WHO 25 May 2020

Being in lockdown didn’t stop us – or the stars – from celebrating Mother’s Day this year, with many celebs sharing a glimpse of their family lives on social media, while also spreading joy and appreciation for frontline workers. A few days before the holiday, Sandra Bullock and her rarely seen 8-year-old daughter, Laila, surprised a COVID-19 unit nurse manager at a California hospital during an appearance on Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk. “Thank you for everything that you’re doing,” she said. “Because we get to sit here and be home with our families because you are out there doing the hard, hard, hard work.” Reese Witherspoon shared that she felt “so lucky to be Mama of this crew!” alongside a pic of kids Ava, 20, Deacon, 16 and Tennessee,…

Baby name game After Elon Musk and singer Grimes named their newborn X AE A-12, the new parents had to step in to help decode the moniker!“It’s just X, like the letter X. Then AI. Like how you said the letter A then I,”Grimes wrote on Instagram. Speaking later on a podcast, Musk added that the name is said“X Ash Archangel Twelve.”However it may not be legally recognised in California, where the tot was reportedly born, as names containing numbers, Roman numerals, emojis, accents or other symbols are not allowed. Pregnant Katy’s ups and downs Expecting her first baby with fiancé Orlando Bloom, Katy Perry has revealed life in lockdown has taken a toll. During a Virtual Festival for SHEIN Together on May 10, she shared she “typically has around five good days”…

Overnight on May 11, news broke that beloved actor Jerry Stiller had died at 92. His son, actor Ben Stiller, confirmed the news on social media. “I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” he wrote. “He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.” The star – most famous for playing George Costanza’s scene-stealing dad in Seinfeld – appeared on both stage and screen, starring in several musicals and plays on Broadway. He was directed by and starred alongside son Ben for his final film role in 2016’s Zoolander 2. Hours after Stiller’s passing, tributes from fans and celebrity co-stars began flooding in. “He was perhaps the kindest…

It’s been a huge year already for the royals, and now, as the Sussexes and Cambridges navigate life in lockdown, the families are under more scrutiny than ever before. Unsurprisingly, this has meant a ramping up of the comparisons between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton – and with both mums sharing their parenting experiences during the global pandemic, it seems the differences between them are becoming more obvious by the day. Most recently for the Duchess of Sussex and her husband, Prince Harry, a low-key celebration of their son Archie’s 1st birthday on May 6 was on the cards. Holed up inside their rented Los Angeles mansion amid the ongoing social isolation guidelines, the trio enjoyed a smash cake and connected with family and friends with Zoom calls, a source tells…

Former high-school athlete Ahmaud Arbery was jogging through streets near Brunswick, Georgia, one Sunday afternoon in February when two white men pursued him and pulled up beside him in their vehicle before shooting him three times, the final shot killing him. Gregory McMichael, a 64-year-old former officer at the Glynn County Police Department, and his son Travis, 34, told police they believed Arbery was a suspect in “several break-ins” in the area, and had acted in self defence after he allegedly attacked them. Yet, no such thefts had been reported in previous weeks, and Arbery was unarmed. But in recent weeks, a shocking video of the 25-year-old being gunned down seemed to prove what many believed: this was a racially charged hate crime. And after two months of campaigning for justice for…

Canada-born pop sensation Justin Bieber has been candid about his mental health struggles over the years, sharing details of drug abuse and his difficulties maintaining relationships from an early age. But now, it seems, he has turned his life around for good, working through his issues to finally live a life he loves. Opening up in his new Facebook Watch series, The Biebers On Watch, the former child star and his wife, Hailey, spoke about his battle with depression and discussed the turning point in his struggles with mental health. “When you were struggling a bit with depression, the biggest change I saw was two things,” the model told her husband as the duo cooked up a pasta dish in their kitchen. “The biggest thing I saw was when you got on…