EXCLUSIVE: Jim Parsons ( The Big Bang Theory) is a new addition to the cast of The Leader, the true-crime thriller inspired ...

Per Deadline, Parsons has joined Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga for the project, which is currently in production. Nelson and Farmiga are set to play the cult's leaders, Marshall Applewhite and ...

B est known for his role on The Big Bang Theory as Sheldon Cooper, Jim Parsons is taking on something very different for his ...

Heaven's Gate Was Founded In 1974 Before we dive into the mass suicide that shocked the world, we need to briefly talk about the history of Heaven's Gate, specifically its two founders, Marshall ...

Heaven’s Gate is one of those rare national tragedies that’s never treated as such. Shortly after the UFO cult first made headlines, it was mocked. Even when that same cult led to the deaths ...

All these years later, Lyford tells PEOPLE, he hasn’t fully recovered. “Being in the Heaven’s Gate cult was an experience in which I gave my power away on all levels,” Lyford, 65, says.

Heaven’s Gate lands on HBO Max December 3 at 3/2c a.m. But if you’re West coast bound, you’re looking at a far more reasonable start time at midnight.

Heaven's Gate began in the early 1970s with co-founders Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lou Nettles. Applewhite was the son of a Presbyterian preacher and became a talented stage actor and ...

When the Heaven’s Gate deaths occurred in Rancho Santa Fe 25 years ago (for me, they were “induced suicides”), I was in graduate school about to start my dissertation research.

Sometimes a major Oscar can be a curse in disguise. And a reputation as a movie disaster can be an injustice. Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate”–an epic western about the Johnson County ...