Table of contents for April 26, 2021 in People

‘With age, you figure out that life is too short to waste time thinking about what other people think about you’—CHRISTINA AGUILERA, on turning 40, to Health ‘I don’t think our Founding Fathers EVER envisioned a six-four, bald, tattooed, half-Black, half-Samoan, tequila drinking, pick up truck driving, fanny pack wearing guy joining their club’—DWAYNE JOHNSON, on a potential presidential run, on Instagram ‘If I had a tinder profile it would say: not looking for love I got plenty’—LIZZO, on her theoretical dating profile bio, on Instagram ‘I really did want this to be very true to what I initially thought of and what I had initially written. But better. Obviously’—TAYLOR SWIFT, on recording her Fearless (Taylor’s Version) album, to People (the TV Show!) ‘I do a very good one-man…

In real life Joanna Garcia Swisher, 41, is happily married to former Major League Baseball player Nick Swisher, 40, and raising daughters Sailor, 4, and Emerson, 7. On TV she needs the help of a matchmaker to find love in the new Hallmark Channel romance As Luck Would Have It. She opens up about raising strong girls, how her parents’ recent deaths affected her and which roles fans recognize her for the most. You haven’t needed a matchmaker—but if life had turned out differently, would you use one? I would totally have been game for it. I was set up by a friend of ours to meet my husband, but I think it sounds so fun. You star opposite Allen Leech—were you a Downton Abbey fan? I’m a huge Downton…

Macaulay Culkin is now far from home alone: The former child star and his longtime girlfriend Brenda Song welcomed their first child together. “We’re overjoyed,” Culkin, 40, and Song, 33, said in a statement announcing the April 5 arrival of their son Dakota. He’s named after Culkin’s late sister, who was killed in a car accident at age 29 in 2008. Culkin and the Disney Channel alum began dating in 2017 after meeting on the set of the comedy Changeland. In February 2020 Culkin told Esquire he and Song planned to expand their family: “We’re figuring it out, making the timing work.”…

Babies The Masked Singer host Nick Cannon, 40, is expecting twin boys with deejay Abby De La Rosa, 30. The news comes four months after Cannon welcomed daughter Powerful with Brittany Bell, with whom he also has son Golden, 4. Cannon also shares 9-year-old twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey. • American Beauty actress Mena Suvari, 42, welcomed her first child, son Christopher Alexander, with husband Michael Hope. • Actor Will Forte, 50, welcomed his first child, a daughter named Zoe Douglas, with fiancée Olivia Modling, 31. • Catfish host Nev Schulman, 36, and wife Laura Perlongo, 35, are expecting their third child together. They also share son Beau, 2, and daughter Cleo, 4. Health Beloved zoologist Jack Hanna, 74, also known as “Jungle Jack,” from…

At the start of their astonishing 73-year marriage, Prince Philip and then-Princess Elizabeth enjoyed two blissful years on the Mediterranean island of Malta, where Philip was stationed as a British naval officer. “That was the only time my mother was able to see them as a normal married couple, and the Queen was able to have the life of a normal naval officer’s wife,” says India Hicks, whose mother, Lady Pamela, was the daughter of Philip’s uncle Lord Mountbatten and a longtime lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth. When Philip was off duty, the newlyweds enjoyed picnics, sunbathing, ballroom dancing and waterskiing on the sun-dappled island—“with freedom and privacy,” says Hicks. But soon after, in 1952, the couple’s world was turned upside down with the death of Elizabeth’s father, King George VI. In…

Like many first-time action stars, Jodie Turner-Smith learned a lot about her physical abilities while filming her role as a Navy SEAL opposite Michael B. Jordan in Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, available this month on Amazon Prime Video. But beyond any preproduction boot camps or intricately choreographed combat sequences, Turner-Smith’s preparation for the role came with an additional challenge: At the time, she was pregnant and in her second trimester. “There were moments I thought I was in over my head,” says the 34-year-old actress, who, along with her husband, actor Joshua Jackson, 42, welcomed daughter Janie last April. “I’m excited to eventually tell her, ‘I was pregnant with you when I did that!’” Turner-Smith never imagined herself in such physically demanding roles—or any other movie roles, for that matter.…

Across 1 “Layla” rocker Clapton 5 “___-ra-ra Boom-de-ay” 8 Ship’s mast 12 ___ admiral 13 ___, skip and a jump 14 Meet the Parents actress Polo 15 Kendrick or Faris 16 “Julia” singer Chris 17 Cupid 18 Comic-actress Margaret 20 21 Across chart-topper “___ on You” 21 Country singer with 25 No.1 hit singles (2 wds.) 25 Ceremonial acts 26 Rowboat adjunct 27 Ms. Aniston’s nickname 30 21 Across was 2014 and 2015 CMA Entertainer of the ___ 31 The Beatles’ “Can’t ___ Me Love” 32 Justin Bieber’s “Beauty and a ___” 33 ___ Wednesday 34 Henpeck 35 21 Across’s ___ My Party (first ACM Album of the Decade winner) 36 TV miniseries The Undoing star (2 wds.) 38 Playwright David and actress Lily 41 Poet McKuen 42 River in England…

Last Time I Cried I was watching My Octopus Teacher with my boys [Story, 13, and Easton, 11], and when he brought his son into the ocean to experience the octopus, it just got me. And of course, they love to tease me, “Are you crying?” I’m just like, “Maybe.” Last Perfect Day Off We did a road trip from L.A. to Austin, and there was a span of nothing as far as the eye could see. I had my dog in my lap, the kids were watching movies, and there wasn’t even cell reception. It was very therapeutic. Last Indulgence There are these marshmallows called Smashmallows, and they’re so addicting. It’s organic cane sugar, so you somehow feel okay about eating multiple bags of them. Last Time I…

1 The Met Gala Returns Hold on to your fancy hats—after a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19, fashion’s biggest night will return to N.Y.C. this year with a “more intimate” event that will take place Sept. 13 before a larger-scale soiree in May 2022. 2 Chrissy Teigen Thinks Pink The star got into the spring spirit by dyeing her hair pastel pink. Teasing the look with a filter earlier in the year, Teigen declared, “I just wanna start looking the way I’ve always wanted to!” 3 A New Prince Album Is on the Way The never-before-heard 2010 Prince album Welcome 2 America, which shares its name with the tour he embarked on the same year, will drop in July, half a decade after the legend’s death. 4 Girls5eva…

After nearly a year of dating, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are getting serious. “Megan is very happy,” a source says of the actress, 34, who went public with the rapper and rocker (real name: Richard Colson Baker) last May after they met on the set of their upcoming thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass. “They got serious quickly and have a great relationship.” As the couple “plan a future together,” the source says Kelly, 31, has been spending time with Fox’s sons Noah, 8, Bodhi, 7, and Journey, 4, with Brian Austin Green, 47, who filed for divorce in November. “Colson is getting to know her kids,” says the source. Fox’s once-contentious relationship with Green (they split in 2019 after more than nine years of marriage, and he’s…

Tiger Woods will not face charges for his Feb. 23 car accident, and Los Angeles authorities have closed their investigation into his crash. At an April 7 press conference, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said that the father of two, 45, was driving at a speed “unsafe for the road conditions”—between 84 and 87 mph in a 45 mph zone—when he lost control of his 2021 Genesis GV80 before the SUV crossed the median and uprooted a tree at an estimated 75 mph. While the lack of charges left some asking if the golf pro was receiving special treatment, officials said that was “absolutely false” and that there was no evidence of impairment or distracted driving. After the announcement, Woods, who has said he has no recollection of the accident, thanked the…

John Stamos has been in party mode—for his son’s birthday, that is. “Billy loves Halloween, so he wanted a ghost theme,” the actor says of his son, who turned 3 on April 10. “It’s true that it goes by so fast—I’m trying to enjoy every minute!” In his latest TV role, Stamos—who wed actress and model Caitlin McHugh, 34, in 2018—plays a basketball coach in the new series Big Shot, streaming now on Disney+ (see review, page 29). The star, 57, talked about parenting, his new show and the surprising silver linings of a most unusual year. ‘[BEING A DAD] IS HARDER THAN I IMAGINED…BUT IT’S ALSO SO MUCH BETTER THAN I IMAGINED’ On Big Shot you play a temperamental former college basketball coach who begins coaching a high school…

In her teen years, Justine Bateman says, she wanted to look like the older European actresses she admired, women with “confidence and attitude and style.” It would take several decades for the young Family Ties star to get there. When she did, as she writes in her new book Face, “I was elated when creases emerged across the tops of my cheeks when I smiled.” But she was surprised at how quickly people began to criticize her for aging naturally. Now 55, the director and author—mom to Gianetta, 17, and Duke, 18, with her husband of 20 years, businessman Mark Fluent—saw it as an opportunity to explore the subject of women and aging. “If you want to have a good face,” she says, “what really matters is confidence.” When I…

CUTE COUPLES! NAOMI’S STREET STYLE New York City, April 8 Naomi Campbell stunned the streets of Times Square in the Michael Kors fashion show in a sparkling, long-sleeved navy gown and a matching trench coat. GREATNESS ON THE GREEN Augusta, Ga., April 11 Golf pro Hideki Matsuyama became the first male player from Japan to claim a major title when he won the 2021 Masters Tournament. ANDREA’S FATHER-DAUGHTER DUET AlUla, Saudi Arabia, April 8 Andrea Bocelli’s daughter Virginia, 9, joined him for a duet at the first-ever modern concert at the historic Al-Hijr Archaeological Site. HE WEARS SHORT SHORTS! West Hollywood, April 5 It must have been leg day: Milo Ventimiglia flaunted his impressive gams when he left his gym in shorts. LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER Madonna shared a rare…

Date Night Rihanna & A$AP Rocky The singer turned style mogul, 33, and the rapper, 32, stepped out April 11 for a private party at West Hollywood hot spot Delilah. Sources confirmed last November that the longtime friends are dating. Birthday Love Kristen Stewart & Dylan Meyer When the Twilight alum turned 31 on April 9, her screenwriter girlfriend posted a touching tribute. “Life sure is sweeter with this cute little family.… You knock my socks off,” wrote Meyer, who was first linked to Stewart in 2019. Happy Anniversary! Hugh Jackman & Deborra-Lee Furness On April 11 the actor, 52, and his wife, 65, celebrated 25 years of marriage. “From nearly the moment we met… I knew our destiny was to be together,” Jackman wrote. “Our love has only…

In 2006 Missy Peregrym made her debut as a leading lady in Stick It, playing a rebellious teen gymnast opposite Jeff Bridges. “It was the hardest job I’ve ever done. Physically it was so rigorous. We trained eight hours, five days a week,” Peregrym, 38, recalls of the teen dramedy. “I really thought that once I was through training I would be able to represent my country in the Olympics—I was sorely mistaken!” Fifteen years later Peregrym still chases adrenaline-pumping gigs: She stars in Dick Wolf’s procedural FBI (Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS). “I like roles where I get to do stunts and be athletic, so I’m playing the vulnerability every woman has and also the ability to handle crazy situations,” she says, joking that she won’t be…

When I was growing up, my parents instilled a love and respect for our planet in [my brother] Jonathan and me, because our house literally backed right up onto a hundred miles of forestry near Vancouver. Then a few years ago, Lance Bass from *NSYNC, who’s a friend of ours, introduced me, my wife, Linda, and Jonathan to the Environmental Media Association, and it just clicked. It’s an amazing organization focused on bringing the world of media and environmental causes together. Our production company Scott Brothers Entertainment joined their Green Seal program and made significant changes to be greener on-set and in our offices, like using compostable materials, reducing paper use and eliminating single-use plastics. The more we talked to people in the industry about it, the more they…

For more than 20 years she’s been known as a domestic goddess, one who could make chopping kale or eating spaghetti seem intimate and even sexy. But these days Nigella Lawson, 61, is proudly shedding that glamorous persona. She rarely wears makeup and sticks to a “baggy black thing” wardrobe, prefers “lounging about flat out” to sitting, eats chocolate in bed—and makes sure to revel in it all. “I feel that you get to a certain age, and your desire for comfort is so much greater than your vanity,” says the chef. The daughter of Nigel Lawson, a conservative British politician, and Vanessa Salmon, an heiress to a tea company, says her carefree attitude is an effort to avoid her mother’s mistakes. “Diagnosed with terminal cancer two weeks before her death…

At age 42, Jessica Lahey was an alcoholic clinging to her picture-perfect New England life—loving husband, two healthy sons, a successful teaching career—by a fraying thread of not yets. “I hadn’t done any drunk driving—yet. Hadn’t had a drink at school—yet. Never in front of my kids,” says the Vermont-based writer. “But obviously it was going to happen. I had a lot of examples from growing up of just how bad it was going to get.” The thread all but snapped one night before her 43rd birthday when Jessica was facedown drunk on her toilet, violently vomiting while her son Ben slept on the other side of the wall. “It was scary to me,” she recalls, “that my kid would wake up and walk into that bathroom.” Now almost eight…

AMANDA SEYFRIED Her Time to Shine Amanda Seyfried, who first rose to fame in 2004’s Mean Girls, always thought Oscar glory was a far-off dream. If someone told her years ago she’d one day be nominated for Best Supporting Actress, “I’d never have believed you,” she says. “I’ve been in the business a long time and have never aimed for an Oscar nomination. I just do movies that give me immense fulfillment and joy.” The mother of two, 35, says her role as Golden Age film star Marion Davies in Mank did just that. “When it was presented to me, it felt like it was way too good to be true,” she says of being cast by acclaimed director David Fincher in the drama. She was also recently honored…