[Jefferson with Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Amy Scobee and Marc and Claire Headley]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We were stunned by the news that Jefferson Hawkins died on Monday. He was 79. We admired him very much, but we […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has once again turned to Grant Cardone to pull in a big crowd, and this time with Doug E. Fresh. We have some images from the event that took place at Scientology’s ‘mecca’ […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology opened up three new shrines to founder L. Ron Hubbard last year, renovating places where Ron had lived in the past. It turns out that the church’s former film director, Mitch Brisker, was […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We lost Mike Rinder a year ago today, and we’re still coming to grips with it. We thought it might be best to remind people of the good work that Mike did by reprinting […]

[Rury MacLeod, center, and Scientology megadonor Tom Cummins, far left]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Alex Barnes-Ross let us know he spotted a familiar face in Scientology’s New Year’s event slide show, and then sent us over this fascinating description […]