Table of contents for November 8, 2021 in People

‘I’ve had enough applause’—ELTON JOHN, on looking forward to being home with his kids after his final tour ends, on the Today show ‘I’ve probably made five really good films, out of 45 or 50 films?’—KRISTEN STEWART, on thinking she’s been in only a few decent movies, to the U.K.’s The Sunday Times ‘Sometimes you have to wait for things in life. And I waited patiently, I guess—maybe not so patiently, but I waited’—HALLE BERRY, on finding love with Van Hunt in her 50s, to Extra ‘Anything she says, honestly, I’ll listen to. I think anyone will. I mean, it’s Queen Bey’—CHLÖE BAILEY, on advice from mentor Beyoncé (inset), on the Sprout Podcast ‘They don’t even know. They think I’m an assistant librarian somewhere’—ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, on what his sons…

FAMOUS FAMILIES STARS IN THE STANDS AN UGLY BETTY REUNION New York City, Oct. 24 Former Ugly Betty costars Michael Urie and Vanessa Williams posed together backstage after a performance of his new Broadway show Chicken and Biscuits. YVONNE & ISSA CRACK UP Los Angeles, Oct. 21 Yvonne Orji (left) and Issa Rae shared a laugh at the premiere of HBO’s final season of Insecure. JASON SCORES New York City, Oct. 18 Jason Sudeikis channeled his Ted Lasso character, practicing soccer drills with teens at health care technology company Abbott and Real Madrid’s event outside the New York Stock Exchange. SHAWN’S GOOD BOY Shawn Mendes got some morning snuggles in with his golden retriever pup Tarzan in an Oct. 21 Instagram post. KATE GETS TO WORK London, Oct. 19 Princess…

‘I DON’T KNOW WHERE SHE’S GOING TO WEAR ALL THESE CRAZY OUTFITS, BUT I’M SAVING THEM’—ON KEEPING HER OWN WARDROBE FOR DAISY Christmas has come early for Katy Perry: The singer covers The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” in Gap’s 2021 holiday commercial and released the single on Spotify to raise money for the charity Baby2Baby. Perry, 37, chatted about gearing up for the holidays and how her life has changed since she and her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, 44, welcomed their daughter Daisy Dove 14 months ago. Was it intimidating to cover an iconic Beatles song for the Gap commercial? You don’t want to mess up a Beatles song. Once you put it out on streaming, it just exists forever, so I took my time with it. It was…

“Beautiful Soul” singer Jesse McCartney has married his soulmate. He and actress Katie Peterson said “I do” in a rustic wedding at the Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel, Calif., on Oct. 23. “We have so much to be thankful for,” says the singer-songwriter. “Going through life knowing that you have a partner that is excited about the same things as you is so rewarding.” The newlyweds, both 34, exchanged vows in front of 150 family members and friends, including singer Hunter Hayes, whom McCartney met last year while competing on The Masked Singer. With help from a 15-piece band assembled through Élan Artists, the musician serenaded his bride at their reception with “Party of Two,” a song he first sang to her when he proposed in 2019 after they’d been…

Brothers Walk 3,200 Miles to Help Restaurant Workers ASBURY PARK, N.J. You can do a lot by putting one foot in front of the other. Just ask brothers Aiden and Louis Ardine, 29 and 27, who spent the past six months—from May to October—walking 3,200 miles from New Jersey to California raising $70,000 for unemployed restaurant workers. “I’m proud we walked across the country, but I’m more proud that we got people to care about what we’re doing,” says Aiden, an avid hiker who, along with Louis, had been furloughed from his job at the Bond Street Bar & Grill in Asbury Park, N.J. The brothers documented their journey on Instagram (@ardinesxamerica)—including the support from strangers along the way. “People let us camp in their yards or even stay in…

A celebration of humanity and compassion by the celebrities and everyday heroes who bring out the best in all of us As Angelina Jolie walked the red carpet in mid-October for her new movie Eternals (out Nov. 5), her eyes shone while she scanned the faces of the young people next to her: Maddox, 20, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and Knox and Vivienne, 13. The kids (minus Pax, 17, who didn’t attend) watched proudly as their mom worked the press line. “They don’t always listen, and they don’t always think I’m cool,” says Jolie, 46, laughing. But right now she’s scoring serious cool-mom points with her Eternals character, the complicated warrior-hero Thena. “They said they liked her because she felt the most like me,” she says. “I don’t know what that…

When I was 14, my family and I were in a bad car accident. I was hospitalized multiple times and missed a lot of school, so between the medical bills and my grades slipping, I was afraid of not getting into a decent college—or being able to pay for it if I did. When it came time to apply, my wonderful uncle told me, “I’ll help you. You will go to college.” Using his pen and checkbook, he might as well have been waving a magic wand, making my constant worry disappear by paying my tuition until I got financial aid. But his generosity affected my life in another way—one I couldn’t have anticipated at the time. While at Clark University [in Worcester, Mass.], I was able to travel abroad…

A woman on the rise in Hollywood’s male-dominated cinematography world, Halyna Hutchins could just about talk her friends to sleep when she obsessed over camera lenses, focal angles and lighting. “Everything you have to do to make a shot come to life,” says director Rachel Mason, a friend, “she just lived for it.” So even after the camera crew on her first big A-list film, the western Rust, starring Alec Baldwin, walked off the dusty set of Bonanza Creek Ranch outside Santa Fe on Oct. 21 to protest working conditions and pay, Hutchins stayed. “When they were walking off, she said, ‘I feel like I’m losing my best friends.’ She was on the verge of tears,” says a source close to the situation. Adds a crew member on-set that day:…

½ cup extra-virgin olive oil4 garlic cloves, grated4 cups diced yellow onions (about 2 medium onions)1 tsp. crushed red pepper or crushed Calabrian chiles in oil1 tsp. granulated sugar¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper2 tsp. kosher salt2 tsp. ground turmeric2 tsp. tomato paste½ lb. dandelion greens, Lacinato kale or spinach, stemmed and cut into 1-in. pieces1 (15.5-oz.) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed½ cup heavy cream1 lb. uncooked orecchiette pasta2 oz. Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, finely grated (½ cup)1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon) 1. Heat olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium. Add garlic; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Add onions, crushed red pepper or Calabrian chiles, sugar, black pepper and 2 teaspoons kosher salt; increase heat to medium high. Cook, stirring often, until onions are…

1 Kanye West Legally Changes His Name Meet Ye! An L.A. judge granted the rapper’s name change request that he filed in August. The star will henceforth be known as “Ye,” which also served as the title of his 2018 album. 2 Little Debbie Chills Out for the Holidays The longtime snack company turned its nostalgic favorite Christmas Tree Cakes into an ice cream, its first frozen treat. 3 The Simpsons honors breast cancer survivors On Oct. 24, the series introduced Dr. Wendy Sage, a hypnotherapist who had a unilateral mastectomy. Actress and real-life breast cancer survivor Renee Ridgeley voices the new character. 4 Megan Thee Stallion brings the heat The rapper—who broke out in 2019 with “Hot Girl Summer”—has mastered extra-spicy lyrics. Now she’s teamed with Popeyes for “Hottie Sauce,”…

After months of keeping their relationship low-profile, Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz are getting more open about their love. On Oct. 23 the couple were photographed holding hands in public for the first time and cuddling close as they made their way to lunch in New York City. “They are more relaxed lately,” a source says of the pair, who have been spending much of their time together in New York City lately. “They don’t seem to care about hiding their relationship anymore. It’s obvious that they are very happy.” Tatum, 41, and Kravitz, 32, first sparked relationship buzz in January, when the High Fidelity actress tapped the Magic Mike actor to star in her upcoming directiorial debut, Pussy Island, though at the time an insider said things between…

then & now! The 53-year-old actor—who rose to fame in Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club—appears alongside Jamie Lee Curtis in the new horror sequel Halloween Kills. What has Hollywood taught you over the years? It’s developed a certain tenacity within me because nothing is promised to you. I’ve had thick skin and a hard enough head to endure. Do you have any guilty pleasures? I love to eat; my wife [actress Lucia Oskerova] and I are big foodies. I just shot the film The Class, a reimagining of The Breakfast Club, in Chicago. I forgot how great the food is there. Steak or Italian joints are my favorite. Were you a fan of scary movies before Halloween Kills? I haven’t really followed the genre. I saw the first…

Meghan Markle wants new parents to receive more support. The Duchess of Sussex—who shares son Archie, 2, and daughter Lili, 5 months, with husband Prince Harry—advocated for paid parental leave for all Americans in an Oct. 20 letter to congressional leaders. “No family should have to choose between earning a living and having the freedom to take care of their child,” Markle, 40, wrote on the Paid Leave for All website. In the same note, the former Suits star recalled growing up in a working-class family. “I grew up on the $4.99 salad bar at Sizzler—it may have cost less back then (to be honest, I can’t remember)—but what I do remember was the feeling: I knew how hard my parents worked to afford this, because even at five bucks,…

I have a master’s degree in public health, and like I told my mom when I went into entertainment, “My degree doesn’t expire!” I jump at the chance to dust off my knowledge. I wasn’t aware of triple-negative breast cancer. But after partnering with Merck [the pharmaceutical company], I learned it’s an aggressive form of cancer that doesn’t have the three receptors commonly found in breast cancer, so it’s hard to detect. It also disproportionately affects Black women. We put together an amazing three-part Web docuseries as part of their Uncovering TNBC campaign to hear stories from women who I call warriors. One thing they talked about was not feeling safe enough to have a discourse with their health care provider. When I found a benign lump on my…

Ask any music artist and they’ll tell you how therapeutic writing is. It’s a release. How many things have I found out about myself through my songs? In my life, music has been so healing, inspirational and empowering. And because I know what it’s done in my life, I know what it can do for men and women in prison. That’s why I launched Rebirth of Sound, a program for incarcerated people that teaches them how to make and engineer music, play instruments and become artists. We as Americans have to start paying more attention to the fact that these are people. They’re our family members. They’re a part of our communities. I’ve visited prisons in California and Illinois, and I’ve met people who have made terrible mistakes—who have…

It was around 1996, and I was leaving a Broadway rehearsal, trying to walk to the subway. But I couldn’t move. I had vertigo—like a spinning helicopter or a falling elevator—and a migraine so severe I couldn’t see. I leaned against the wall, terrified. I thought it was a brain tumor. An older man appeared and asked if I needed help. Somehow I knew I could trust him. He said, “I’m going to get you home, young lady.” He held my shoulders in the cab and kept me still. When we got to my doorstep, he wouldn’t take any money. “Just get to where you need to be,” he said. I was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease, an inner-ear disorder, in 2000. I’ve learned how to handle it: I eat a…

In the summer of 2019 Heather Rae Young canceled her first date with Tarek El Moussa. After a series of romantic flops, she was feeling afraid to open up again. “I was like, ‘Why am I doing this to myself?’” she says. “‘He’s just going to hurt me and break my heart.’ I didn’t want to go through it.” After some convincing by El Moussa, she reluctantly agreed to reschedule the date. “We ended up spending hours and hours together and just had the best time, laughing,” says Young. Less than two years after the date that almost never happened, Flipping 101 host El Moussa, 40, and Young, 34, a real estate agent on Selling Sunset, can’t believe they’re officially husband and wife. The couple tied the knot on Oct.…

Hollywood @ home CHRISTINE QUINN’S MODERN MANSION WEST HOLLYWOOD HOUSE STATS Location: West Hollywood Size: 5,917 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 7 Who lives here: Quinn, her husband, Christian Richard, their son Christian (aka Baby C) and their two Yorkies, Teddy Krueger and TJ Christine Quinn manifested her dream home. Long before she and husband Christian Richard moved into their Hollywood Hills mansion, the luxury real estate agent was trying to sell it. “This was one of my first listings, and I would envision living in this house, my husband bringing me coffee,” the Selling Sunset star says of the property, once owned by Hugh Hefner’s widow, Crystal. Years later a friend set Quinn and Richard, 43, a software engineer, up on a date. “She said, ‘If it doesn’t work out, that’s fine—he’s looking for…

Across 1 Moby-Dick captain 5 Make bubbles, e.g. 9 Ben-___ 12 “___ From New York, it’s Saturday Night!” 13 Malek of Mr. Robot 14 Memorable period 15 Leg-revealing gown feature 16 Actor McGregor 17 “___ questions?” 18 The highlighted star’s country rap megahit (3 wds.) 21 Dec. 31, for example 22 ___ 9 From Outer Space (so-called “worst movie ever made”) 25 Photo ___ (media events) 28 “___ you happy?” (“Lost in the Citadel” lyric) 30 Ms. Witherspoon 31 Hula neckwear 32 Carter of TV’s Wonder Woman 34 HBO’s ___ Feet Under 35 ___ with faint praise (criticizes slyly) 37 Tolkien baddie 38 Took a chair 39 Cable sports award 40 Mediterranean ___ 42 2021 song for the highlighted star (3 wds.) 49 Cow sound 51 Honolulu’s island 52 Length x width 53…

Last Time I Watched the Sunset In Portugal with a friend. We were on the boardwalk, and right behind us was the 25th of April bridge, which is so beautiful, and my children [twins Bowie and Cy, 6, and son Zen, 4] and her son were running around. It was a very emotional evening. Last Time I Laughed Out Loud This morning with my [sons]. One of them was trying to convince me to let him sleep in bed with me. He literally goes, “Mommy, trust me. It’s not like I’m trying to get you to sleep with me.” He’s only 6; c’mon, it sounded so funny. Last Home Improvement The pipes burst in our kitchen, so we’re in the middle of redoing it. All of a sudden we…

When I was 24 and applying for my first job in magazines, I was given a one-week trial to see whether I could handle a position on the news desk of a cool new entertainment magazine in London. As part of the test run, I was sent to cover the Mission: Impossible II premiere and felt determined to make an impression on my new potential bosses by scoring some good interviews. The red carpet was packed; I couldn’t get near Tom Cruise or the film’s other stars, so I headed to the afterparty, where I hoped to talk to some celebrities. It was a seated dinner, and I couldn’t find Tom anywhere. But across the crowded room I saw Angelina Jolie sitting serenely; her aura glowed. I hated talking to…

Meadow Walker is a married woman. The model, daughter of the late Fast and the Furious actor Paul Walker, wed actor Louis Thornton-Allan during a small ceremony in the Dominican Republic in early October. Meadow, 23, confirmed the happy news on Oct. 22, sharing a photo of her godfather Vin Diesel—Paul’s close friend and former costar—walking her down the aisle (left) as she wore a custom Givenchy Haute Couture dress. Meadow, who was 15 when her father died in a tragic car accident in 2013, has stayed largely out of the spotlight as she built her modeling career. She told Vogue her wedding was “a very intimate celebration. … We were all barefoot, dancing in the sand.”…

This housewife is getting hitched again! On Oct. 19 Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice, 49, said yes after her businessman boyfriend Luis “Louie” Ruelas, 47, popped the question while they vacationed in Porto Heli, Greece. “It was absolutely exquisite,” a source says of the proposal, which included fireworks, candles, roses and a violinist. “The fireworks display illuminated a ‘Marry Me’ sign as Louie got down on one knee. Teresa was completely surprised.” The pair began dating in July 2020 as Giudice finalized her divorce from ex Joe and moved on from the fraud scandal for which both she and Joe served prison terms. She and Joe, who was deported to Italy, share four daughters. The girls “love Louie,” adds the source, who says Ruelas has given…

In her new Apple TV+ series Swagger, Quvenzhané Wallis, 18, is a long way from the fantastical world of her 2012 breakout film Beasts of the Southern Wild. The youngest Best Actress Oscar nominee ever (she was 9) shoots hoops in the drama—inspired by NBA star Kevin Durant’s youth experiences—as Crystal, a basketball standout. How intense was the training for Swagger? It was challenging because I didn’t play basketball. I had an amazing trainer who stuck with me and pushed me to my limit. Now I can play a little bit; I can hang with my brothers! What’s your favorite memory from the Oscars? The snacks. It was like, “What? They have popcorn and jelly beans here!” It was a crazy moment for me. That small little thing was…

Babies Lovecraft Country star Jamie Chung, 38, and her husband, actor Bryan Greenberg, 43, welcomed twins. “We got double the trouble now,” he wrote on Instagram Oct. 24. • Author and activist Amanda Knox, 34, gave birth to her first baby, daughter Eureka, with husband, novelist Christopher Robinson, 39. • After welcoming son Ace in April, Love Is Blind’s Mark Cuevas, 27, and fiancée Aubrey Rainey are expecting their second baby, due in March. Weddings Former Bachelor host Chris Harrison, 50, got engaged to Entertainment Tonight correspondent Lauren Zima, 33. • Siesta Key’s Madisson Hausburg, 27, married producer Ish Soto, 49, on Oct. 21. The MTV star and her husband are expecting their first child together. Crime Real estate heir Robert Durst, 78, was charged with second-degree murder in…

Does your character’s dating life reflect yours at all? Marcus goes on a journey that is wholly his own. The messes he gets himself in are nothing close to any of the messes that I’ve been in. Was it confusing working with a new love interest each week? There was a little bit of whiplash, but we had incredibly talented actors who all brought something distinct. Shirtless Chidi on The Good Place went viral; now you have several sex scenes. Are you ready for the response? Not at all. I’m pretty shy when it comes to that stuff.…

I ran track in college [at Boston University], and I had amazing coaches: a husband-and-wife duo named Bruce and Lesley Lehane. Even though we were there as athletes, they really put into our spirits how to take the sport and apply it to becoming good, solid humans. We think about coaches being big, loud, yelly people, but these two had such a gentle streak. Bruce has passed on, sadly, but they were like senseis, philosophers. Lesley was really quiet, but her words had fire in them. She had an ability to turn her voice into your inner voice. They loved their athletes, and not just because they loved the sport. It was bigger than that for them. They would talk about focusing on your own race and the idea…

After Frank died and my children moved to California, my beautiful Connecticut home—once so full of laughter, music and dogs barking—started to feel more like a morgue. That’s when a line I included in my movie [2020’s Then Came You] first sprang to mind: “I’ve got to make new memories or the old ones are going to kill me.” Fortunately when I moved to Nashville three years ago, I was welcomed by Angie Clawson and her husband, Greg McCollum, two people who epitomize grace and hospitality. Angie is the heart and soul of the Christian organization I Am Second. To say they welcomed me, even before my arrival, doesn’t even begin to express the depth of their kindness. The two of them understood what I needed as a new…

Vegan Fragrance More than 90 percent of Ariana Grande’s latest scent is made with natural ingredients. Moisturizer in a Paper-Based Carton For every tree harvested to make the brand’s recyclable packaging, another is planted. Refillable Deodorant Insert the brand’s plant-based stick into this aluminum case (which comes with a lifetime warranty). Sustainable Dental Floss The refillable dispensers contain floss made from recycled water bottles. 8-Free Nail Polish The brand’s many colors are now completely vegan, and they aren’t tested on animals. Silicone-Free Hair Serum Apply this treatment, which uses plumeria monoi oil to enhance shine, on dry hair before you shampoo. Concentrated Shampoo One bottle of this powder is the equivalent of 32 oz. of liquid shampoo. Bodywash in a Smarter Bottle This plant-based cleanser is housed in a bottle…

See If You Can Find the Differences in These Two Pictures Dune stars Jason Momoa, Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya struck poses at the film’s London premiere ahead of its Oct. 21 release in theaters and on HBO Max. Chalamet tells People he and Zendaya became friends while filming the sci-fi drama, based on Frank Herbert’s bestselling 1965 novel. “She was like a breath of fresh air,” says Chalamet. “She had a great energy.” From the start, Zendaya says, “we had a good vibe.” 10 changes to keep score! 1. A second gold ring has been added to the red carpet behind Jason Momoa, top left. 2. The detailing on Momoa’s sleeve is gone. 3. Momoa’s middle finger ring is moved to his index finger. 4. Momoa is no longer wearing his pearl…