People February 6, 2023

‘I get a lot of “chef”’—JEREMY ALLEN WHITE, on how people address him in public after his breakout role on The Bear, to E! News‘I didn’t realize the medal actually goes here on your chest. And Victoria [Beckham] designed my dress for the occasion. And she put a big slit right there. And I was like, “Oh, sorry!”’—MEL B, on the problem with the outfit she wore (pictured) to receive the MBE award from Prince William last year, on Live With Kelly and Ryan‘Everyone seems to think that I’m Adele in drag. ’Cause we’ve never been seen in the same room together, and if you slow down her voice, it sounds maybe a bit like mine’—SAM SMITH, on the wildest rumor they’ve heard about themself, on The Drew Barrymore Show‘Watch…

1 Madonna’s new tour The Material Girl is headed back to the stage! Announced with a star-studded, Truth or Dare-themed video, her Celebration tour kicks off July 15 and will run through Dec. 1 as she strikes a pose in 35 cities around the world. 2 A Ghost remake? Channing Tatum said he wants to film a new version of Ghost, the beloved 1990 romance film starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. “We’re going to do something different,” Tatum told Vanity Fair of his production company’s plans. 3 Mountain Dew hot sauce The beverage brand released a limited-edition, Baja Blast-flavored, spicy condiment—merging the taste of the tropical soda with chile pepper heat—in honor of National Hot Sauce Day. 4 Kim’s royal bauble Kim Kardashian bought Princess Diana’s amethyst-and-diamond Attallah Cross for $197,453, more than double its estimated…

Honoring the Past and Celebrating the Present As we sit down to plan our Black History Month content each year, executive editor Jeremy Helligar, who spearheads our coverage, has one rule: Make it joyous. Actually, there’s a second rule: Remember history is happening now. “Let’s give these people their flowers while they’re still around to receive them,” he says. In our first installment of 2023 celebrating Black history (look for stories throughout February), we honor living legends among us. People like Stevie Wonder, who wrote his joyous and pointed hit “Happy Birthday” to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.—and joined marches and rallies to get the civil rights leader’s birthday recognized as a national holiday. (This year marks the 40th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s signing that legislation into law.) And Oprah Winfrey, who…

BEYONCÉ & BLUE IVY’S BIG DUET Dubai, Jan. 21 During her first full concert in four years, for the launch of luxury hotel Atlantis the Royal, Beyoncé brought out a very special guest: her and Jay-Z’s 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, who joined her superstar mom for the first live performance of their Grammy-winning duet “Brown Skin Girl.” BUFFY AND SPIKE MEET AGAIN! Los Angeles, Jan. 19 Sarah Michelle Gellar reunited with her Buffy the Vampire Slayer costar James Marsters at the premiere of her new Paramount+ show Wolf Pack. PEACE OUT Los Angeles, Jan. 18 Lenny Kravitz smiled for the cameras outside of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he crashed his Shotgun Wedding costar Jennifer Lopez’s interview. RALPH ROBES UP Rome, Jan. 12 Ralph Fiennes got in costume as a cardinal on the set of the upcoming thriller Conclave, which is based…

With several movies in the works and a new album on the way, Jennifer Lopez is set to have a joyfully jam-packed 2023—and she’s in the mood to celebrate. Following the L.A. premiere of her action-comedy Shotgun Wedding on Jan. 18, Lopez, 53, turned the afterparty into a date night with husband Ben Affleck, 50. The couple snapped selfies and held hands as they danced and mingled with Lopez’s costars Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Coolidge. “They are very happy together,” a source says of the pair. “Jennifer always has a big smile around Ben.” Coincidentally, Lopez and her onscreen husband Duhamel both tied the knot after filming Shotgun Wedding—she to Affleck last August, he to former Miss World America Audra Mari in September. “[It was] the most incredible, miraculous thing,” Lopez…

Jeremy Renner is on the road to recovery. Just weeks after a terrifying snowplow accident landed him in the ICU on New Year’s Day, the Avengers actor, 52, revealed he was out of the hospital. “These 30 plus broken bones will mend, grow stronger,” Renner, who underwent surgery for blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries the day after the incident, captioned a Jan. 21 Instagram post in which he appeared to be receiving physical therapy. Indeed, Renner—who watched the Jan. 15 episode of his Paramount+ show Mayor of Kingstown from the comfort of his home—“is crushing all the progress goals,” his sister told People.…