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People|June 10, 2024Chatter‘I was a baby. I didn’t know up, down, left, right’—CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY, on his former relationship with One Tree Hill costar Sophia Bush, to The Cut‘Not jinx it. I do think it’s dangerous to promote it or talk about it. It’s not immutable. It’s a living, breathing thing.… It’s like a garden’—PETER GALLAGHER, on the secret to his 41-year marriage to Paula Harwood, on The New York Times’ Modern Love podcast‘Panic attacks were happening left and right, honey’—CAMILA CABELLO, on getting stuck in an elevator with Lil Nas X for “a good hour,” to Rolling Stone‘All I read was Adele thinks about me in bed’—SABRINA CARPENTER, on Adele saying she finds herself singing Carpenter’s hit ‘Espresso’ late at night, on X‘Well. Cat’s outta the bag.… I’m a highly professional…1 min
People|June 10, 2024StarTracksA SUPERHERO GETS HIS STARLos Angeles, May 23Chris Hemsworth brought the entire family along when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In his acceptance speech, the Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga actor gave a shout-out to wife Elsa Pataky for being “endlessly encouraging” as well as to twins Sasha and Tristan, 10, and daughter India Rose, 12, who attended but opted out of photos.Fellow Avenger Robert Downey Jr. introduced Hemsworth, jokingly calling him the “second-best Chris” behind their Marvel costar Chris Evans.FRIENDLY ROASTLondon, May 23Paul McCartney (right) lovingly poked fun at his longtime pal Bruce Springsteen while presenting him with an honor at the Ivor Novello Awards. The rocker is the first-ever international songwriter to be inducted into the U.K. academy’s fellowship.HAKUNA MATATALos Angeles, May 24Jennifer…5 min
People|June 10, 2024PassagesBabiesOn May 11 NBA star Stephen Curry, 36, and his wife, Sweet July founder Ayesha, 35, welcomed their fourth child, a boy named Caius Chai. The couple also share Riley, 11, Ryan, 8, and Cannon, 5.Model Sofia Richie, 25, and her husband, music executive Elliot Grainge, 30, welcomed their first child, a daughter named Eloise Samantha, on May 20. “Best day of my life,” Richie wrote in a May 24 Instagram post.WeddingsGreen Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft, 23, married Baylee Jandahl, 23, a photographer, in an outdoor ceremony in Sioux Falls, S.D., on May 18. The two became engaged in March 2023.CrimeOn May 25 Nicki Minaj, 41, was detained and later released from police custody at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam after being arrested “on suspicion of exporting soft drugs.”…2 min
People|June 10, 2024PicksNETFLIX | EricBenedict Cumberbatch plays a desperate father with a beastly buddyDRAMAOver the past decade, Cumberbatch has shown a deepening, and darkening, of the troubled majesty that made him a star as Sherlock Holmes. First came the Showtime series Patrick Melrose (2018), on which he played an acidic, drug-addled aristocrat, followed by his Oscar-nominated performance as a mean, low-down rancher in the Netflix film The Power of the Dog (2021). In this new limited series, set in Manhattan in the turbulent 1980s, he’s still bravely pushing the envelope. He’s Vincent, a volatile, emotionally fragile TV puppeteer—a sort of broken-down Jim Henson. After his 9-year-old son goes missing, Vincent practically ceases to function. He drinks, loses his job. And he’s visited by an immense walking-and-talking puppet. Is Eric (as the thing…5 min
People|June 10, 2024‘How Did She Disappear?’When Tonya Mosley’s cell phone rang in 2004, she was a young reporter working in Louisville who had already grown accustomed to having strangers share their intimate and often painful stories with her. But she says this “out of the blue” call from a stranger named Antonio Wiley was different. First she learned Wiley was her nephew. Then he told her that she had a sister, Wiley’s mom, who went missing 17 years earlier and was likely dead. But how?“That phone call opened up a world that I knew at some point I would be connected to,” recalls Mosley, now 47, who was raised by her mother in Detroit but spent her childhood hungry for details about her absent father’s side of the family. “[I knew] the day would come…6 min
People|June 10, 2024A Late Legend’s New NovelWhen author and film director Michael Crichton died of cancer in 2008 at age 66, his pregnant widow, Sherri, just wanted to sit in his writing room, surrounded by the work that was so central to his life. She thought about his legacy, which included movies like Westworld and Coma, novels like Congo and Jurassic Park, and ER, the hit medical TV series he created. That legacy would be reflected in their unborn son, whom she’d have to raise without his father. “I knew the playful side of Michael. I knew the adventure. I knew the most amazing companion and the devoted husband,” she tells People. “But he was so private [about his writing]; I didn’t know the working world of Michael.”She did know he had been working on a…4 min
People|June 10, 20247 New Ways to Protect Your Skin!1 BEST WITH MAKEUPSunscreen needs to be reapplied at least every two hours. That’s no easy feat when you’re all glammed up. Supermodel and Kora Organics founder Miranda Kerr solved that problem with this lightweight, mineral SPF serum, which blends incredibly well without disturbing your makeup and leaves a soft glow so pretty, you’ll look forward to adding more layers throughout the day.2 BEST TINTEDWearing foundation and sunscreen can feel extra uncomfortable when it’s sticky outside. This tinted SPF, which comes in 14 buildable shades, combines coverage and protection into one stress-free step.3 Best ClearYes, clear! The latest innovations eliminate the need to worry about a white cast. Among these transparent options, this formula stands out for its skin benefits: It’s loaded with nourishing omegas from chia seeds to help…2 min
People|June 10, 2024‘Hello’ PowerhouseAcross1 ___ Enterprise (Star Trek ship; ltrs.)4 Chocolate or black dog, for short7 End-of-week chant in a Katy Perry song (inits.)11 Green stew veggie12 Opera star13 Assistant14 17 Across has appeared on this NBC show three times (inits.)15 Not odd16 Floating ice sheet17 “Turning Tables” singer19 James Bond theme song for 17 Across21 Tiny taste of tea22 Singer ___ Orbison23 Supply company for Wile E. Coyote25 Dull sound27 GQ or Elle, briefly30 Las Vegas site of 17 Across’s concert residency (2 wds.)33 NBC competitor34 Senator ___ Romney35 Sandwich cookie36 Today competitor (inits.)37 Twisted, as humor38 “___ Like You” (17 Across hit)42 17 Across song that reached No. 1 on iTunes in 102 countries45 Foreboding sign46 Lea Michele’s musical TV show48 NASA thumbs-up49 17 Across’s hit “Set ___ to the Rain”50…2 min
People|June 10, 2024Mark FeuersteinLast Time I Stayed up Past My BedtimeWe watch Survivor every week as a family. Our daughter Lila was out late one night, and my wife [television writer and producer Dana Klein] and I waited up so we could watch it with her. It was worth it, especially considering she’s leaving for college.Last Time I Was StarstruckWorking with Natalie Portman on the upcoming AppleTV+ miniseries Lady in the Lake. I’ve been a fan of hers since The Professional, and she couldn’t have been cooler.Last Time I Faced a FearEvery time I let my 16 year-old son [Frisco] drive. But he’s gotten better. This morning I put on my headphones and listened to a podcast. He was thrilled I wasn’t yelling, and I was thrilled I survived.Last Time I Felt EmpoweredGoing…1 min
People|June 10, 2024(1970-2024) ‘Super Size Me’ Director Morgan Spurlock Dies at 53Morgan Spurlock was a man consumed by an idea—or, rather, the idea was consumed by him. The filmmaker, who died of cancer on May 23 in New York, directed and starred in 2004’s Super Size Me. An entertainingly provocative, still relevant broadside against the fast-food industry, the doc followed him as he ate nothing but McDonald’s for a month: He gained more than 20 lbs., became depressed and was finally warned by doctors that his liver “was turning to pâté.” Both shocking and funny, Super Size Me stirred debate (he later admitted to drinking heavily during his experiment, likely skewing the results) and displeased McDonald’s, which, in a counteroffensive, introduced a meal with salad and bottled water just as the film was released. Spurlock’s career came to a standstill in…1 min
People|June 10, 2024Q&A: Owen TeagueDid it ever feel silly behaving like a chimpanzee on the set?Your brain adapts really quickly. And everybody committed so hard that there wasn’t any feeling of embarrassment.Does it bother you that audiences see a CGI chimp face and not yours?Not at all. It’s what I try to do regardless of who I’m playing: You want to disappear.Have the monkey mannerisms stuck with you?Little things will still pop up that I have to be consciously aware of not indulging. It’s really strange—we needed human school afterward!JOE MAHER/GETTY IMAGES; 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS…1 min
People|June 10, 2024Marlon Wayans: Crying, Laughing Through Grief“That was my girl,” Marlon Wayans says of his mother, Elvira, who died in 2020. As the youngest of 10 siblings, “I was her baby,” he adds. “She felt I was special.”In fact, the lot of Elvira’s kids proved exceptional—and exceptionally funny. The social worker and her husband, Howell, a supermarket manager, raised the family in New York City public housing. Marlon’s older siblings Keenen, Damon and Kim blazed a unique and hilarious trail to comedy stardom in the early 1990s with their hit Fox variety show In Living Color. Shawn and Marlon followed with their own sitcom, The Wayans Bros., and successful slapstick films like White Chicks and the Scary Movie franchise. For Marlon, 51, it all goes back to their parents, especially his mom, fostering an environment of…4 min
People|June 10, 2024Millie Bobby Brown & Jake Bongiovi: Inside Their Life as NewlywedsMillie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi are stepping into a new chapter as husband and wife! The Stranger Things star, 20, and the model, 22, wed in an intimate ceremony the weekend of May 18. Among the guests at the low-key affair were Bongiovi’s parents, rocker Jon Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea, along with Brown’s parents, according to The Sun. The couple reportedly plan to have a larger ceremony later this year.A week after the wedding, the pair were spotted shopping in the Hamptons, N.Y., on May 26 looking “happy and in love,” says a source. Brown and Bongiovi first sparked romance rumors in June 2021. In April 2023 Brown confirmed their engagement.KRISTINA BUMPHREY/GETTY IMAGES; MATT AGUDO/SPLASH NEWS(2)…1 min
People|June 10, 2024Johnny Wactor Fatally ShotJohnny Wactor was shot and killed on the morning of May 25, following his shift at a Los Angeles rooftop bar. The actor, who interrupted three thieves who were attempting to steal his catalytic converter, was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Best known as Brando Corbin on the soap opera General Hospital, Wactor also appeared on shows like Criminal Minds and NCIS. “He was a good person,” his brother Grant told People. “He always wanted to do more, to do better. That’s what … made him happy.”GILBERT CARRASQUILLO/GC IMAGES; TROY HARVEY/ABC/GETTY IMAGES…1 min
People|June 10, 2024Smile!Bride Ditches Bouquet for Dog on Wedding DayCavite, PhilippinesJoelle Yuvienco knew she didn’t want to carry flowers for her wedding, but when she saw her pup Sago looking on as she took photos on the morning of her nuptials, she made a last-second decision to carry the dog down the aisle instead. “The guests didn’t know if they were going to cry or laugh at Sago’s cuteness,” says Yuvienco, 32, of the surprise (even groom Lenard Santos, 31, was shocked!). “She has seen me through all the ups and downs of my life after college, traveled with me to places, joined me as I hopped through different careers, [been] with me in the heartbreaks and the triumphs,” adds Yuvienco of Sago, almost 10. “It was only fitting to walk down…1 min
People|June 10, 2024Jessica Lange: ‘Find What Fascinates You’Jessica Lange has always taken big risks, from her film debut acting opposite a mechanical ape in 1976’s King Kong to following in Faye Dunaway’s massive Mommie Dearest footsteps and portraying larger-than-life screen icon Joan Crawford in the 2017 limited series Feud: Bette and Joan. The actress, 75, took another chance earlier this year when she headed to Broadway in Mother Play after only three weeks of rehearsal. “When I look back, it’s just like, ‘Oh my God, were we nuts?’ ”The gamble paid off. Her performance as a woman who refuses to accept her gay son (played by Jim Parsons) earned Lange her second Tony Award nomination (she won in 2016 for Long Day’s Journey Into Night). “It means the world,” says Lange, who has two Oscars and three…7 min
People|June 10, 2024Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: My Life NowFresh out of hair, makeup and wardrobe styling for her People photo shoot in New Orleans on May 21, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard confidently asks, “Where do you want me?” As the camera starts flashing, Gypsy-Rose’s stepmom, Kristy Blanchard, looks on with pride at a woman who appears to be every bit in control. It’s been just five months since Gypsy-Rose walked out of Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center, where she’d spent eight years of a 10-year sentence for her role in the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.Widely believed to have been an abusive parent, Dee Dee, as Gypsy-Rose testified in court, forced her daughter to undergo numerous unnecessary medical procedures, making her perhaps the nation’s best-known victim of the psychological disorder Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Today, however, she’s a changed…3 min
People|June 10, 2024Steve Guttenberg: Why I Dropped Everything for My DadAs Steve Guttenberg became a movie star in the 1980s, with hits like Cocoon, the Police Academy franchise and Three Men and a Baby, one man was his biggest fan. “My dad loved my success,” the actor, 65, recalls of his father, Stanley, who had been an NYPD officer and later worked as an engineer before his death at 89 in 2022. “He went to all my premieres. He had such a great time with it.”The fandom was mutual. So much so that when Stanley was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2017, the actor didn’t hesitate to start waking up at 3 a.m. and driving round trip from L.A. to Phoenix, where Stanley lived, once a week to escort his father to dialysis treatments. “There was no thought to it…4 min
People|June 10, 2024Gaby Dalkin: Grilled Chipotle-Lime Chicken Thighs‘Growing up in Arizona and living in California means that Mexican-inspired flavors run deep with me,’ says the author of the new Grilling All the Things cookbook. ‘I’ve always loved the way the smoky spice of chiles deepens the flavor and how a bright hit of lime wakes up a dish and makes everything taste more like itself—only better’3 chipotle chiles in adobo, chopped, plus 2 Tbsp. adobo sauce (from 1 [7-oz.] can)¼ cup fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)2 Tbsp. olive oil2 Tbsp. honey2 tsp. ground cumin1½ tsp. kosher salt1 tsp. ground coriander1 tsp. smoked paprika½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper2 lbs. bone-in, skin-on chicken thighsFresh cilantro leaves, for garnishLime wedges, for serving1. Whisk chipotles, adobo sauce, lime juice, oil, honey, cumin, salt, coriander, paprika and pepper in a…2 min
People|June 10, 2024Second LookSee If You Can Find the Differences in These Two PicturesIt was quite the crossover when Cindy Crawford and Hanson brothers (from left) Zac, Isaac and Taylor connected at the inaugural Grammy Hall of Fame Gala in Los Angeles on May 21. The sibling pop band were among the event’s many performers honoring recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2024, including Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” and the Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes.”10 changes to keep score!1. The black part of the wall behind Zac Hanson extends farther up. 2. The fire alarm above his head has vanished. 3. The person to the left of him has disappeared. 4. Zac’s shirt is now blue. 5. There are now two flowers on Cindy Crawford’s dress. 6. She’s…1 min
