Table of contents for July 29, 2019 in People

‘I haven’t had that many, but there has been a variety pack’—MARIAH CAREY, on preferring to date younger men, to Cosmopolitan ‘It was frivolous and fun and insane and highly unrealistic, and I loved him, and I didn’t know him’—ARIANA GRANDE, on her ex-fiancé Pete Davidson, to Vogue ‘I’m trying to break Eddie Murphy’s record’—TRACY MORGAN, on wanting to have more kids than the father of 10, on Jimmy Kimmel Live ‘Sorry about midtown, we were filming The Blackout’—LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, joking that he caused the July 13 blackout in Manhattan, on Twitter ‘I haven’t been on a date in, I would say, 35 years’—DIANE KEATON, on her personal life, to In Style ‘The minute I had sex, I was kind of like, I can’t put the f---ing wig on…

Dylan Dreyer has learned the hard way that pregnancy doesn’t always go as planned. In April the Today show meteorologist and coanchor shared her struggle with secondary infertility, revealing she was having difficulty conceiving again after easily getting pregnant with son Calvin, now 2, and had experienced a miscarriage last winter. ‘THIS IS THE BEST SECRET WE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN KEEPING’—DYLAN DREYER Following surgery to remove extensive scarring in her uterus from her emergency C-section delivery of Calvin, Dreyer and her husband, Brian Fichera, 32, were ready to begin in vitro fertilization, especially once Dreyer learned time was not on her side. “I was running low on eggs, so I wanted to do IVF while I still had that option,” Dreyer, 37, explains. She learned how to administer the…

Guests at a Luxury Hotel Say ‘Om’ With Lovable Little Lemurs KESWICK, ENGLAND Planning a getaway? Consider the Lemur Experience at the Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa, whose outdoor Lemoga classes—or yoga with lemurs—at the nearby Lake District Wildlife Park recently lit up the Internet. “It seemed to be a good combination to encourage people to spend time with a lemur,” Richard Robinson, manager of the park, told the BBC. “Lemurs do some form of the poses naturally—that typical pose warming their bellies in the sunshine.” The yoga classes have since been put on hold, but the hotel’s wildlife program still offers time to feed the lovable lemurs and have them sit on your lap. Have a story that makes you smile? Send suggestions to storiestomakeyousmile@people.com…

Denise Nickerson 1957-2019 She helped make Willy Wonka a cult classic Child actress Denise Nickerson was discovered at a fashion show at age 4, and by 9 she was already a soap star on ABC’s Dark Shadows. But it was her turn as the pushy, gum-snapping Violet Beauregarde—who turned into a blueberry after chewing a piece of experimental gum—in the 1971 Gene Wilder classic Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory that ended up being the biggest role of her life. By age 21, she quit acting and settled into life as a receptionist and later an accountant. Married twice, she had a son, Josh, with her second husband, whom she wed in 1995. In June 2018 she suffered a major stroke; a year later, on July 8, she had seizures…

It’s been another typically hectic morning for single mom Robin Draper. Up before sunrise, she has cooked breakfast, packed lunches for herself and her 9-year-old daughter Avery and dropped her off at school—all before hustling off to work. But for Draper, 47, who spent three years homeless on the streets of Austin and Houston as she battled addictions to crack cocaine and alcohol, that morning chaos is a blessing. “If it wasn’t for all this,” she says, “I’d either be in prison or dead.” Draper says she has one person to thank for her life today—Alan Graham, a bearded, wisecracking, 63-year-old former real estate developer. In 2016 Graham created the Community First Village, a 51-acre collective of tiny houses and RVs outside Austin where Draper has lived for the…

Last Time I Sang Out Loud I sing every day at least a few times. Not only do I sing, but I kind of bend my knees and drop my butt a little, and I usually throw my arms out to the side. If you’re going to do it, you’ve got to sing. Last Time I Was Starstruck I yelp if I accidentally walk up on an athlete. I kind of wave my hands, and then I grab them. Forever andever I’ll be starstruck by Magic Johnson. And we’re friends. At the very top is Serena Williams. Last Time I Cried If I’m in public, and I see a baby and a mom or a dad and I watch them, it makes my eyes fill up. Just thinking about…

HEIDI KLUM & TOM KAULITZ The model, 46, and the Tokio Hotel rocker, 29, are legally hitched, People confirms. The pair—who filed for a confidential marriage license in L.A. back in February—were first linked in 2018, and Kaulitz popped the question on Dec. 24 after asking her kids (daughters Lou, 9, and Leni, 15, and sons Johan, 12, and Henry, 13) for their blessings. “I don’t know the last time I was this happy in my life,” Klum told People last fall. ED SHEERAN & CHERRY SEABORN The pop star finally let it slip: He’s a married man. On July 12—the day his new album No. 6 Collaborations Project dropped—Sheeran, 28, confirmed in an interview that he wed Seaborn, 26, a financial-risk manager who inspired his song “Perfect.” The…

On July 13, 1985, music’s biggest stars united for Live Aid, the concert—held in Philadelphia and London—that raised money to alleviate the Ethiopian famine. People was backstage at the event, where Madonna (on the cover with Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, Hall & Oates and the Rolling Stones) held court with then-fiancé Sean Penn in the U.S. Phil Collins hopped on the Concorde with Cher to join them, while Princess Diana and Prince Charles opened the show in the U.K. More than 30 years later, Rami Malek re-created Queen’s show-stopping set in Bohemian Rhapsody.…

Though it’s been nearly two years since Matt Lauer was terminated from NBC for alleged sexual misconduct and separated from Annette Roque, his wife of 20 years, the duo never officially filed for divorce—until now. On July 9, Roque filed a petition for divorce in Suffolk County, N.Y., and sources say she could stand to receive up to $20 million in the settlement. Though the estranged couple, who have three children together, had continued living in their $44 million Hamptons compound, that arrangement will soon change. A Lauer source says that they plan to sell the 12-bedroom beachfront property. Roque is expected to keep their nearby 40-acre Hamptons horse farm. “That’s her love,” another insider said. The couple also have yet another Long Island home, a six-bedroom, on the…

George Anthony III Born June 18 9 lbs. 7 oz. When Dateline correspondent and Today show contributor Andrea Canning and her husband, Marine Lt. Col. Tony Bancroft, decided to try for a sixth baby, they knew the pregnancy would be a different journey for them. “It was so against the grain for us because we had five natural pregnancies,” Canning, 46, says of turning to in vitro fertilization. “But at this age the odds are starting to go against you.” They were hoping for a boy to join their five daughters—“I’ve always wanted to experience having a son,” Canning says—but agreed they would choose the healthiest embryo to implant regardless of sex. The round of IVF resulted in two embryos. “When the report came back and the boy was…

Shirley MacLaine wants people to know that despite what some might assume, she’s not as cantankerous as her hilariously short-tempered character Ouiser Boudreaux in Steel Magnolias. “I do love being alone,” she says. “And no, I usually don’t want to go to your party. But if I do go, I’m always the last to leave.” Born in Richmond, Va., to a professor father and drama teacher mother, the older sister of actor Warren Beatty trained as a ballerina as a child but was discovered by a film producer soon after she started a Broadway career. In 1955 she made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry and won the Golden Globe for best newcomer. Now the 85-year-old actress has more than 50 films to her name;…

LISA RINNA Moving Them Out Never Gets Easier Oh my God, we’re going to be empty nesters!” For Lisa Rinna, the reality of the next few weeks is just starting to set in. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 56, and husband Harry Hamlin, 67, watched their older daughter, Delilah, 21, move to New York City for college in 2018. Now 18-year-old Amelia is headed there for her freshman year to study nutrition and psychology while also pursuing her modeling career. “This feels equally as difficult,” Rinna says. “I feel really sad but really proud. I try to focus on the positive of how great this time is for them.” Amelia will have support from her big sister, a fellow model. “Amelia learns a lot from being the…

THE WILD LION KING PREMIERE! Los Angeles, July 9 SMILE & WAVE New York City, July 8 During an afternoon stroll Miranda Lambert and husband Brendan McLoughlin struck a playful pose for photographers. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS New York City, July 10 Megan Rapinoe and the U.S. Women’s National Team celebrated their World Cup victory with a traffic-stopping parade through downtown Manhattan. CAMILLA PLAYS PING-PONG Aylesbury, England, July 11 Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, joined in on a game of table tennis during her visit to Royal Air Force Halton forits centenary year celebrations. CHUCK WICKS’ COUNTRY WEDDING Cabo San Lucas, July 12 Country singer and radio host Chuck Wicks married Kasi Williams in Mexico at the Cabo Azul Resort in front of friends and family, including the bride’s brother and sister-in-law Jason…

It’s Over—but Amicable Gus Kenworthy & Matt Wilkas After nearly four years together, Olympic freestyle skier Kenworthy, 27, and his actor boyfriend Wilkas, 41, have separated but “remain close friends,” their rep tells People of the pair, who met via Instagram direct message in 2015. Date Night Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden On July 11 the actress, 46, and the rocker, 40, stepped out for a rare public date. After grabbing a sushi dinner at Sugarfish, the couple—who wed in 2015—held hands as they walked around Beverly Hills. Happy Anniversary! Carrie Underwood & Mike Fischer The country singer, 36, and the retired NHL player, 39, celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary on July 10. “9 years feels like 9 minutes,” Fisher wrote on Instagram. “Grateful to be on this journey…

Comedic actor Billy Eichner, 40, went from shouting out pop-culture questions on Billy on the Street to stealing the show as meerkat Timon in Disney’s new version of The Lion King (see page 35). How did you react to joining the Disney family? I was thrilled and shocked. I got a call from my agent out of the blue and at first didn’t know what it meant to do Lion King. I thought, is this a new Disney Channel cartoon? Is this Disney on Ice? Did you talk to Nathan Lane, who voiced Timon in the 1994 movie? He told me how excited he was for me and joked, “What are you going to do next, The Birdcage with Ryan Gosling?” Which, actually, is not a terrible idea. Did…

Babies Musician and producer Ryan Lewis, 31, half of “Thrift Shop” hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, welcomed his first child with wife Ganger, 31—a daughter named Ramona Rae.•Rapper J. Cole, 34, announced he and wife Melissa Heholt, 31, are expecting their second child. The revelation came in the song “Sacrifices,” on his new album Dreamville, where he raps about the happy news. “She gave me the gift of my son/ And plus we got one on the way,” Cole sings. Wedding YouTube beauty guru Gigi Gorgeous, 27, married girlfriend Nats Getty, 26, the great-granddaughter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, at a beachfront wedding in Montecito, Calif. Crime R. Kelly, 52, was arrested in Chicago on 13 federal charges, including child pornography and obstruction of justice. Already facing…

The actor, 56, reunites with Kristen Bell as father-and-daughter sleuths on Hulu’s Veronica Mars reboot. It launches July 26 When the original show premiered in 2004, did you guess Kristen’s career would explode? I’m looking up these early episodes, going, “Gosh, she’s so good and so cute. How could it not turn into stardom?” Her life has gotten so big. I don’t know how she does it. What’s new for Veronica and dad? She’s not just digging dirt on high school kids’ parents anymore. We’re dealing with a serial bomber. You’ve played this part on and off for 15 years. What’s the appeal? I do like to work! This is a ride I don’t want to second-guess. It’s special.…

Even as infants, identical twins Anna and Amanda Ramirez were inseparable. “If I put one in the bassinet without the other, they would start crying,” recalls their mom, Ivelisse Class. “They couldn’t be apart.” That closeness continued throughout their childhoods, as they grew up in Camden, N.J., and into adulthood, where the pair both worked in the medical field and often spent their free time together. And so it was that on Fri., June 21, the 27-year-old twins were hanging out with a cousin and a friend at Amanda’s apartment in Camden’s Centennial Village. As the evening wore on, the group were laughing and drinking, even snapping a happy picture of themselves that Anna captioned “You know the vibe” on Facebook at 3:43 a.m. But just hours after Anna’s post,…

Meet the finalists for the World’s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest! Vote for your favorite at people.com/worlds-cutest-rescue-dog-contest TO VOTE You sent us thousands of pictures of your adorable rescues, and we’ve narrowed the pool down to 10 finalists. To read their stories—and vote for your favorite dog—visit people.com/worlds-cutest-rescue-dog-contest from July 17 to Aug. 2. After the voting period ends, the top three dogs will move on to the final judging phase. Celebrity judges Katherine Schwarzenegger and Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay, along with judges from People and Pedigree, will pick the winner! THE GRAND-PRIZE WINNER WILL RECEIVE • A custom photo shoot • A feature in People and on people.com • A year’s supply of dog food from Pedigree • A $1,000 donation to the pet rescue organization of…

¼ cup soy sauce2 large garlic cloves, grated1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger (from 1 [2-in.] piece)2 Tbsp. sesame oil2 tsp. honey1 Tbsp. rice vinegarPinch of crushed red pepper1 lb. jumbo raw shrimp, peeled and deveinedCooking spray2 cups cooked white rice4 cups loosely packed baby spinach1 cup sliced or chopped zucchini (from 1 medium zucchini)4 oz. sugar snap peas, cut into ¼-inch slices 1. Whisk together soy sauce, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, honey, rice vinegar and crushed red pepper in a large bowl. Add shrimp; toss to coat. Refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove shrimp from marinade, and reserve marinade. 2. Preheat grill to medium high (400° to 450°). Spray 4 large sheets of aluminum foil with cooking spray. Spoon ½ cup rice into center of each sheet. Top…