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‘Instead of feeling proud, I felt insecure. Simply because I didn’t fit into clothes. How silly’—BLAKE LIVELY, on feeling ashamed of her body after giving birth, on Instagram ‘Best to leave it alone’—SUSAN SARANDON, on revisiting Thelma & Louise in another film, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ‘The reason I started getting her into tennis a lot is because it’s the only thing we could do that’s socially distant’—SERENA WILLIAMS, on why she introduced her 3-year-old daughter Olympia (inset) to the sport, to Yahoo ‘When I get out of a relationship, I need to process… I don’t just go, “Oh. Okay. Next”’—TARAJI P. HENSON, on not being interested in dating after ending her engagement to Kelvin Hayden, to Extra ‘Here’s the deal. Pam is not real. She’s…

After three years of dating, Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin are closer than ever—and could be getting ready to walk down the aisle. The couple have been living together in the Coldplay frontman’s sprawling $12.5 million mansion in Malibu since he purchased it in October. “Chris was always a big fan of Malibu,” a source says of Martin, 43, who moved to the oceanfront town after his divorce from Gwyneth Paltrow in 2016. “He loves the beach and often goes surfing and running.” While the source says the actress—who still owns her home in the Hollywood Hills—“seemed like more of a city girl” before she met Martin and started dating him in 2017, she has grown to love her new laid-back lifestyle. “She seems to enjoy it as much…

“I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives.”—WOOD ON INSTAGRAM Actress Evan Rachel Wood has previously spoken out about being in an abusive relationship when she was 19 but never named her alleged abuser—until now. “The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood, 33, wrote in a Feb. 1 Instagram post about the singer, 52, whom she dated for three years. “He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated.… I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander or blackmail.” On the same day three other ex-girlfriends of Manson’s—including photographer Ashley Walters…

Lady Gaga has partnered with the International WELL Building Institute to promote the WELL Health-Safety Seal, which verifies that buildings have taken the necessary steps to prioritize the health and safety of visitors during the coronavirus crisis. Here the pop star, 34, opens up about her experience in the pandemic. It has been a difficult year. What gives you hope? It’s doctors, it’s nurses, it’s essential workers. I haven’t spoken to this person about speaking about this publicly, but I will tell you that a very important member of my family was very, very ill recently and in the hospital for almost two months. I was in the ICU by myself many times because you can’t go in with more than one person, if you can go in at…

A Curious Cat Turns Into a Messenger Between Neighbors in Lockdown LONDON Instead of a carrier pigeon—consider a carrier cat! It was three months ago when Billy, a 1-year-old tuxedo cat, arrived back at his owner’s apartment following his daily jaunt around the neighborhood with a note attached to his collar. “We opened it, and it said, ‘Hey, I’m a neighbor, and your cat keeps coming over to see me—and I just thought I’d let you know,’” says Zack King, 37, who adopted Billy with his girlfriend Olga Shipunova, 29, in October 2019. “It was a surprise and a delight. As soon as we saw the note, we thought, ‘Well, let’s keep this conversation going.’” Since then, Billy’s delivered a dozen friendly messages back and forth—sharing recipes, Netflix recommendations and…

Leslie Odom Jr. has some serious clout in Hollywood right now, thanks in part to the awards buzz surrounding his role as Sam Cooke in director Regina King’s movie One Night in Miami. But he knows people really still want to talk to him about playing Aaron Burr in a little musical called Hamilton. “I’ve been giving thought to this for years,” says Odom, 39, of why theater fans are so excited when they meet him. “If people discover you from the theater, or you happen to make a musical that is special to people, there’s a real tangible connection to that relationship. Much more than with television or even films.” He adds, “I don’t know why, but I feel it too, with people in theater that I’m a fan…

Cloris Leachman was incapable of being boring. During a visit to the People offices in 2008—around the time that, at 82, she was the oldest-ever contestant on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars—she jovially threw cookies Frisbee-style at female staffers, urging them to eat more. Then she inquired, with a mixture of bemusement and concern, about editors’ romantic lives… while simultaneously performing full leg-lifts and lunges. Those who knew her wouldn’t have been surprised by such antics. “Cloris was wild,” says Peter Bogdanovich, who directed her in The Last Picture Show. Leachman, a star loved both for her outsize talent and for her sometimes outrageous behavior, was 94 when she died at home in Encinitas, Calif., on Jan. 27 with daughter Dinah by her side. “She was a young 94,” says…

  Bright on Bright Bold from head to toe? It works when you choose solids with minimal detailing. If you’re really daring, add a vibrant fanny pack (this one has an expandable pocket).   Monochrome Teaming shades of one neutral color is the easiest way to put a sophisticated spin on activewear. Bonus points for breaking a sweat with coordinating hand weights.   Soft Pastels If you’re already thinking spring, pick this palette. Printed pieces like these watercolor pants are most wearable in soft tones. Don’t forget a mask!…

2 cups heavy whipping cream½ cup (about 2 oz.) powdered sugar1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar36 chocolate wafer cookies (such as Nabisco Famous) (from one 9-oz. pkg.)1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced into ¼-in.-thick rounds (about 3 cups)¾ cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips 1. Beat heavy cream, powdered sugar and balsamic vinegar with a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment on high speed until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes. 2. Use a springform pan or line bottom and sides of an 8-inch-round cake pan with two overlapping layers of plastic wrap, leaving about 3 inches overhang on sides of pan. Place a layer of about 12 cookies in bottom of pan, overlapping slightly if needed. Spread evenly with ¾ cup of the whipped cream. Top with 1 cup of…

Across 1 Phair or Taylor 4 George Gershwin’s brother 7 Sleepwear, for short 10 Musician Brian 11 “___ creature was stirring…” (2 wds.) 13 Go no further 14 Gloomy rock genre 15 Catherine O’Hara’s old show 16 Do as you’re told 17 Actress-mother-Honest Beauty founder (2 wds.) 20 Wedding vows 21 Looked lecherously 24 Actress Woodard 27 The Masked Singer network 28 Lizzo, ___ Melissa Jefferson 29 Life stories 30 ___ City (noir thriller starring 17 Across) 31 Cook in the microwave 32 “Evil Woman” band 33 EMT procedure (abbr.) 34 Invisible ___ (superhero played by 17 Across in two Fantastic Four movies of the 2000s) 35 ___ Fockers (movie featuring 17 Across) 37 Murder, ___ Wrote 38 17 Across costar in 30 Across (2 wds.) 43 Bye-bye, in Turin 45 Make a sweater…

Last Moment of Self-care I run between three and five miles almost every day, and that’s my time. It might sound like punishment to others, but it’s really important to me. Last Thing I Discovered About Myself My husband [Paul Bettany] and I are superficially different: He’s very outgoing, whereas I present as much more restrained. But during the pandemic I’ve struggled with the lack of community even more. I’ve really missed my friends and family. Last Time I Was Moved to Tears I’m sentimental. When we watch The Great British Baking Show, my kids will look over to check if I’m crying. Last Moment of Nostalgia Agnes [their 9-year-old daughter] got roller skates for Christmas, and it brought me right back to 1979. Me and my iron-on T-shirt…

1 Kristen Stewart Transforms Into Princess Diana In the first photo from the upcoming movie Spencer, which follows Diana’s 1991 Christmas with the royal family at Sandringham, the actress (inset) channels the people’s princess to a tee. 2 Everything-bagel ice cream challenges taste buds Jeni’s Splendid revealed a breakfast-inspired new flavor featuring garlic and onions with sesame and poppy seeds in cream cheese ice cream. 3 Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s Shady Baby gets her own book The couple wrote a children’s book featuring their little Instagram star, 2-year-old daughter Kaavia James—aka the adorably opinionated Shady Baby. 4 Jared Leto lost his Oscar The actor revealed that the Academy Award he won in 2014 for Dallas Buyers Club went missing three years ago after he moved houses in L.A. “Everyone’s searched for…

“You Should Be Sad” singer Halsey has one big reason to be happy: She’s going to be a mom! On Jan. 27 the pop star, 26, revealed she is pregnant when she posted a photo of her growing bump on Instagram, tagging the baby’s father, her screenwriter boyfriend Alev Aydin, 37. The news comes after years of pain for Halsey, who suffered a miscarriage in 2015 and has been open about her fertility issues due to her struggle with endometriosis. “For a long time, I didn’t think that having a family was something I was going to be able to do, and it’s very, very important to me,” she wrote in the liner notes of her 2020 album Manic. “One day my ob-gyn tells me it’s looking like I…

Babies Kelly Rowland, 40, welcomed her second son, Noah Jon, with husband Tim Weatherspoon, 47. On Instagram the singer shared a sweet shot of their son Titan Jewell, 6, bonding with his new brother (above). “We are truly grateful,” she wrote. • Riverdale actress Vanessa Morgan, 28, welcomed her first child, a boy, with her estranged husband, MLB player Michael Kopech, 24. Kopech filed for divorce shortly after the former couple announced the pregnancy. • Singer Joss Stone, 33, welcomed her first child, daughter Violet Melissa, with boyfriend Cody DaLuz, 30. Weddings NBA star Kevin Love, 32, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model Kate Brock, 33, announced their engagement. The two have been dating since 2016. • Big Brother season 20 runner-up Tyler Crispen, 25, proposed to fourth-place finisher…

On Jan. 15, during what would be one of her last-ever interviews while promoting her memoir Just As I Am, actress Cicely Tyson told People, “Nobody can stop you from doing what you really want to do.” Tyson, 96, was recalling an early roadblock in her life: In 1943, when she was 18 and about to graduate high school, her principal forced her to repeat her senior year after learning she was married and had a child. Ever determined, Tyson did and graduated mere months later. It would be an early demonstration of the deep resolve she was later admired for throughout her 63-year screen, stage and TV career. After her death of undisclosed causes on Jan. 28, stars paid emotional tributes to the influential actress. “I don’t know why,…

Like his lovable Saved by the Bell alter ego Samuel “Screech” Powers, Dustin Diamond tried to see the positive in any situation. So when he was diagnosed last month with stage 4 carcinoma, the actor, 44, “tried to be as positive as he could,” says his longtime manager and friend Roger Paul. “He was scared, but he wouldn’t show it. That’s just who he was.” Sadly, Diamond died on Feb. 1, just three weeks later. “It’s still so hard to believe,” says Paul. “He went through some tough times. But he was so grateful to have made a difference in people’s lives with his comedy.” Diamond’s legacy is decidedly complicated. After 12 years of playing Screech onscreen, the former child star struggled professionally—and his image was tarnished by humiliating public…

Shortly before noon on May 11, 1996, a rider on horseback reported seeing a body in the brush behind the Fraternal Order of Police lodge in Boynton Beach, Fla. The victim—blonde, blue-eyed, 18-year-old Victoria Rose Miller, mother of a 2-year-old daughter—had been reported missing by her mother the previous day. Police learned she’d attended a party two nights earlier in nearby Lake Worth, but what happened there or after she left became an enduring 25-year mystery. “Her death seems to be that defining moment where my memories really began,” says her sister Alexis Miller, who was 8 years old at the time. “I have two daughters of my own, and I try not to be overprotective. But that shadow of my sister and what happened to her is always present.”…

COUPLES ON THE GO KATE HONORS HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS England, Jan. 19 Princess Kate spoke to Holocaust survivors and youth ambassadors during a video call commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day. BACK ONSTAGE Burbank, Jan. 28 Billie Eilish performed at the remote 2021 iHeartRadio ALTer EGO concert alongside her brother Finneas O’Connell. SEXIEST SUNBATHER ALIVE People’s reigning Sexiest Man Alive, Michael B. Jordan, showed off his chiseled abs in a Jan. 24 Instagram from his St. Bart’s vacation with girlfriend Lori Harvey. ON DUTY AGAIN New York City, Jan. 27 Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay shared a laugh as they bundled up against the cold on the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. ALL THE DETAILS! PAM’S SURPRISE BACKYARD WEDDING Vancouver Island, Dec. 24 Pamela Anderson recently revealed she married Dan…

Ready to Reconcile? Tyrese & Samantha Gibson The actor-musician, 42, and his wife, a social worker, announced their separation in December—but now he’s vowing to salvage their marriage. “I’m gonna get her back,” he wrote on Instagram. Divorcing Elliot Page & Emma Portner On Jan. 26 the Juno star, 33, and wife Portner (above, in 2019) revealed that they separated last summer and are divorcing after three years of marriage, saying: “We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.” Page came out as a transgender man in December. Split After 29 Years Simon Baker & Rebecca Rigg The Mentalist actor, 51, and his actress wife, 53, have separated after 29 years of marriage. “Our three children will always be the most important focus of our…

The former Twilight star, 32, chatted about her world at home with husband Ian Somerhalder, 42, and their daughter Bodhi, 3, as she works to expand her sustainable lifestyle brand BaYou with Love. How have you navigated life as a working mom in a pandemic? Sometimes I set my alarm at 4 a.m. so I can work before Bodhi gets up. I really love my company, and I have my little one all the time. I’m taking it day by day. BaYou with Love turns 4 this year. What’s next? I want to focus on heirloom pieces. We’re selling charms that can be attached as an earring or put on your necklace or bracelet. My motto is: Purchase things you’ll treasure. You and Ian are both passionate about animal…

For more than four years, legendary singer Tony Bennett has been quietly struggling with Alzheimer’s disease, his family said in a new interview with AARP The Magazine. Bennett and his wife, Susan, 54, first suspected an issue when the 18-time Grammy winner told her in 2015 that he couldn’t recall the names of the musicians onstage at one of his concerts. In 2016 neurologist Gayatri Devi diagnosed him with Alzheimer’s. The disease didn’t stop the “Fly Me to the Moon” crooner from working, though. Bennett recorded his second album of duets with Lady Gaga, due out this spring, and continued to perform until March 2020, when the pandemic forced him offstage. At his doctor’s suggestion, he continues to rehearse in his Manhattan home twice a week with his longtime…

What appealed to you about playing an alien living in a human body? I love roles that have a physical element that can’t be ignored. He’s moving around in a body that is brand-new to him, like a bad puppeteer. You do a lot of sci-fi—what has the most fans? Rogue One: A Star Wars Story? Firefly. This was a TV show that lasted 14 episodes back in 2003. You would think I’d be meeting more Star Wars fans, but it’s still Firefly. Discover any new skills during quarantine? My wife [Charissa Barton] and I learned to cook. We make a pretty damned good lasagna.…

Amy Purdy’s hallmark has always been her courage and resilience. At the age of 19 she was an avid snowboarder set on traveling the world when she lost both legs 10 inches below the knee—and very nearly her life—after contracting bacterial meningitis. But she fought her way back to become a top Paralympian snowboarder and a finalist on Dancing with the Stars, and her life has been a testament to overcoming the impossible ever since. Still, her resolve—and determination—was once again put to the test in early 2019, when she was struck by a sharp pain in her left leg, a seemingly small setback that instead marked the beginning of an ordeal that has left her once again fighting to walk. “I’ve already been through so much,” says Purdy, 41.…

2 Tbsp. granulated sugar1 Tbsp. grated orange zest (from 1 orange)¾ cup water½ tsp. ground cinnamon¼ tsp. ground nutmegPinch of ground cloves6 oz. dark chocolate, chopped¼ cup brewed light-roast espressoVanilla ice creamToasted slivered almonds 1. Process sugar and orange zest in a food processor until combined and finely ground, 10 to 15 seconds. Alternatively, place sugar and zest in a small bowl, and rub between your fingers until oils from zest are released and blend with the sugar, about 30 seconds. Set aside. 2. Place water, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat. Add chopped chocolate; whisk until chocolate is melted and smooth, about 30 seconds. Add brewed espresso; whisk until incorporated. Let cool slightly, about 5 minutes. 3.…