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Charles Dederich, founder of Synanon.Photo:Gordon Peters/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Gordon Peters/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Synanon was the brainchild of Charles “Chuck” Dederich. The infamous cult leader died in 1997, but the story of his reformative-turned-destructive drug rehabilitation organization is now the center of a four-part docuseries on HBO. TitledThe Synanon Fix: Did The Cure Become a Cult?, the series which premieres on April 1 analyzes how the organization’s potential to revolutionize healing spiraled into a catastrophic force....

‘The Bachelor’ season 29 contestants on night one.Photo:The Bachelor/ ABC The Bachelor/ ABC The Bachelorcontestants lead busy lives online when they’re not jet-setting across the world looking for love. Now,25 women— including a boxing trainer, a model and an attorney — have packed their bags and set out to find love, hoping to leave not just with the final rose, but also a fiancé. While the women are immersed in the experience and unplugged during filming, their social media accounts offer a behind-the-scenes look at who they are....

Photo: Jai Lennard/FOX For too many years,Whitney Cummingsconsidered her frequent migraine attacks a part of life — so much so, she says, that when she finally got them under control, “it blew my mind.” “I remember being like, do people just move through the world without a throbbing head?” the 39-year-old comedian tells PEOPLE. “The absence of migraines felt like an opioid. That’s how wild it was.” Yet though she hasn’t suffered an attack in over two years, Cummings still identifies herself as a migraine sufferer....

Whitney Cummings attends 2022 Fox Upfront on May 16, 2022 in New York City.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Whitney Cummingsis embracing her changing body. The comedian, 41, shared on Thursday that she’s learning some new things about her postpartum body a few days afterannouncing she welcomed a son. In a newInstagram post, she shared a photo of herself wearing nothing but gray shorts while standing in what seemed to be a doctor’s office....

Whitney Way Thoremight turn up the heat with her ex-boyfriend during a tropical vacation.In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek of Tuesday’s episode ofMy Big Fat Fabulous Life, the 38-year-old talks to her good friend Tal about their friend group’s upcoming trip to St. Lucia.Thore, who is in a long-distance relationship withher French boyfriend, tells Tal about the strange moment her ex Lennie asked if she was in an open relationship.After the reality star reveals she and Lenny will be sharing a hotel room on vacation, Tal quickly becomes curious if “an old flame is gonna be rekindled” between Thore and Lennie....

Aaron Judgeis officially a dad! Just two days before her birth, Judge announced the couple were expecting in apre-recorded videofor the Baseball Writers' Association of America awards dinner — an event he was unable to attend because Bracksieck was due to give birth “any day.” “My wife has been with me through it all and she’s calm as a cucumber, that’s for sure,” Judge told theNew York Post. That same year, Judgesigned a nine-year, $360 million dollar contractwith the Yankees....

Ben Hollingsworth and Nila Myers attend the premiere of Paramount Pictures' ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ in January 2017 in Hollywood, California.Photo:Allen Berezovsky/Getty Allen Berezovsky/Getty The couple were based in Los Angeles while Hollingsworth recorded shows likeSuitsandCode Black, but they moved their family up to Canada in 2020 after the actor landed his starring role as Dan Brady onVirgin River, which isfilmed in British Columbiaand is now in its sixth season, and the COVID-19 pandemic hit....

Jamie McCarthy/WireImage ; Luc Castel/Getty BLACKPINK’sLisahas a rumored beau. Lisa Manobal, born Lalisa Pranpriya Manoban, rose to fame in 2016 as part of the K-pop girl group BLACKPINK. The Thai performer released her debut solo album —Alter Ego— on Feb. 28, while also venturing into acting with herrole as Mookin season 3 ofThe White Lotus. The popstar keeps her romantic life private, though she has been linked to Frédéric Arnault, with whom she was firstpicturedwhen he attended a BLACKPINK concert in November 2022....

Dick Van Dyke and his wife Arlene Silver in 2021.Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Dick Van Dykefound love again with his wife, Arlene Silver. TheMary Poppinsstar, 98, first met Silver, 53, at theSAG Awardsin 2006. Silver, a makeup artist, was working at the awards show where Van Dyke was appearing. They hit it off, and he hired her for other projects he was working on. Van Dyke and Silver eventually wed in 2012....

Photo: Paul Archuleta/WireImage Eugene Levyand Deborah Divine are one of Hollywood’s most low-key and long-lasting couples. The pair, who have been together since the 1970s, share son Dan Levy and daughter Sarah Levy, and the family is as tight-knit as the Roses onSchitt’s Creek. Though her husband and kids take center stage, Deborah developed a following of her own thanks to her heartfelt tweets (though her Twitter account has since been deactivated)....

The View/ABC Whoopi Goldbergsounded off on a fake AI ad that uses her image to sell a weight-loss drug, saying, “I had nothing to do it with.” “I’m giving everybody a heads up. There’s a phony weight loss ad floating around online on Instagram that has me, AI-mouthed, saying all kinds of stuff,” Goldberg, 69, said on the Feb. 5 episode ofThe View. “You know I don’t sell anything unless I say, ‘Hey, it’s me Whoopi,’ that’s how you know it’s me....

Bill Gates (left) in 1973 and now.Photo:Gates Family; Ian Allen/Gates Notes Gates Family; Ian Allen/Gates Notes People know a lot about Microsoft co-founderBill Gates— one of the world’s most famous businessmen and philanthropists andone of the wealthiest people ever— and they think they know even more. Now he’s telling his story in his own words, from the beginning. He calls it his “origin”: hisdebut memoir,Source Code, being published on Tuesday, Feb....

Linda Hamilton.Photo:Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP Linda Hamiltonconsiders herself aStranger Thingsfan, so you’d think working on season 5 would be a dream come true — but the actress found the opposite to be true. “I’ve watched every season with relish. I just love it,” Hamilton, 67, toldUs Weekly. “So it’s kind of like imposter syndrome where I don’t [feel that I] fit in there. That’s a whole world set in the ’80s....