twice divorced before her third marriage (to Count Edmond de Szigethy in 1957) was the only one lasting until death—his (de Szigethy's) in 1989.

*Jolie Gabor, mother of the acting family the Gabor sisters (see individual entries below for each sister), and an actress herself, was twice divorced before her third marriage (to Count Edmond de Szigethy in 1957) was the only one lasting until death—his (de Szigethy's) in 1989.

A short study of the ten most successful actors<ref>Johnson, Bryan (July 15, 2009). [http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-successful-actors-at-the-box-office.php "Top 10 most successful actors at the box office"].  TopTenz website/Entertainment/Movies & Television/People.</ref> shows that only 50% are Christian (compared to 76% for the general population), with 30% expressing no religious beliefs at all (compared to 15% in the general public). These actors have had successful careers and it is very likely that religious affiliation in regular actors is much lower, exposing or predisposing them to the influence of Hollywood values. David Lynch, for example, is apathetic towards all [[politics]] and [[religions]] and prefers transcendental meditation instead. Adrian Zmed, a 1980s teen idol who starred alongside [[William Shatner]] in the 1980s police drama, ''T.J. Hooker'', said in an interview in [[People magazine|''People'']] magazine's June 20, 1983 issue that his rigid upbringing by his [[Romania]] in [[Orthodox Church]] arch [[priest]] father caused him to play rebellious juvenile delinquent and greaser roles (ex. "Danny Zucko" in [[Broadway]]'s long-running earlier 1970s stage musical, ''[[Grease]]'', "Socks Palermo" in television's short-lived 1979 sitcom, "Flatbush" and the head T-Bird "Johnny Nogerelli" in the 1982 sequel [[movie]] ''Grease 2'') as a relief from "having a [[Father]] who is *your* [[father]]," and had also said in the same interview "Preachers kids have a sense of rebellion in them." ''Once Bitten'' (1985 teen [[vampire]] 'comedy') has its "Countess" (Lauren Hutton) lead character saying to her male target's girlfriend that "the [[cross]] won't 'work on me' (keep vampires away) cause I'm an [[atheist]], but having sex will." The following year's (1986) teen romantic drama, ''Fire with Fire'', shows the [[nun]]s at the [[Roman Catholic]] [[convent]] school that the lead actress's teenage character is attending making religion, ex.

A short study of the ten most successful actors<ref>Johnson, Bryan (July 15, 2009). [http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-successful-actors-at-the-box-office.php "Top 10 most successful actors at the box office"].  TopTenz website/Entertainment/Movies & Television/People.</ref> shows that only 50% are Christian (compared to 76% for the general population), with 30% expressing no religious beliefs at all (compared to 15% in the general public). These actors have had successful careers and it is very likely that religious affiliation in regular actors is much lower, exposing or predisposing them to the influence of Hollywood values. David Lynch, for example, is apathetic towards all [[politics]] and [[religions]] and prefers transcendental meditation instead. Adrian Zmed, a 1980s teen idol who starred alongside [[William Shatner]] in the 1980s police drama, ''T.J. Hooker'', said in an interview in [[People magazine|''People'']] magazine's June 20, 1983 issue that his rigid upbringing by his [[Romania]] in [[Orthodox Church]] arch [[priest]] father caused him to play rebellious juvenile delinquent and greaser roles (ex. "Danny Zucko" in [[Broadway]]'s long-running earlier 1970s stage musical, ''[[Grease]]'', "Socks Palermo" in television's short-lived 1979 sitcom, "Flatbush" and the head T-Bird "Johnny Nogerelli" in the 1982 sequel [[movie]] ''Grease 2'') as a relief from "having a [[Father]] who is *your* [[father]]," and had also said in the same interview "Preachers kids have a sense of rebellion in them." ''Once Bitten'' (1985 teen [[vampire]] 'comedy') has its "Countess" (Lauren Hutton) lead character saying to her male target's girlfriend that "the [[cross]] won't 'work on me' (keep vampires away) cause I'm an [[atheist]], but having sex will." The following year's (1986) teen romantic drama, ''Fire with Fire'', shows the [[nun]]s at the [[Roman Catholic]] [[convent]] school that the lead actress's teenage character is attending making religion, ex.

[[Christianity]], look bad.

[[Christianity]], look bad.

[[Image:Woody_Allen.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Woody Allen]] is an atheist. ]]

[[Image:Woody Allen.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Woody Allen]] is an atheist. ]]

[[Scientology]] is practiced by many Hollywood personalities. [[Tom Cruise]], Kirstie Alley and [[John Travolta]] are perhaps the most well-known Hollywood Scientologists.

[[Scientology]] is practiced by many Hollywood personalities. [[Tom Cruise]], Kirstie Alley and [[John Travolta]] are perhaps the most well-known Hollywood Scientologists.

Recently, the actor Brad Pitt confessed he was never an atheist and just pretended to be out of rebellion.<ref>[https://www.premier.org.uk/News/World/Brad-Pitt-says-he-s-given-up-on-atheism-and-clings-to-religion Brad Pitt says he's given up on atheism and 'clings to religion']</ref>

Recently, the actor Brad Pitt confessed he was never an atheist and just pretended to be out of rebellion.<ref>[https://www.premier.org.uk/News/World/Brad-Pitt-says-he-s-given-up-on-atheism-and-clings-to-religion Brad Pitt says he's given up on atheism and 'clings to religion']</ref>

The [[Scientology]] cult uses celebrities to recruit followers (see also: [[Atheist cults]]).<ref name="Courting">{{cite news | first=Joel | last=Sappell |author2=Welkos, Robert W.  |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062590b,1,279442.story?coll=la-news-comment| title=The Courting of Celebrities| work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | page=A18:5 | date=June 25, 1990 |}}</ref><ref name="Shaw_telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3671262/What-do-Tom-Cruise-and-John-Travolta-know-about-Scientology-that-we-dont.html|title=What do Tom Cruise and John Travolta know about Scientology that we don't?|last=Shaw|first=William|date=February 14, 2008|work=The Daily Telegraph|}}</ref> The [[cult of personality]] surrounding [[Richard Dawkins]] is similar to the cult of [[Scientology]] (See: [[Richard Dawkins' cult of personality]]). See also: [[Atheism and groupthink]]

The [[Scientology]] cult uses celebrities to recruit followers (see also: [[Atheist cults]]).<ref name="Courting">{{cite news | first=Joel | last=Sappell |author2=Welkos, Robert W.  |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062590b,1,279442.story?coll=la-news-comment| title=The Courting of Celebrities| work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | page=A18:5 | date=June 25, 1990 |}}</ref><ref name="Shaw_telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3671262/What-do-Tom-Cruise-and-John-Travolta-know-about-Scientology-that-we-dont.html|title=What do Tom Cruise and John Travolta know about Scientology that we don't?|last=Shaw|first=William|date=February 14, 2008|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> The [[cult of personality]] surrounding [[Richard Dawkins]] is similar to the cult of [[Scientology]] (See: [[Richard Dawkins' cult of personality]]). See also: [[Atheism and groupthink]]

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