Table of contents for April 20, 2026 in People

Tori Spelling and seven others were hospitalized after being involved in a car crash in Temecula, Calif., on April 2. Spelling, 52, was driving four of her five kids and their three friends when they were hit by a car that TMZ reported was allegedly speeding and ran a red light. “It was a violent accident,” a source tells People. “It happened very quickly, and it was scary. Everyone’s still pretty shook up and have minor injuries. Tori feels they were all very lucky that it wasn’t worse.”  …

In May 1995 Jennie Garth’s Beverly Hills, 90210 character Kelly Taylor was facing a conundrum: Both Dylan McKay (Luke Perry) and Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestley), the hottest guys at West Beverly Hills High, were demanding she decide between them. “I choose me,” her character told them, walking away from both. “At that age I didn’t really get it,” Garth, 54, says with a laugh. But now Garth, who in the decades after the show ended endured a painful divorce, miscarriages and mental health struggles, finally gets it. After she turned 50, “the phrase just came back to me, and it started to really resonate,” says the mom of three, who has found confidence and a new sense of purpose through speaking engagements, her I Choose Me podcast and her new…

On the morning that Rebecca Crews’s battle with Parkinson’s disease finally pushed her over the edge, her husband, Terry, found her kneeling beside her bed praying for a miracle. “I hadn’t slept in three days [due to the disease],” says Rebecca, “and I felt like I wanted to die.” That’s when Terry walked into their bedroom in their L.A. home to show Rebecca a post he’d just read on his cell phone about a groundbreaking advancement in treatment—using sound waves—that had just been approved by the FDA to treat her neurodegenerative disorder. “I’d been reading about this and researching it for 10 years,” recalls Terry, who was excited over the news and eager to share it with his exhausted wife. “I told her, ‘Honey, I really think this will help…

On April 21, 2016, the world was rocked by the news that Prince had died at age 57 of an accidental overdose at his home, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minn. The entertainer had been privately dealing with a longtime opioid addiction stemming from his attempts to manage physical pain caused by years of high-impact performances. “It’s been hard,” his ex-wife, singer Mayte Garcia, 52, tells People, reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of his death. “For a good five years it was really harsh, because [his death] happened so suddenly. I can’t believe it’s 10 years. Life goes really fast.” Her pain is compounded by the loss of their son Amiir, who died in infancy and would have turned 30 this year. Now, a decade after the tremendous loss of the…

Kehlani (left) was a proud hype woman for friend and collaborator Brandy, who received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a March 30 ceremony. “I’ve been blessed to do what I love for a very long time,” the singer and actress said during her acceptance speech. “And moments like these continue to inspire me.” Second Look Answers: 1. The man on the far left is missing his lanyard. 2. The palm tree behind Kehlani has grown more leaves. 3. One of Kehlani’s boots has an extra buckle. 4. One of Brandy’s gloves is now longer. 5. The Hollywood Walk of Fame sign behind Brandy is missing the “of.” 6. The microphone above the sign is gone. 7. The green umbrella behind Brandy is now blue. 8. Brandy’s…

‘AS A DAD, YOU REALIZE YOU REALLY DON’T CONTROL ANYTHING’ Riz Ahmed has waited for this moment. The actor, 43, stars in an update to Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet (out now) that was in the works for more than a decade. The film comes as Ahmed leads a new Prime series, Bait, and navigates another milestone—fatherhood—after welcoming his first child with wife Fatima Farheen Mirza, 35, last year. What does it mean to reinterpret Hamlet and set it in modern-day London? I fell in love with the play in high school. I had a really inspirational English teacher who gave it to me, and I found the character at the heart of this play feels just as much of an outsider as I did at that time. What has surprised you…

Births Food Network star Duff Goldman, 51, and his wife, Johnna, 32, welcomed their second child, a son named Samurai Jack, on March 31. Deaths Dee Freeman, known for roles on The Young and the Restless and Sistas, died on April 2 following a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis. She was 66. Jessie Jones, playwright and Murphy Brown actress, died on March 20 at age 75 after a long illness. Legendary drummer James Gadson, who played with Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, died on April 2. He was 86. Olympian Mary Rand, who became the first British woman to win a gold medal in track and field at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, died on March 26 at age 86. Health Megan Thee Stallion, 31, missed two performances of Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The…

In the 1990s Wendy Kaufman became an unexpected star when she was plucked from the orders department and placed in front of the camera as the Snapple Lady, leading the beverage company’s ad campaign with catchy commercials centered on customer letters. “I did all the things that you could only dream about as just a regular person,” says the 67-year-old, sitting inside her home in Las Vegas and recalling her time rubbing shoulders with celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman and Joan Rivers. But few people knew that behind her bright smile and cheerful, Long Island-accented charisma, Kaufman faced dark times before landing the gig that came to her at a low point in her life and lifted her up when she needed it the most. The North Woodmere, N.Y.,…

ACROSS 1 Spider’s trap 4 N.Y.C. home of many Picassos (inits.) 8 Purposes 12 Crop that’s baled 13 Aliases, for short 14 No ___ Traffic 15 Perform 16 Oppenheimer and Scream actor (2 wds.) 18 Satirical superhero series for 16 Across (2 wds.) 20 Impulses 21 Tax org. (inits.) 22 Cargo vehicle 23 Terrible box office performance 26 Pump purchase 27 Attempt 30 Actress who plays the manager of “The Seven” on 18 Across (2 wds.) 34 __-Mex cuisine 35 Curry or Conway 36 Assents a-sea 37 Progressive spokeswoman 38 CBS crime drama with special agents 40 Messing or Winger 43 Murphy of Oppenheimer 47 He plays the British PM in Heads of State with 16 Across (2 wds.) 49 Margaret of Fire Island 50 Leg joint 51 Beverage brewed with…

As reality show romance goes, the news was seismic: After weeks of speculation that Summer House costars Amanda Batula, 34, and West Wilson, 31, were in a romantic relationship, they released a joint statement confirming it on March 31. “It was never our intention to purposely hide anything,” they wrote, adding that it was the “last thing” either of them expected given the “complicated relationship dynamics” within the cast of the show, about friends who share a vacation house in the party-loving Hamptons. Complicated is right: Batula recently separated from her husband of four years and fellow Summer House star Kyle Cooke, 43. Wilson had previously dated Batula’s close friend and costar Ciara Miller, 30. The news rocked the Bravo universe. “Most on the cast did not see this coming,”…

Donna Mills has a message for a commenter who wrote that the Knots Landing alum wears “too much makeup for [her] age.” In an April 5 Instagram Reel, Mills, 85, wearing a leather jacket and full-glam makeup, joked that she “didn’t get the memo” about how women her age should dress. The clip then cuts to Mills—who has long been a savvy makeup artist—in a stereotypical grandmother costume with glasses, a gray bun and pearls, quipping, “Did you want me to look like this?” She added: “I like the way I look. Style doesn’t have an expiration date.”…

A pivotal court ruling has altered Blake Lively’s case against Justin Baldoni just weeks before their May 18 trial. On April 2 U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed 10 of the 13 claims—including sexual harassment, defamation and conspiracy—that Lively, 38, filed against her It Ends With Us director-costar, 42, since initiating their legal battle in December 2024. Baldoni’s representatives called the remaining allegations—including a retaliation claim against his team—“a significantly narrowed case.” Meanwhile Lively’s lawyers told People that her sexual harassment claims were dismissed on technical legal grounds but remain “the beating heart of” her case. In an April 3 statement, Lively vowed to “never stop doing my part in fighting to expose the systems and people who seek to harm, shame, silence and retaliate against victims.” While Baldoni’s…

The Testaments SERIES Chase Infiniti leads a new generation of girls coming of age in Gilead The Testaments picks up 15 years after The Handmaid’s Tale’s June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) led Boston in a successful revolt against Gilead. Based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel, the sequel series returns to the oppressive, patriarchal society, this time through the lens of teenagers Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday). While some fans may find the premise redundant, the youthful perspective adds just enough brightness to the show’s austere religious world. Daisy’s arrival from Toronto sets the story in motion as she joins Agnes and other daughters of high-ranking men at an elite and brutal prep school run by Handmaid’s Tale survivor Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd). While the girls are reared to become…

Ten years ago Christine Marie, an expert in cult psychology, and her music video producer husband, Tolga Katas, drove from their home in Las Vegas to the remote community of Colorado City, Ariz., on an extraordinary mission: to live among, and eventually befriend, members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) who have made the stunningly beautiful mountain landscape on the Arizona-Utah border their home for nearly a century. At the time, the cultlike group—known for its practice of illegal plural marriage, or polygamy—was in disarray. Its leader, self-described prophet Warren Jeffs, and several male followers were in prison for having sex with underage “wives.” The State of Utah was in the process of seizing FLDS-owned property and evicting families who had lived there for generations.…

A stone’s throw from St. James’s Palace, the dark green door of Lock & Co. Hatters still opens with the high-pitched chime of an old-fashioned shop bell—and a warm greeting from one of the store’s “master hatters.” For 350 years the London institution has handcrafted designs to frame familiar faces, from Oscar Wilde and Franklin D. Roosevelt to Princess Kate and King Charles. Step inside, and the secret to its staying power comes into focus. The ground floor is lined with everything from classic top hats to casual caps (starting at around $100), while a tucked-away back room offers a glimpse into the shop’s remarkable legacy. Antique ledgers record orders from figures like Winston Churchill, and one carefully preserved volume details the 1953 commission to fit Queen Elizabeth’s coronation…

2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-in. pieces4 Tbsp. olive oil, divided¾ tsp. kosher salt, divided½ cup tahini (ground sesame seeds)3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard1 Tbsp. honey¼ tsp. black pepper1¾ oz. Parmesan cheese, grated (about ½ cup)1 garlic clove, grated½ cup water1 large bunch curly kale, stemmed and chopped (about 10 cups)10 dried dates, pitted and chopped1 cup walnuts, chopped 1. Preheat oven to 400°. Toss sweet potatoes with 1 tablespoon of the oil and ¼ teaspoon of the salt on a large rimmed baking sheet. Bake in oven until tender and lightly browned, about 35 minutes, stirring once halfway through cooking time. Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, whisk together tahini, lemon juice, mustard, honey, pepper, cheese,…