People November 7, 2022

‘The salon is the Black woman’s country club’—TRACEE ELLIS ROSS, to People ‘I’m very grateful to be able to work and have time for myself also. But it’s brutal. It hurts’—AMY SCHUMER, on leaving son Gene, 3, behind when she goes to work, to People ‘We were building a bathroom on our house, and I said, “Oh, I have these old doors from Full House.” But every time I walk out of the bathroom, I expect people to clap’—JOHN STAMOS, on home decorating with something he took from the set of his sitcom, on The Drew Barrymore Show ‘The way my life has gone I would never [have guessed], but I do have to say this: I love surprises when they’re good’—JENNIFER COOLIDGE, on being on two hit shows,…

1 Angelina Jolie Playing Maria Callas Brava! The Oscar winner will portray the opera singer in a biopic from Spencer director Pablo Larraín. “I take very seriously the responsibility to Maria’s life and legacy,” Jolie said. “I will give all I can to meet the challenge.” 2 An Anna May Wong Quarter The golden-age Hollywood actress will be the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency when her coin joins the American Women Quarters Program, honoring her trailblazing career. Production started in mid-October. 3 A Twister sequel Take cover! A follow-up to the 1996 storm-chasing film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton is in the works. The movie will reportedly follow the daughter of Hunt’s and Paxton’s characters. 4 A Tina Turner Barbie This doll is simply the…

I was 16 when I first heard the word Parkinson’s. I didn’t know what it was, but it was suddenly being used to describe my granny, the woman who hid Twinkies in her freezer and Hubba Bubba in the kitchen drawer for when we visited. (The Hershey miniatures sat right on the coffee table, in a porcelain hen. We loved going to Granny’s.) The tremor in Granny’s hand, my mother explained, was Parkinson’s. Unsatisfied by the information I was getting, I devoted a high school research project to finding out more. I learned Granny would grow stiffer with each passing month; her walk would turn into a shuffle; her smiling face would become more like a frozen mask. I learned there was no cure. Several years later, an actor I adored…

LIL NAS X FACTOR Inglewood, Calif., Oct. 19 Lil Nas X brought the house down at the YouTube Theater during his second of two sold-out shows there. The “Old Town Road” rapper’s concert featured intense choreography, elaborate backdrops and—of course—the performer’s signature sense of humor. The setlist included “Sun Goes Down,” “Panini” and “Down Souf Hoes,” an unreleased collaboration with fellow rapper Saucy Santana, who performed it alongside him. PUCKERING UP Los Angeles, Oct. 20 Billy Porter gave Lady Gaga a kiss at a party she cohosted with Dom Pérignon for her new limited-edition rosé. BACK TO WORK Long Island, Oct. 20 Jennifer Lawrence stepped out on the set of No Hard Feelings, her first film since welcoming a baby boy with Cooke Maroney in February. FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS…

Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles and Jason Sudeikis are back in the headlines following an interview Wilde and Sudeikis’s former nanny gave to the Daily Mail. The unnamed woman claimed the Ted Lasso actor, 47, was so “brokenhearted” by his 2020 breakup with Wilde and her new relationship with Styles, 28, that at one point he “lay under her car so she wouldn’t leave” after allegedly observing the Don’t Worry Darling director/star, 38, make her “special salad dressing” to take to her new beau. Wilde and Sudeikis, who co-parent daughter Daisy, 6, and son Otis, 8, released a joint statement on Oct. 17 denying the “false and scurrilous” allegations made by the former caregiver, who they claim harassed them for 18 months. “We will continue to focus on raising and…

Chris & Rachel Sullivan On Oct. 23 the actor, 42, and his wife (already parents to son Bear Maxwell, 2) announced they “doubled the love” with daughter Aoife Bea. “She came 3 weeks early, fully grown, healthy and VERY strong,” Chris wrote on Instagram. Mandy Moore & Taylor Goldsmith “He is beyond words and we are so grateful for our family of four,” wrote the actress, 38, on Instagram on Oct. 21, announcing the birth of son Oscar Bennett with the singer, 37, with whom she also shares son August Harrison, 20 months.…