People February 12, 2024

‘If I could choose my own partner, they’d have a Scottish accent, and they would know how to ballroom dance or Latin dance’—LISA ANN WALTER, on what she looks for in a man, to Cosmopolitan ‘Quietly. I had a nice sushi dinner and went to sleep’—SAMUEL L. JACKSON, on how he spent his 75th birthday on Dec. 21, to People ‘I’m sure there’s a few broken hearts … female and male’—MILO VENTIMIGLIA, discussing the response to his surprise wedding, on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ‘He used to call me Papa Noop, because he couldn’t say Snoop, so he started calling me Papa Noop’—SNOOP DOGG, on the nickname his oldest grandchild gave him, on The Jennifer Hudson Show ‘In the middle of our sex scene, the camera broke. No one knows this,…

1 Jake Gyllenhaal strips down Sure is hot in this Road House. The new poster and trailer for Prime Video’s remake (out March 8) of the 1989 Patrick Swayze film shows the actor as an ex-UFC fighter turned brawling, brawny bouncer and had viewers in need of a cool drink. 2 Judge Judy’s ‘biggest mistake’ The TV jurist says her “one regret” is turning down a cameo in Legally Blonde. “I’ve told this to Reese [Witherspoon],” she added on E! News. Francesca P. Roberts went on to judge the film’s murder trial. 3 Celebrated cousins Niecy Nash-Betts congratulated “cousins” Danielle Brooks and Sterling K. Brown on their Oscar nominations. “Yes! We are blood related!” she captioned a pic from an Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala. 4 A Disneyland expansion The Happiest Place…

‘HELLO’ FROM VEGAS Las Vegas, Jan. 26 Adele graced the stage of the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for another performance in her Las Vegas concert series Weekends With Adele, which kicked off in November 2022. The residency was initially set to continue until March 2023, but the “Easy on Me” singer extended it twice after its first set of shows sold out instantly. Adele now plans to finish her run in Vegas this June. STANDING UP FOR MOTHER EARTH Los Angeles, Jan. 27 The Environmental Media Association honored Laura Dern (left) at its 33rd EMA Awards Gala, where Sheryl Crow (right) performed and Michelle Pfeiffer supported “my talented & inspiring muses,” she wrote on Instagram. BABY’S BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT Los Angeles, Jan. 27 Paris Hilton celebrated her son Phoenix’s first birthday…

Travis Kelce is winning on and off the field. On Jan. 28 the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, and his team defeated the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 in the AFC Championship game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, as his superstar girlfriend Taylor Swift, 34, cheered him on in the stands. “It was the best night ever. The whole family was so, so excited and riding a high,” a source says of the game, which secured the Chiefs’ spot in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas. “Their phones were blowing up all night with congrats. The energy on the field was just insane.” ‘I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE’—TAYLOR SWIFT, on the Chiefs’ win against the Baltimore Ravens After the win the Grammy-winner—who watched…

Sofía Vergara has divulged new details about her split last year from her husband of seven years, Joe Manganiello. In a recent interview with Spanish newspaper El País, the Modern Family alum, 51, said that she and the Magic Mike actor, 47, didn’t see eye to eye on expanding their family. “He wanted to have kids, and I didn’t want to be an old mom,” said Vergara. Instead, she said, she’s “ready” to be a grandma when it comes time for her son Manolo, 32, with ex Joe Gonzalez, to have kids. Since she and Manganiello announced the end of their marriage in July, Vergara has been busy promoting her new Netflix series Griselda. Manganiello, meanwhile, has moved on with actress Caitlin O’Connor, 34, to whom he’s been linked since…

ENGAGED Ed Westwick & Amy Jackson The Gossip Girl alum, 36, proposed to the actress, 31, during a recent trip to Switzerland, on the Peak Walk by Tissot suspension bridge. “I hit the jackpot,” Westwick wrote of his engagement to Jackson—whom he met in 2021—in his Instagram Story. PARIS TRIP Rihanna & A$AP Rocky On Jan. 24 the singer and the rapper, both 35, were seen leaving the Élysée Palace in Paris after a meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron. Although the reason for their visit is not yet publicly known, Rihanna previously met with Macron in 2017 to discuss international education funding. GOING STRONG Bradley Cooper & Gigi Hadid The Maestro star, 49, and the model, 28, were seen on a stroll in London on Jan. 25, two…