People March 14, 2022

‘He’s mortified. He says, “Please, Dad, do not wear the short shorts”’—COLIN FARRELL, on his 12-year-old son Henry’s thoughts on his running attire, on the Ellen DeGeneres Show ‘I never texted her…. I was like, “Oh my God, I ghosted Rihanna! What is wrong with me?”’—SOPHIA BUSH, on getting the singer’s phone number while working on One Tree Hill, on the Drew Barrymore Show ‘I’m like, “Wait, can we go back to the beginning now, because I know what it’s like to be a mom.” I’ve been faking it!’—MANDY MOORE, on wanting to redo playing a mother on This Is Us after becoming one in real life last year, on the Kelly Clarkson Show ‘What was I thinking? I was swinging at the side of trucks. I was riding…

1 The Spider-Man stars re-create the pointing meme Actors (from left) Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire put on their Spidey suits to bring to life the still from the ’60s cartoon (inset) that often makes the rounds online. 2 Disney Launches a Two-night Star Wars Hotel Experience The Force lives in Florida. Fans of the sci-fi franchise can now hop aboard the Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World Resort for an immersive adventure featuring Rey, Chewbacca and Kylo Ren. 3 Brach’s Debuts Taco Jelly Beans Your Easter basket treats might taste saltier this year: The candy company has a new Late Night Taco Truck pack—with margarita, churro, salsa and, yes, beef taco flavors—for the holiday. 4 Leo Enters the Champagne Game Pop the bubbly! DiCaprio invested in…

Twenty-three years ago this week, Carol Wallace—the second woman to run People since its founding in 1974—gave me 15 minutes. I was the twentysomething editor in chief of Cleveland Magazine who’d flown in for an informational interview. I was ready to relocate to New York, where my new photographer husband lived. I had no connections in media, but I’d worked my tail off in city entertainment, arts, crime and cultural journalism. So I mailed 50 cold cover letters, bought a plane ticket, packed two Ann Taylor dresses and saw anyone in New York publishing who’d answer the phone. Carol welcomed me warmly into her grand oak-paneled office and explained that People spoke to people coast to coast and that my background outside of New York was valuable and unique. Ultimately,…

Hollywood’s Glam Night! HOLLYWOOD DATE NIGHT! AN EMOTIONAL SPEECH Michael Keaton dedicated his win to his nephew Michael, who died of a drug overdose. “I am blessed to be able to do something that might improve someone’s life,” Keaton said of his show Dopesick, about the opioid crisis. His speech wasn’t all serious: He revealed he was in the restroom when his win was announced. “It was packed,” he joked. SAG AWARDS 2022 Best Dressed of the Night! CATE BLANCHETT The Nightmare Alley nominee’s custom Giorgio Armani Privé column, which featured a plunging neckline with onyx stones, was “based on an archival gown designed by Mr. Armani,” says her stylist Elizabeth Stewart. KERRY WASHINGTON “If she ain’t in your Top 5, you’re a hater,” the presenter’s stylist, image architect Law…

On the first day of her solo tour of Denmark, Princess Kate met with parents and their babies at the University of Copenhagen. “It makes me very broody,” Kate, 40, said during the Feb. 22 outing, adding that her husband, Prince William, 39, doesn’t exactly share the sentiment. “William always worries about me meeting under 1-year-olds,” she admitted. “I come home saying, ‘Let’s have another one.’” For now the royal mom—to Prince George, 8, Princess Charlotte, 6, and Prince Louis, 3—has plenty to juggle. Her trip to Denmark marked her first overseas solo tour since 2017 and highlighted her work in early childhood development while emphasizing her role as future Queen: During the visit she met with Denmark’s Queen Margrethe as well as Crown Princess Mary. The tour came just…

Amanda Bynes is taking steps to regain control of her life. On Feb. 23 the actress’s lawyer David A. Esquibias filed court documents to terminate her conservatorship, which she was placed under in 2013. She’d previously been hospitalized on an involuntary psychiatric hold after allegedly setting fire to a driveway. For nearly nine years Bynes’s conservator, her mother Lynn, has made her personal and medical decisions. Now Bynes, 35, “believes her condition is improved and protection of the court is no longer necessary,” Esquibias says. The filing comes after he told People last year that Bynes—who in 2020 announced she was engaged to Paul Michael, whom she met at a sober-living home in 2019—was “doing great,” adding that “she lives by the beach, attends school and is enjoying meditation and…