Table of contents for 7/4/2016 in People

For July 4, 2016 'I want to sit in a yard that is not a national park. I do want to drop into Target. I want to—I do, I want to go to Target again!' —MICHELLE OBAMA, on life outside the White House, at the United State of Women summit 'The last conversation I had with you, I told you that I was so lucky to have had the best example of what a dad should be.' —KIM KARDASHIAN, paying tribute to her late father, Robert Kardashian, with a sweet post on Instagram 'I gave everything I had. I poured my heart, my sweat, my tears into this game. Cleveland, this is for you!' —LEBRON JAMES, tearfully celebrating Cleveland's first professional sports championship in 52 years, after the Cavaliers defeated…

All Kinds of People When I was a kid, growing up in a small town in Texas, People gave me access to the rest of the world. It showed that dreams are possible and opened my eyes to the amazing variety of life beyond my borders. That's because for 42 years People has been telling stories about—in the words of founding editor Dick Stolley—ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and extraordinary people doing ordinary things. It's a simple but genius formula that I hope never changes—even though, heaven knows, everything else on the media landscape seems to change every day. We're now telling those stories in all kinds of ways: People remains the world's most popular magazine, but our massive site with 24/7 breaking news brings our total audience to 80…

ALL THE NEWS & BUZZ FROM HOLLYWOOD BETHENNY FRANKEL FINDING HAPPINESS AFTER A HEALTH SCARE BACK IN 2013 WHEN SHE WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED with uterine fibroids, Bethenny Frankel did something highly uncharacteristic: She told almost no one. Used to living life out loud, Frankel chose to deal with the condition quietly and kept it hidden from the cameras chronicling her return to The Real Housewives of New York City. But all that went out the window when, in the midst of filming the current season of the hit Bravo reality show, she landed in the emergency room because of escalating pain and out-of-control bleeding. "I'd lost 10 percent of my blood, my uterus had doubled in size, and my fibroids were larger than before," says Frankel, 45. "I was scared."…

With their arms wrapped around each other as they shared kisses, snapped selfies and frolicked on the beach June 13 near her Rhode Island home, Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston looked more like besotted young lovers from a Nicholas Sparks movie than two major stars on the verge of making headlines with their surprising new romance. "Stop all the clocks! Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift! What even!?" tweeted one shocked fan after photos of the budding couple, quickly dubbed #HiddleSwift on social media, were revealed to the Internet a day later. Also surprised by the pairing? Calvin Harris, the Scottish deejay and producer whom Swift amicably split from just weeks ago. "He did not know Taylor and Tom were together," a source says of Harris, 32, who quickly deleted all…

The summer of 2009—with his splashy This Is It concert series already selling out—was supposed to be Michael Jackson's big comeback. Years of bizarre behavior, plastic surgeries and pedophilia accusations (despite a not-guilty verdict in his 2005 child-molestation trial) had drowned out the music and left the '80s pop phenom a fallen star, but he still had high hopes. "He was one of the greatest entertainers of all time," says Matt Richards, coauthor, with Mark Langthorne, of the new book 83 Minutes, excerpted below. Yet Jackson "was in no state to perform the This Is It tour," Richards says. "The entourage of 'yes' people created an arena of unreality [around him]." Chief among them—providing the drugs the star's addictions demanded—was Jackson's personal physician Conrad Murray, who was convicted in 2011…

BUY IT NOW Pretty Little Liars Style COSTUME DESIGNER CAMERON DALE ON HOW TO CHANNEL THE CHARACTERS' ENVIABLE WARDROBES WITH AMAZING ACCESSORIES Aldo Bag, $55; aldoshoes.com Dogeared Ring, $38; peopleshop.com Vince Camuto Heels, $129; vincecamuto.com HANNA PLAYED BY ASHLEY BENSON "It's all about the accessories on our show—they really elevate a look," says Dale, noting that the always on-trend Hanna loves to experiment, like with tassel shoes and colorful cross-body bags. "It's supercool to see her mix the girlie and the edgy [pieces] together," says Benson. Street Level Bag, $50; peopleshop.com Dogeared Necklace, $54; peopleshop.com Report Bootie, $90; reportshoes.com EMILY PLAYED BY SHAY MITCHELL The sportiest Liar "is less trendy than the others," says Dale, who tends to put the character in casual basics, like plaid shirts and distressed denim.…

The actress, 28, faces off with a shark in The Shallows, out June 24, and costars in Woody Allen's Café Society, out July 15. Has your relationship with the sea changed after filming The Shallows? My relationship with the sea actually changed in 2011, when I went diving with great white sharks, and with conservationists. I got to see sharks in their natural habitat, not as the hunters or villains as we portray them in movies but as these incredible creatures that they are. Do you like horror movies? I don't like to be scared. I enjoy watching them, but I like the types where you don't see much and it's really the psychological aspect of it that's scariest. Did your husband, Ryan Reynolds, help you prep? He helped me…

BABY NEWS Ashton Kutcher, 38, and Mila Kunis, 32, are expecting their second child. The couple are already parents to daughter Wyatt, 21 months. • Chelsea Clinton, 36, and her husband, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, 38, welcomed their second child, son Aidan Clinton, on June 18. "Marc and I are overwhelmed with gratitude and love as we celebrate the birth of our son," Clinton wrote on Twitter to announce his arrival. The newborn joins big sister Charlotte, 21 months. • The Danish Girl's Eddie Redmayne, 34, and his wife, Hannah, 32, welcomed their first child, daughter Iris Mary, on June 15. • American Idol season 8 winner Kris Allen, 30, and wife Katy welcomed their second child, daughter Rose Elizabeth (inset), on June 18. "Excuse me while I go learn…

JULY 4TH People SPECIAL 16-PAGE SPECIAL! #1 Matthew McConaughey He's as all-American as it gets. Raised in Longview, Texas, Matthew McConaughey grew up playing sports and driving pickups and was voted Most Handsome Student of his high school class. He now has an Oscar and he's been globally famous for 20 years, but he never lost his Texas accent. He carries with him a kind of cowboy spirit—even on a red carpet, even in a perfectly tailored Dolce & Gabbana suit. He says "thank you" a lot. He still calls his mother, Kay, a former schoolteacher, every Sunday. Sitting down with People and Entertainment Weekly's editorial director for the new online video series The Jess Cagle Interview, McConaughey opens up about his evolution as a man and as an actor;…

When Ginger Zee stepped off the ballroom floor after the Dancing with the Stars finale in May, she couldn't wait to see how her third-place finish had impacted her body. "I hadn't weighed myself all season, but I knew my clothes fit better. I thought I'd be 20 lbs. lighter," says the Good Morning America meteorologist, 35, who welcomed son Adrian Benjamin with husband Ben Aaron in December. "But I only weighed 2 lbs. less. That was it! I was actually happy though. It made me feel better that all those years when I thought, 'If I just work out more, I'll lose weight,' I was wrong. Apparently I'm just supposed to be 138 lbs., and that's good." Having battled anorexia as a young teen, she may once have been…

SPOTLIGHT ON Olivia Wilde THE VINYL ACTRESS AND FACE OF REVLON EXPLAINS WHY SHE LOVES BABY LOTION, BOLD LIPS AND BEING PREGNANT Products, clockwise from right: Mustela Hydra Bebe Body Lotion, $16; mustelausa.com Revlon Super Lustrous Sheer Lipstick Collection in Pink Truffle, $7.99, and Brow Fantasy by ColorStay, $7.50; at drugstores OLIVIA'S FAVORITE LIPSTICK SHADE! You once said your secret for great skin was to "get knocked up!" With baby No. 2 on the way, is that still true? Well, apparently I'm taking that advice now! Really, the older I get, the more I get to know what works best for me. Makeup is not about changing who you are, it's about understanding your face and highlighting your best features. What's your everyday look? I don't leave the house without…

Hydration 6 glasses of water, one with lemon Breakfast Banana Coffee with whole milk and 1 Splenda "TO MAKE THIS BANANA A MINI MEAL, SHE COULD ADD 2 TSP. OF ALMOND BUTTER," SUGGESTS GLASSMAN. Lunch 1 Brach's peppermint candy Street-cart hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut 1 slice Lady M's Strawberry Mille Crêpes cake Dinner At N.Y.C.'s Cafe Clover: 3 pieces of whole wheat sourdough bread with butter 2 soft shell crabs in chickpea flour, fried in avocado oil 1 cup potato puree with unsalted butter 1 cup steamed broccoli with butter and salt Dessert Roasted strawberries with a lavender honey gelato and butter sablée Coffee with whole milk and 1 Splenda 8 oz. glass Newman's Own lemonade before bed Total Calories: 2,000 The Verdict "Bananas are a great food…

TREND REPORT Shorts Suits THIS SUMMER-FRIENDLY TAKE ON THE MENSWEAR LOOK PROVIDES THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF SOME LEG THIS LOOK IS 'CHIC YET STILL YOUTHFUL AND SEXY,' SAYS DOBREV'S STYLIST ILARIA URBINATI. TO PULL IT OFF, MAKE SURE THE SHORTS ARE VISIBLY LONGER THAN THE JACKET, SHE SUGGESTS. Naomie Harris in a Polo Ralph Lauren three-piece suit and studded Aquazzura ankle-strap flats. Jada Pinkett Smith in a Beau Souci suede jacket and shorts and Francesco Russo fur-trim sandals. Julia Roberts in a cotton Rag & Bone suit and black button-down with Giuseppe Zanotti Design pumps. Nina Dobrev in a vest and shorts by Pinko with Cesare Paciotti sandals and a Jimmy Choo clutch. Elizabeth Olsen in a seersucker Burberry suit and Loeffler Randall striped platforms with a Mark…

Two weeks ago Anton Yelchin was wrapping his latest indie film, Thoroughbred, outside Boston. As the cast and crew gathered to celebrate, the 27-year-old actor, best known as eager young engineer Chekov in the rebooted Star Trek franchise, volunteered to drive people home afterward "to be sure they got back safely," recalls director Cory Finley. "It was the kind of little selfless moment that endeared him so much to me and to everyone." Sadly, the rising star's life was cut short by a tragic accident. On June 19 his body was found pinned between his car and a security fence and the mailbox pillar at his home in L.A. after the vehicle rolled backward down the steep driveway. The L.A. county medical examiner's office reportedly ruled the death accidental and…

With the millennium's biggest pop singer for an older sister and her own hit Nickelodeon series, Jamie Lynn Spears had an exceptional—and unconventional—childhood. Not that it felt that way. "To me it was normal," says Spears. In 2007, after her show Zoey 101 had wrapped, film projects were in the air, and she was happily dating her "first love," Casey Aldridge. But then, at 16, she took a pregnancy test at a BP gas station, and it came back positive. "It was scary," recalls Spears, now 25, who will tell her story in the documentary Jamie Lynn Spears: When the Lights Go Out, airing June 26 at 10/9c on TLC. "But you gotta take responsibility for your actions." On the heels of her baby news, Spears—whom her big sister Britney…

American Flag Cookie Cake CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH THE SALLY'S BAKING ADDICTION BLOGGER'S PATRIOTIC RECIPE ¾ cup unsalted softened butter, divided ¾ cup granulated sugar 1 large egg, at room temperature 2 tsp. vanilla extract, divided 1½ cups all-purpose flour 1½ tsp. cornstarch 1 tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. baking soda ¼ tsp. kosher salt 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened 1½ cups sifted powdered sugar 2-3 tbsp. heavy cream 1 cup blueberries 2 cups strawberries, halved 2 cups banana slices 1. Beat ½ cup butter with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Add granulated sugar, and beat on medium speed until fluffy. Add egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla, and beat until smooth, scraping sides of bowl as…