Production Validation Test Demo People April 27, 2026

‘I stole a cane from set, so I have a souvenir. I don’t need a cane yet, but it’s Apple Plus—they have the money’—ROY WOOD JR., on his movie Outcome, to People ‘I don’t know why it is, but almost every show I do they want me to be naked’—BRYAN CRANSTON, on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ‘Everything that I’ve ever wanted or dreamed came true. Except, I did not marry Paul McCartney’—OPRAH WINFREY, on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ‘It’s going to be hard.… I’d just suggest people find counseling’—PAUL W. DOWNS, on the upcoming series finale of Hacks, to People ‘You sign on when someone says I’m gonna give you brawn and I’m gonna give you brains’—NICOLE KIDMAN, on playing a wrestler/lawyer in Margo’s Got Money…

COACHELLA’S BIG OPENING WEEKEND STARS IN THE CROWD STUCK IN THE MIDDLE Former and once-again costars (from left) Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield, Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston and Frankie Muniz reunited on April 7 at the New York City premiere of their four-part Hulu revival Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair. The original series (inset) aired from 2000 to 2006. NO BEEF HERE Costars Oscar Isaac (left), Carey Mulligan and Charles Melton got cheeky during a tastemaker event for season 2 of Netflix’s Beef in Montecito, Calif., on April 10. For more about the new season, see page 19. TRESSED TO KILL Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley were joined by her son Damian Hurley at the Olivier Awards in London on April 12. Hurley presented best new musical to Paddington: The Musical. A NIGHT…

When Britney Spears posted photos in late March from an outing on the water with her two sons, it marked a positive step for the pop star, who just weeks earlier had been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Now she’s making a move to address her health following years of personal turmoil. A rep for the singer confirmed that Spears, 44, voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility a month after her arrest in Ventura, Calif., on March 4, and one month before she’s due to appear in court on May 4. The decision comes amid encouragement from her team and is in large part due to her sons Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, according to a Spears source. “It’s taken weeks for her to…

Heather Locklear and Lorenzo Lamas’s new romance is so ’80s. Lamas’s rep confirms to People that Locklear, 64, and Lamas, 68, who found TV fame on the prime-time soap Falcon Crest just as the future Melrose Place star was making her ’80s mark on Dynasty, have been dating for months. TMZ reported on April 10 that the two spent time together in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve and were planning blended-family time with their adult children in the immediate future. Locklear shares daughter Ava, 28, with ex-husband Richie Sambora, 66, while Lamas has six children from previous relationships: son A.J., 42, and daughter Shayne, 40, with late ex-wife Michele Smith; daughter Paton, 37, with ex-girlfriend Daphne Ashbrook; and daughters Alexandra, 28, Victoria, 27, and Isabella, 25, with ex-wife Shauna…

Adrien Brody The Fear of 13 The two-time Oscar winner, 53, plays a man on death row for a crime he didn’t commit in his Broadway debut. “I started doing theater as a teen before I got any film work,” Brody says. “It’s another dream.” (April 15-July 12) Ayo Edebiri & Don Cheadle Proof The Emmy winner, 30, and the Oscar nominee, 61, make their Broadway debuts in a revival of the Tony-winning play, in which a woman navigates her late father’s mental illness. (Starts April 16) Taraji P. Henson Joe Turner’s Come and Gone The Oscar nominee, 55, marks her first Broadway appearance in the revival, where she’ll play the matriarch of a Pittsburgh boardinghouse. Cedric the Entertainer, 61, will costar as her husband. (April 25-July 26) Mariska Hargitay…

The writer behind the 2022 bestseller The Housemaid, who has used the pseudonym Freida McFadden for more than a decade, has revealed her real name is Sara Cohen. “I’m tired of people debating if I’m a real person or if I’m three men,” Cohen, 45, who is also a doctor who treats brain disorders, told USA Today, adding, “I don’t have anything to hide.”…