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The Young and The Restless spoilers and rumors tease friction arises between Jordan Howard (Colleen Zenk) and Ian Ward (Ray Wise)! Even though the two seem affectionate at times, there’s an underlying antagonism-Jordan in particular seems to harbor an underlying fear-are they destined to destroy each other?

The Young And The Restless Spoilers – Partners, Maybe, But Ian Ward Seemed Threatening To Jordan Howard

Partners, maybe but Ian seemed plenty threatening to Jordan when he reminded her they had a deal about something-you could see the fear in her eyes!

It takes a lot to scare Jordan-but Ian seems much more intimidating to her than Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) ever was when he caged her!

Not that she’s thankful to them, but if it weren’t for Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck) and Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc) she’d probably be dead by now.

Does Ian have something on...

Warning: This article contains descriptions of self-harm.

Saturday Night Live has undoubtedly aired a number of sketches that verged on tastelessness, up to and including the time Oscar-winner Tom Hanks laid down a groovy track about how he doesn’t want anyone to mutilate his junk. Or the sketch in which Prince Charles gets transmogrified into a tampon. And the less said about “Canteen Boy” the better.

Far surpassing those sketches in terms of questionable taste, SNL arguably crossed a big line back in 1997 during an episode hosted by Rob Lowe, with musical guests The Spice Girls.

Normally, an episode featuring the villain from Wayne’s World and the girl group who gave us “Wannabe” would be a decidedly lighthearted affair. But right from the jump, the show decided to wade into controversial waters, with a cold open focused on the Heaven’s Gate death cult.

Just two weeks before the episode aired,...

From the outside looking in, we oftentimes wonder, How do people find themselves involved in a cult? Whether its the teachings of Marshall Applewhite in Heavens Gate or Charles Mansons wild ramblings to the Family, there has to be something that hooks followers and doesnt let them go. For many, it starts as a place of belonging, and, by the time the wheels fall off, they dont even realize it. Such can certainly be said for those followers of Jim Jones who, when founding The Peoples Temple, was actually trying and succeeding to make things happen for the greater good. But, absolute power always corrupts, and by the gruesome end, the church had turned into a cult and carried out one of the most publicized mass deaths of all time.

On the “Pod Meets World” podcast, co-hosts Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle have often given their guests — many of whom are actors who grew up on TV in the 90s — the opportunity to debunk any headlines about them.

During the Feb. 12 episode, Andrew Keegan was ready to do just that.

“You mean when I woke up one day and I was anointed a cult leader?” he asked with a laugh during the iHeart podcast. Keegan, best known for his roles in “10 Things I Hate About You,” “7th Heaven,” “Party of Five” and for being a “heartthrob” in the early aughts, went on to explain that he moved to Venice Beach in his early 20s, and “got immersed in the culture and the community.”

“There was this interesting group of hippie types, if you will, in Venice. I’m sure if you went on the Westside, there’s definitely a lot of spirituality,...

Earlier this year, we heard that Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring) would be starring in The Leader, a true crime biopic about a story that shocked the world back in 1997, the mass suicide of the members of the Heaven’s Gate cult. Now Deadline reports that Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and Grace Caroline Currey (Shazam! Fury of the Gods) have joined the cast, which also includes Simon Rex (Red Rocket).

Farmiga will be playing cult leader Bonnie Nettles, a.k.a. Ti. Nelson’s character is the cult’s infamous frontman, Marshall Applewhite, a.k.a. Do. According to Deadline, “Hall will play a key devotee: a wealthy addict who attempts to win favor with Applewhite by financially supporting the cult with his trust fund. Currey will play an Oregon-based boutique owner who drops out of society in the late 1970s to join the cult – leaving her family and fiancé behind.

How to Become a Cult Leader has so far discussed building a foundation, gathering a large group, and how to control their minds. Viewers have been given three cult leaders as examples of those who master the above-mentioned aspects, but somewhere they lost grip on them and fell flat. The fourth episode brings to light another aspect of the cult leaders, which is making promises of another kind that convince the members to stay with the group till salvation is achieved.

Marshall Applewhite, aka Do, and his partner Bonnie Lu Nettles, aka It, were instrumental in forming Heaven’s Gate, a cult that was a mixture of science fiction, Christianity, and new-age mysticism, where the group leaders initially promised eternity to followers who joined the group. The group managed to convince a good number of people that they were aliens from the Next Level and were not humans. They are destined...

Two years ago, Netflix began the How to Become family of satirical documentary series, which became hugely popular. The first of the many in the line was released in the year 2021 and was titled How to Become a Tyrant. The satirical humor laced documentary series helped people understand what was not right with the tyrants who ruled their countries with absolute power. The second installment of this Netflix Original documentary series is How to Become a Cult Leader, you can guess what the content of the show will be and who it is going to be about.

How to Become a Tyrant takes no time to jump into the nitty gritty of what happens behind the closed doors of so-called ‘cult leaders.’ The documentary covers in detail world-famous gurus, hypnotists, pastors, yoga teachers, and preachers, and each episode of the show is dedicated to one leader who ran a commune...

Cult documentaries provide an impartial look into the formation and beliefs of cults, showcasing the extreme devotion and mesmerizing power of cult leaders and members. They challenge the notion that only vulnerable individuals can be attracted to cults. These documentaries explore how seemingly ordinary people can become involved in cults, highlighting the allure of a supposed better way of life and the susceptibility of individuals under certain circumstances and stressors. The best cult documentaries strive to objectively portray the origins and development of cults, shedding light on their motivations and locations, without passing judgment on their members. They aim to inform viewers about how and why cults emerge and thrive.

Content warning: The following article contains discussions of suicide and abuse.

True-crime fans have had a long-standing fascination with cults, and the best cult documentaries give an impartial, exhaustive look into how these communities form. Cult documentaries are so popular...

Evan Peters played one of his most memorable characters in American Horror Story when he appeared as Kai, and there is an interesting reason for Peters' blue hair. Coming as the horror anthology show's seventh season, American Horror Story: Cult chronicled the rise of a violent cult that asserts itself in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election. The most politically-charged season by far, AHS: Cult didn't shy away from pushing the audience's buttons when truly examining the mentality behind cult leaders and cults in general. Most importantly it found a new way to scare that was eerily realistic.

Understandably controversial considering its subject matter, AHS: Cult received positive reviews from critics and Peters' performance was especially praised. Much in the same way that the actor stole every scene he was in, Peters' blue hair left a distinct impression on viewers, and it became as much a part of...

People have long been fascinated with cults. Long before humans spent countless hours on TikTok and Instagram, there were bold headlines that captured our attention. (Remember newspapers?) Back in the late 1960s, cult figure Charles Manson emerged. In the 1970s, there was psyched-out Father Yod and slippery Jim Jones. In the 1990s, Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret raised eyebrows with their doomsday cult, and Marshall Applewhite single-handedly orchestrated a mass suicide in conjunction with a comet.

Hollywood never really shied away from attempting to capture these stories. From 1973’s Manson to the more current The Invitation and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, audiences were glued to the screen. Heck, the upcoming film The Resurrection of Charles Manson starring Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) is bound to intrigue.

But there’s something truly fascinating, and even necessary, about the new documentary series The Fourth Wall, which recently...

For those of us of a certain age who grew up in the 1990s, there’s no doubt you’ll remember the passing of the Comet Hale-Bopp. Glowing through the sky, the massive comet was easily spotted by the naked eye during most of 1997 even for those living in major cities with light pollution. Unfortunately, the dazzling spectacle is also synonymous with the cult Heaven’s Gate, who committed a mass-suicide believing that the once-in-a-lifetime cosmic treat was their ticket to the “Next Level” - a type of heaven beyond human life. Now, for (somehow) the first time, the story of the cult and its founders, Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles will be given the scripted film treatment in The Leader with Tim Blake Nelson (Dune 2) and Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring franchise) starring as Applewhite and Nettles, respectively.

Tim Blake Nelson will be reprising his The Incredible Hulk role of Samuel Sterns in the upcoming Marvel movie Captain America: New World Order, where we’ll find that Sterns is now a villain known as The Leader. And while he gears up to work on that movie, Nelson has also signed on to star in a film called The Leader – but this isn’t a Marvel project. This one is a true crime biopic about a story that shocked the world back in 1997, the mass suicide of the members of the Heaven’s Gate cult. Nelson will be joined in the cast of The Leader by Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring).

Farmiga will be playing cult leader Bonnie Nettles, a.k.a. Ti. Nelson’s character is the cult’s infamous frontman, Marshall Applewhite, a.k.a. Do.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Leader tells the true story of...

Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga are set to play the founders of the religious cult Heaven’s Gate — which participated in a mass suicide in 1997 — in true-crime biopic The Leader, The Hollywood Reporter has learned

Being introduced to buyers at the European Film Market by The Exchange and with Cinemand and Balcony 9 Productions producing, the film sees Farmiga play cult leader Bonnie Nettles, aka “Ti,” with Nelson as the group’s infamous frontman, Marshall Applewhite, aka “Do.”

The Leader tells the true story of the 39 members of Heaven’s Gate — an American UFO cult that believed its followers could transform into immortal extraterrestrials and would ascend to heaven — and how they would commit the largest mass suicide to ever take place on American soil. The film tracks Nettles and Applewhite as they develop the religion, build a devout following and face unforeseen conflict when the spaceship they believed...

Evan Peters has been in more seasons of FX’s “American Horror Story” than any other male actor, appearing in all of them except for Season 9, “AHS: 1984,” and the upcoming Season 11, “AHS: New York City.” (Sarah Paulson matches his track record for female actors.) Soon after winning an Emmy in 2021 for HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” Peters returned to “AHS” during the long-awaited pandemic-delayed Season 10, “Double Feature: Red Tide.” Over the past decade, nearly all of his characters have stuck with viewers (we’re going to pretend Jeff Pfister didn’t exist).

Read on for our listing of Evan Peters’ “American Horror Story” characters ranked worst to best. (Or scroll through our gallery for photos.) Agree or disagree with our picks? Be sure to sound off in the comments section. Peters is currently getting awards buzz for playing the titular serial killer in Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

In 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult were found dead by suicide in their Rancho Santa Fe, California, home, which they dubbed “The Monastery.” Central to the group’s belief was that they would go to heaven on a UFO. On March 11, a two-hour 20/20 special looks to unravel the mysteries surrounding the chilling, ritualistic mass suicide and what would lead people to follow its bizarre principles.

During The Cult Next Door: The Mystery and Madness of Heaven’s Gate special, Diane Sawyer interviews two survivors who share their stories for the first time.

From the 1975 disappearance of 20 people in small-town Oregon to the 1997 mass suicide of 39 people all wearing the same pair of Nike Decades in San Diego, “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” sketches the evolution of the UFO-worshipping cult that mystified Americans in the last quarter of the 20th century. Director Clay Tweel’s new four-episode HBO Max docuseries ambitiously works to humanize the otherwise dotty members of Heaven’s Gate, led by messiah-wannabe closet case Marshall Applewhite. While most viewers are likely to tune in for, and possibly even skip ahead to, the final episode that details “The Exit,” there’s plenty of fascinating material in the lead-up — even if it doesn’t exactly warrant four hourlong installments.

A half-baked, hokey blend of pseudo-Christianity, New Age mysticism, and “Star Trek” lore, Heaven’s Gate was built on the belief that humans were, in fact, extraterrestrials living in shells known among the sect’s members as “vehicles.

Frank Lyford left the Heaven’s Gate cult four years before 39 of his “classmates” committed mass-suicide in 1997. Now, you can watch him tell his story in HBO Max’s “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” docuseries — including a mid-series explanation of why his voice sounds the way it does.

Heaven’s Gate was led by Marshall Applewhite, who went by the name “Do,” and Bonnie Nettles, who went by “Ti.” Nettles died of cancer in 1985, but Applewhite went on to lead the cult until ’97, at which point he and the remaining cult members ingested barbiturate-laced apple sauce followed by vodka and covered their heads in plastic bags, which killed them. The group believed that once they freed themselves from their earthly bodies, they would be able to board an alien spacecraft that they thought was trailing behind the Hale-Bopp comet.

Lyford, who was part of the cult for 18 years, said that...

"Do exactly as I say..." HBO has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary series titled Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults, available for streaming starting in December this year. This is the latest documentary made by filmmaker Clay Tweel, who has directed a number of my favorite docs over the years including Finders Keepers, Gleason, Print the Legend, and Make Believe. It will air as a four-part series next month on HBO Max. Most Americans will remember the shocking news story - in March of 1997, 39 people killed themselves in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial spacecraft following Comet Hale–Bopp. This is the story of Heaven's Gate, a UFO religious cult based near San Diego that was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite. We've seen many films about cults, many docs about cults, and plenty of TV specials examining Heaven's Gate and how so many...

Even though “American Horror Story” Season 10 has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, there is good news for Evan Peters fans as the actor has offically signed on for the new episodes. Peters and co-star Sarah Paulson are the only two “AHS” cast members to appear in each of the first eight cycles of FX’s horror anthology series. They both sat out last year’s “1984” summer camp installment, but will now return along with several other fan-faves (see the Season 10 cast list).

In anticipation of Peters’ return to the franchise, we’ve ranked all 11 of his “American Horror Story” characters below from worst to best. Can You guess what’s our #1 choice? Sound off in the comments to let us know your personal rankings.

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11. Jeff Pfister (“Apocalypse”) — A robotics engineer who has sold his soul and plots the end of the world, all while...

In 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult committed mass suicide in San Diego, CA. They believed in doing so that they would reach an extraterrestrial spacecraft that was trailing the Hale–Bopp as it passed by.

I remember seeing reports of this on the news and seeing the videos that were released of the cult leader Marshall Applewhite. That guy freaked me the hell out! Well, HBO Max is producing a four-part documentary series about Heaven’s Gate and it will focus on the fame, fortune and power from Marshall Applewhite.

The series is being developed by CNN Original Series, and it will explore “the infamous religious movement and the stranger-than-fiction circumstances that culminated in the biggest mass suicide to ever take place on U.S. soil.”

The series will be directed and executive produced by Clay Tweel (Gleason) and this is a story that I’ve been fascinated with for years.

To create infamous cult leaders (“American Horror Story: Cult”), a legendary painter (“Genius: Picasso”), a world-renowned designer (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”) and the alter-egos of 1930s Hollywood (“The Last Tycoon”) — not to mention the return of one of the most beloved characters in television (Kyle MacLachlan’s FBI agent Dale Cooper in “Twin Peaks”) — the challenges in non-prosthetic makeup were equal parts honoring history and creating a legacy.

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Eryn Krueger Mekash is often asked why “American Horror Story: Cult” used real footage of Marshall Applewhite when they recreated all other famous cult leaders. “We didn’t,” she says. “That’s Evan [Peters] in makeup. When you fool an audience like that, it’s very rewarding.” Especially when on a tight schedule: Mekash and her team are used to having just 24 hours to prep. On “Cult,” the challenge was being historically accurate while...

Despite pleas from fans and critics alike, Evan Peters was not able to secure an Emmy nomination for his role as blue-haired cult leader Kai Anderson on “American Horror Story: Cult.” While the 31-year-old actor has been with the show since Day 1, the Emmys still have yet to reward his talent. However, this seventh installment of FX’s anthology series did manage to scare up seven total noms: Best Movie/Mini Actress for Sarah Paulson, Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress for Adina Porter, Best Hairstyling, Best Non-Prosthetic Makeup, Best Prosthetic Makeup, Best Production Design and Best Sound Editing.

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Besides Kai, Peters also took on such real-life monsters as Charles Manson, Marshall Applewhite, David Koresh and Jim Jones, plus Jesus and Andy Warhol during “Ahs: Cult.” Peters told us recently that he heavily researched cults in order to...

Three of the best male performances of the year are on the bubble for Emmy nominations, based on Gold Derby’s racetrack odds. There’s still a chance that these actors can beat the odds and walk away with Emmy bids, so here’s my last-ditch effort to convince TV academy members to vote for them before nominations voting closes June 25 at 10 p.m. Pt. Below I’ve singled out one male underdog from a comedy, one from a drama and one from a movie/limited series. (Also see the three female performers I’m hoping for.) Let me know which bubble contenders You hope receive Emmy love down in the comments section.

Ted Danson (“The Good Place”) – Best Comedy Actor

Danson is no stranger to the Emmy Awards, receiving 11 nominations in this category alone for “Cheers” and winning twice in 1990 and 1993. However, a nomination for his role as Michael,...

Earlier this year Evan Peters received a Critics’ Choice nomination for his career-best performance as blue-haired cult leader Kai Anderson on FX’s “American Horror Story: Cult.” Will the Emmys now follow suit? The 31-year-old actor didn’t just portray Kai on “Ahs: Cult,” but he also took on such real-life monsters as Charles Manson, Marshall Applewhite, David Koresh and Jim Jones, plus Jesus and Andy Warhol. Remember, Emmy voters are suckers for actors who play multiple roles — just ask Tatiana Maslany who won in 2016 for embodying all those “Orphan Black” clones.

SEEEvan Peters (‘American Horror Story: Cult’) chats ‘intense, hard, exhausting’ role of cult leader Kai Anderson [Exclusive Video Interview]

In our recent interview Peters admitted that he heavily researched the parts in order to “immerse myself as much as I could into all those characters because they were real people, and I felt like it was important to try to make it as real as possible.