People May 22, 2023

‘You cannot walk unless you take one step at a time!’—JEREMY RENNER, celebrating his recovery progress to walking unassisted, on Instagram ‘I mean, when we were in the hospital, he did everything—every diaper. He’s the swaddle king’—KALEY CUOCO, on boyfriend Tom Pelphrey’s skills with their baby Matilda, to People at the Rock4EB! fundraiser ‘I’m proud of him. To my knowledge this is the first one out of the James gang to go to college’—LEBRON JAMES, on his son Bronny committing to play basketball at USC, at a postgame press conference ‘Brad was like the sort of major chemistry, love of your life, kind of, at the time, and then Ben was, like, technically excellent’—GWYNETH PALTROW, on her ex-boyfriends Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck’s performances in bed, on Call Her…

1 Harry’s homage to Succession Is Logan Roy back from the dead? Succession star Brian Cox narrates an ATN-worthy news clip about a lonely Mars rover at the start of the new video for Harry Styles’s song “Satellite.” 2 More of The Morning Show Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston have breaking news: Their award-winning Apple TV+ drama has been picked up for a fourth season ahead of its season 3 premiere this fall. 3 Olivia Newton-John’s touching duets The beloved late singer’s final recordings, including tracks with Dolly Parton and Mariah Carey, appear on the new album Just the Two of Us. 4 The Tony Awards’ historic noms Alex Newell (left) and J. Harrison Ghee became the first nonbinary actors nominated for theater’s top prize—Newell for supporting actor in Shucked, and Ghee for best…

ED’S BIG WEEK New York City, May 5 One day after a jury found Ed Sheeran not liable in a copyright lawsuit alleging he lifted elements of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” for his Grammy-winning 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud,” the singer surprised fans with a mini concert on top of a car in Manhattan’s SoHo. “I feel like the truth was heard and believed,” he told People in court after the verdict. The same week, he released a new album - (pronounced “subtract”) and a Disney+ docuseries that reveals his wife, Cherry Seaborn, experienced a cancer scare in 2022. DERBY STYLE HOT WHEELS THE FORCE LIVES ON Los Angeles, May 4 On Star Wars Day Billie Lourd honored her mother, Carrie Fisher, at the late actress’s Hollywood…

‘KEVIN HASN’T BEEN HOME VERY MUCH DUE TO FILMING’—A SOURCE on the Costners’ issues After 18 years of marriage, Kevin Costner and his wife, Christine, are divorcing. The split was due to “circumstances beyond his control,” a rep for the Yellowstone star told People on May 2. “It was not anything that he wanted or sought,” a source adds of Costner. “If he could change the situation, he would.” Christine (née Baumgartner), a former model and handbag designer, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage at a Santa Barbara courthouse on May 1, citing “irreconcilable differences” while requesting joint custody of their three children: sons Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 12. (Costner also has four adult children from his previous relationships, including his marriage to Cindy Silva…

Taylor Swift appears to be moving on after her breakup from ex Joe Alwyn. A month after People confirmed the superstar’s split from the Favourite actor, 32, following six years together, a report from The Sun surfaced on May 3 linking Swift, 33, to a longtime friend, the 1975 frontman Matty Healy. The rumors then ramped up when Healy, 34, flew straight to Tennessee on May 5 after wrapping a show in Manila to watch Swift perform on her ongoing Eras Tour. On the second night of Swift’s Nashville stop, Healy—who told Q magazine in 2016 he had a brief “flirtation” with Swift—accompanied opening act Phoebe Bridgers on guitar before mingling with Swift’s famous pals, including Gigi Hadid, in the audience. During their time offstage in Nashville, “Taylor and…

DATE NIGHT Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello After reconnecting at the Coachella music and arts festival in April, the “Señorita” duet partners stepped out for a comedy show in L.A. on May 3. Mendes, 24, and Cabello, 26, previously dated for two years before splitting in 2021. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Marie Osmond & Steve Craig Singer Osmond, 63, marked 12 years of marriage with the motivational speaker, 66, on May 4. In an Instagram post, Osmond—who remarried Craig 26 years after their divorce in 1985—called him “the love of my life.” MARRIED—AGAIN! Simone Biles & Jonathan Owens Two weeks after saying “I do” in a civil ceremony, the Olympic gymnast, 26, and the NFL player, 27, invited guests to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for a beach wedding on May 6,…