People November 14, 2022

‘Would I still be able to wear sweatpants? Would this help get me out of emptying the dishwasher?’—SIGOURNEY WEAVER, on being considered “the legend,” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ‘My approach to style is to be comfortable, No. 1! I cannot suck it up for beauty’—MARLEE MATLIN, on her style mantra, to People ‘If theater paid like the movies, I wouldn’t do movies’—SAMUEL L. JACKSON, at Variety’s Business of Broadway breakfast ‘You know, you need to cry, you turn upstage and pull a nostril hair’—CATE BLANCHETT, revealing a tip an actor once shared for crying on command, on First We Feast’s Hot Ones ‘He’s dated so many women … I think that’s good, and he’s sort of cute’—MARTHA STEWART, on why she would go on a date…

1 Julia’s amazing family friends Ahead of her 55th birthday, a clip resurfaced in which Roberts explained that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King helped pay the hospital bills for her birth. Roberts’s parents admitted the King kids to their Atlanta theater school, and they “all became friends,” the actress said. 2 Disney’s inspiring heroine Reflect, a Disney+ short film, introduces the brand’s first young plus-size heroine, a ballet dancer named Bianca who struggles with body image. Viewers called the movie, part of the Short Circuit program, a win for representation. 3 Eggo’s new eggnog Kellogg’s partnered with Sugarlands Distilling Co. for Eggo Nog Appalachian Sippin’ Cream, a waffle-inspired libation to help adults “L’eggo during one of the busiest times of the year.” 4 Hallmark movies on Peacock Just in time…

RIHANNA’S RETURN Los Angeles, Oct. 26 Rihanna (in Rick Owens) and boyfriend A$AP Rocky, who welcomed a baby boy together in May, attended the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premiere. The billionaire pop star turned beauty mogul recorded “Lift Me Up”—a tribute song dedicated to the late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman and her first solo release in six years—for the film. Style Tracks ONE STYLISH NIGHT! At the L.A. premiere for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the cast glowed in one statement-making look after another A HOLLYWOOD HALLOWEEN AN ICONIC REUNION Doha, Qatar, Oct. 26 Janet Jackson posed with her longtime pal and former choreographer Paula Abdul at the Fashion Trust Arabia Prize Awards. ZAC BULKS UP Baton Rouge, Oct. 24 A buff, tan and nearly unrecognizable Zac Efron stepped onto the…

‘I’M WRITING THIS NOT AS THE PRINCE I WAS BORN BUT AS THE MAN I HAVE BECOME’—PRINCE HARRY Prince Harry’s highly anticipated memoir has a release date—and a gripping title: Spare, derived from the “heir and the spare” adage and Harry’s position in the royal family. It will be released on Jan. 10, 2023, and publisher Penguin Random House promises 416 pages of “raw, unflinching honesty.” In the book, Harry, 38, writes about his life publicly for the first time, from his experiences growing up in the royal family to the 1997 death of his mother, Princess Diana, and the joy he’s found in becoming a husband and father. Spare will provide “insight, revelation, self-examination and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief,” the publisher says.…

JJ & Kealia Watt The Arizona Cardinals defensive end, 33, and the soccer pro, 30, welcomed their first baby, son Koa James, on Oct. 23. “Love and happiness have reached heights we never even knew existed,” the pair—who wed in February 2020—wrote in a joint Instagram statement. Scotty & Gabi Dugal McCreery On Oct. 24 the country star and former American Idol champ, 29, and his pediatric nurse wife, 28, became first-time parents with the birth of son Merrick Avery—who is named after Gabi’s father. “Never known a love like this,” the couple announced on Instagram.…

After placing second on American Idol in 2008, David Archuleta shot up the charts with his lovesick hit “Crush.” But nearly 15 years later he admits he didn’t fully connect with the song until last year, when, at 30, he came out and kissed a man for the first time. “It felt effortless,” Archuleta, who now identifies as queer, says of the kiss. “I was like, ‘Oh, so this is what it feels like to like someone.’ Now I see why everyone relates to my song.” That epiphany was a lifetime in the making for Archuleta, who grew up as a devout member of—and, after Idol, a “poster child” for—the Mormon Church, which condemns same-sex relationships. Since revealing he’s part of the LGBTQ community in June 2021, Archuleta, now 31,…