Table of contents for October 18, 2021 in People

‘We’re in a sweet spot. We need to enjoy it and not pretend to be adults that don’t do fun things any more’—ZOE KRAVITZ, on enjoying her 30s, to AnOther magazine ‘I just want to work on music, and every now and then, you know, maybe I’ll kiss a guy every blue moon’—LIL NAS X, on being single, on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy ‘After three or four days she’d be like, “Cosmo, and now, is it final? Like, did you submit the birth certificate?”’—COLIN JOST, on his mom’s reaction to what he and Scarlett Johansson named their baby, on Late Night With Seth Meyers ‘When I got the chance to see him, I got too scared. I was like, “I’m not doing it”’—SUNI LEE, on being too nervous to meet…

George and Amal Clooney had a few reasons to celebrate when they stepped out in Los Angeles on Oct. 3. Hitting the red carpet for an early screening of his latest directorial project, the coming-of-age film The Tender Bar (which stars Ben Affleck), George, 60, and his human rights lawyer wife, 43, had also just marked their seventh wedding anniversary on Sept. 27. “It was lovely. We were in London and had dinner at home,” Amal told People (the TV Show!)’s Adrianna Costa at the screening. “We had plans to go somewhere else, and then … we got shut down,” added George. His wife clarified: “One of our kids had a small medical issue, but it’s fine now.” The couple’s 4-year-old twins, daughter Ella and son Alexander, weren’t far…

Writing an autobiography is a lot like creating an album, admits Dave Grohl, rock star, doting dad and reformed coffee addict (he’s down from five pots a day to two cups!). “You’re either trying to engage the reader or the listener and keep them on the ride until the end of the song or the story,” says the 52-year-old Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer, whose new memoir—The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music—takes readers on a raucous high-speed road trip through the story of his life. Grohl was 13 and growing up in Northern Virginia when he found his passion for music. “I always loved the pageantry of rock and roll,” he says, “but it wasn’t until I discovered punk rock music that I realized, ‘I can do…

After earning acclaim for his performances in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story and Hollywood, Glee alum Darren Criss, 34, is returning to his musical roots with a new holiday album, A Very Darren Crissmas. Why was now the time for a holiday album? Actors have their hit list of dream projects: “Oh, I want to do a costume drama. Or a romantic comedy or a horror movie.” A holiday album is part of the repertoire that [musical] artists do at some point or another. Evan Rachel Wood and Adam Lambert make vocal appearances. How did you choose your duet partners? It was me calling people on my phone, like, “Hey, do you want to do this fun thing with me?” Adam and I obviously have history.…

Humanizing the Cancer Experience NAUDIA GREENAWALT, 12 When Naudia Greenawalt’s friend Linkin Eger needed chemotherapy for a brain tumor in 2017, she decided to write a book about him to cheer him up and help them both better understand the journey ahead. Greenawalt and her family published and sold 1,000 copies of My Friend Linkin to schools, libraries and their neighbors in New Berlin, Wis., raising $5,000 to assist with Eger’s medical bills. The success inspired them to launch the nonprofit My Friend Linkin; she and Eger (whose condition is currently stable) have now published five books, adopting a pay-it-forward model in which the subject of the previous book, if able, authors the next. Through book sales and fundraising, they have donated $26,000 to families, research facilities and the Children’s…

1 lb. fresh asparagus, trimmed, cut into 2-in. pieces1 lb. fresh broccoli, cut into small florets12 tricolor mini peppers (10 oz.), stemmed and halved lengthwise1 large red onion, cut into large chunks8 scallions, halved lengthwise, and cut crosswise into 1-in. pieces1½ cups teriyaki sauce8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (2 lbs. total)1 tsp. grated lime zest (from 1 lime)Sesame seeds and cilantro leaves, for garnish 1. Preheat oven to 400°. Place asparagus, broccoli, mini peppers, onion and scallions on a large rimmed baking sheet lined with aluminum foil; drizzle with ¾ cup of the teriyaki sauce, and toss to coat. Divide remaining ¾ cup teriyaki sauce between two bowls. Arrange chicken thighs on top of veggies; brush teriyaki sauce from one of the bowls all over chicken. 2. Bake in oven…

Last Superstition I’m very superstitious. If I say something out loud but I don’t want it to happen, I say “cancel, cancel” to cancel out putting the bad energy into the universe. I do that a lot. Last Time I Danced Last week I did a dance workout that I loved. If I’m out somewhere, I don’t require a full dance floor to start dancing, but I’m not necessarily going to be the only one on it. I’m more like the third person out there. Last Guilty Pleasure I bought seven donuts at Erin McKenna’s Bakery [in New York City] this morning because there are seven different flavors, and I wanted one of each. So I can decide once and for all which ones are my favorites. They might…

On Oct. 4 pro dancer Cheryl Burke and her partner, Peloton instructor Cody Rigsby, made Dancing With the Stars history when they performed their routine separately and virtually from their homes during the live show—because days earlier both had tested positive for breakthrough cases of COVID-19. Burke and Rigsby, who are both fully vaccinated, had mild symptoms, so they were able to go on with the show. “I’m just really grateful that despite everything that’s happened in the last several days, we’ve been able to pivot and stay in the competition,” Burke, 37, says of her remote jazz routine with Rigsby, 34. “We’ve been given a really unique opportunity and challenge.” After the coronavirus diagnoses prompted concern over how the ABC dance competition is navigating COVID protocols, a DWTS rep said…

The 46-year-old Drew Barrymore Show host attended the Baby2Baby diaper distribution event in Harlem on Sept. 29, where she spoke about getting her daughters Olive, 9, and Frankie, 7, involved in charity work and activism—and how she’ll navigate motherhood as the girls get older. ‘I’M HAVING MORE FUN WITH PARENTING NOW BECAUSE I’M FEELING MORE CONFIDENT IN IT’—ON RAISING HER DAUGHTERS You’ve helped a lot of new parents through your work providing essentials for children in need with Baby2Baby. Is there something someone did to help you when you first became a mom? Somebody gave me a journal that helped me, because I just started writing in it. [What I wrote] was very succinct, and it helped me because I wasn’t a confident new mom; I was a nervous new…

Babies Barbara Pierce Bush, 39, gave birth on Sept. 27 to her first child with husband Craig Coyne, 39, a daughter named Cora Georgia. “Cora is healthy and adorable, and we are proud and grateful,” said George W. and Laura Bush in a statement. • Wrestler Ronda Rousey, 34, and her husband, UFC fighter Travis Browne, 39, welcomed their first child together, daughter La’akea Makalapuaokalanipō. Browne also has two sons from a previous marriage. • Today’s Dylan Dreyer, 40, and husband Brian Fichera, 34, became a family of five with the Sept. 29 arrival of son Rusty. They’re also parents to Calvin, 4, and Oliver, born in January 2020. Weddings The Cosby Show’s Keshia Knight Pulliam, 42, married actor Brad James, 40, Oct. 2 in Atlanta. Health Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus,…

Queen Latifah still remembers the first time she heard the term “obese” used to refer to her body. The actress and hip-hop star was working with a personal trainer for a movie shoot, and the trainer broke down what she would need to do to get in shape for the role. “She was like, ‘Here’s what you weigh. Here’s your BMI. You fall into the category of obesity,’” she recalls. “And I’m like, ‘I’m obese?’ I thought obese meant you had to be 400, 500 lbs.” Since then, the 51-year-old Latifah has learned a lot more about obesity. According to the World Health Organization, 39 percent of people worldwide are considered obese, which the agency defines as having “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health” and…

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ROYAL GLAM AT THE BOND PREMIERE London, Sept. 28 CARDI’S RED-HOT RETURN Paris, Sept. 28 Just weeks after welcoming her second baby, Cardi B hit the red carpet in a glittering vintage Mugler gown for the opening of the “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime” exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. A COUNTRY STAR’S NEW FAMILY OF THREE The Voice alum RaeLynn, 27, and husband Josh Davis, 30, welcomed their first child, daughter Daisy Rae, on Sept. 8 in Nashville—and she’s already taking after her mama. “Daisy’s definitely going to have a little sass to her, that’s for sure,” RaeLynn says. “We’re already seeing that in her personality!” KATY & ORLANDO’S NIGHT OUT Los Angeles, Sept. 30 Katy Perry was honored for her work with her Firework foundation at Variety’s Power of…

A Bachelor Wedding! Jesse Palmer & Emely Fardo The 43-year-old former Bachelor (who will host the next season of the show) and the model revealed to People they’d tied the knot on June 5, 2020. “We feel so grateful and lucky to have found each other,” he says. It’s Over—Again Clare Crawley & Dale Moss The on-off pair—who fell for each other when Crawley, 40, was the Bachelorette last year—“broke up in mid-September,” a rep for Moss, 33, says. “He wishes Clare nothing but the best.” Red Carpet Debut Jake Gyllenhaal & Jeanne Cadieu After nearly three years together, the actor, 40, and his model girlfriend, 25, posed for photos at the N.Y.C. premiere of his sister Maggie’s new film The Lost Daughter. “Jake seems very happy,” says a…

Emily Ratajkowski rocketed to fame after starring in Robin Thicke’s 2013 “Blurred Lines” music video, but the experience was a source of pain for the actress-model, 30, who says Thicke groped her while they were filming the clip. In Ratajkowski’s upcoming book My Body, she wrote that the singer was “a little drunk” and grabbed her breasts on the video’s set. “I didn’t have any real power as the naked girl dancing around in his music video,” she wrote. “I was nothing more than the hired mannequin.” Director Diane Martel told the U.K.’s Sunday Times she witnessed the alleged incident, after which Thicke “sheepishly apologized” to Ratajkowski. Thicke, 44, has not commented, but he previously said he was “in a bad place” while filming the video.…

What does Mass have to say about gun violence? That’s not what the film’s about. It’s about how to stop poisoning ourselves by hating other people and the power of forgiveness. How did you and your costars keep up such an intense emotional front? We were as emotional as the story required, and every second that wasn’t, we were behaving like toddlers, making each other laugh. How did filming this compare to making a Potter movie? On a big special-effects film, you work about two minutes a day. On this, we probably rested two minutes a day.…

Around Valdosta, Ga., everyone knew Kendrick Johnson for his love of sports. The 17-year-old Lowndes High School junior played basketball and football—and often stayed after school to shoot hoops in the gym or run on the track to boost his stamina. So when Kendrick didn’t arrive home after his school day Jan. 10, 2013, his mom, Jacquelyn, wasn’t too worried at first. He hadn’t cleared it with her, but she thought maybe he’d told his father, Kenneth, about his plans. When she discovered Kendrick hadn’t been in contact with his dad either, though, the panicked parents filed a missing-persons report. And the next morning Jacquelyn headed to the high school to alert staff that her son was missing. “The counselor hadn’t heard,” Jacquelyn recalls. “But then her phone rang. A…

IN YOUR 30s What You Should Know “The damage from your younger years will inevitably rear its head,” says Dr. Shereene Idriss, 37. One common sign: freckles from sun exposure. To keep your skin tone even, apply a glycolic acid serum followed by a dark spot corrector on extra stubborn areas at night. Seal in the combo with a soothing moisturizer, and put on SPF in the morning. The Pro’s Product Picks Chemical Exfoliator It promotes cell turnover for a brighter complexion. Moisturizer The star ingredient, oat, helps strengthen the skin’s protective barrier. IN YOUR 40s What You Should Know “Now is the time to invest in products that restore your skin’s elasticity,” says Dr. Kavita Mariwalla, 44. A serum or moisturizer with peptides (amino acids the skin uses to…