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With the movie musical "Rock of Ages" dominating the box office, Tom Cruise has his biggest hit movie since "Star Trek: Generations".

It has also been 30 years since Cruise began the study of Kabbalah and has been probably the biggest donor to the movement. When Cruise visits the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles, he is usually seated with Rabbi Philip Berg during dinner after the Friday night Sabbath services. During the shooting of "Rock of Ages", Cruise's dressing room was anointed with Kabbalah water by Rabbi Berg before Cruise would step inside.

Meanwhile in the Scientology world, Paris Hilton has filed for divorce from her husband John Travolta. According to Entertainment Tonight, Hilton was assisted by her parents in escaping from the home she shared in Miami with Travolta, who is currently out of the country working on the "Battlefield Earth" movie. According to the show, Hilton fired her Scientology bodyguards a day before filing for divorce and hiring her own security detail. She and her two-year old son were whisked away to a condo owned by her parents in Fort Lauderdale.

What circumstances would have caused Tom Cruise to become a Scientologist instead of becoming a devotee of Kabbalah. And how would Scientology affect Cruise's acting career? (Bonus question: How would Travolta studying Kabbalah affect his acting career)?
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