Table of contents for May-04-15 in Us Weekly

Josh Groban 1. My younger brother [Chris, 30] and I share the same birthday, February 27. 2. I am double-jointed and can bend my fingers all the way back. 3. I hate shopping. 4. I love coffee as much as I hate shopping. 5. I love magic and as a teen auditioned for the Magic Castle nightclub. But my magic coins fell on the ground. 6.My dream duet partner is Björk. 7. I will eat around every caper on every dish for the rest of my life. 8.When I was younger, I wanted to be a veterinarian and live on a farm. 9. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved to play tennis. I try to play three to four times a week. 10. Halloween and New Year’s Eve…

Knockouts,” Michelle Obama captioned her April 6 Instagram with Barack. “My favorite acro yoga partner!!” Gisele Bündchen wrote of Vivian, 2, March 21. Gimme five! Nicole Richie (left) and Cameron Diaz celebrated a 2014 Beverly Hills hike. Nikki Reed (left) and Julianne Hough stayed in step last year in L.A. Rande & Cindy’s Spin Cycle! Cindy Crawford pedaled in Malibu with husband Rande Gerber March 7.…

Stop the Music Big Sean, 27, and Ariana Grande, 21, ended their eight-month relationship due to “conflicting touring schedules,” their reps tell Us. Baby Bliss Billy Joel, 65, and girlfriend of six years Alexis Roderick, 33, are expecting their first child together this summer. Joel is already dad of Alexa Ray, 29, with exwife Christie Brinkley, 61. Crime and Punishment Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, 25, was found guilty of first- degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole April 15. Hitting the Books Anna Kendrick, 29, is writing a collection of satirical autobiographical essays to showcase “the frequency with which I embarrass myself,” she said. The tome will hit shelves in the fall of 2016. Brave Confession Girls star Jemima Kirke, 30, revealed in a new…

● Cody Simpson (above) rocking a Call of Duty Black Ops III tee while playing ladder toss at a Coachella party in Indio, California. ● Jon Hamm having breakfast at the Graduate Hotel in Athens, Georgia. ● Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz boogieboarding in Byron Bay, Australia. ● Bella Thorne, Kate Bosworth, Emmy Rossum and Ellie Kemper dancing at the Lilly Pulitzer for Target launch party in NYC. ● Ryan Phillippe running backstage to congratulate the Cruel Intentions musical parody cast in L.A. ● Taylor Kinney buying a Red Bull at a Chicago CVS. ● Travis Barker making out with UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont. ● Jessica Szohr and love Scotty McKnight holding hands at Don Julio’s Neon Carnival in Indio, California. ● Ethan Hawke jogging…

Mainstream media are finally shedding light on the trans community’s struggles. Amazon’s Transparent traces the metamorphosis of Mort to Maura Pfefferman, portrayed by Jeffrey Tambor. The actor, incidentally, applauds Bruce’s courage, telling The Hollywood Reporter, “I wish Jenner happiness and an authentic life.” And Allure magazine photographed Orange Is the New Black’s Laverne Cox for its May issue (on newsstands now). As Cox mused, “Seeing a black transgender woman embracing and loving everything about herself might be inspiring to some other folks.”…

JAN. 20, 2011 In the season 1 finale, Kyle revealed Kim’s secret addiction during a heated exchange in a limo. “You are a liar and sick and an alcoholic!” Kyle screamed. Kim entered rehab shortly after. JAN. 2, 2012 Full of flimsy excuses, Kim and then-love Ken Blumenfeld were 36 hours late for a group trip to Hawaii. Then, when questioned, they walked out on Mauricio Umansky’s birthday dinner. JAN. 20, 2015 “It just made me kind of out of it” on poker night, Kim said of the pill she took from ex Brinson. Costar Lisa Rinna had a different take on a belligerent Kim: “Higher than a kite.”…

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SUNDAY 4/26 DAYTIME EMMYS Tyra Banks hosts and Betty White is honored as the kudos to soaps, talk shows, game shows and more pops up on the newish Pop network. Will The Ellen DeGeneres Show best The Talk in their category? (Pop, 8 P.M.) TUESDAY 4/28 CHOPPED ALL-STARS Sixteen top chefs (Art Smith! Cat Cora!) sharpen their knives for a special fiveepisode challenge. In the opener, competitors must concoct a dish with natto (slimy fermented soybeans). (Food Network, 10 P.M.) FRIDAY 5/1 BEYOND THE TANK Three weeks of Shark Tank updates! Robert Herjavec and Tank’s other moneybags check on the entrepreneurs and startups they funded. In one case, orders are rushing in — but not going out. (ABC, 9 P.M.) SUNDAY 5/3 PENNY DREADFUL Victorian London plays host to a…

Selma Films don’t get more powerful than this effort from director Ava DuVernay. Her civil rights drama closes in on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (a magnificent David Oyelowo) as he leads a march from Alabama’s Selma to the state capital in 1965 to peacefully protest voting inequalities. In a bold and refreshing move, the iconic reverend is portrayed as both a dignified hero who can sway a room with an eloquent speech and a philandering husband who takes out the garbage. Needless to say, his message has never been more relevant. (Amazon and iTunes, $15–$20) Girls Season 4 Oh, girl! In this round, NYC’s bright but self-absorbed Hannah (Lena Dunham) sees her writing skewered, gets dumped by reformed lout Adam (Adam Driver) and tries to process when her dad…

BRITT MCHENRY Poor sport: ESPN reporter Britt McHenry was suspended from the network for a week after a video of her berating a female parking-lot attendant went viral. Fuming over her towed car, the SportsCenter correspondent, 28, calls the employee a “dropout” with “no skill set.” McHenry then snipes, “I’m on television and you’re in a f--king trailer, honey.” While an ESPN source deems the tirade “pretty mean,” it’s unlikely she’ll be ousted: “It will all die down soon.”…

“I LOVE SAVORY FOOD — CHEESE, BREAD, PASTA, FRENCH FRIES, BACON, PIGS IN A BLANKET.” ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY “No one hits on me. No one flirts with me. It’s very sad, actually.” BAR REFAELI “[PEOPLE] ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPRESS YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE, ‘COME TO MY MANSION, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.’” CANDICE SWANEPOEL “After my first Sports Illustrated cover, I felt terrible about myself for a solid month.” KATE UPTON “A LOT OF PEOPLE GET PREGNANT AND . . . TURN INTO GARBAGE DISPOSALS. . . . I GAINED ONLY 30 POUNDS.” GISELE BÜNDCHEN “The more sex I have, the more defined my arms and stomach get.” MIRANDA KERR…

“I finally understand why I am so funny to the Americans.” On hearing Hot Pursuit costar Reese Witherspoon speak Spanish, SOFIA VERGARA “He definitely hasn’t got a little thing, so, no. I did not write ‘Little Things’ about his little things.” On pal Harry Styles being well-endowed, ED SHEERAN “They’re like, ‘Big whoop, Dad. We want to see you angry! We’re going to try to make you angry!’” On his three kids egging him on, hoping he’ll turn into the Incredible Hulk, MARK RUFFALO “She was telling me hot people problems. She’s like, ‘He won’t stop calling.’ I’m like, ‘Mmm-hmm, I hate that.’ ” On defriending Dianna Agron at an NBA game, AMY SCHUMER “I love keeping the other kids on their toes. ‘Hey buddy, you like being the youngest? Guess what? You’re…

Brian’s Out of the Dog House! Suspended NBC news anchor Brian Williams (with wife Jane, left) held tight to daughter Allison’s golden retriever mix, Moxie, in NYC April 14. Dakota Johnson paused at an NYC dog park April 11 with schnauzer mix Zeppelin. Demi Lovato (March 28) has called Buddy “my little angel.” Andy Gets a Pooch Smooch! Andy Cohen (in NYC April 6) posted that Wacha “gave me a nice welcome home lick!” STARS — THEY’RE JUST LIKE US! They Run Errands! New parents Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher picked up supplies at an L.A. Home Depot April 12. They Reel ’Em In! Justin Bieber tagged his April 16 Instagram photo with half brother Jaxon, 5, “#fishin.” They Heat Up the Grill! “Great time,” Kellan Lutz (in La Quinta,…

This is getting messy . Celebrity chef Bobby Flay, who filed to end his 10-year marriage to Law & Order: SVU star Stephanie March April 10, is slamming reports he cheated with a young employee . March pal Maia Madison alleged to the New York Post April 19 that the actress, 40, discovered the three-year affair in November. “She came to my house and was sobbing uncontrollably,” Madison recalled. But a rep for the Food Network vet, 50 , claims the story was leaked “in order to renegotiate a prenuptial agreement .” (Flay is reportedly worth about $20 million and set to pay $5,000 a month in alimony.) Although March’s lawyer Deborah Lans calls the prenup “unconscionable, ” she denies her client planted the infidelity story: “She’s worked to maintain…

After 39 years in the public eye, and a lifetime of private struggle, Bruce Jenner knew it was time to reveal his true self to his fans and to the world. In December, he hired a high-powered Hollywood public relations firm and offered to tell his story to celebrated ABC news veteran Diane Sawyer. Over three weeks in February, he and Sawyer filmed in New York City, his adopted home of Malibu and his childhood neighborhood in Tarrytown, New York. “He chose Diane because he knew she would work with him to present his journey tastefully,” says a source close to the Jenner family. “He felt safe and in control.” Safe enough, in fact, to reveal to the world that he is transgender. The April 24 two-hour special edition of…

SCHEANA MARIE MAKEUP Lisa Vanderpump gets that Real Housewife glow with Starlook’s new 12-piece collection. Swipe on the matte bronzer before your close-ups! ($20, starlooks.com) JONATHAN AND GEORGE SALON To-dye-for specialty oils refresh faded hues at the Beverly Hills shop opened by Kylie Minogue’s hair gurus Jonathan Antin and Amanda George. (jonathan andgeorge.com) MANDISA HANDBAG So clutch! The 13x6–inch tiny twilllined wonder weighs just 1½ pounds and comes in red and black leather. Sarah Michelle Gellar totes the brand’s bags. ($165, nuciano.com) SLT HARDCORE CLASS The NYC studio where Kyra Sedgwick shapes up offers a 65-minute workout that mixes cardio moves with toners on a Pilates reformer. ($40 sltnyc.com) ESSIE BRIDAL NAILS Say “I do” to something new: a 12-shade line from bride-to-be Jamie Chung’s fave brand. Paint on Worth…

KIT HARINGTON Winter may be coming — but his feet aren’t ready. “My boots are paper-thin, like socks,” the Londoner, 28, a.k.a. Jon Snow, tells Us. Filming in Northern Ireland, “I nearly got frostbite a few times,” he adds. “Seriously!” CONLETH HILL “Varys got a makeover and lost the wizard sleeves,” the Irish actor, 50, explains of his character on the HBO series (Sundays, 9 P.M.). “I don’t know what to do with my hands now that I can’t hide them.” CARICE VAN HOUTEN Even the fire priestess gets cold. Amid the snow and wind machines, the Dutch star, 38, points out her siren, Melisandre, is often in low-cut attire: “I have a naked chest in winter. By the end of a scene, I can barely talk.” NIKOLA J COSTER-WALDAU…

Treasure hunt! “My kids love to comb through my bag,” says the mother of two (with actor husband Chris Diamantopoulos). “When they find $20, they shout, ‘Money!’ — then put it back and do it again.” The star of Weird Loners (Fox, Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m.) lets Us explore her B-Low the Belt tote. JUST IN CASE “I’m always dropping my iPhone 5, so I found the most protective case that exists, the Tech21 Impact. You cannot break it — I’ve tried.” AN EDUCATED MESS “My son is learning to write, so I keep index cards and Crayola washable markers with me. I also have Honest wipes because chances are he’s drawn on his face too.” LIP SERVICE “Tata Harper’s lip and cheek tint perks up my face with minimal…

Charlize & Sean Playing for Keeps! Just call Sean Penn a toddler whisperer. Enlisting a Nerf bow-and-arrow set, snow cones and Transformers, the actordirector, 54, occupied girlfriend Charlize Theron’s son, Jackson, 3, while his mom presented an award at youth service nonprofit GenerationOn’s West Coast Block Party April 18. “Sean stuck his blue tongue out and Jackson stuck his red tongue out,” says an eyewitness. “Jackson was laughing.” The South African beauty, 39, doesn’t take her man for granted. “There was never a moment where we thought that this — what we have today — would ever be a possibility,” she gushed in the May issue of Esquire. “I’m a very, very, very lucky girl.” Jason & Olivia A New Life in Brooklyn As spring settles in, Jason Sudeikis and fiancée Olivia…

BOBBI KRISTINA A Family’s New Hope The Browns look for signs of a medical miracle Bobby Brown is not giving up. After he told the crowd at an April 18 Dallas concert that his daughter Bobbi Kristina was “awake” and “watching [him],” the Brown family issued a statement to confirm her “improvement.” She “opened her eyes and started a rehabilitation that will be long and hard,” Bobby’s wife, Alicia, said of the 22-year-old, who was found facedown in her bathtub January 31. But sources close to the Houston family tell Hot Stuff it’s not quite so simple: In fact, Whitney Houston’s only child remains on life support in a rehab center near Atlanta. “She has a tracheotomy and . . . irreversible brain damage,” her grandmother Cissy Houston tells Us.…

1977 After the 1976 Olympics, the decathlete lands the Wheaties box, a role on CHiPs and a Good Morning America guest stint. He nets $500,000 that year. 1980 While separated from Chrystie, he meets future wife Linda Thompson at a tennis tournament. 1978 Famous by association, Bruce’s thenwife, Chrystie, is offered modeling contracts and a gig judging Mrs. America. 1982 Thompson and Bruce pose for May’s Playgirl. In 2012, daughter Kendall posted “#tbt my father on Playgirl lol.” 1991 Kris (posing for a portrait in L.A.) weds Bruce seven months after meeting. That year, an 11-year-old Kim writes a school paper on her new stepdad. 1999 Kris and Bruce take their girls Kendall, then 3, and Kylie, then 22 months, to a live production of The Wizard of Oz in…

TWO STEPS BACK Kim Richards was on a mission to clear her name. During The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ season 5 reunion, the recovering alcoholic stressed that her decision to take a prescription pill to treat bronchitis and pneumonia was simply one bad choice. “I am not struggling with my sobriety, nor have I struggled,” the three-time rehab vet said on the Bravo show April 14. “I have been sober for three years.” Clearly she’s struggling now. In the early-morning hours of April 16 — two months after the reunion taped — the 50-year-old was arrested at the Beverly Hills Hotel and charged with public intoxication, trespassing and resisting arrest. Richards “had too much to drink and was disturbing some of the other patrons,” a Beverly Hills Police Department…

Bethenny Frankel has married, divorced, married again and is in the midst of a two-year split from husband No. 2. So, no, she’s not the poster girl for successful coupling. Which is exactly why Frankel, 44, wrote her advice book I Suck at Relationships So You Don’t Have To. “I’ve learned from my failures,” says the mom of Bryn, 4 (with second husband Jason Hoppy). “I know what not to do!” The star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City (Tuesdays, 9 p.m.) — who recently broke up with businessman boyfriend of a year Michael “Mac” Cerussi III — invites Us to take a page from her hookup history. Q:What inspired you to write this book? I was talking about dating with a friend who said, “What do…

For a full year after Gossip Girl’s 2012 wrap, Blake Lively barely glanced at a single movie script. “I just wanted a break,” the L.A.-bred Preserve founder, 27, tells Us. Then she read The Age of Ada line — a romantic drama about a 29-year-old woman whose age is magically frozen after a nasty car accident. “I thought, I can’t not do this,” she says of the film (out April 24). “The only reason I wouldn’t do it is so I could see it as an audience member.” The mom of 4-month-old daughter James (with husband Ryan Reynolds, 38) charms Us. Q: Do you think it would be amazing to stay 29 forever? It would be really painful. Adaline’s not only surviving the first love of her life, her husband,…

The Memory Painter An artist paints his dreams of past lives. When a scientist sees her own dream in his work, they uncover a mystery (and a romance) spanning millennia. Gwendolyn Womack’s tale dazzles. God Help the Child Author Toni Morrison’s latest is an unflinching, powerful fable: A dark-skinned girl is shunned and abused by her pale mother. The lingering effects implode her adult relationships. Julianne Moore calls Morrison’s writing “remarkable.” The Blondes Emily Schultz balances biting humor and thrilling suspense in a complex story. An epidemic strikes only blonde women, who become rabid killers. Hazel, pregnant with her professor’s child, flees NYC and hides out with his wife. An Ember in the Ashes In a dystopian Rome-like empire, Laia, a slave, risks her life to spy on the military…

JENNIFER HUDSON KEMBLE > She must have left her whip in the car. CHLOË SEVIGNY WEBER > A sword and eye patch short of a swashbuckler. KIM KARDASHIAN FLORES > Did Christian Grey put her up to this? ALYSSA MILANO FASHION QUEENS > They should’ve thrown this away at the airport! JENNIFER LOPEZ LAWRENCE > She’s a triple threat: singing, dancing and archery. ZOË SALDANA MILLER > That outfit is a double not. MILEY CYRUS FLORES > Well, she did say she can’t be tamed.…