Table of contents for February 1, 2021 in People

‘LOL that’s just my face!!!! for the 500 millionth time… I have never done Botox or any injectables or surgery!’—JENNIFER LOPEZ, replying to a troll on Instagram who said she has had “tons” of Botox ‘I’ve readjusted all the mirrors in the house so they look like when you’re taking a selfie from up above, because I can’t even stand to look at myself in the mirror’—BLAKE SHELTON, on hoping to lose 10 lbs. before his wedding to Gwen Stefani, on his Apple Music Country’s Party Barn Radio with Luke Bryan ‘I’m not saying it was a disaster, but the fact that we did not have to go to the emergency room was just an absolute miracle’—KYRA SEDGWICK, on husband Kevin Bacon giving her a bikini wax, on Jimmy…

Engaged Joel Kinnaman & Kelly Gale The Killing alum, 41, and the Victoria’s Secret model, 25, announced their engagement on Jan. 18. “Yours forever,” Gale captioned a series of joyful photographs showing off her ring. Married! Riz Ahmed & Fatima Farheen Mirza The Night Of actor, 38, revealed to Jimmy Fallon he wed Mirza, 29, the author of the bestseller A Place for Us, in a “super intimate and socially distant” backyard wedding last year. Birthday Love Zooey Deschanel & Jonathan Scott On Jan. 17 the Property Brothers star, 42, wished his actress girlfriend a happy 41st birthday. “You fill my life with so much joy,” he wrote on Instagram of Deschanel, whom he’s dated since August 2019. Getting Serious Ashley Benson & G-Eazy Eight months after the former…

Babies Hanson band member Zac Hanson, 35, and wife Kate, 37, are expecting their fifth child together. They’re already parents to daughters Junia, 10, and Mary, 4, and sons John, 12, and George, 7. • Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson East and her husband, Andrew East, both 29, will make daughter Drew, 14 months, a big sister with the arrival of their second child this summer. • Dash Dolls reality star Khadijah Haqq McCray, 37, and her husband, former NFL pro Bobby McCray, 39, welcomed their third child, a baby girl. The couple are already parents to daughter Celine, 6, and son Christian, 10. McCray is also dad to teenage son Bobby Louis III from a previous relationship. Health Saved by the Bell’s Dustin Diamond, 44, is undergoing chemotherapy for…

On any given morning, Shea McGee is juggling fabric swatches and FaceTiming a client while simultaneously getting her two daughters ready for school. When her husband, Syd, gets home from running their shared office, he might whisk the girls off to a mommy-and-me dance class, where he gamely practices his pas de bourrée. It’s hectic and chaotic—and exactly what they wanted. With a thriving interior-design business and a hit TV show, Netflix’s Dream Home Makeover, the McGees may seem to have it all now, but the former college sweethearts nearly lost everything just a few years ago when, as new parents, they quit their jobs to follow Shea’s career dreams. After burning through their savings and moving from California to Utah in a last-ditch effort to afford to keep going, they’ve built a brand that’s gained…

Morgan Wallen confesses he’s been a little slow to realize he’s country music’s newest superstar. In fact, it took a national media firestorm before he could appreciate his ascension. Back in October the singer was booted from his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live for defying COVID-19 protocols after a series of TikTok videos showed him decidedly un-distanced among an assortment of young women during a weekend romp at the University of Alabama. “That’s when I truly figured out that things are different now,” Wallen, 27, says of the very public wake-up call. “I knew that I was becoming more and more popular, but I didn’t realize it was to that extent.” Not that he couldn’t have read the signs. To date, he’s racked up four straight No. 1 singles,…

They say when love is meant to be, it finds a way. For Frederick Paul and Florence Harvey of Caledon, Ont., it just took the better part of 60 years. The pair were childhood sweethearts back in the 1950s, when a 16-year-old Fred first started walking a 13-year-old Florence home from their two-room schoolhouse in the tiny fishing village of Wandsworth, Nfld. “I would flick the porch light on and say goodnight to her,” says Fred, “and then she would flick the light in her bedroom, about 2,000 feet away.” But then life intervened. Fred found a job in Toronto, got married and permanently moved away from his hometown. Florence took up teaching and married a local welder. The pair hadn’t spoken for decades, when Florence learned that Fred’s wife,…

6 oz. drained roasted red bellpeppers (from one 12-oz. jar)2 small (4 oz. each) plum tomatoes½ cup almonds2 Tbsp. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley2 Tbsp. olive oil2 tsp. fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)½ tsp. kosher salt1 small garlic clove, smashed2 Tbsp. whole-grain mustard1 (12-oz.) ciabatta loaf, split horizontally12 (½-oz.) deli turkey slices12 (½-oz.) deli ham slices (preferably Black Forest)8 oz. Swiss cheese, grated (2 cups)½ cup bread-and-butter pickle chips2 Tbsp. mayonnaise1 Tbsp. unsalted butter 1. Make romesco sauce: Process bell peppers, tomatoes, almonds, parsley, oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic in a blender until combined but still chunky, 10 to 15 seconds. Stir 2 tablespoons together with mustard in a small bowl (reserve remaining romesco for another use). 2. Spread mustard-romesco mixture evenly over cut side of ciabatta bottom half.…

Across 1 Just a little ___ 4 Beyoncé, to Blue Ivy 7 ___ Andreas Fault 10 X ___ “xylophone” (2 wds.) 12 Amazes 14 Exclamation of discovery 15 16 Across’s The Good Girl costar Gyllenhaal 16 With 18 Across, star of The Morning Show 18 See 16 Across 20 Bin Laden’s first name 21 MSNBC anchor Katy 22 Month before July (abbr.) 23 Beauty and the ___ 26 16 Across’s Friends castmate Perry 30 “Girls Just Want to Have ___” 31 16 Across’s Bruce Almighty costar Carrey 32 Boxer Muhammad 33 16 Across’s Friends with Money castmate McDormand 36 16 Across’s We’re the Millers costar Sudeikis 38 Bob Ross’s field 39 Actor Mineo 40 16 Across’s The Morning Show costar Witherspoon 43 16 Across’s Along Came Polly costar Ben…

1 Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem Really Love Lucy Bardem will be the one shouting “Lucy, I’m home!” when he plays Desi Arnaz to Kidman’s Lucille Ball in an upcoming biopic about the couple titled Being the Ricardos. 2 Jeopardy reveals new guest hosts The category is: interim hosts. Once Ken Jennings wraps his run, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers (pictured), actress Mayim Bialik and journalists Katie Couric and Bill Whitaker will take turns stepping into Alex Trebek’s shoes. 3 Rebel Wilson will see the fur fly The catwalk will turn into the dogwalk for the actress’s newly announced dog-grooming competition show Pooch Perfect on ABC, based on a series she hosts in her native Australia. Reality star Lisa Vanderpump will join as a judge. 4 Dogs can enjoy Ben & Jerry’s…

Tiger Woods was at the top of his game 11 years ago when a bizarre car crash launched the sensational sex scandal that all but ruined the superstar golfer. On the day after Thanksgiving 2009, Woods drove his Cadillac Escalade into a tree yards from the driveway of his home in Windermere, Fla. (Police never tested Woods for alcohol or drugs, but he was unconscious on the ground when they arrived.) Speculation about what led to the crash and rumors of infidelity culminated in more than a dozen women coming forward, claiming to have had affairs with Woods. Desperate to save his five-year marriage to former model Elin Nordegren, with whom he has two children, Woods checked into a 45-day-long rehab for sex addiction. By the time Nordegren filed…

After spending much of 2020 as one of Hollywood’s most PDA-happy couples, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have called it quits. The actress, 32, and the Oscar winner, 48, who met on the set of their upcoming film Deep Water, are no longer dating after nearly one year together, an insider says. A source close to the pair adds there are no hard feelings. “This is something that was mutual and completely amicable,” the source says. “They are in different points in their lives, and there is deep love and respect there.” One of their main issues? Location. The Cuba-born de Armas had no desire to live full-time in L.A., where Affleck, his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, and their kids Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 8, reside. “Their relationship…

Actor Armie Hammer is facing a firestorm of criticism after a controversy ignited on social media amid his divorce from his estranged wife, Elizabeth Chambers, 38. In early January an anonymous social media account leaked private direct messages purportedly between a woman and the Call Me By Your Name star, 34, in which he allegedly described dark, graphic sexual fantasies. On Jan. 13 news broke that he is exiting his next project, the Jennifer Lopez-led action-comedy Shotgun Wedding, set to begin filming next month. In a statement, Hammer said, “I’m not responding to these bulls--- claims, but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for four months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic.” ‘HIS FRIENDS…

An 11-year-old Writes a Book About Self-love for Kids During Quarantine NEW YORK CITY This past spring, like a lot of kids whose schools were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, Aiden Taylor was looking for something to do. “You can’t go outside; kids can’t play with their friends … it’s kind of wack,” he says. So the 11-year-old decided to write a kids’ book called Me and My Afro, aimed at helping kids “love the way that they are. It gives them something to do—and who doesn’t want to learn about self-love?” Spencer Jaffe, 27, Aiden’s mentor for the past three years through Big Brothers Big Sisters, encouraged the sixth grader and helped him edit the 26-page book, which so far has sold more than 1,400 copies. Not surprisingly,…

In 2016, after 30 years of running her eponymous makeup brand, Bobbi Brown decided it was time to walk away. “I’d been so focused on changing things and doing things better, because that’s just my personality,” she says. But a conversation with her 90-year-old aunt Alice made her stop and rethink. “She said, ‘Every time I talk to you, you talk about all the things you have to do, and you’re just not getting them done,’” Brown recalls. Still, “it certainly was not an overnight decision.” After tendering her resignation, Brown spent two days moping—“my best friends and neighbors came over with a bottle of tequila,” and she had a “really good cry”—and then got ready to move on. “I was like, ‘Oh, I feel awful. Well, I don’t want…

1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened½ cup sour cream1 (10-oz.) pkg. frozen spinach, thawed, drained, squeezed dry and chopped4 oz. Gouda or Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (about 1 cup)4 oz. Parmesan cheese, grated (about 1 cup)1 Tbsp. minced garlic (from 3 garlic cloves)½ tsp. kosher salt¼ tsp. black pepper¼ tsp. crushed red pepper½ cup cooked and crumbled bacon (about 3 slices)Tortilla chips or sliced French bread, for serving 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Stir together cream cheese and sour cream in a large bowl until smooth. Add spinach, Gouda, Parmesan, garlic, salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper; stir until combined. 2. Transfer mixture to a small baking dish or cast-iron skillet, and smooth into an even layer. Sprinkle evenly with bacon. Bake, uncovered, until dip is hot and cheese…

Last Time I Faced My Fears I’m terrified of bears. My wife, Genevieve, and I took our kids on a road trip to Yellowstone, so I went to a survival store and bought three or four bear sprays and attached them to my belt. She was like, “You look like an idiot.” But you never know. Last Thing I Learned About Myself How much of a homebody I am. During Supernatural, there were some months where I would only see my family for three or four days. That’s the reason Jensen [Ackles, his costar] and I wanted to bid a fond farewell to it. We both have wives and three kids and wanted to meet them. Last Time I Sang Out Loud Our daughter Odette always wants a bedtime…

There are things I’ve liked about being stuck at home in the last year: slowing down, the extra 30 minutes in bed, finding time to color co-ordinate my wardrobe and roll my socks the way Marie Kondo says. But when it comes down to it, I am desperate to get back to my old life. I want to see my family again (especially my new niece Sienna and my parents), go to a Broadway show, eat out in a clattering restaurant and karaoke afterward—and brainstorm with my amazing colleagues in a real office instead of shouting over one another on a video call before my WiFi goes down. The COVID-19 vaccines are giving us all hope that soon we’ll be able to return to the activities we love and—most important—curb…

Justin Timberlake finally let fans in on a secret that he and his wife, Jessica Biel, had been keeping for months: They’re now parents of two. During a Jan. 18 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the singer, 40, confirmed he welcomed a second child, a boy, with the actress, 38, in 2020. “His name is Phineas,” Timberlake told the host. “He’s awesome and so cute. Nobody’s sleeping, but we’re thrilled.” Just as ecstatic about the new addition is the couple’s 5-year-old son Silas, who Timberlake said is “very much liking” being a big brother. “They are spending time together as a family in both Montana and Los Angeles,” a source says of the pair, who kept details of their addition under wraps even after pals Lance Bass and Jimmy Fallon…

She’s an actress, an Emmy-winning producer and a bestselling author—now Leah Remini can add game-show host to her résumé. The King of Queens alum, 50, will host People Puzzler, People’s new competition series that will test contestants’ pop culture knowledge as they solve crossword puzzles and vie to win $10,000. People Puzzler airs at 6 p.m. weeknights on Game Show Network. This is a different role from what we’ve seen you in in the past. What were your thoughts when you were first asked to host? I was literally like, “Yes!” [I was] dealing with the aftermath of producing and hosting my A&E documentary series on Scientology, on top of it being a very dark time in our country. So when something like this comes along, I feel like…

The actress and her husband, Dax Shepard, are giving two families each week a year of diapers through their baby products company Hello Bello. What have you and Dax learned about each other in the pandemic? Everything … because we haven’t been able to leave! Early on, we definitely needed a little therapy brushup. We give each other grace under stressful circumstances. Has there been a silver lining? It’s offered more consistency in parenting our girls. We all sit with our toes together in a family square and figure out any grievances. It’s working pretty well! What fuels you to try and make a difference with your company? Acknowledging other human beings is vital to our souls. This year we’re choosing a family and allowing them to pay it…

Like many people, Priyanka Chopra Jonas found herself with time on her hands when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Production on her TV series Citadel screeched to a halt, and she and husband Nick Jonas quarantined together in their Los Angeles home. While the actress, 38, savored that togetherness, the uncertainty about the virus and the impact it was having on everything rocked her. “I was feeling emotionally unstable,” she admits. But she soon found an upside to the enforced break: She had committed to writing a memoir, and after 20 years of working nonstop—beginning when she was crowned Miss World in 2000—she suddenly had the hours, and the contemplative state of mind, to get it done. “It was like a personal diary when I started writing,” she says. “I had the…

It was just after 4 a.m. on Nov. 20, 2015, and Peter Gold, then a fourth-year medical student at New Orleans’s Tulane University, was driving home, talking to his mother on his cell phone just to stay awake and keep from feeling alone on the darkened city streets. As he turned from historic Magazine Street to St. Mary Street, he saw a man dragging a woman by the neck. “The next thing I knew I was out of the car yelling at the guy, trying to do anything I could to get him off her,” Gold recalls. With his horrified mother still on the line and an area surveillance camera filming, Gold was shot in the stomach as the young woman escaped. While he lay on the ground, his assailant…

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7 garlic cloves, divided1 cup olive oil, divided2 tsp. grated lemon zest, plus ½ cup fresh juice (from 4 lemons), divided1 Tbsp., plus ½ tsp. black pepper, divided2 tsp. dried oregano1¼ tsp. kosher salt, divided2 dozen split chicken wings¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley½ tsp. cayenne pepper2 oz. feta cheese, crumbled (about ½ cup) 1. Peel and crush 6 of the garlic cloves, and place in a very large bowl. Add ½ cup of the oil, ¼ cup of the lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of the black pepper. Add zest, oregano and 1 teaspoon of the salt; stir to combine. Stir in wing pieces; cover and marinate at least 4 hours or up to overnight in refrigerator. 2. Remove wings from refrigerator, discard garlic, and let stand until room…