Table of contents for October 6, 2025 in People

‘She would put dryer sheets in the bag when she packed, and I was like, “That is so genius”’—PATRICK J. ADAMS, on his Suits costar Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s travel hacks, to People ‘Maybe he thought I’d be aerodynamic when I was chasing perps’—MARISKA HARGITAY, on her hairstylist giving her a pixie cut in the early 2000s, to Allure ‘Us old-timers need to make sure everything’s loosened up’—JASON BATEMAN, on preparing for action sequences in Black Rabbit, to People ‘I know for a fact if it was at the right time … your girl would’ve been an American Idol’—KEKE PALMER, on Hot Ones ‘Give me the swag, give me the attitude’—CIARA, on the ‘stage mom’ pep talk she gives her kids, to People ‘No matter how nervous you get, there’s…

Saturday Night Live alum Kristen Wiig knows a thing or two about getting into a kooky character. She’s at it again in Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, out Sept. 26. Only this time the actress, 52, is joined by her fun-loving twin daughters Shiloh and Luna. ‘BEING HOME WITH MY FAMILY IS WHERE I’M THE HAPPIEST PERSON’ What made you sign on for a movie based on a Netflix children’s show? My kids [with husband Avi Rothman] are almost 6 and don’t watch TV that much. Once the show was introduced to our house, it was a lot of Gabby. They’re why I did it. It felt good making a creative decision for someone other than myself. They also voice characters. That’s generous. They play Hopper and Bopper, these two little…

Boston Rob and Amber may be the most famous Survivor couple, but love has bloomed behind the cameras too. Crew relationships have resulted in 67 “Survivor babies”—and changes to the visiting policy. Showrunner Jeff Probst worked with CBS to allow families to live in Fiji while filming, meaning high chairs in catering and strollers around base camp. “You can be out here at any given point and see between seven and 13 [kids],” Probst, 63, tells People, adding that some children have grown up and now work alongside their parents. Co-executive producer Jimmy Quigley and his wife, Ariel (a former segment producer), who began dating in 2019 after season 40, say the family policy made it easy for their son Trey, 1, to join them in Fiji from March to…

Questions abound about what led 21-year-old University of Kentucky senior Laken Snelling to allegedly hide the body of her baby boy wrapped in a towel in a garbage bag in the closet of her off-campus house. The shocking case came to light on Aug. 27, two days after classes began, when someone called 911 to report the discovery of a dead baby, according to police. Preliminary autopsy results were inconclusive about the baby’s cause and manner of death. “Many people are judging her,” says a local source of Snelling. “It’s very one-sided.” On Aug. 31 Snelling, a member of the school’s STUNT competitive cheer team who has since withdrawn from the university, was arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and concealing the birth of an…

It’s been 10 months since Vanna White’s son Nikko Santo Pietro caught social media’s attention with a spontaneous Instagram post of him cooking white wine chicken thighs (it’s a family recipe) in what he admits was a “tight white shirt” alongside his mom in December 2024—but the Los Angeles-based real estate agent, 31, is still riding the high. “That was really … I enjoyed it,” he says with a laugh. The Wheel of Fortune cohost, 68, says they filmed the video “just for fun because he loves to cook, and I love to eat his food.” The fact that the clip went viral—with more than 31,000 likes to date—and resulted in a press tour for the pair “just blew me away,” adds White, who also shares a daughter, Gigi, 28,…

Lying on the couch at his mom’s home outside Boston last spring, his right leg propped up in a splint, Jayson Tatum watched as his 7-year-old son Deuce replayed basketball highlights on his iPad. Days earlier the Boston Celtics’ star forward was playing the final minutes of an NBA playoff game when he ended up sprawled on the court, writhing in pain with a ruptured Achilles tendon. “Deuce,” Tatum said to his son, pointing to the tablet, “you think Daddy’s going to come back and be able to do that again?” Deuce gave his dad a look, as if to say, “Dumb question.” “Of course,” the boy told him. Says Tatum of his son’s confidence: “I really needed that. There have been plenty of moments during this when I doubted…

1 RESTAURANT OPENING 1587 Prime It’s been a long time since a hot spot has felt, well, truly hot. But when you put together the potent combination of NFL superstars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes as co-owners, a menu full of reimagined steak-house classics and a little dinnertime razzle-dazzle, it can be electric. “[It’s] just another thing that we want to bring to Kansas City, to be able to show our appreciation for the city, knowing how much they love their food and how much they love their football,” Kelce says of the new restaurant, which opened in the Loews Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 17. The sleek, two-story steak house—named after the two Chiefs players’ jersey numbers—boasts a dramatic marble staircase, several private dining rooms and glass…

Last perfect day off I went to the Amalfi Coast and just unplugged. I try and go see the ocean, see a beach and sit there and think about my mama. I was born on her birthday, and she’s no longer with us, so I like to take her [in my heart] somewhere beautiful and let her experience the world. Last guilty pleasure I worked, like, an 18-hour day, and when I got home, I was going to sleep, but I didn’t. I went in my humidor and grabbed me one of [his company’s] Liga Tridente Il Bambino cigars. I had me a cigar and some Blanton’s Bourbon, and I was like, “I’m going to enjoy this.” Last time I felt like a kid I was on Kai Cenat’s show,…

A ROYAL WELCOME FAMILY TIES GETTING IN THE SPIRIT Heidi Klum hosted a lavish Oktoberfest celebration she dubbed HeidiFest in Munich on Sept. 18. She was joined by her husband, Tom Kaulitz (below), and her four kids, Leni, Henry, Johan, 18, and Lou, 15. FEELING FLORAL Halloween came early this year for Tiffany Haddish, whose film Haunted Heist premiered during Fantastic Fest 2025 in Austin on Sept. 20. A-LIST STYLE Naomi Watts (left) and Jessica Alba were among the stars sitting in the front row at Tory Burch’s New York Fashion Week show on Sept. 16. A MUSICAL OUTING Prince Harry, days after reuniting with his father, King Charles, made a surprise appearance with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at the One805Live! benefit concert hosted at Kevin Costner’s Santa Barbara home…

Tom Holland was injured on the U.K. set of the next Spider-Man film. The actor, 29, who plays the titular superhero, sustained a mild concussion and was taken to the hospital on Sept. 19 after falling at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, just outside of London, while filming Spider-Man: Brand New Day. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Holland will take a break from the Sony production “for several days.” The fourth film in the franchise, also starring Holland’s fiancée Zendaya, 29, and Mark Ruffalo, 57, as the Hulk, is set for a July 31, 2026 release.…

It’s no surprise that Robert Redford was a gifted athlete in high school, even winning a baseball scholarship to the University of Colorado Boulder and dreaming of joining the Boston Red Sox. Yet when he was asked about the proudest moment in his sports career, the actor told People, “I had just one. We were making The Natural, and my character was supposed to hit the ball foul.” Redford persuaded the director of the 1984 classic to let him try it himself. “Pitcher came in from the Pittsburgh Pirates. I said, ‘Yeah, just give it to me fast and inside.’ And I put it in the bleachers, and I stood there stunned. I was supposed to run. I stood there, I went, ‘God, am I great or what?’ ” he…

There were countless times earlier in her ranching career when Tabatha Zimiga would walk into a livestock sale and draw stares from the men around her—at her blonde hair or the skull and flower tattoos covering her neck and arms. “They’d see me and think, ‘She can’t ride a horse,’ ” recalls Zimiga, who has been running the 1,200-acre Flyin’ N ranch outside Interior, S.Dak., since her fiancé’s death six years ago. “Now,” says the 37-year-old mom of three, “everybody knows who I am.” It was that reputation that drew filmmaker Kate Beecroft to Zimiga’s door around 2020, after an acquaintance told her, “If you want a story, go to exit 127.” When they met, Zimiga had one question: “You want to see some cowgirl s---?” Her spirit—frank, fearless…

I’m a 25-year survivor of uterine cancer. I support my body in fighting disease. Being rested, being happy, making the right choices help Fran be well. I don’t like to go to bed hungry. I did when I was trying to diet. I’d say to myself, “Go to sleep, and in the morning you’ll be happy because your stomach will be flat.” Now I like a nice dinner, and I like ice cream. I have a small cone. That’s my treat. Early enough so it doesn’t keep me awake. I’m good about taking off my makeup. A lot of women are lazy about that, or they’ll sleep in makeup. I get complimented constantly for my skin. I think part of that is because I keep it nice and clean. I…

Splits Director Tim Burton, 67, and actress and model Monica Bellucci, 60, announced their breakup after two years together in a joint statement on Sept. 19. Babies Model Karlie Kloss, 33, and husband Joshua Kushner, 40, welcomed their third child, Rae Florence, on Sept. 18. The couple also share sons Levi, 4, and Elijah, 2. Deaths Grammy winner Brett James, who wrote Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” his wife and stepdaughter were killed on Sept. 18 in a plane crash in North Carolina. He was 57. Sonny Curtis, 88, writer of the Mary Tyler Moore theme song, died due to to complications from pneumonia. Crime Human remains believed to belong to Travis Decker, a man accused of killing his three daughters, were found in Washington State, the Chelan County Sheriff’s…

Twenty years ago Jessica Simpson launched a fashion brand with a pair of red cowboy boots and a quirky relatability. Underestimated at first, the Jessica Simpson Collection became a multi-million-dollar retail juggernaut, outlasting many celebrity lines. In 2021 she and her mom, Tina Simpson, 65, bought back ownership of the brand from the parent company and reclaimed control. “We were the little engine that could,” says Simpson. At 45, the mom of three—Maxwell, 13, Ace, 12, and Birdie, 6—is in her newly single era after her January split from former NFL player Eric Johnson, her husband of 10 years. Now celebrating two decades in fashion—and making her own music—she has a newfound independence and reflects, “I feel better than I ever did in my 20s.” Congrats on 20 years of…

At a certain point while writing his new memoir, Lionel Richie began to feel overwhelmed. “To be honest, I don’t know how I remembered a lot of stuff,” says Richie. “And then there were moments when I wanted to forget things—and that’s the painful part.” In Truly, the Grammy winner and American Idol judge, 76, excavates his journey as a painfully shy kid in Tuskegee, Ala., who stumbled his way into stardom in the ’70s with the Commodores and became one of the most successful solo artists of the ’80s, with hits like “All Night Long (All Night)” and “Hello.” After navigating racism, the loss of loved ones and close friends like Michael Jackson, and the pain of two divorces, the father of three says, “I feel a sense of…

From People’s Oct. 4, 1993, issue: Just three years ago Fabio Lanzoni, 32, was an anonymous hunk from Milan in a half-open shirt, staring out from the covers of paperbacks with names like Enchantress Mine and Warrior’s Woman. His primary goal in life was to show his father, Sauro Lanzoni, that, to quote Fabio, “I dohn need your help.” After graduating high school, Fabio’s father pressured him to study engineering and enter the family business, but a girlfriend persuaded him to try modeling in the U.S. instead. And while Sauro speaks to his famous son weekly, he still seems bitter about Fabio’s career path. “My son,” he says, “has been ruined by women.” At one point Fabio was posing for as many as 16 covers in a single day, rearing…