Table of contents for 17-Oct-16 in Us Weekly

It wasn’t quite an escapade, but Janet Jackson made a rare public appearance September 26, showing off her neverbefore-seen baby bump. The “Rhythm Nation” singer, expecting her first child at age 50 with husbandWissam Al Mana, 41, popped by London shop Back in Action for 45 minutes, checking out furniture and strollers. Reportedly due in November, Jackson “is excited,” says a family source. “She feels strong.” Nevertheless, the Grammy winner — who has been on bed rest, per the source — sat for the duration of her private shopping session. FAMILY PLANNING Because of Jackson’s age, her pregnancy is high-risk. According to Chicagobased Ob-Gyn Jessica Shepherd (who has not treated Jackson), complications such as high blood pressure and blood clots, common in older moms-to-be, can lead doctors to recommend rest.…

CHARLIZE THERON The former teen model, 41, gained 30 pounds — and won an Oscar! — for 2003’s Monster. Now a Theron source tells Us she’s up 35 pounds to play a mom of three in the 2017 comedy Tully: “She eases up workouts and eats more.” LIAM HEMSWORTH “I didn’t eat for weeks,” the Hunger Games vet, 26, joked about prepping for his shirtless scene as a lovestruck farmer in The Dressmaker. Costar Kate Winslet told E! News September 19, “I would actually hear his stomach growling.” DANIEL RADCLIFFE The 27-year-old went on a monthlong diet to look suitably haggard for 2017’s Jungle, about a trip to the Amazon that goes terribly wrong. He told The Hollywood Reporter September 11, “I was operating on not very much food.” RENÉE…

Saved by the Biebs! After filmmaker Reggie Benjamin related the human trafficking horrors from his doc Mission Save Her to Justin Bieber in January, “he said, ‘This happens?What can I do to help?’” Benjamin tells Us. Bieber, 22, scoured the Montage Beverly Hills for a pen to write save her on his hand for a promo pic. Adds Benjamin of the winter release: “He said we could attach his name to the project!”…

SCOTT & JULIE Julie Bowen, 46, and husband of 12 years Scott Phillips are too worn out to divorce, jokes the mom of three. “We watch all these people get married then split up,” she told Us. “We outlast them. The answer: We’re too tired to do anything else!” DAVID & NEIL PATRICK David Burtka, 41, has a tasteful way of managing stress, says husband Neil Patrick Harris, 43. “He goes and cooks,” Harris (right) said at a September 26 event at NYC’s 92nd Street Y. “He’ll put his time and energy into something that takes a lot of time.” Gigi & Zayn To get front-row ready for Givenchy’s October 2 Paris show, ZaynMalik needed only Gigi Hadid, 21. Says a source close to the singer, 23, “Having Gigi by…

Get f--king lynched.” “Dumb black bitch.” “You f--ked up the pretty girl group.” Those were some of the messages Fifth Harmony’s Normani Kordei was subjected to every time she checked Twitter. “It was absolutely disgusting,” the 20-year-old tells Us. The hate reached a fervor when the Atlanta native called bandmate Camila Cabello “very quirky” during an August 1 Facebook Live interview with website Galore. Perceiving the label as a snub, Cabello fans filled Kordei’s feed with the n-word and other racist remarks. Though Cabello defended her pal, tweeting, “I won’t tolerate on my timeline any kind of hate, racism, or discrimination,” the bullying got so bad that Kordei decided to take a hiatus from Twitter. But after nearly six weeks away, she realized she could use social media to make…

OPENS FRIDAY 10/7 The Girl on the Train Here’s the real mystery: How did a spine-tingling bestseller turn into a foggy melodrama that’s devoid of suspense? The girl on the train is Rachel (Emily Blunt), a lonely alcoholic who rides the Metro-North Railroad with a faraway look in her eyes. Every day, she glimpses out at a seemingly perfect couple who live on the same street as her ex (Justin Theroux), his new wife and their baby. Then Rachel wakes up caked in blood. She can’t recall what happened, and the unknown woman (Haley Bennett) is missing. Perhaps that setup would carry more heft if the suspects weren’t all miserable enigmas. Even Blunt, though a sympathetic sad sack, spends the movie stumbling around and whispering. Ugh. Despite her unreliable narration,…

Donald Trump doesn’t regret calling Miss Universe 1996 AliciaMachado “Miss Piggy.” The day after Hillary Clinton, 68, slammed her GOP foe for fat-shaming the Venezuelan beauty, he doubled down. The onetime pageant boss, 70, told Fox & Friends September 27 the then–19-year-old had “gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem.” Though Machado, 39, blamed Trump for her subsequent eating disorder, he shrugged off criticism, this time via The O’Reilly Factor, insisting: “It is a beauty contest.” ROUND 2 Trump had barely gotten started. In a September 30 tweet, he urged followers to check out Machado’s alleged “sex tape.” Myth-busting Snopes.com dug up the footage: a bit from Machado’s 2005 stint on Spain’s La Granja (akin to The Real World), in which she rolled around under…

Monica Potter’s youngest is 11, but the mom of Molly, Liam, 21, and Daniel, 26, still hauls a diaper bag. “It carries everything!” she raves of her Henri Bendel tote. The actress and shop owner, who fixes up her childhood home in Cleveland on HGTV’s Welcome Back Potter (premiering October 11 at 11 p.m.), unpacks her must-haves. HOT SHOT “I always carry prefilled B12 needles. It helps with stamina. My husband [Daniel Allison] usually administers them because he’s a doctor, but I’ve done it a few times.” TOKENS OF AFFECTION “Ever since my dad passed away, I’ve been finding dimes everywhere I go, like he’s leaving them for me. I keep them in a little bag.” SERENE SCENT “My lavender travel kit has my Sea Buckthorn balm and facial oil.…

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Rigatoni With Mushrooms & Swiss Chard BY MIC HAEL SYMON Host of Burgers, Brew & ’Que (Food Network, Fridays, 10 p.m.) “My wife, Lizzie, is a vegan, so a simple pasta with a ton of veggies is always a go-to date-night meal. This rigatoni has a great earthy flavor and only takes a few minutes to whip up. The key to success is in the browning of the mushrooms, which gives the dish its woodsy richness. To get them really caramelized, don’t season them with salt until they have taken on a nice color.” Michael Symon, 47, wed to Liz Shanahan (they co-own Cleveland’s Lola restaurant) and stepfather of Kyle, 29 Kosher salt 1 lb fresh rigatoni pasta 3 tbsp olive oil, plus more for drizzling 4 cups oyster mushrooms,…

SUNDAY 10/9 INSECURE Awkward girls have a new hero! In this comedy, YouTube star Issa Rae plays a version of herself: an L.A. comic navigating friendships, a disappointing beau and a hunk on hold. (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) TUESDAY 10/11 THE LETTER Friend-tervention, anyone? Each week on this reality show, four besties send one another anonymous letters calling out worrisome behavior. Note to one ex–sorority sister: “You waste time on worthless men.” (Freeform, 9 p.m.) TUESDAY 10/11 CHICAGO FIRE Careers may be extinguished in the drama’s fifth season. Kelly (Taylor Kinney) considers leaving the rescue squad to chase stardom. Coworkers Dawson (Monica Raymund) and Casey (Jesse Spencer), now fostering a rescued boy, also mull a safer life. (NBC, 10 p.m.) WEDNESDAY 10/12 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE + THE TENNESSEE KIDS Now this is…

1. I was on the swim team through junior high. 2. I dropped out of Pinole Valley [California] High School. 3. I’ve seen every episode of The Brady Bunch. 4. I have a [Frenchie] dog named Mojo. 5. I once thought I won the lottery, but I misread the scratcher. 6. I rehabbed a baby squirrel and named him Peewee. 7. I was arrested for getting naked on stage in Milwaukee in 1995. 8. I used to have a cat named Sid Vicious. 9. I stole a limousine right after playing David Letterman’s show in 1996. 10. My favorite food is pizza. 11. I looked like Shirley Temple when I was a child. 12. I’ve been in three different sinking boats. 13. I once knitted a scarf — and I…

“I feel absolutely no responsibility for my behavior at all. It’s great.” On pregnancy hormones, KATHERINE HEIGL “It’s country music. We like to make fans happy.” Joking about why he frequently lets people grab his butt atmeet-and-greets, LUKE BRYAN “When you hear about people in their fifties getting married at 20, you’re like, ‘What were they thinking?’” On feeling “settled” in his life after marrying Jennifer Aniston at age 43, JUSTIN THEROUX “I have to send him amessage and be like, ‘Babe, it’s on tonight! This is what’s happening.’” On scheduling sex with husband Eric Decker, JESSIE JAMES DECKER “I was just standing next to this guy I had never met before, stark naked . . . like, ‘This is the most exciting my life has been in a little while.’” On doing…

Joe Jonas (above) performing a concert with Demi Lovato for Marriott Rewards members in L.A. Jessica Alba getting mani-pedis with daughters Honor, 8, and Haven, 5, at Think Pink in NYC’s SoHo. Kate Hudson drinking Don Julio with a friend and FaceTiming at the bar inside the Crosby Street Hotel in NYC. Michael Bolton, Jeff Ross and Bob Saget singing along as JohnMayer played guitar during an impromptu performance in the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Sienna Miller eating pasta carbonara while at dinner with ex-fiancé Tom Sturridge and their 4-year-old daughter, Marlowe, at NYC’s Olio e Piú. Francesca Eastwood toasting with Svedka vodka at the afterparty for her film Three Deaths in West Hollywood. Jordan Rodgers overheard complaining that both he and fiancée JoJo Fletcher were in…

Clad in a robe at husband Kanye West’s apartment in Paris’ luxury Hotel de Pourtalès building in the early hours of October 3, Kim Kardashian Face-Timed future sister-in-law Blac Chyna at her L.A. baby shower, then broadcast it on Snapchat. Five thieves, waiting nearby, seized the opportunity to get the E! star alone. Around 2:25 a.m., the men — some masked, some dressed as police officers — took the concierge at gunpoint and forced entry into West’s secondfloor flat. One pointed a gun at the terrified 35-year-old mom while binding her hands with plastic zip ties, placing her in the bathtub and locking her in the bathroom. “Kim was hysterically crying, begging for her life, telling them about her babies,” a source tells Us. “She definitely thought she was going…

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