People October 31, 2022

‘I’m still trying to get Michelle Obama and the man that she’s married to. And, of course, that oracle, Oprah’—SHERRI SHEPHERD, on her dream talk show guests, to People ‘It is the ultimate compliment’—LAVERNE COX, on being mistaken for Beyoncé, on the Jennifer Hudson Show ‘I’ll show them a bit here and there but nothing naughty or nothing where Daddy gets knocked out’—JOHNNY KNOXVILLE, on his kids watching Jackass, on Late Night With Seth Meyers ‘He buys me weird gifts… just, like, odd gifts, like sexual sort of objects’—ED SHEERAN, on why he gave Elton John a “massive marble penis” for his birthday last year, on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ‘I probably slept with someone I shouldn’t have slept with. And it was great’—GWYNETH PALTROW, on her…

1 Blink-182’s new album and tour Not a small thing: For the first time in 10 years, rockers (from left) Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker will release a record and hit the road together in 2023. DeLonge tweeted that the forthcoming album contains the group’s “most progressive, and elevated music” yet. 2 Real Housewives candles New York City-based Literie launched a collection inspired by the Bravo franchise with scents like Flipping Tables (honoring the iconic Teresa Giudice moment), Money Can’t Buy You Class and Nine Lemons in a Bowl. 3 A Joy Luck Club sequel The beloved 1993 film based on Amy Tan’s novel will get another installment, with the mothers becoming grandmothers and daughters becoming mothers. The original cast is in talks to return. 4 The Ted Lasso…

It is hard to fathom today, more than 25 years after the show debuted, that Matthew Perry was the last to be cast on Friends. From the very first episode (“The One Where It All Began”), many of us were hooked on Chandler. He was cute, witty, employed. And we were certain there was a sensitive soul underneath that sarcastic exterior. As his new memoir and our interview on page 32 reveal, Matthew hid a lot behind that funny facade: a drug habit that at one point had him scrambling to find 55 pills of Vicodin every day; 15 rehab stints; scars from 14 surgeries resulting from complications of his addiction. It is remarkable that Matthew survived at all; what I find equally remarkable is that he’s telling his…

ROYAL RIGHT HOOK London, Oct. 13 Prince William showed off his boxing skills at Copper Box Arena for the 10th anniversary celebration of Coach Core. “Sport has an incredible way of providing hope, connection and opportunity,” said William, who launched the program—which trains young people to become coaches and encourages the next generation of athletes—as part of the Royal Foundation in 2012. INTIMATE I DO’S Waxahachie, Texas, Oct. 15 Days of Our Lives actor Lucas Adams and actress Shelby Wulfert said “I do” in front of 40 close friends and family at the Chateau Hiddenwood estate. The newlyweds first met while costarring on the Disney Channel’s Liv and Maddie. “We were friends first,” Wulfert says. BEACH WEDDING BLISS Maui, Oct. 14 Bachelor alum Lesley Murphy married fiancé Alex Kavanagh…

Flight Attendant star Kaley Cuoco has a baby on board! The Emmy-nominated actress is pregnant with her first child, whom she’s expecting with her boyfriend, Ozark actor Tom Pelphrey, Cuoco revealed on Oct. 11. “Baby girl Pelphrey coming 2023… Beyond blessed and over the moon,” Cuoco, 36, captioned an Instagram post of photos of her growing baby bump and the father-to-be. “I [heart] you @tommypelphrey.” In his own post, Pelphrey, 40, wrote: “And then it was even MORE BETTER… Love you more than ever @kaleycuoco.” A source close to the actress says she “couldn’t be happier” with Pelphrey—“and she is very ready to be a mom,” adding, “She is so excited that it’s happening.” ‘KALEY HAS BEEN DREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR AWHILE. SHE IS SO HAPPY’—AN INSIDER ON CUOCO’S…

On Again Peter Weber & Kelley Flanagan The former Bachelor star, 31, confirmed that he had rekindled his romance with the attorney, 30—who was on his season in 2020—in an Oct. 14 Instagram post, after attending the Global Lyme Alliance Gala in New York City the night before. Happy Anniversary Thomas Rhett & Lauren Akins “10 years and 4 kids later I love you more every single day,” the country singer, 32, wrote of his author wife, also 32, on Instagram on Oct. 12, marking a decade of marriage. Date Night Pierce & Keely Brosnan On Oct. 12 the actor, 69, and his filmmaker wife, 59, stepped out for the New York City premiere of his new film Black Adam. The pair have been married for 21 years. Divorcing…