People February 7, 2022

‘She would say, “You know I’m the Queen of Soul, right?”’—JENNIFER HUDSON, on what Aretha Franklin would think of her performance in Respect, on Deadline’s The Actor’s Side ‘It was the most traumatizing experience but also the moment I became a New Yorker’—RACHEL BROSNAHAN, on pulling a dead rat out of her toilet, on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ‘I still don’t really like the name’—BONO, on his band U2’s moniker, on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast ‘The deejay in the South of France started playing the Family Feud theme song, and everybody in that restaurant knew the song, and I started crying’—STEVE HARVEY, on getting emotional about his show being recognized internationally, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show ‘I think he’s tickled pink. He’s giggling from the grave right now’—NEVE…

1 The And Just Like That … gals are in their Golden age Fans’ minds are blown to realize that Sex and the City’s Miranda, Carrie and Charlotte, now in their 50s, are the same age Dorothy, Blanche and Rose were when The Golden Girls debuted in 1985. 2 Encanto ices out Elsa The Disney film’s tunes continue to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, with “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” outdoing Frozen’s hit “Let It Go.” Even the song’s writer Lin-Manuel Miranda told People he was “surprised.” 3 Colin Jost and Pete Davidson bought a Staten Island Ferry The Staten Island-born comedians plan to turn the vessel into an event space—if they can find someplace to dock the 300-footer. 4 A pop-punk music festival’s tickets go fast Las Vegas’s When We Were…

ROYAL PUPPY LOVE Clitheroe, England, Jan. 20 During a visit to the Clitheroe Community Hospital, Princess Kate and Prince William played with a cockapoo pup named Alfie, who will be trained as a therapy dog to support patients and workers at the hospital. After taking turns holding and petting the pup, Kate joked, “Our dog is going to be very upset.” NAOMI STRIKES A POSE Paris, Jan. 21 Naomi Campbell waved at fans ahead of Dior’s show at Paris Fashion Week. COMEBACK KID Kansas City, Jan. 23 Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrated on the field after leading the Chiefs to a dramatic 42-36 win in overtime against the Buffalo Bills. HOLDING COURT New York City, Jan. 23 A star-studded group (including, from left, Trevor Noah; Padma Lakshmi and…

Nick Jonas went from Jonas brother to Jonas father with the arrival of his and wife Priyanka Chopra’s first child together, a baby girl, on Jan. 15. “We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate,” the Grammy-nominated singer, 29, and the Quantico alum, 39, announced on Jan. 21 in coordinated Instagram posts. “We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much.” Jonas and Chopra—who got married in December 2018, seven months after they began dating—have long planned on expanding their family. “This is a happy time for all,” a music management source says. “Nick and Priyanka are definitely ready for this new challenge in their lives. It is something they both have wanted.” Shortly…

Hollywood has a new comedy power couple! Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader have been quietly dating for “over a year,” a source says. “They are both very private people, and with the pandemic, it was easy to keep it quiet.” The Pitch Perfect actress, 36, and the Barry actor, 43, met “many years ago” and played siblings in the 2019 Disney+ holiday comedy Noelle, “but they got together well after the movie,” says the source. While Kendrick has kept her love life private, Hader—who shares daughters Hayley, 7, Harper, 9, and Hannah, 12, with ex-wife Maggie Carey—was last linked to actress Rachel Bilson. As for Kendrick and Hader’s life together, “They’re both hysterical, so they must keep each other laughing all of the time,” says the source, who adds…

Split Garrett Hedlund & Emma Roberts After nearly three years together, the Scream Queens alum, 30, and the TRON: Legacy actor, 37—who share son Rhodes, 1—have broken up. “They are trying their best to co-parent,” says a source. Married Jenny Slate & Ben Shattuck The actress, 39, wed her author beau, 37, in their living room on New Year’s Eve in front of family and close friends, she revealed to Marie Claire. The pair got engaged in 2019 and share daughter Ida, 1. Red Carpet Debut Kanye ‘Ye’ West & Julia Fox Weeks after their first public outing, the rapper, 44, and the Uncut Gems actress, 31, hit their first official event together: Kenzo’s Paris Fashion Week show. West touched up Fox’s makeup for the occasion, and they rocked…