Inhoudsopgave van December 30, 2024 - People

Taylor Swift concluded her record-breaking Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 8 with more than $2 billion in ticket sales—and, behind the scenes, she was spreading the wealth. Over the past two years on the road, the superstar, 35, gave out $197 million in bonuses to everyone working on her tour—from truck drivers and caterers to production assistants, dancers and more—on top of their salaries, People confirms. ‘IT HAS BEEN THE MOST EXCITING … THING I’VE EVER DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE’—TAYLOR SWIFT, on the impact of her Eras Tour Since ending the tour with her 149th concert, Swift made a visit to fans at a Kansas City children’s hospital on Dec. 12 and has been feeling “obviously so, so grateful,” says a source. Now she has plenty to be…

Gerry Turner is revealing new details about what led to his split with Theresa Nist after three months of marriage. Though the couple—who fell in love on ABC’s The Golden Bachelor in 2023 and got married last January—cited distance as the reason behind their divorce, Gerry, 73, tells People that his diagnosis of a slow-growing bone marrow cancer called Waldenström macroglobulinemia put an added strain on his relationship with Theresa, 71. “As Theresa and I were trying very hard to find our lifestyle, I was diagnosed with cancer,” says the father of two, who was living in Indiana while Theresa was based in New Jersey. “I wanted my life to continue on as normal as possible, and that led me to believing that meant spending time with family. The importance…

Formerly Conjoined Twins Back Home & Happy Philadelphia Shaneka and Tim Ruffin have a lot to celebrate now that their formerly conjoined twins have been successfully separated and have come home after nearly a year in the hospital. “I’m super excited,” says Shaneka, a 34-year-old full-time mom. “We get to all spend [the holidays] together.” Amari and Javar—who shared the lowest part of their sternum, diaphragm, abdominal wall and liver—were split at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in August. Dad Tim, also 34, had to visit the boys alone for Christmas in 2023 because the rest of the family (including Kaylum, 9, and 4-year-old Anora) was sick—though they all FaceTimed. As the boys, who turned 1 in September, continue to develop, Tim, who works for the city, says the family is…

Kimberly Williams-Paisley drives up to greet a People photo crew outside her home near Nashville and rolls down the window with a smile. Seated next to the actress is a curious passenger: a near-life-size white plastic swan, hollowed out with a hole in its back. Noting the quizzical looks, Williams-Paisley pats the swan. “She’s my support animal,” she says simply, deepening the mystery. Later the actress demonstrates the purpose of the peculiar bird: Tipping the swan to its side, she holds the neck like a handle and sets the opening next to her ear as if she’s listening to a giant seashell. Then she speaks into the hollow, her voice amplified as it resonates. “It helps me hear my voice,” explains Williams-Paisley, 53, who uses the swan before speaking in…

Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor, A Soldier’s Story, Schindler’s List. Countless films about World War II tell emotional stories from different perspectives. But Tyler Perry notes one glaring omission. “When I look at movies that were set in this time,” he says, “there hasn’t been one for Black women.” They’re finally getting their due. The Six Triple Eight directed and cowritten by Perry, tells the true story of the only all-Black unit of the Women’s Army Corps to serve in Europe during World War II. Their mission was an important one but also seemingly impossible: The 855 women, led by steely Major Charity Adams (Kerry Washington, also an executive producer), were given six months to sort through a staggering 17 million pieces of undelivered mail sitting in airplane hangars so…

Squid Game Makes Its Return It’s been so long since Squid Game became a phenomenon when it premiered on Netflix in September 2021 that even its star Lee Jung-jae had to rewatch season 1 “without stopping” to prepare to return to his role as Seong Gi-hun, aka Player 456. The South Korean drama that captivated audiences with its bright colors and deadly twists follows hundreds of down-on-their-luck contestants competing in childhood games for a massive cash prize—but only the winner makes it out alive. Jung-jae teases that season 2, which drops on Dec. 26, gets even darker for Gi-hun, who won last season but returns to the game on a mission to end it for good. “He’s such a changed person,” he says. “It wasn’t easy for me to do…

STARS AROUND THE WORLD A ROCKIN’ FAMILY Jason Momoa’s night out with his son Nakoa-Wolf, 16, and daughter Lola, 17, at Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation event made him the “happiest papa in the world” he Instagrammed on Dec. 14. GAYLE’S BIG BASH Niecy Nash, Brooke Shields and Sherri Shephard brought their individual style to Gayle King’s 70th-birthday celebration—hosted two weeks early by her bestie Oprah Winfrey in N.Y.C. “We got the party started!” Nash wrote on Instagram Dec. 14. ROLLING AROUND A broken foot didn’t stop Kim Kardashian from attending the Dec. 12 grand opening of her N.Y.C. SKIMS store. She later Instagrammed, “Dreams do come true!” PUPPY PLAYDATE Ex-Brat Packers Molly Ringwald (left) and Demi Moore shared a moment with their respective fur babies Milly and Pilaf…

After UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., on Dec. 9, the lawyer he hired vowed to fight his high-profile client’s extradition back to New York City. “We’re going to fight this tooth and nail,” defense attorney Thomas Dickey said about Mangione’s arrest in Altoona on firearms and forgery charges in connection to the Dec. 4 shooting death of father of two Brian Thompson, 50. Since then Mangione, 26, whose last known address was in Hawaii, has hired high-powered defense lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo to represent him in New York City, where he is charged with second-degree murder and other counts. As of press time Mangione was expected to waive extradition and return to New York City pending a court proceeding in…

Babygirl | IN THEATERS Nicole Kidman is at her brave best in a tale of sexual abandon DRAMA Nicole Kidman, as you probably know, is a dauntingly hardworking actress of great versatility. She’s done impressive TV work, notably on HBO’s Big Little Lies and Prime Video’s Expats. She won an Oscar as Virginia Woolf in 2002’s The Hours and then went on to give clever, credible performances as everyone from Lucille Ball (Being the Ricardos) to Princess Grace (Grace of Monaco). With her small, brittle voice, she doesn’t have the sweeping theatrical heft of her fellow Australian Cate Blanchett. What she possesses, though, are a physical delicacy and a sharp, ironic intelligence. These serve her well, especially in bold, adventurous roles that seem to free up a deeper, somewhat unnerving…

‘NOBODY WANTS TO BE HERE, BUT DIDDY’S DOING FINE’—A JAIL EMPLOYEE For Sean “Diddy” Combs, this Christmas will be anything but merry. At 6 a.m. he’ll start his day in a white cinder-block dormitory-style detention unit in New York City, far from the Miami Beach and Los Angeles mansions he called home before he was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and other criminal offenses on Sept. 16. For lunch he will be served Cornish hen, macaroni and cheese, cranberry sauce and rolls, and for Christmas dinner, two peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. Otherwise the holiday behind bars will be no different from any other day at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where, sources say, Combs, 55, has remained upbeat since his arrest last fall. He plays card games with other inmates and shoots hoops…

On a warm summer night in August 1975, Kathie Rottler, 14, her best friend Kandice Smith, 13, and Kathie’s kid sister Sheri, 11, were walking to a teen hangout called the Barn near their hometown of Cumberland, Ind. It was to be their first night out without adult supervision, and the girls were brimming with excitement. Then Kathie persuaded her companions to try their luck hitchhiking to their destination. “I talked them into it,” she recalls. “We could have walked. We should have walked.” Kathie stuck out her thumb, and a man in a white station wagon soon pulled over. He told the three girls to climb in the front seat and then sped off. As he roared past their destination, he told them he was going to hold them…

‘I LOVE THEM TO DEATH. I ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE WITH THEM’—PETEY JONES Not long after Ryan Holdren returned home one evening in March 2021 from his job at Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy, the school’s secretary telephoned to tell him that one of their students was on TV. A fire had just destroyed the apartment where 14-year-old Petey Jones lived, killing his older sister Maronique, who had been caring for Jones after the deaths of his parents. Without hesitation Holdren, then working as a middle school social studies teacher and assistant football coach, texted the ninth grader—whom he’d spent the past two years driving home each evening after practice—with a simple message. “Hey, I know you got a lot going on,” he wrote, “but if you ever need it, you’re…

When Yvette Nicole Brown walked down the aisle to marry actor Anthony Davis at their “intimate, classy and fun” Los Angeles wedding, the Emmy nominee cherished every moment of her dreamy nuptials. “Because I am of a certain age, I never thought it would happen for me,” she says. “I get to have my happy ending, and it’s amazing.” The pair said “I do” on Dec. 14 at the Maybourne Beverly Hills in front of 200 guests. After exchanging personal vows, the bride changed into a second look by Arlinda McIntosh and Sofistafunk (inset) for the reception and celebrated with dinner of sea bass and short ribs and wine from Blackbird Vineyards. Now Brown, who fell in love two years ago and got engaged in 2023, wants people to…

When Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie agreed to reunite onscreen, they knew a traditional sit-down reunion wouldn’t do. “We wanted to throw ourselves into a world that we are completely unfamiliar with as a nod to The Simple Life,” says Richie, referring to their reality TV megahit, which ran from 2003 to 2007 and began with the Los Angelenos heading to Arkansas to live on a farm and try their hands at blue-collar work. In their new Peacock series Paris & Nicole: The Encore, the pair, both 43-year-old moms of two, go far outside their comfort zones by staging an opera based on the nonsensical song “Sanasa,” which they made up as childhood friends. Despite a brief falling-out that Hilton later blamed on people “trying to play us against each…

Best Dog Toy Made of “extremely durable” untreated wool, the ring proved ideal for countless rounds of tug-of-war, making it “a keeper,” said one tester. Best Cat Toy Even picky kitties engaged with the catnip plushies adorned with ribbons and bells. “My cats were crazy for them,” said a staffer. Best Water Fountain Convenient to refill and clean, the “whisper quiet” fountain removes fur and odors for a constant stream of fresh water. Best Small Pet Bed Stylish and cozy, the bed—with a corduroy-fleece cover and foam filling—lured pets in for hours-long naps. Best Slow Feeder Pet parents noted that the elevated tray made it more accessible and comfortable for their dogs—plus the pieces are all dishwasher-safe. Best Grooming Wipes The large, unscented sheets get the dirty jobs done—from cleaning…

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