Table of contents for May 8, 2023 in People

‘Anything Disney. The Disney freak that I am, he immediately had to adapt very, very quickly’—SARAH HYLAND, on what her husband, Wells Adams, has grown to love because of her, to People ‘I was like, y’all are going to hang with the Dukes and the Earls, and the only Dukes and Earls I’ve ever hung with, I shotgunned beer in high school with’—LUKE BRYAN, on his American Idol cohosts Lionel Richie and Katy Perry being invited to perform at King Charles’s coronation, on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ‘When we’re your parents, you don’t really want us around that much’—MICHELLE OBAMA, on having only once visited her and Barack’s two daughters, who live together, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ‘She has never asked me, “Take me to Prada.” She’s not…

ON AGAIN Bill Hader & Ali Wong After briefly dating last fall, the Barry actor, 44, and the Beef actress, 41, are back together, People confirms. Hader was last linked to Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick, while Wong announced her divorce from Justin Hakuta in April 2022. DIVORCING Shannen Doherty & Kurt Iswarienko After 11 years of marriage, the Beverly Hills, 90210 star, 52, filed for divorce from her photographer husband, 48, on April 21. “Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted. Unfortunately she felt she was left with no other option,” a rep for Doherty—who is being treated for metastatic breast cancer—said. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Renée Zellweger & Ant Anstead The Oscar winner, 54, and the Celebrity IOU: Joyride host, 44, celebrated “two years of magic” on April 23. He…

Babies Country singer Sam Hunt, 38, announced during an April 21 Las Vegas show that he and his wife, nurse Hannah Lee Fowler, 34, are expecting a second child. The couple are also parents to 1-year-old daughter Lucy Louise. Brazilian soccer star Neymar, 31, revealed on April 18 he’s expecting a child with his model girlfriend, Bruna Biancardi, 29. Weddings After nearly 40 years of dating, “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” singer Leo Sayer, 74, married his partner, Donatella Piccinetti, on April 15 in their garden in Australia’s Southern Highlands. Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, 32, married Nicolas Bagory, 33, in a civil ceremony on April 22 in Luxembourg City Hall. Courts The involuntary manslaughter charges brought against actor Alec Baldwin, 65, in the 2021 accidental shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, were dropped…

RIHANNA She wowed the world with her talent (and new baby bump) during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show. Now expecting her second child with boyfriend A$AP Rocky, 34, the Fenty Beauty mogul, 35, lives by a mantra. It “has always been and always will be ‘Beauty is there to have fun with. It should never feel like pressure or a uniform,’ ” she has said. “I hope that carries on, because it’s an incredibly joyful and freeing way to live.” MICHELLE YEOH The Best Actress Oscar winner’s morning routine involves a mantra and movement. She says “I love you” to her body, then puts it to work. “I’ll do an hour of cardio. Sweat it all out,” says the 60-year-old, who next stars in the Disney+ series American Born Chinese.…

DEAR ME, Wow, you look just like the son you will have someday, Santiago (you’ll call him Santi). Right now you’re such a tomboy and love going barefoot and running around our ranch with the chickens and your older sisters. I know you don’t love doing your chores like washing the dishes and feeding the cows, but I promise they will help you become a successful adult as you grow up. I don’t want to say too much because I don’t want to risk changing you, but I will tell you to fasten your seat belt. Life’s going to be fun. Everything that’s going to happen, the failure, the mistakes, the heartbreaks, the disappointments—it’s all going to shape who you are. Always value your self-worth. Make sure you check in…

TAYLOR SWIFT The pop star, 33, is the proud cat mom of Benjamin Button (pictuerd) as well as Olivia Benson and Meredith Grey, named after characters from Law & Order: SVU and Grey’s Anatomy. TESSA THOMPSON The actress’s 5-year-old rescue pup Coltrane has joined her on the sets of Creed III and Westworld. “He’s like a seasoned set dog guy,” the 39-year-old has said. KATE BECKINSALE “They said welcome home, didn’t we miss your smiling face,” the British actress, 49, wrote on Instagram of being greeted by Persian cats Clive and Willow and Pomeranian Myf. STEPHANIE BEATRIZ For the Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress, 42, sipping coffee in her robe alongside pup Gouda (nickname: G-Cheezy) is her “morning riutal.” JORDANA BREWSTER The Fast X actress, 43, cozied up to poodle Zelda…

The old Atlantic Moviehouse near Kevin Smith’s hometown of Highlands, N.J., has long been a treasured spot for the director. “Before I was a storyteller, I was a story watcher,” says Smith, who bought the 102-year-old property with friends in September 2022, “and this place was like a temple to me. So buying it was a dream come true.” But the dream became a nightmare one morning this past January when Smith woke up in the apartment above the theater convinced he was losing his mind. “It was scary,” he says. “At that moment I wouldn’t have been averse to not being around any longer. I called a friend and said, ‘I’m in a weird, dark place. I need to go somewhere and get help.’ ” The next day the…

Yara Shahidi isn’t a child actress anymore, but if you ask the 23-year-old, she never really was. “Technically, I was a minor when Black-ish came out,” she says of the ABC sitcom she starred on from age 14 until its final season last year. “But my parents were always very intentional about saying, ‘Acting is what you do; it’s not who you are.’ ” After receiving a bachelor’s degree in social studies and African American studies from Harvard last year, Shahidi is wrapping up her stint on the Black-ish spinoff Grown-ish while co-running a production company and making history as the first Black, Iranian American Tinker Bell in Disney’s Peter Pan & Wendy. “I haven’t changed too much since I was 13,” she says. “I was a quirky kid, and…

SCULPT WITH COOL TOOLS The morning of the Vanity Fair Oscar party, Sharon Stone’s facialist Lord Gavin McLeod-Valentine applied a hydrating mask to the star’s skin, then used cryo sticks (cold therapy facial wands) to give her a lymphatic massage. “It helps with puffiness and creates a lifted, contoured look,” he says. Find the Perfect Shade Throughout awards season, Kerry Washington’s makeup pro Carola Gonzalez matched the star’s foundation to her chest to ensure her face and body were the same skin tone. HIT THE RIGHT SPOTS Shay Mitchell’s makeup pro Ash K Holm used a fluffy brush to blend bronzer high on the star’s cheeks to get a sculpted look for the Vanity Fair Oscar party. Double up on Blush To create Anitta’s Grammy flush, makeup pro Patrick…

Across 1 ___ and a Half Men 4 SNL alum ___ Aykroyd 7 Shrek and Fiona 12 Pixar rodent Remy 13 “All Those Years ___” (George Harrison song) 14 Amazon’s AI 15 Cigar residue 16 Doc for dogs, for short 17 Brand of garbage bags 18 First Asian American nominated for a Best Actor Oscar (2 wds.) 21 Mamma Mia! ___ We Go Again 22 ___ Patel of Slumdog Millionaire 23 2022 sci-fi/horror film in which 18 Across played a theme-park owner 27 Christian ___ of Mr. Robot 30 Blu-___ Disc 31 Wooden fruit carrier 34 “Skyfall” singer 36 Prepare to throw a dart 37 Shrimp ___ (garlicky seafood dish) 41 Contents of Santa’s sack 43 Mahershala ___ 44 “Love Is an Open ___” (song from Frozen) 48 Animated superhero TV show starring…

Last Time I Felt Like a Kid My family reminds me that I still behave like a kid every day. I find magic in the world. I get lost in my imagination when painting or making music or when I bang through the gears in a sports car. Last Superstition My grandparents left me with some great ones: Pull your ear if you sneeze while someone talks about death. Knock wood to not jinx anything. I knock wood on a daily basis; if there’s no wood, I knock my head. Last Thing I Took From a Set I can’t tell you that because they might ask for it back. Last Time I Was at a Loss for Words My girlfriend [Georgina Chapman]’s 9-year-old son recently asked me—quite seriously: “What would…

After breaking up two years ago, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are back on—and heating up. The pop stars first sparked speculation they had rekindled their romance when they were spotted kissing in the crowd at the Coachella music festival in Indio, Calif., on April 14. Now sources tell People that Mendes, 24, and Cabello, 26, have been spending quality time together following their festival fling. “They are enjoying daytime strolls and nighttime casual dinners,” a source says of their low-key dates. “They are very cute together and keep holding hands and laughing.” Though the “Señorita” duet partners split in November 2021 after two years together, recent appearances suggest that time apart hasn’t affected their connection. Days after the couple’s PDA-filled Coachella weekend, Mendes and Cabello “seemed supercomfortable and happy…

“My dad had the right idea,” mused Len Goodman of mortality in a December 2022 interview with The Daily Mail. “He loved gardening [and] had a stroke … out in the garden. He was 79, so if I go the way of my dad, that’ll be next year.” The Kent-born ballroom dancer and four-time British Exhibition Championships winner always had a remarkable sense of timing. He died on April 22—three days shy of his 79th birthday—following a brief battle with bone cancer. Goodman, who served as a judge for 29 of DWTS’s 31 seasons, stepped away in November to spend more time with his family. “The majority of Americans were convinced … [the show] would be a flop,” Goodman—who is survived by his wife, Sue, son James, and two grandchildren—told…

Aminah NIEVES Getting down and dirty is no problem for Nieves, who stars as Teonna Rainwater in 1923. “It’s a dream come true being able to do this,” says the Indigenous actress, 31. “I like the dirt and grime.” When she’s not fording streams and shooting guns on the show, Nieves embraces her “grandma chic” style. But being one with nature makes her feel most beautiful: “It forces you to take a breath and to listen to everything around you.” —JOELLE GOLDSTEIN kelsey ASBILLE The actress, 31, treats dressing up as an extension of her job. “I think it’s fun to make it a character, give it your own narrative,” Asbille says, adding that she also enjoys letting go of Monica Dutton’s Big Sky garb on Yellowstone. “You take a…

On the eve of Bret Michaels’s 60th birthday, vanity is the last thing on his mind. Hopping on the phone for his People interview after a dirt-bike ride near his L.A. home, the rocker is cleaning up chunks of mud on his face and in his teeth. “I’m still fast, and I’m still fun to drive,” quips Michaels, comparing his body to a classic muscle car. “I just need a lot more maintenance.” Michaels has always lived life at full throttle. After he found stardom with his band Poison in the late ’80s with hits like “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” and “Nothin’ but a Good Time,” drama within the group and a series of health setbacks—complications with his type 1 diabetes, a near-fatal brain hemorrhage and a stroke in…

The secret cross-burning ceremony took place in a rural Florida field on a December night in 2014 as some 40 men wearing white robes and hoods gathered for a new member’s initiation into the Ku Klux Klan. Standing watch was the hate group’s security officer, identified by the black robe he wore in stark contrast. But he was not who the group thought him to be. “I had a job that night as keeper of the fire—I lit the fiery cross,” says Joe Moore, who was in actuality an undercover FBI informant. After the ceremony three members of the group pulled Moore aside. “They showed me a picture of a Black man and asked if I could take care of him,” he says. “I asked, ‘Do you want him six…

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that nearly half of all U.S. teens—and 54 percent of teenage girls ages 15 to 17—say they’ve experienced some form of cyberbullying. About one in six teens reports that they use their phone nine hours or more per day, but many parents don’t know what their kids are doing online, says Dr. Michael Rich, a Harvard Medical School professor and founder of the Digital Wellness Lab. He explains how parents staying connected can help teens navigate online abuse. How do you define cyberbullying? There’s cyberbullying, and then there’s teen drama. Bullying is using the online space to harass, threaten, coerce or put fear into the heart of someone else. The difference between teen drama and actual cyberbullying is intent. But for…

A Little Beauty Wisdom Looking at some old photos recently, I came across one from when I was maybe 7 years old. My hair was sticking up every which way, a smudge of dirt—chocolate?—lined my cheek. I was laughably a mess. I rarely looked in a mirror back then; I’d just tumble outside to play hide-and-seek with my cousins. Then I thought about my daughter Addison. She spends hours a day looking at herself. She’s older—now 16—than I was in that photo. (I did clean up by high school.) But her generation lives by the motto “Pics or it didn’t happen.” They spend hour after hour creating TikTok videos and perfecting golden-light selfies, not to mention the two years they spent staring at their faces on Zoom because of the…

Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner are enjoying getting to know each other. “It’s not serious, but they hang out every week,” says a source close to Jenner. The source says the beauty mogul, 25, started seeing the Call Me by Your Name and Dune actor, 27, “several weeks ago” after meeting him at an event in Europe earlier this year. Jenner’s famous family “is happy and supportive” of her dating again after she split with rapper Travis Scott (with whom she shares kids Stormi, 5, and Aire, 16 months), the source adds. For now Jenner “just wants to date without any pressure, and Timothée is charming.”…

Just a few weeks after announcing their engagement, Kate Bosworth and Justin Long are feeling the love—even from strangers! “We went to the grocery store the other day, and the lady working there was like, ‘Congratulations.’ At first I thought she was talking about something I bought, like, a deal,” the Barbarian actor, 44, told People during a recent chat with Bosworth about their support of sustainable shoe brand Rothy’s. “It’s been the nicest reception.” Dating since March of last year, the couple confirmed their engagement on an April 4 episode of Long’s Life Is Short podcast. “Normally people announce [their engagement] to their friends and family, but there’s a certain point when you’re in the public arena that it’s time to share it with the world,” said the Blue…

UCLA Health is an outstanding partner for the Lakers, a brand known for athletes who are strong and dynamic but also human. As a woman in sports, I want to be a good role model, and I’ve found there hasn’t been enough dialogue on mental wellness—for athletes or everyday people. [Wisdom of Wellness: The Mental Health Summit on May 4] is an opportunity for us to take away the stigma. The landscape has changed, and we’re embracing it, learning from it and sharing it with the world. For more info, go to wow.support2.ucla.edu…

Meet Pearl, the World’s Shortest Dog! ORLANDO Chihuahua Pearl may top out at just 3.59 in. tall, but her personality is “big,” says “mom” Vanesa Semler, 43. “She’s always full of energy and happiness.” The 2-year-old was recently named the shortest living dog by Guinness World Records. A similar title was last held by Chihuahua Milly, who happened to be Pearl’s aunt and Semler’s previous pup. Semler was heartbroken when Milly died in March 2020; when Pearl arrived (weighing less than 1 oz.!) in September 2020, it was “like a miracle,” the Realtor says. “I see a lot of resemblance.” Pearl spends her days “going everywhere” and “being the center of attention,” says Semler. “She loves people. It’s amazing how small she is but also how smart she is.” Have…

As BILLIE HOLIDAY in Lady Sings the Blues “Who’s not obsessed with Billie Holiday?” Saldaña says of the 1972 biopic that marked Diana Ross’s screen debut. “I remember reading the story of Diana and how much she worked for that part. And when you see the movie, your heart breaks for Billie.” Saldaña, who reprises her role as Gamora in this month’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, says that while she “will always transform into a character,” her off-duty mode means “jeans, a button-down, sneakers. I’m going to be 45 this year, so sneakers are the new heels. Never thought I would arrive here, but I’m comfortable with it finally.” BEHIND THE LOOK To help Saldaña re-create the scene, makeup artist Alex Babsky focused on her lashes: “Choosing long, spiky…

Smokey Robinson was 18 years old and sitting in a college engineering class when he heard one of his songs on the local radio station for the first time. “The professor’s talking, and I’ve got my transistor radio plugged in my ear when the main disc jockey in Detroit goes, ‘Here’s the Miracles with “Got a Job,” ’ ” he recalls. In that surreptitious moment, Robinson—then working as a Western Union bike messenger while dreaming of making it big with his fledgling vocal group—knew his side hustle had turned into a full-time gig. Recalls the music icon, now 83: “I jumped up, ran out of class to the phone booth, called Claudette [Rogers Robinson, his then girlfriend and bandmate] and said, ‘Baby, our song is on the radio!’ ” With…

Every morning Austin and Abby Hatch race each other to their 6-month-old Hudson’s nursery. Leaning over the crib, the parents are usually greeted with “the absolute biggest smile you’ve ever seen,” says Abby. Then they bundle Hudson up in his stroller, put a leash on their golden retriever Benny and walk through their hometown of Ann Arbor, Mich. The Hatches use this precious time to check in with each other, often talking about the dream home they’re building in the suburbs. “I’m just so grateful,” says Austin, 28. “My life today is what I always dreamed of.” It was a dream fueled by heartbreak from not one but two unfathomable tragedies. When Austin was 8 years old, his family’s single-engine plane crashed into a utility pole in Wells County, Ind.,…

Hearing the doctor’s words, Laura Dern felt the walls crumbling around her. Her mother, actress Diane Ladd, now 87, had just been diagnosed with a lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and was told she might have only six months to live. “The doctor told us the one thing that can help her is getting her to walk to breathe deeper,” recalls Dern, 56. So with Ladd on oxygen, the two began slowly walking together around Santa Monica. As they discussed everything from their own journeys as actors to the grief and heartbreaks in their lives, including Ladd’s divorce from Dern’s father, actor Bruce Dern, 86, and the death of Ladd and Bruce’s first child, their talks “grew into a profound deepening of our relationship,” says Dern. Four years later…

Mess-Free Moisturizer “I’m super weird about putting on creams. I don’t like the feel of lotion, so this is perfect. It’s a light oil spray that absorbs fast and moisturizes,” says Eva. “I carry it with me and use it all day.” Sharp Specs “I have to wear reading glasses now, so I’m always looking for stylish ones,” she says. She adores these in the color Shiny Rose. Face-Sculpting Secret “I love this tool to decrease puffiness and reduce inflammation. And it feels so good!” she says of the smooth-edged jade stone used in traditional Chinese facial massage. Sweet Indulgence “This is the most elegant and delicious gift. The packaging is insanely beautiful, and the macarons, well, they’re French. They speak for themselves!” Makeup Must-Have “I’m not a lipstick…