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‘There’s no corn in the ﬁeld, there’s people in the ﬁeld. They didn’t plant because we’re out here rockin’ ’ —DAVE CHAPELLE, on doing his comedy show in an Ohio cornfield, on Jimmy Kimmel Live

‘You have someone who looks at you and doesn’t know anything on your résumé, doesn’t know anything about your bank account, doesn’t know anything, doesn’t care and just loves you’

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— K AT Y P E R RY, on becoming a mom, to L'Officiel

‘Faces that change, that move, are beautiful faces, but we’ve stopped learning how to love those faces because we keep covering them up with filters’ —KATE WINSLET on social media, to The New York Times

‘I realized I had to learn “Smelly Cat” again . . . I googled it’ —LISA KUDROW, on having to teach herself the Friends song ahead of the reunion, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

‘It was Kanye West in my backyard, and he told my chef to cook him some scrambled eggs with ketchup’

‘If I could tell my 8-year-old son one thing . . . I would really encourage him to not get married in his 20s’

—DJ KHALED, on an uninvited guest who showed up to his house at 8 a.m., on Jimmy Kimmel Live

—ANNA FARIS, on her advice to son Jack, on the Anna Faris Is Unqualified podcast

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UFO enthusiasts want to believe Phone home? A government report won’t rule out the possibility that recently released Navy videos document alien technology (but won’t confirm it either).

Elton John and pals parody his hit As a gift for Lisa Kudrow—whose Friends character thought John (right) wrote “Tiny Dancer” about actor Tony Danza—Courteney Cox asked the Grammy winner to perform Phoebe’s version with Ed Sheeran and Brandi Carlile. “Hold me closer, Tony Danza,” they belted.

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David Spade joins the Bachelor universe With Chris Harrison taking a step back, comedian Spade will be one of the celebs stepping in as host for the upcoming seventh season of Bachelor in Paradise.

Blue’s Clues celebrates Pride She might be blue, but this pup embraces all colors of the rainbow. The Nickelodeon show honored the start of LGBTQ Pride month with a virtual parade and a sing-along with a cartoon version of Nina West from RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Taylor’s acting career continues Having shaken off Cats, Swift has signed on to appear in fivetime Oscar nominee David O. Russell’s next film alongside Christian Bale and Margot Robbie.

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An American Royal Baby

America’s Got Talent judge Howie Mandel and his daughter Jackie open up about their anxiety and OCD—and how humor has helped.

Howie Mandel

Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck

55 Life After the Vaccine Inside some emotional post-COVID-shot reunions.

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Angelina Jolie’s birthday dinner and more news

Royal Family of 4!

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry proudly welcome their daughter Lilibet Diana

Naya Rivera

Nearly one year after her tragic drowning, the Glee star’s father remembers the daughter he lost

63 AnnaLynne McCord

The former 90210 star on living with an identity disorder.

New Clues in a Cold Case

Loved ones hope a new viral TikTok will help find Sophia Juarez, who went missing in 2003 at age 4

Jimmy Smits

The actor talks about the move that changed his life and his new film In the Heights

Wolfgang Van Halen How the son of Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli is charting his own path

When Parents Are Behind Bars

52 Idris & Sabrina Elba

The power couple launch a brand to help foster strong relationships.

Wandjell Browning grew up with both parents in prison—now she’s helping kids like her

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CORRECTION In our June 14 issue, we mistakenly said that Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela traveled to Monroe, La., for HBO’s We’re Here. They traveled to Ruston, La. People regrets the error.

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SIMONE EARNS ANOTHER RECORD Fort Worth, June 6

Simone Biles dominated the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, earning an unprecedented seventh national women’s all-around title ahead of the Olympic trials.

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ANTHONY & PAUL ASSEMBLE AT DISNEY Anaheim, June 2

Marvel stars Anthony Mackie (left) and Paul Rudd (center) made an appearance at the Avengers Campus dedication ceremony at Disney’s California Adventure Park ahead of its opening.

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London, June 6 Helena Bonham Carter twirled in a Dolce & Gabbana gown at the BAFTA TV Awards.

FROM ‘SK8ER BOI’ TO BIKER CHICK

Malibu, May 31 Avril Lavigne went for a spin on her pink electric motorcycle. June 21, 2021

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Zachary Levi got back in action and suited up to start filming the DC Comics sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods on June 3 in Atlanta.

STARS ON-SET

On June 2 Lily James dressed up as Pamela Anderson to get in character for the Hulu series Pam & Tommy in L.A.

Chris Hemsworth revealed filming had wrapped in Australia on Thor: Love and Thunder! in a June 1 post with director Taika Waititi.

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George Stephanopoulos posed with daughter Elliott, 18, before her senior prom. “That is not her date,” mom Ali Wentworth joked June 2 on Instagram.

FAMOUS FAMILIES

Jon Bon Jovi, wife Dorothea Bongiovi and their son Romeo, 17, attended the fifth annual Love Rocks concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on June 3.

Brooke Shields’s daughter Rowan, 18, wore her mom’s 1998 Golden Globes gown to the prom. “Proud mama,” Shields posted on June 5.

On June 3 Thomas Rhett’s wife, Lauren Akins—who is pregnant with their fourth child—shared a beach selfie while on vacation with their daughters Ada James, 3, Lennon Love, 14 months, and Willa Gray, 5.

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On June 4 Madonna celebrated the 90th birthday of her dad, Silvio Ciccone, in Michigan with five of her six kids: Lourdes, 24, David and Mercy, both 15, and twins Estere and Stella, 8.

Jason Derulo and 1-monthold son Jason King sported matching outfits in a June 1 Instagram post.

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On June 2 Mark Consuelos wished his son Michael a happy 24th birthday on Instagram. “We are the luckiest parents,” mom Kelly Ripa commented.

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June 21, 2021

A L L T H E H O L LY W O O D NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Date Night

On May 31 Lopez and Affleck walked arm in arm while out together for a rooftop dinner in Los Angeles.

Their Renewed Romance

J.Lo & Ben Go Public

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After weeks of rendezvousing under

the radar, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck aren’t hiding their on-again relationship anymore. On May 31 the stars stepped out for dinner together at the Merois restaurant on the rooftop of the Pendry West Hollywood hotel. “They looked super happy, and Ben had his arm around Jennifer during dinner,” a source says of the pair, who were

joined at their table by two other people, including Lopez’s manager Benny Medina. Days later Affleck, 48, was spotted ﬂashing a grin while leaving Lopez’s L.A. home on June 2. “They are very happy together,” says a source close to Lopez, 51. “They are slowly starting to talk about the future.” After spending time with Affleck in L.A., Lopez returned to her main

home base in Miami on June 5; Affleck was seen traveling to Las Vegas the same day. The Lopez source says they likely won’t be apart for long: “They’re focused now on how they can make spending time together easier, and they are discussing summer plans.” Lopez and Affleck—who were engaged for a little more than a year before they split in 2004—have been June 21, 2021

Scoop jet-setting across the country to see each other ever since they first reunited in late April, when they were spotted outside of Lopez’s L.A. home following her split from fiancé Alex Rodriguez. Last month they went on a weeklong getaway to Montana, and they soon “want to take [another] trip,” says the Lopez source. “Jennifer is incredibly happy. They are both acting very comfortable in their relationship.” Back On Though “a lot of Affleck and Lopez things have happened (in 2003) “are since they last dated amazing together,” says years ago,” the Lopez a source. Top: source adds, “they still Affleck leaving have that special conLopez’s L.A. home on June 2. Right: nection that they had Lopez with son then—and the connecMax in a June 4 tion seems even stronInstagram. ger and better because of their life experience since,” including parenthood. As they balance their new relationship with work, Lopez—who just inked a multiyear production deal with Netflix—and Affleck will continue to make their kids their top priority. “They want to spend as much time together as possible but also want to make sure that

the kids are happy,” says the source close to Lopez, who posted sweet snaps snuggling up to Max and Emme, her 13-year-old twins with ex-husband Marc Anthony, on June 4. As for ‘JENNIFER CAN Affleck—who shares Violet, 15, BE HERSELF WITH BEN. . . . Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9, HE FINDS HER with ex-wife Jennifer BEAUTIFUL JUST Garner—“he’s a doting dad,” THE WAY SHE IS ’ says an insider. With Affleck, —A LOPEZ SOURCE “Jennifer can be herself,” says the Lopez source. “She doesn’t have to get all glammed up to spend time with him. He ﬁnds her beautiful just the way she is and constantly tells her.” —BRIANNE TRACY with reporting by Pernilla Cedenheim and Melody Chiu

Support System

“We’re such a team,” Jolie said of her kids (from left, in 2019: Pax, Shiloh, Vivienne, Zahara and Knox; not pictured, Maddox).

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Angelina Jolie rang in her 46th surrounded by love. The Those Who Wish Me Dead star celebrated her June 4 birthday with her and ex Brad Pitt’s six kids, Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 12. “They had a great day celebrating at home, and the kids surprised her with a special dinner out,” a source says of their meal at TAO restaurant in L.A. On

special occasions “they all tend to work together to surprise me with something,” Jolie recently told Extra. “That they think it is important always makes me cry.” At home during the pandemic, “I’ve found that the kids have really come together,” she told People last month. “I have a big group, and with Maddox coming back from college and being in the same house, they’ve really had to manage this together.” — D A N A R O S E F A L C O N E with reporting by Mary Green

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The One Direction alum, 27, revealed that he called off his engagement to the model, 21, after proposing last August. “It was best for both of us,” he told The Diary of a CEO podcast.

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Happy Anniversary! On June 5 the Queer Eye star, 34, and his husband celebrated their first wedding anniversary. “I love our adventures and I can’t wait to make more,” wrote Van Ness (left).

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The Friends actor, 51, and the talent manager, 29, ended their engagement. “Sometimes things just don’t work out and this is one of them,” Perry said in a June 1 statement. The pair were first linked in 2018; Perry proposed last November.

They broke up in May, but the actress, 40, and The Daily Show host, 37, appear to be on again. Following a St. Barts getaway, the pair were spotted out and about in New York City on June 5, just days after a source said they are “figuring things out.”

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George & Amal’s Summer in Italy

The Clooneys have returned to their happy place for the summer. George, Amal and twins Ella and Alexander, who turned 4 on June 6, recently headed to their longtime vacation home on Italy’s Lake Como. “It’s the first time in two years that they are back in Italy. They seem thrilled to be back,” says a source in the area, who expects the famous George, who turned 60 duo to visit their favorite local ‘IT’S THE FIRST in May, and Amal, 43, are restaurants and catch up with TIME IN TWO YEARS THEY ARE happy for the break after old buddies. “Friends that BACK IN ITALY. their time in lockdown—but they didn’t see during the THEY SEEM they have enjoyed all the pandemic are very excited THRILLED extra downtime spent with that they are back.” TO BE BACK’ the twins. “They are the Before jetting off for their —AN ITALIAN most amazing parents,” European holiday, George SOURCE says the source. “George is was hard at work in Boston such a fun dad. The kids adore him.” directing pal Ben Affleck in — KA R A WA R N E R w i t h re p o r t i n g the upcoming drama The Tender by Pernilla Cedenheim Bar. A Clooney source notes that

Going off the Grid

George, Amal and twins Ella and Alexander are spending the summer at their villa on Lake Como.

Real Housewife & Proud Mom

“I really appreciate our time together,” says Hilton of sister Kyle (above). Right: with daughter Paris.

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For Kathy Hilton, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills may have been a family affair—her actress sisters Kim and Kyle Richards have starred on the Bravo hit— but “I never thought I’d say yes to it myself,” says the philanthropist and mother of four, 62. “Kyle convinced me, and I was very flattered. I thought it would be an opportunity for us to spend time together. I really missed her.” Indeed, Hilton and Kyle, 52, have had a fractious relationship for nearly a decade for reasons Hilton won’t specify, other than to say “things piled up . . .

and what people think, they’ve got it so wrong.” But ultimately, “family is family,” she says. “Kyle and I have gotten to know each other a lot deeper. And it feels so good to be where we are now.” These days, Hilton is also cherishing time with her young grandchildren (son Barron, 31, is a dad of one, while daughter Nicky, 37, has two kids) and helping to plan daughter Paris’s wedding to venture capitalist Carter Reum. “She’s not as fancy as people may think!” says Hilton. “But it will be beautiful and classic.” — A I L I N A H A S

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When a friendly 6-month-old tabby walked up to Remy Vicarini seven years ago in a French animal shelter, the engineer knew that she was the one. “We found each other very well,” says Vicarini, 31. After bringing the kitten, whom he named Cathode, home, he started taking her on short walks outdoors, and this early interest in nature slowly grew into a taste for adventure. Now, Cathode and Vicarini charm their 76,000 Instagram followers (@mon_copain_ray) with photos of them skiing, paragliding, motorcycling and more. “Cathode is a very curious cat—she loves discovering new things,” Vicarini says of his pet, whom he has outfitted with her own goggles and helmet. In Cathode’s less adventurous moments, she is a typical feline. “She sleeps, eats, sleeps, eats,” says Vicarini, who is thrilled to showcase their bond. “Each ride is different, but we always share a lot of fun.”

“I hope this inspires others,” says Kieran (inset, with his mom).

Teen Cuts Off His Curls to Raise Big Money for Charity OWENS CROSS ROADS, ALA.

After forgoing a haircut for six years, Kieran Moïse knew he would need a big chop before heading to the U.S. Air Force Academy this summer. The 17-year-old decided to donate his hair and launched a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, hoping to raise $1,000 for each inch of hair trimmed. “When I realized I could give back, I wanted to,” he says. The teen raised more than $34,000 for St. Jude’s, and on May 29 dozens gathered to watch Kieran lose his 19-in. locks. “He’s always had a very giving heart,” says his mother, Kelly Moïse, 49. “I’m just so proud.” B y S U S A N K AT Z K E AT I N G a n d W E N DY G R O S S M A N K A N TO R

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Miranda Cosgrove Talks Teen Fame

model, it was always really flattering but She’s spent most of her 28 years also scary,” she says, “because you also onscreen. Now Miranda Cosgrove is aren’t fully formed and don’t really know revisiting a beloved role: charismatic how to be.” The revival, which streams Carly Shay in the Paramount+ revival of June 17, follows Carly as she iCarly, the hit teen sitcom that ‘I FEEL LIKE I’VE navigates life in her 20s. aired on Nickelodeon from GOTTEN Cosgrove, who in recent years 2007 to 2012. “I don’t have BETTER AT has worked in TV and done regrets because I’m really SPEAKING UP voice acting for films like the grateful for all the opportunities FOR MYSELF’ Despicable Me series, is an I’ve had,” says Cosgrove. “But —MIRANDA executive producer. Returning growing up on TV was one of COSGROVE to the role “has made me see it the most challenging things.” The L.A. native began appearing in TV in a new and even better light,” she says. Offscreen, she finds joy in her two dogs commercials at 3 and starred in School of and three cats and often fosters other Rock alongside Jack Black at 10 before pets. “I’ve always been obsessed with landing her own sitcom at 14. “When I animals!” — C H R I S T I N A D U G A N was little and people would call me a role

John Mellencamp has a new muse: The rock star, 69, is dating real estate agent Natasha Barrett. The new couple were spotted holding hands on a Malibu beach during Memorial Day weekend. “They’ve been seeing each other for a few months,” a source says of the pair, who were introduced by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, the musician’s daughter. Barrett, 46, has worked with celebrity clients like Chris Pratt at luxury brokerage the Agency in L.A. She has two children, while her new beau has five from three past marriages. Going Public Now Mellencamp—who split from celebrity skin-care Mellencamp and expert Jamie Sue “Nurse Jamie” Sherrill in January, more real estate agent Barrett were all than a year after ending his engagement to Meg Ryan— smiles while out has found happiness with Barrett. Adds the source: for a walk in “Everybody really likes her.” — C H A R L O T T E T R I G G S

Malibu on May 29.

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Abdul with fellow Idol judges Randy Jackson (left) and Simon Cowell.

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Paula Abdul Revisits the ’90s

From her No. 1 hits “Opposites Attract” and “Straight Up” to serving as the kindest judge on the original American Idol, Paula Abdul has influenced pop culture for decades. The Grammy winner, 59, looked back on her life in the spotlight on the new People One Cool in the ’90s podcast with hosts Jason C a t Abdul Sheeler and Andrea Lavinthal. (performing in The ’90s are having another 1992) gave Skat Kat a fade haircut moment. Why can’t we forget more than a great friendship. and an earring them? I feel like the late ’80s and We dated a little bit, but we because she ’90s had the best music. Bad for were meant to always be wanted him “to hair and style, but great music. It good friends. I was his best be so hip.” was happy music. And artists like audience—both to him and own choreography, I wanted to pay Madonna, Janet [Jackson], Michael Eddie [Murphy]—because I would laugh gratitude to Gene Kelly. I wanted to [Jackson]—we were dancers. so hard I’d pee in my pants all the time. create an animated character myself. You helped define music videos as we You also dated John Stamos in the I wanted it to be a cat. I already had [five] ’90s. He’s a total geek, and he’s a fantassee them today. Do you have a singles out, and they said, “Not on this favorite? My favorite video I did was to tic one, but so was I. It was very normal. album. You can’t have a [sixth] single “Cold Hearted.” It was a mission to give a Are you grateful there was no social out.” And I said, “I don’t care gift to [choreographer] Bob media then? We dealt with tabloids. I was about a single, I just want Fosse. I worked so hard on that at the height of my success, then I had to to do a long-form video and video, and I worked my dancers have many neck surgeries. I was in a crash create my own animated so hard. It was important for me landing on a plane, and people think that character and give it as a to be able to give something to didn’t happen, but it did—it’s just there gift to Gene Kelly.” Bob Fosse that I’d be proud of. was [almost] no Internet at the time. I Tell us about your relationWhat inspired MC Skat Kat, reappeared on a new show called American Scan this QR code to ship with Arsenio Hall, who the animated cat in your Idol, and that was my first taste of, “Oh listen to our new podcast appeared in your “Straight “Opposites Attract” video? my God, social media.” Because my first about the golden age Up” video. At that specifWhen I became a recording season of Idol [in 2002], there were just of pop culture, People in the ’90s. ic time, there was nothing artist and was able to do my message boards, and that was bad enough. June 21, 2021

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passages alum Courtney Robertson, 37, who got engaged to Ben Flajnik in the 16th season of the show before their eventual split, is expecting her second child, a daughter, with husband Humberto Preciado, 40. They also share a 1-yearold son, Joaquin Ramon. Smallville actor Tom Welling, 44, and his wife, Jessica Rose Lee, 37, welcomed their second son, Rocklin Von. They are also parents to son Thomson Wylde, 2.

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Babies

Suits star Patrick J. Adams, 39, and Pretty Little Liars actress Troian Bellisario, 35, surprised fans by announcing the arrival of their second daughter, Elliot Rowena. The two are also parents to daughter Aurora, 2. “Welcome to the funhouse,” Adams wrote on Instagram. Bachelor

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Drake & Josh •actor Drake Bell, 34, has been charged in Ohio with attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles stemming from a December 2017 incident. He pleaded not guilty.

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General Hospital actress and Disney Channel alum Kirsten Storms, 37, revealed she’s on the mend after undergoing brain surgery to remove a large cyst.

Hearst and “Boston Strangler” suspect Albert DeSalvo before being disbarred two decades ago, died at 87 in Atlanta. Face/Off actress Romy Walthall, also known for The House of Usher, died of a sudden cardiac arrest at 57.

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Tiger King stars Jeff Lowe, 56, and Lauren Lowe, 30, were arrested in Oklahoma City and charged with driving under the inﬂuence.

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Clarence Williams III (1939-2021) A breakout Black star on the groovy Mod Squad, he later gave a powerful performance in Prince’s Purple Rain

Williams in 2013 and with his Mod Squad costars Michael Cole and Peggy Lipton.

The New York City-born actor Clarence Williams III, who died of colon cancer at age 81 on June 4, found fame—and became a significant Black performer on network TV—as part of ABC’s Mod Squad (1968-1973). In the hit police series, which capitalized on the youth culture of the time, Williams played Linc (short for Lincoln), a supercool ex-delinquent working undercover (alongside Michael Cole and the late Peggy Lipton). A signature line: “Solid.” Linc “was a very different role for an African American and a wonderful lead character that a lot of youngsters, Black and white—and principally African American youngsters—could identify with,” he later said. One of those youngsters was Lenny Kravitz. Writing on Twitter, the musician cited Williams as an inspiration and praised his “dynamic energy.” A later generation would come to know Williams as the stern, abusive father in Prince’s classic film Purple Rain (1984). He also turned up on Twin Peaks, Burn Notice and Justified and in movies including director Lee Daniels’s The Butler (2013). “An extraordinary actor,” Daniels wrote on Twitter. “Revolutionary. Ahead of his time.” And beyond solid. — T O M G L I A T T O June 21, 2021

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HBO MAX | In the Heights

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood MUSICAL This version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical begins with a child asking the meaning of sueñito. Well, she’s told, it means “little dream”—and with that we ﬂoat off into a world ﬁlled with little dreams, all of them waiting to come true in the Latin community of New York City’s Washington Heights. With its score—a lively fusion of rap, salsa and more—and a refreshing, great-looking young cast, Heights is an urban fairy tale, complete with a lottery ticket that magically paves the way for a happy ending. Its central character, Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), runs a bodega but fantasizes about a life of tropical ease in the Dominican Republic. Benny (Corey Hawkins), a car dispatcher, wants noth-

ing more than to be united with Nina (Leslie Grace). She’s home from Stanford University, uncertain whether her destiny should take her so far from the people she knows. Meanwhile the local matriarch, wise old Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz), counsels everyone to cherish “the little details that tell the world we’re not invisible.” Director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) sometimes lets the pace sag in the course of two hours and 23 minutes (it’s a story without antagonists), but the big numbers—in the street, at a municipal pool, in a club—are knockouts. And there’s one charming moment in which two lovers defy gravity. A sueñito is a sweet thing. More on costar Jimmy Smits, page 69. (Launches June 10; also in theaters, PG-13)

‘The big numbers are all knockouts’

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The 16-year-old New York City native, whose family came from Puerto Rico, plays Sonny, a kid working alongside his cousin (Anthony Ramos) in a bodega in the barrio. “It was pretty much just a story about me and my neighborhood,” he says. “It was an immediate connection.”

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Tom Hiddleston is anything but low-key as Marvel’s God of Mischief FANTASY This bright Marvel series starts with Loki (Hiddleston), desperate for absolute power yet endlessly playful, getting arrested by a vast entity called the Time Variance Authority. His time-tripping has inadvertently created multiple Lokis, and it’ll be his assignment (or sentence) to track them down, paired with a seen-it-all agent name Mobius (Owen Wilson). (There’s also some desk work involved.) The premiere suggests we have a new Mulder and Scully, an X-Files for Disney+, but episode 2 springs off in a surprising direction. Hiddleston, whose long hair makes him look like Timothée Chalamet’s older, haughtier brother, is terriﬁc, especially when he ﬂashes a condescending smile. (First episode streaming now) Loki (Hiddleston) in custody.

Q&A Gugu MbathaRaw

The British actress, 38, plays Ravonna Renslayer in Loki. Marvel projects are notoriously secretive—what can you say about your character? She’s a judge for the TVA, the Time Variance Authority, this sort of bureau that oversees the order of time in the universe. She’s unlike anybody I’ve ever played.

MUSIC | DMX, Exodus

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RAP Exodus, which was near completion before DMX’s death in April, feels like a celebratory wake, with appearances by rap luminaries (JayZ, Snoop Dogg) and A-listers (Bono, Alicia Keys). Still, under the guidance of producer Swizz Beatz, DMX looms largest, rhyming over silky soul cuts and hard-edged hip-hop with gruff dexterity. (Available now)

CW | The Republic of Sarah

DRAMA This new series has a cockamamie premise: Greylock, a tiny spot in New Hampshire, declares itself a sovereign nation, with local teacher Sarah (Stella Baker) as its leader. But that’s just the setup for a sensitive, welcoming drama about small-town life, complicated by unexpected challenges like establishing a currency. (June 14, 9 p.m.)

Mbatha-Raw in Loki.

What did you enjoy most about working with costar Tom Hiddleston? It’s really fun because I’ve known Tom for a long time. We were at drama school together, and with all the weirdness going on in 2020 it was great to be [working] with drama-school buddies. What are you looking forward to most as things start returning to normal? I’m excited to see the sea again! — KA R A WA R N E R June 21, 2021

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! t s e B s ’ e n o t S Emma The star of Cruella is so coo-ella. La La Land

MOVIE | MUSICAL

Stone won Best Actress for this bittersweet story— all singing, all dancing— about a love that goes right then wrong. Ryan Gosling costars. (Amazon)

Shafin Patel (left) and Rachel Saanchita Gupta.

Battle of the Sexes

MOVIE | COMEDY-DRAMA

FAMILY Prerna (Rachel Saanchita Gupta), a teenager in a poor village in India, ﬁnds an unexpected new pathway in life when an ad executive from London gives her a skateboard. Then, just as Prerna is beginning to spread her wings—and balance on her new wheels—her father puts his foot down: It’s time for her to be married off. A warm, sweet and touching ﬁlm. (Launches June 11)

The Favourite

MOVIE | COMEDY-DRAMA

In a satiric period piece, she’s an ambitious chambermaid in the service of sad, hysterical Queen Anne (Oscar winner Olivia Colman). (iTunes)

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NETFLIX | Skater Girl

A pointed and sharply acted re-creation of the 1973 face-off between Billie Jean King (Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell). (Amazon)

“Now I know there will continue to be darkness and pain, but I cherish every moment of light.”

Raised in Toronto by Al, an entrepreneur, and Evy,

Nonetheless, Mandel says he continued to rely on the therapy and medication that have helped him for years. “I don’t think I’ve gone 24 hours of my life without a struggle,” he says. Still, the Emmy nominee, who has been married to wife Terry for 41 years, says he strives to focus on levity whenever possible. “When I was younger, I was just ﬁghting in the darkness,” says Mandel.

HOWIE MANDEL DOES STUFF (2021-PRESENT) Mandel and Shultz launched their irreverent podcast during the pandemic. “It came out of a necessity of trying to connect with my child,” says Mandel. “We spend hours a day trying to make each other laugh.”

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a real estate broker, Mandel developed OCD tendencies as a child. “I started having intrusive thoughts at a young age, mostly about germs,” he recalls. “After a shower, I’d use nine towels because I didn’t want the same towel that touched my body to touch my face. If my shoelaces came untied and touched the ground, I wouldn’t retie them. And if my brother and I fought, he’d just pick up the lid of the laundry hamper and hold it. I was legitimately terrified that he would touch me with it.” At school, Mandel was a self-proclaimed outcast, labeled with “behavior problems.” In the late ’70s he began to channel his pain into stand-up comedy. “Humor comes from a dark place,” he says, “and my first night onstage, I never felt more alive. I couldn’t think of anything else. Comedy saved my life in that way.” His famous bit involving a surgical glove inflated around his head was born from his private compulsions. “I always carried rubber gloves with me, because I didn’t want to touch surfaces,” he explains. Following a trip to Los Angeles, Mandel began performing at Hollywood clubs and in 1982 landed an acting role on the hit series St. Elsewhere. His successes mounted with a flourishing comedy career, Bobby’s World, the animated sitcom he co-created, and later a hosting gig with Deal or No Deal and a seat at the judges’ table on America’s Got Talent. But despite his professional triumphs—and

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goes to therapy, and she says her anxiety comes in waves. “There are times when I can’t function and times when I’m okay. The scariest thing is knowing that what you’re thinking is not making sense and you can’t stop yourself. But when I became a mom, I realized I had two little ones counting on me. I needed to ﬁgure out how to cope.”

Mandel was in his 40s and a dad of three (he and

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT OCD Excessive fear of germs or frequently checking that doors are locked are classic signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder, says Courtney Culnane, a therapist at Leeward Counseling in Hingham, Mass. “It is almost as if the mind makes up a worry that causes extreme anxiety, and then performing the [obsessive] behavior gives a small relief.” People with a first-degree relative with OCD are at higher risk; the best treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy, to provide coping skills, exposure therapy, to push patients to face their fears, and medication including antidepressants. —JULIE

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Terry also share daughter Riley, 28, and son Alex, 31) when he reached a breaking point in his mental health journey. “I was given an ultimatum about my marriage ending if I didn’t get help,” he admits. “I grew up in an era when the stigma about mental health was huge. But once I realized I wasn’t alone, I made it my life’s mission to talk about it.” Still, opening up to the public during an interview with Howard Stern in 2006 proved to be challenging. “My ﬁrst thought was I’ve embarrassed my family,” Mandel recalls. “Then I thought nobody is going to hire someone who is virtually unstable. Those were my fears. It’s funny how if you came to work and your back was out, everybody would give you the name of a chiropractor. But if you wanted to see a therapist, that would be frowned upon.” Mandel acknowledges that aspects of his condition can seem illogical to others, but he bristles at the notion that anything about his suffering is contrived. “The public might say, ‘Oh, he hugged someone,’ or ‘He shook someone’s hand,’ ” says Mandel. “I can shake your hand. But then I’d think I probably didn’t wash it well enough. And I’d go back and forth in a loop washing my —HOWIE hands for hours. I understand M A N D E L the funny in that. But it doesn’t mean it isn’t incredibly painful. I know what I’m doing is not making sense, but I can’t stop myself. I still haven’t been that open about how dark and ugly it really gets.” Mandel finds ways to mitigate his discomfort, such as shaving his head for a “cleaner” feel and avoiding events with large crowds. Bouts of depression can strike unexpectedly. “My life preserver is distraction, and when I don’t have anything to do, I turn inward, and it’s not good.” Thankfully, between AGT (Tuesdays on NBC) and his podcast with Shultz, Howie Mandel Does Stuff, he remains quite busy. “Every day is a struggle, but I still have joy,” Mandel says. “Even on days where I’m in a dark pit, I know that at some point I’m going to climb out of it. I’m going to see the faces of my family, and that sunshine will be worth the pain.”

‘IT’S NOT EASY, BUT I HAVE GREAT, LOVING PEOPLE ALL AROUND ME’

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Meghan & Harry’s Baby Joy!

AN A MERICAN ROYAL BABY IN A HISTORIC BIRTH, MEGHAN AND HARRY WELCOME THEIR DAUGHTER ON U. S. SOIL AND GIVE HER A POWERFUL CONNECTION TO H E R R OYA L R O OT S By E R I N H I L L

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Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, departed the United Kingdom more than a year ago to start a new life in California, but they have always said they were just stepping back from their roles as working royals rather than leaving the royal family itself. And when they announced the June 4 birth of their daughter, the baby girl’s name— Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor—spoke volumes. A tribute to both Harry’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth, 95—whose childhood nickname was Lilibet (pronounced “LIL-eh-bet”)— and Harry’s beloved mother, Princess Diana, the name reﬂected the close ties Harry feels with the two women who have made the strongest mark in modern royal history. “She is more than we could have ever imagined, and we remain grateful for the love and prayers we’ve felt from across the globe,” the couple said in announcing the baby’s arrival on their Archewell Foundation website on June 6. The proud parents, who have said that Lili “com-

New Parents

Meghan and Harry introduced Archie to the world two days after his 2019 arrival. No longer working royals, they skipped press for Lili’s birth.

Meghan Markle welcomed her baby girl at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, near her Montecito, Calif., home. “Meghan loves that it’s female-founded,” says a source. Her care was overseen by Dr. Melissa Drake, with remote support from Dr. Gowri Motha in the U.K., who helped oversee the care during the birth of Archie at London’s Portland Hospital. “Security and privacy were also priorities,” the source adds. “Meghan and Harry are both very thankful how smoothly things went.” 42

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pletes” their family alongside 2-year-old Archie Harrison, “are so happy,” says a close friend. “This baby solidifies that they are creating roots here in the States.” By giving their daughter the Queen’s private nickname, which was used lovingly by the Queen’s father, King George VI, and her husband, Prince Philip, they have ensured she has a strong tie back to the very top of the royal family. “It is intriguing that this little American girl is being brought up free of old-fashioned tradition,” says royal historian Robert Lacey, “and yet is given a name that carries this weight.” Lili—as Meghan, 39, and Harry, 36, plan to call their daughter—has already made history in her first week. Eighth in line to the throne, she’s the first child of senior members of the royal family to be born in America. Her first royal engagement? An audience with the Queen, with whom Harry shared the baby’s name ahead of the birth. After Meghan and Harry returned home from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, not far from the fam-

ily’s Montecito, Calif., home, they introduced Harry’s grandmother to her namesake via a video call, according to a source: “They were very excited and couldn’t wait to share that their daughter arrived.” Just like Archie, Lili will have dual citizenship in the U.S. and the U.K. The new big brother “is very happy to have a little sister,” says a spokesperson for the couple. And Meghan and Harry are adjusting to life at home with a newborn again, only this time they are doing it on their terms. In March the pair spoke to Oprah Winfrey about the stress of introducing Archie to the world just days after his 2019 birth in the U.K.; this time Meghan was able to quietly deliver the baby two days before sharing the news, with no pressure for a public press conference. “They could enjoy the birth in peace,” says the source. Following a tumultuous year that included a devastating miscarriage last July and the death of Harry’s grandfather Prince Philip in April at the age of 99, the couple were determined to ensure a tranquil delivery. The future princess— she and Archie stand to inherit “prince” and “princess” titles when their grandfather Prince Charles, 72, ascends to the throne—also shares a bond with her first cousin Princess Charlotte, 6, whose middle names are Elizabeth Diana. “Diana would have been so touched by both her granddaughters sharing her name,” says Diana’s friend and former astrologer Debbie Frank. “It’s a beautiful gesture of love from both her boys.” The arrival of a daughter completes the couple’s American dream. In revealing to Winfrey that they were expecting a girl, an ecstatic Harry asked, “To have a boy, then a girl—what more can you ask for?” Meghan, meanwhile, was “beyond excited to meet their baby girl,” says the source. Years ago she revealed she had special plans for her Cartier watch, a piece she bought for herself when her USA Network legal drama Suits had been picked up for a third season: “I had it engraved on the back, ‘To M.M. From M.M.’ and I plan to give it to my daughter one day,” she said at the time. The sentimental timepiece isn’t the only thing Lili will inherit. Going through life with the name Lilibet will undoubtedly provoke comparisons.

HONORING DIANA AND THE QUEEN “Lili is named after her great-grandmother Her Majesty the Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet,” Meghan and Harry said in announcing the news. “Her middle name, Diana, was chosen to honor her beloved late grandmother the Princess of Wales.” The nickname Lilibet “meant so much to the Queen, because it was what her beloved father called her, and it was also the private nickname that Prince Philip used,” says royal

‘It will be one of the ﬁrst things that will be explained to her when she is old enough’ —ROBERT LACEY ON LILI’S NAME

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historian Robert Lacey. As for Diana, both Harry and William have made sure their children know about their mother’s legacy. Archie has a photo of Diana in his nursery, and among his first words were “Grandma Diana,” Harry said in his mental health docuseries for Apple TV+, The Me You Can’t See. “It’s the sweetest thing,” he said, “but at the same time, it makes me really sad because she should be here.”

“To be compared to the Queen, the most successful female monarch in British history, is a great weight,” says Lacey. “It will be one of the first things that will be explained to her when she’s old enough.” The name also signiﬁes the closeness that endures between Harry and the Queen even amid the ongoing tensions Harry has addressed regarding his dad, Charles, and brother Prince William, 39. “The remarkable bond between Harry and his grandmother” has been a critical link amid the strain, Lacey adds. After the 1997 death of Princess Diana, “she was a sort of stepmother for both Harry and William,” he says. “We have all focused on her coaching of William as the future King, but we are realizing now the importance of the emotional bonds that she’s been able to establish with Harry and their ability to talk to each other directly. That affection remains.” As for when Harry and Meghan will introduce Lili to her great-grandmother and the rest of the royal family, the couple may decide to spend June 21, 2021

Christmas in Sandringham (COVID-19 restrictions permitting), as they did in 2017 after their engagement. The Sussexes will also likely make their way back to the U.K. in June 2022 for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, which will mark her historic 70 years on the throne. Before then, Harry will make a solo trip to London for the July 1 unveiling of the Kensington Palace statue in honor of his mother. The event will see him reunite with William, who sent his congratulations along with wife Kate on social media, sharing, “We are all delighted by the happy news of the arrival of baby Lili.” In the weeks leading up to their daughter’s arrival, Meghan excitedly shared bump photo updates with friends over text. She has been in “good spirits and absolutely glowing,” says one pal. “She was just ready to have this baby!” She also started Archie in a morning program at a preschool a few days a week. “He is big enough that he is now starting to have his own life too,” says the source. “He enjoys preschool and outdoor activities.” Life in coastal Montecito, where they moved into a nine-bedroom home in July, “is very quiet and perfect for them,” says the source. “They are close to the beach, which they enjoy, and they also have friends in the neighborhood that they spend time with.” Gardening—“Meghan has a green thumb, so she’s definitely going to be busy with that,” says the friend—bike rides and backyard play are all cherished pastimes. “They spend a lot of time at home with Archie but have also managed to get a few date nights in as well,” says the source. “This feels like their first proper home together, because they were able to find a house that they both love. It’s nice to see them enjoy life.” Meghan has also had the support of her mom, Doria Ragland, 64, who visits often from nearby Los Angeles. “She definitely gets a lot of her

LILI’S PLACE IN LINE TO THE THRONE Lili lands at No. 8, behind her brother Archie and ahead of Prince Andrew

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WILL LILI BE AN AMERICAN, A BRIT—OR BOTH? Baby Lili will need to make room in her luggage for double the passports! Just like big brother Archie, Meghan and Harry’s daughter will boast dual citizenship. Born in California to an American mom, Lili holds U.S. citizenship, and she’s considered a British citizen thanks to dad Harry. According to the U.K. government, “British citizenship is normally automatically passed down one generation to children born outside the U.K.” Although Archie was born in the U.K., Meghan’s American citizenship entitled him to the same. 44

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Naya landed her first acting job at 4 years old.

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Naya (center) shared this “throwback” photo with younger siblings Mychal and Nickayla and parents George and Yolanda on Instagram in 2015.

A Breakout Star

“She really absorbed the character of Santana,” says George of the role Naya (with Heather Morris and Dianna Agron in 2009) played on Glee.

Devoted Mom

“She was such a very good mother,” says George of his oldest daughter (left, with Dorsey and Josey in 2019). “It made me proud.”

midnight phone call from her stepfather. “I knew it wasn’t good,” recalls George, who couldn’t ﬂy because of severe claustrophobia and immediately jumped in his car with his wife, Dawn Michelz, to drive nearly 2,300 miles nonstop from Knoxville to Lake Piru. “People were saying things like, ‘Maybe she got off the boat and walked around the shoreline.’ But I knew there was no way she’d leave her baby on that boat.” By the time he arrived at Lake Piru two and a half days later, it was heartbreakingly clear to George and to authorities that Naya was no longer alive. “I was there for one purpose only, and that was to focus on my youngest daughter and son [Nickayla, 26, and Mychal, 30] and make sure they were okay,” he says. “I knew this wasn’t going to be an easy process.”

‘She was looking forward to so many things’ —GEORGE RIVERA

Coming to grips with Naya’s death is still a work in progress for George. The two maintained a healthy relationship after his divorce from Naya’s mother, Yolanda, in 1996, when Naya was 9. “We talked all the time,” says George, who worked in the technology departments at various L.A. movie studios and managed Naya’s showbiz career—that started when she was 4—until she turned 20. “We had our differences,” he says. “She was very strong-willed and hardheaded; she really forged her own way, but she would always bounce stuff off me.”

For the first eight months after Naya’s death,

George admits that he awoke each morning with his mind racing over memories of their ﬁnal FaceTime conversation and, he says, “thinking about what she must have gone through.” He’s thankful that Josey, now 5 and living in L.A. with his dad, Ryan Dorsey (to whom Naya was married from 2014 to 2018), appears to be handling the loss better

Naya’s Death Prompts Lawsuit Four months after Naya drowned in the waters of Lake Piru, her ex-husband Ryan Dorsey filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Josey against Ventura County, the county’s Parks and Recreation Management and the United Water Conservation District. According to the Nov. 17 complaint, the pontoon boat Naya rented “was not even equipped with any flotation or lifesaving devices, in direct violation of California law.” The next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4. 60

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PRIVATE PAIN “People think of me as this silly, happy guy, but I’m also suffering,” says Mandel (on May 11 in L.A.).

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DID—formerly multiple personality disorder—is a trauma-induced condition characterized by multiple identity states. “It is typically the result of severe childhood abuse,” says Dr. Bethany Brand, professor of psychology at Towson University. “People disconnect from the trauma memory so they can function.” Afflicting 1 percent of the general population, DID “is misunderstood and underdiagnosed,” Brand says, and should be treated by therapists who are “trained in treating dissociative disorders.” For more information, visit isst-d.org/publicresources-home. — D I A N E H E R B S T no self-awareness as to what was happening.” The sexual trauma she had experienced was compounded when she was raped by a friend at 18. “My body froze and did just what it did when I was little,” she says. “I just cut out the awareness.” McCord kept concentrating on her career, landing a string of TV and film roles, including vixen Eden Lord on Nip/Tuck in 2007 and then queen bee Naomi Clark on 90210, a reboot of the hit ’90s series, in 2008. But even as her star rose, she was struggling. She began cutting herself, and more and more alters appeared. “They would be triggered by an external experience,” she explains. Domino, for instance, “would come out when I needed to assert that I wasn’t weak, because I always felt so vulnerable and afraid inside. I didn’t name the alters at the time. I had inclinations something was up with me, but I had no idea what. We wear masks when we feel unsafe, and this was just a more intense level of that in a way.” Then, in 2017, at 29, she fell into a debilitating depression that “I couldn’t get out of,” she says, and considered suicide. “I was walking around as a dead person inside.” Shaken, she finally sought professional help in 2018 and was prescribed Lamictal, a mood stabilizer, “I did see a major shift in my ability not to hit the bottom floor,” she says. But it wasn’t until later that year that “the bubble popped,” as she puts it, during a therapy session. “On Aug. 16, 2018, my memories returned—I was able to connect with my sexual abuse as a child.” Soon afterward a new therapist began treating her for PTSD and

Solid Support

“He’s my rock,” says McCord of her ex-boyfriend, actor Dominic Purcell (in 2014). “He’s seen everything, and he was the first person I called when the memories of my traumas returned.”

diagnosed her with DID, explaining that the disorder is “a very common way that an intelligent brain that’s trying to protect itself will cope.” In a series of intense therapy sessions, McCord says she “had to mentally time travel, to look at memories that were full of shame and icky, gross feelings. But we have to get disturbed for change to happen.” Today she likes to think of herself as similar to the Japanese art of Kintsugi, in which cracks in pottery are “sealed with gold so it’s more beautiful after it’s broken. I’m all of my fragments and broken pieces, sealed with gold.” She can still sense the alters within her, but when she feels the presence of one “it’s less like a tornado,” she says, “and more like a beautiful breeze–a mood.” No longer on medication, she relies on occasional therapy and a healthy sleeping regimen to stay on an even keel. And she’s finally been able to forgive the abusers from her past. “When I think about the people who hurt me, I want to wrap them in my arms,” she says. “If they weren’t in pain, they never would have done what they did. I’m still alive. And I’m whole again.”

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“Now I know there will continue to be darkness and pain, but I cherish every moment of light.”

Raised in Toronto by Al, an entrepreneur, and Evy,

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“The lights of my life are my children and grandchildren,” says Mandel (with children Riley, Jackie and Alex, brother Steven and mom Evy in 2019). “And my lovely wife [Terry, above with him in 2006]. She was there for the family when I couldn’t be.”

a loving family—Mandel was plagued with anxiety and troubling, disruptive thoughts and behavior. For Shultz, who began exhibiting symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder as a preteen, recognizing her shared struggles with her father was both comforting and distressing. “I always knew that when I was depressed or anxious, I could talk to my dad,” she says. “But there were a lot of control issues. He wanted me to be safe, to know where I was and what I touched. He was strict, and we had a lot of trouble getting along.” Mandel, who had a guesthouse built on his property so he would have a place to stay in case his kids were sick, recalls that Jackie’s teen years “kind of ripped us apart,” he says. “I’m not proud of this gift that I’ve given my daughter. Control is big for me. It’s hard to let go.” Eventually, Shultz says, “I started to understand that we’re more alike than different. That’s the reason why we butted heads so much. We both have these control issues, and we both need to do things a certain way.” Like her father, Shultz 50

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W When Idris Elba ﬁrst met model Sabrina Dhowre in 2017 at a Vancouver jazz bar, he wasn’t looking for marriage. “We started dating, and I fell head over heels,” says People’s 2018 Sexiest Man Alive, 48. “Everyone was like, ‘Hey, man, you seem so much happier.’ I didn’t realize I was, but the truth is that it really sparked a lot of conversations around how a partnership can bring out the best in you.” Married since April 2019, the Elbas are now building on their bond by launching S’able Labs, a lifestyle brand focused on relationships. The project includes a blog (at sablelabs.co); an Audible podcast series, Coupledom, premiering June 24; and a line of wellness products debuting later this year. “It was us wanting to have conversations about what makes partnerships work,” Sabrina, 33, says. “You meet other couples; you start talking: ‘Hey, how has this worked for you guys?’ The community is so much more than romantic and reaches so many different kinds of partnerships. It just became this great conversation we wanted to share.”

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After meeting through friends in 2017, the actor proposed to Sabrina in February 2018. They exchanged wedding vows in Morocco the following year.

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So how did you two decide to plunge into a project focused on relationships? IDRIS ELBA I had famously said I’d

never get married again [after two previous marriages], and here I was about to marry Sabrina, and we really got into questioning why. What is it about partnerships that is so empowering? That’s where we found ourselves saying, “Hey, wouldn’t it be interesting to develop a community of people that felt the same?” Not just romantic couples—familial, business partners. Each one teach one. That’s how we came up with [the project], which is our name spelled backward, S’able. What have you been excited about doing with S’able? SABRINA DHOWRE ELBA On the

podcast we interview another significant duo, a partnership that we feel we could learn from or maybe that anyone else could learn from. It’s been such an enriching experience. You really have the best conversations when you’re just being open. —IDRIS ELBA IDRIS I really wanted a blog entry about how to buy a gift. Where do I go when my wife has impeccable taste? The best way to get people to embrace this idea with us is to come from our own experiences together. We’re learning every day that sharing that is a good thing.

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How would you describe your relationship now? SABRINA One that’s forever grow-

ing and changing and evolving. We’re newly business partners, but we’re also newlyweds. Idris is my best friend. I want to be around this guy every day of

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2021 my life, so it’s really great to be able to see what that morphs into. We’ve been so thankful to have this time together after lockdown. It’s been a way for us to get even closer and learn more about each other. Am I being mushy? IDRIS Always. I’d say we’re in a good place. It was a challenging year, but ultimately, when you look to the side and you’ve got someone that’s been there, ride or die, that’s really comforting. Do you do anything that drives the other crazy? IDRIS A parcel will come to our house.

It says clearly “Idris Elba,” “Mr. Elba.” I come home and they’re open. All of them. SABRINA Idris will leave the lid off of the toothpaste. Then it [dries up], and you can’t push the toothpaste out. What do you love most about each other? IDRIS Sabrina is really kind. She’s very

thoughtful, always trying to check on someone’s well-being. It just makes you feel good. What’s yours? SABRINA I love that you spend so much of your time caring about other people. IDRIS I just said that. You can’t say that. SABRINA You didn’t say exactly what I was trying to say. People don’t realize how many people you support and take care of—and you do that day to day. IDRIS Nice.

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Bradford Elementary, where Marcie Chanin (center) teaches second grade, opened the doors to in-person learning in April.

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For the first time in her 36 years of teaching, Marcie Chanin didn’t get to greet her students at school when the year started; she taught her second grade class on Zoom instead. “I love being with kids, so it’s been hard to be behind a screen,” says Chanin, 63. After more than a year away—and getting fully vaccinated in March—she and her students were able to return to the classroom a few days per week in April. Photograph by AIMEE RYAN

The first day back “was beautiful,” says Mona Shah, 45, mom to 8-year-old Kyle, who is in Chanin’s class. “There was excitement in the air and only happy feelings.” (Kyle, for his part, admits he was “a little nervous.”) For Chanin, it was a long time coming. “Teaching from my kitchen table has not been fun,” she says. “The kids have been missing so much of what school is at this stage, which is being together with their

friends and socializing. That’s a huge part of early-childhood education.” Although she worried the kids would be disappointed by the restrictions then in place at school—masks, no recess, distanced seating—she has loved hearing in-person laughter again. “We did laugh on Zoom, but it’s different,” she says. “Now there’s an energy and excitement. Thank goodness for the scientists who came up with this vaccine.” June 21, 2021

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JENNIFER RHEELING | WASHINGTON, D.C. After her job as an athletic trainer at H.D. Woodson High School was put on pause during the pandemic, Jennifer Rheeling, 53, couldn’t stop thinking about her students. “Being an athletic trainer is more than a job—it’s a calling,” she says. “I wondered and worried how the kids were doing.” At home, Rheeling, who has worked in the field for 30 years, was struggling and suspected her student athletes were too, especially since many come from families who cope with food insecurity and other challenges. “You’re invested in the kids, so not to know how they’re doing . . .” she drifts off, “you wonder, do they have enough to eat?”

After getting vaccinated in February, Rheeling eventually returned to school but had to wait until the end of March to see her teams in person for the first time in more than a year. “I was so excited,” says Rheeling. “I wanted to hug them, but I didn’t think it was the right thing to do. We fist-bumped.” The teens had changed since she last saw them—“one kid grew almost 3 inches!”—and she had too. “I let my hair go gray, and one girl was like, ‘Who are you?’ ” Rheeling laughs. But it has been a joy to get to know the students all over again. “This is like my second home,” she says. “Knowing that the kids were coming back gave me purpose.”

He Drove Cross-Country to Camp with His Grandkids DAVID ANDERSON | FRUITA, COLO.

David Anderson (right) with his son Eric and grandchildren.

There he spent five days camping with his grandkids Leona and Elliott, 8, and son Eric, 41, who had driven 800 miles from Missoula, Mont. When the kids first saw their grandfather, they were timid—and not quite ready for a hug. “Maybe I looked a lot older,” jokes Anderson. “We just did a fist-bump kind of thing.” They warmed up quickly when they saw Rusty and tasted Anderson’s pancakes. “They decided they liked his more than mine,” says Eric, a

civil engineer. As they camped next to one another, Anderson says, “I just sat there and enjoyed the kids.” He built a robot with Elliott, colored with Leona and watched as she learned to ride a bike. “She nailed it and rode alongside him,” says Eric. “It was a cool moment for him to be there during a landmark event.” Saying goodbye wasn’t easy. “After he left, both kids were saying they missed Gramps,” says Eric. “It’s one of those experiences we’ll always remember.” Photograph by TROY STEWART

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A GRAND VISIT

The last time David Anderson saw his 4-year-old granddaughter Leona she was a toddler, so a week after the 72-yearold retired IT manager got his first Moderna shot, he embarked on the grandaddy of all grandpa visits—“the wacko trip,” as he puts it. Anderson packed up his camper trailer, hitched it to his Ford F-250 and, with his basset hound Rusty along for the ride, set off on a four-night, 1,500-mile drive from Gordonsville, Tenn., to Fruita, Colo.

TWINNING

Harwood (left) and Grimes reunite in April.

Sisters Toast to Getting Back to the Good Old Days BEA HARWOOD AND BETTY GRIMES | BETHESDA, MD.

BACK ON TRACK

“It’s been great to see them every day,” says Rheeling (far left, with the Woodson High track team).

When fraternal twin sisters Bea Harwood and Betty Grimes saw each other for the first time in more than two years, they raised a glass to the moment— their favorite drink, Scotch with water for both—and gave thanks that, despite their 92 years, they made it through the pandemic. “We’ve always been close, and I just couldn’t wait to see

her,” says Grimes, who lives in Nashville, of traveling to her sister’s hometown of Bethesda, Md., in April, after the two were fully vaccinated. “At the airport she almost hopped out of the car with flowers.” The twins, who kept in touch with phone calls (“We’re too old for Zoom,” Harwood says), swapped memories of school

friends and days gone by. “It was wonderful,” says Harwood. “We didn’t do much except reminisce.” Adds Harwood’s son, CNN correspondent John Harwood, who snapped the photo of the sisters’ dinnertime toast: “They’ve been through so much life together. To come out the other side of the pandemic is a huge blessing.”

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Dr. Lamont R. Jones recalls opposing his 99-year-old grandmother Sarah Brown only twice in his life. The first was when his family began hosting Thanksgiving dinner: “I was in charge of the food, and I requested healthier choices,” says Jones, vice chair of otolaryngology at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital. He took his second stand against the formidable family matriarch when she refused to get her

COVID shot. “She said it wouldn’t matter if she got it—things would be the same,” says Jones, 44, who calls his grandmother every other day on his drive to work. “I told her I disagreed.” Jones is part of a panel of health care workers trying to persuade the Black community to get vaccinated, but it took months to persuade his own grandmother. “I explained what could happen to other people if she had it and gave it

to somebody,” he says. Brown, thinking of her 2-year-old great-grandson, finally relented in March. “I didn’t want to do anything to harm the babies,” she says. Now she can safely hug all 13 of her grandkids and great-grandchildren, big and small, and is looking forward to a summer visit to her hometown of Memphis. “At 99, she has the right to do what she wants to do,” says Jones. “But it’s a big relief for everyone.” June 21, 2021

A F a t h e r ’s Love

“Naya was so strong but also had this innocence about her,” says George (opposite, in Carlsbad, Calif., on June 5 and with his daughter, inset below, in 2016). Naya (left) in 2016.

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‘I Miss Her Every Day’

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eorge Rivera was taking a break from remodeling his home in Knoxville, Tenn., on July 8 when his cell phone rang with a FaceTime call. His oldest daughter, Naya, was thousands of miles away, tooling around in a rented pontoon boat on a lake outside of Los Angeles with her 4-year-old son Josey and—as he says she did throughout her life—wanted her dad’s advice. His daughter, in sunglasses and a baseball cap, was happy and grinning beneath the boat’s canopy, and he took a screenshot. “She wanted to go swimming with Josey out in the middle of the lake,” recalls George, 64, an avid boater who worried when his daughter admitted that the boat had no anchor. “I could see that the wind was blowing, and my stomach was just cringing. I kept telling her, ‘Don’t get out of the boat! Don’t get out of the boat! It will drift away when you’re in the water.’ ” Three minutes later the call cut out, and George was left staring at the joyful screenshot. “I just ﬁgured, ‘Naya is going to do whatever she wants to do. I hope they have fun,’ ” says George. “But I had this bad feeling.” George was asleep around midnight when his phone rang again with news that soon made headlines around the world—and which he’s still trying to make sense of. Hours after George and Naya’s FaceTime call, Josey was found asleep and alone on the boat, adrift on the lake. Naya—who rose to fame playing the outspoken gay cheerleader Santana Lopez on Fox’s musical comedy series Glee—was missing. Five days later Ventura County searchand-rescue divers discovered the 33-year-old actress’s body floating in a remote section of the lake. Investigators later determined that Naya —GEORGE RIVERA drowned after exhausting herself while struggling to get Josey back into the boat after the two went swimming. “Nearly a year later,” says George, ﬁghting back tears, “it’s all still pretty much a big blur of pain. As a father, I don’t know if it’s something you ever get over. I miss her every day.” Looking back on the events surrounding the tragedy, Naya’s dad realizes that he began grieving for his daughter the moment he received that

‘I don’t know if I’ll ever ﬁnd closure’

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than he could have hoped. “The kid is resilient,” says his grandfather, who now lives in San Diego and drives up to see the youngster twice a month. “They’re not hiding anything from him, and he’s getting professional help on how to cope with this.” The decision by Naya’s younger sister Nickayla to temporarily move in with Josey and Dorsey—who filed a wrongful death lawsuit (see box) against three defendants months after the drowning—has also helped soften the blow for the boy. “She decided to do it for a year or until they made sure Josey was fine, then bow out,” says George. “She’s done an amazing job for her sister, but she knows it will soon be time to move on.” As his first Father’s Day without Naya approaches, George can’t help but remember how his daughter’s fearless spirit always impressed him. “When she was a teenager, Naya never wanted to do theater where she’d have to sing and dance,” he recalls. “[But] when she was 17 or 18, an audition came up for a production, and I told her, ‘This is another test

Slowly Healing from the Loss

“Only now, almost a year later, have I been able to look at pictures and videos of her,” says George (below, on June 5 and with Naya, inset, in 2015). “I’ve pretty much been in complete denial.”

for you. You might hate it, but it’s going to strengthen you and your career.’ ” She took on the challenge, George says as he grows quiet and wipes a few tears from his eyes. “That was such a proud moment for me,” he adds. “She just blew it out of the water during her performances.” Naya’s family, friends and fans will never know exactly where her career might have taken her. But in one of their last conversations, the father and daughter were plotting Naya’s trip to Nashville, where George, who was planning to meet her there, hoped to help reinvigorate her singing career. “She was really looking forward to starting to record music again,” he says. Whatever the future might have held, Naya’s dad takes comfort knowing that she was happy in the ﬁnal months of her life. “She was maturing and loved being a mother,” he says. “She was in a good place.”

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In the pre-addiction years, “we had money, clothes,” says Browning (front, with her parents and three of her siblings ca. 1996). “Our house was a safe haven.”

The first time Wandjell Browning ever went to summer camp, it was at an Illinois prison. Just 10 years old and in the care of her grandmother—while her mom, also named Wandjell, and dad, Terry, both served time for drug-related issues—Browning had longed to experience the summers her classmates would describe at the start of each school year. “Kids would come back from break saying they went to Disneyland or kayaking or hunting—all of these fun family memories,” she recalls. So when the prison where the older Wandjell was incarcerated offered a Mom and Me camp, Browning couldn’t wait to go. “It was the best moment of my life,” she says of the three days spent roasting marshmallows, swimming and braiding hair in the prison gymnasium and on the surrounding grounds with her mom. “It had a huge impact on our relationship because I got to have that time with her, just breathing in her scent, hugging her.” When she returned to school after that summer, “I could say, ‘I went camping this year.’ Maybe I didn’t say it like, ‘I went camping at a prison where my mom was,’ but it didn’t matter. That memory was so amazing.” That camp would also plant the seed for her work today. In 2020 Browning, now 25, and her husband, Marty, 29, launched the Freedom Child Foundation to support the 5.4 million U.S. kids who have one or both parents incarcerated. Rooted in Browning’s own childhood experience, the foundation aims to ensure that every child who wants to stay connected to their incarcerated parent has the means

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Letters to Jail “The letters are so important,” Browning says of writing to her parents. Strict rules govern prison mail, including no permanent markers, no scented paper and no photos with images that could be construed as “hand signals”— any of which could prevent delivery. Below: Browning and her mom in a ’07 camp photo.

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to do so—through letters, calls or visitation—along with therapeutic support. “This is a population of kids who are not really talked about,” says Browning. “I know, for me, trying to hide that my parents were in prison was really keeping me from blossoming. Once I became comfortable with sharing that, so many more people became comfortable with sharing their own stories with me.” Browning’s own story began in Champaign, Ill., where she was born the youngest of her mom’s five kids. In her earliest years “life was perfect,” she says of her tidy home and loving family. But everything changed when her parents spiraled into addiction. By the time she went into first grade, her father was behind bars and her mom’s drug abuse had worsened. “Our house just went downhill,” she says. Roach and rodent infestations were part of daily life, along with gnawing hunger: “We didn’t really have food, and what we did have was spoiled.” Browning developed ringworm and gum abscesses, but despite everything “I was still

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“People have called me crazy in my life,” says McCord. “But for so long I didn’t know I was broken, so I couldn’t fix myself.”

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For years there was one red carpet moment AnnaLynne McCord always dreaded. “The question I most despised was ‘What is your sense of style?’ ” says the star best known for her roles on Nip/Tuck and 90210. “I didn’t know how to answer it. Everyone has a style, a kind of vibe that’s them, but I had so many different vibes that were me.” Plenty of other actors might say the same, but for McCord, the sense of multiple selves had a dark source: She was suffering from dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder), a mental illness characterized by two or more distinct identities existing within one person (see box). Diagnosed in 2019, McCord eventually came to recognize and name the handful of “alters,” as she learned they are called, that traded places in her mind and determined her behavior: Little Anna, who was childlike and “couldn’t express needs”; Domino, “a very salacious young lady—a toughie”; 13-year-old Anna, who was “dark, cynical and jaded”; Autopilot Anna, who “had the perfect tailored response at all times”; and the loving and nurturing Earth Mother. “Blocks of my life were lived in each one,” says McCord, 33, “and I didn’t have any lens to see my actions and that they might be perceived as not typical. People didn’t always know how to handle or take me, but I thought I was just me.” Now healing thanks to therapy, which has helped her “integrate” her alters into a more coherent self, she hopes to help erase some of the stigma surrounding DID by telling her story. “Hollywood has completely misconstrued what this is,” she says. “People think, ‘Oh, multiple personalities, like Sybil.’ But my alters are just fragmented pieces of one actual self—all different parts of AnnaLynne.” The daughter of a pastor and a stay-at-home mom, McCord grew up in rural Georgia. “I have

Innocence Lost

“I had a lot of angst in my upbringing,” says McCord (at age 4, the year before she was first sexually abused). “The severity of the trauma just shut me down.”

A Complicated Childhood Fa m i l y Ti e s

McCord (right, with sisters Rachel and Angel and their mom, Sheri) was raised in a strict household before leaving home at 15 with “big pipe dreams to be an actress,” she recalls.

‘Now I have so much gratitude for each of these parts of me ’

Hollywood Highs

Playing scheming vixen Eden Lord in season 5 of the FX drama won McCord critical acclaim.

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902 10 ( 2008-13)

Her character Naomi Clark was raped by a faculty adviser in season 2. Filming scenes of the aftermath was “triggering,” McCord recalls.

Dallas (2014)

She had a recurring role as Southfork ranch hand Heather on the reboot of the 1978-1991 soap.

Unzipped (2021)

McCord and her former 90210 costar Shenae Grimes-Beech launched a no-holds-barred podcast earlier this year.

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some beautiful childhood memories,” she says. “I was this loving little girl.” But when she was 5, she was sexually abused by someone she knew. “People I trusted told me to do bad things. I just shut down— that was the trigger point.” The abuse continued until she was in her preteens, and she believes she began dissociating—and burying all memory of the abuse—to cope. Homeschooled by her mom, she graduated from high school at 15 and eventually moved to L.A. to pursue acting. When she was about 16, her first alter, Little Anna, appeared. “I was hurt by a partner, and in another voice I said, ‘You hurt Anna’s feelings,’ ” she recalls. “But I had

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1. The large puddle on the side of the street, left, has been moved to the middle of the street. 2. There is now a shadow of the wrought-iron fence on the smooth stone wall of the home behind Hinkle. 3. The home’s door is now red. 4. A second tree has been added to the right of the home’s door. 5. The detailing on the hubcap of the back tire on the gray car, right, is gone. 6. Brosnahan is now wearing Hinkle’s necklace. 7. Hinkle’s formerly blue pumps are plum. 8. The right sleeve of Brosnahan’s dress is lengthened. 9. Brosnahan’s purse is larger. 10. The wrought-iron lamp, far right, is now solid black.

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Onscreen motherdaughter duo Marin Hinkle and Rachel Brosnahan stepped around puddles while filming in New York City May 27 as their always well-dressed characters, matriarch Rose Weissman and housewife-turned-standup-comic Miriam “Midge” Maisel in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Season 4 of Amazon Prime’s Emmy Awardwinning show is still in production and is expected to air at the end of this year.

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on the same page with that. It was like that on NYPD Blue and West Wing, and now In the Heights—when we were filming a climactic dance sequence, I caught Lin-Manuel Miranda watching, and he was sobbing, seeing his seeds blossom. A great ensemble understands the importance of what we’re doing, what the project is saying. I see it when I look at this ﬁlm—I see that joy coming through. It’s not always easy to be a role model. Success always felt like a double-edged sword. You want to be perceived as an artist—but do you just want to do your art, or is my success about me having this role model ﬂag that I kind of have to carry? I grappled with that in the beginning. My heritage is always going to inform everything I do. And the theme I think resonates is, are the kids coming up behind me—are they going to have it easier?

Fa m i l y M a n

“My family has always been great in terms of equalizing things,” says Smits (above with De Jesus on vacation with his kids [with ex-wife Barbara] Taina and Joaquin in 1998). Right: the couple in 2003.

Hollywood is finally making progress. What’s been going on in the past couple of years in terms of representation—it’s not just talk anymore. There’s more [diversity] on all levels: more writers, more executives, more people behind the scenes, behind the camera, behind the plays, behind the art, so the voices can be heard in an authentic kind of way. It gives me hope.

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Find what gives you swagger. My ﬁrst day on L.A. Law, I was sweating. I used to wear sneakers on the show because I always thought my character, Victor Sifuentes, had kind of a bounce that I didn’t have. Maybe because of the nerves, that day the bounce was there. Don’t be afraid to say what other people are thinking. I jumped into NYPD Blue after a year of that show being very successful with other actors. And then David [Milch, the producer], to his credit, the ﬁrst scene [in which his character, Bobby Simone, meets his partner, Andy Sipowicz, played by Dennis Franz] Sipowicz goes into the lieutenant’s office and says, “This is not going to work.” All those things that we were kind of thinking that people were not saying were in there. And then Dennis was awesome. He’s a big cuddly teddy bear. Twenty-five years we’ve been friends. I want somebody to write something for him to kind of bring him back in. Never overlook the power of family. I realized during the pandemic what a blessing it was to be able to do what you love and treat a cross-country airplane ride like it was a bus. I could

travel at will whenever I needed to, go back and forth. But this past year, to say, “Boom, no, that’s not going to happen” has been hard. It’s going to be major to see my sisters, kids and grandkids for the ﬁrst time at the premiere of In the Heights. I’m going to take my hankies.

‘I’ve been blessed. You’ll get no sour grapes from me’

Find a partner who makes you better. Wanda [who has starred in several movies and TV shows, including CSI: Miami] has made me better. We’re in each other’s work as artists. The business is tough—there’s ageism and colorism—and my partner is an extraordinary woman with wisdom with regards to that, and that has helped me tremendously. For me, giving back is a way of life. My mom comes from a very religious background, and as a kid I would always think, “Why are you saving every penny to put money in the box at church when we’re struggling to have applesauce for dessert?” But it was a way to give back, to look over your shoulder and think about the person that’s coming up. That’s stayed with me.

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“I’m an extension of him,” says Wolfgang of his dad, Eddie (right, with him in 1991, and left, in the studio with his dad’s guitar), who died last October from lung cancer.

EIGHT MONTHS AFTER EDDIE VAN HALEN’S DEATH, HIS SON WOLFGANG IS BLAZING HIS OWN TRAIL—JUST LIKE HIS FATHER WANTED

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There are a few things Wolfgang Van Halen wants to make clear. First, he’s really a nice guy. Yes, his dad, Eddie Van Halen, was one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and his mom is beloved TV actress Valerie Bertinelli. “People cynically would be like, ‘Ah, he’s probably a dick.’ But my childhood was completely normal. It wasn’t lavish or insane,” says the 30-year-old musician, a former bassist for his late father’s era-deﬁning rock band, Van Halen. “[I was taught to] treat people how you want to be treated. It’s as simple as that.” Second—and perhaps even more importantly—he’s not “Wolﬁe,” the nickname Bertinelli gave him as a child that he says his parents’ fans have called him for far too long. “My whole life, I’ve just been the kid,” he says. “I’m thankful for the fans, but most of them follow me because of who my parents are. I have to always be like, ‘Hey, I’m 30. I’m a grown man, and I’m my own person.’ ” Over the past year Wolfgang has been more determined than ever to forge his own path—even as he’s grieved the loss of his father. Last October he was thrust into the spotlight after he June 21, 2021

GROWING UP VA N H A L E N

G ro u n d i n g Fo rc e s

“My parents raised me to be thankful for everything around me,” says Wolfgang (with Eddie and Valerie).

Wo r d s o f W i s d o m

Eddie exposed his son to music early. His best advice? “If you ever make a mistake, do it twice so everybody thinks you meant to do it.”

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‘Little Dreamer’

Wolfgang (with Eddie in 2012) named his band Mammoth in tribute to Van Halen’s band name in the ’70s. “It’s tied to the lore,” he says.

“We find humor in the absurd,” says Bertinelli (with Eddie and their son in 2014). Adds Wolfgang: “I inherited my sense of humor from both of them!”

Raised in Los Angeles by his famous parents,

‘Paying tribute to my dad through music helped me grieve’

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Wolfgang fell in love with music at age 9 when his dad introduced him to the drums. Their ﬁrst music lesson together involved tapping out a beat using magazines on Eddie’s nightstand. “The second he saw that I [had rhythm], he was like, ‘Yes!’ He got me a drum kit for my 10th birthday.” Two years later Wolfgang picked up the guitar to learn “316,” a guitar solo Eddie had written for him when he was a newborn, for his sixth-grade talent show. He acknowledges it was at times “really difficult” living in his father’s shadow, but Wolfgang says Eddie never added to the pressure. Chuckling as he recalls his many failed guitar lessons with his dad—“I’d be like, ‘Show me A, B and C,’ and he’d just go from A to Z in two seconds and proceed to be Eddie Van Halen”—Wolfgang says the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer encouraged him to ﬁnd his own way. “He was really not a good teacher, but I think that allowed me to develop my own identity as a musician,” he says. “That’s what he wanted most.” After 20 years of marriage, Eddie and Bertinelli divorced in 2007, but [they] were on the same page when it

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revealed on social media that Eddie had died at age 65 after a “long and arduous battle” with lung cancer. The news came as a shock to fans of the guitar virtuoso, who had kept his illness private. Now, eight months later, Wolfgang is ready to reintroduce himself via Mammoth WVH, his new band, which is releasing a self-titled album on June 11. Sitting in Eddie’s L.A.-area home studio, 5150 Studios, Wolfgang—who cracks dry jokes throughout his interview with People—grows quiet as he reﬂects on his decision to hit pause on his career to care for his dad. “I don’t have a single regret. Not at all,” he says, looking down at his hands. “I put everything on hold with my album to spend every waking second with my dad. I spent my time as best as I could.” He’s open about the deep grief he continues to grapple with following the death of his father, who he says remains his greatest inspiration. “I guess I’m a good actor when it comes to pretending that everything is okay,” he says. “But it’s really not.” Still, focusing on music over the past year has helped him begin to heal, he says, and it’s exactly what Eddie would have wanted. “It’s really tough, but you’ve got to keep going. If I just gave up and crawled in a hole, which I feel like doing every day, I know he’d be really pissed off at me,” says Wolfgang. “It’s the only thing that keeps me going.”

Life of Laughter

Rocking On

“It’s a completely different beast,” Wolfgang (with Eddie in 2015) says of going from playing bass in Van Halen to forming his own band.

came to raising their son. They remained close until Eddie’s death. “They did a good job of balancing the fame aspect and gave me a great, normal childhood,” says Wolfgang. “My dad was just a dude who liked to play music. And that’s who I am, too.”

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With his new album, Wolfgang hopes to leave

behind the expectations set on him as the son of Eddie Van Halen. “It’d be boring if I was just a carbon copy of him,” he says. “It’s freeing to start this path now, rather than doing what everybody would expect me to do; just play covers of Van Halen songs.” Conceiving the hard rock album at 5150 Studios, the birthplace of Van Halen’s greatest records, Wolfgang wrote, sang and played a variety of instruments—including bass, guitar and drums—on all 14 tracks. “Songwriting is a really therapeutic thing for me,” he says. “Working on this music and getting it out to everybody has been a welcome distraction.” Mammoth WVH’s first reviews came from Eddie, who played an early version of his son’s album on repeat. “He’d be so excited [for me]. I’m sure it’s proud dad talk, but he was

Musical Memories

“It’s as personal as can be,” says Wolfgang of his hard rock album Mammoth WVH (out June 11). The LP ends with “The Distance,” a moving tribute to his dad, Eddie.

like, ‘Favorite album of all time,’ ” says Wolfgang. “It was the only thing he had on his phone. He was my biggest champion, other than my mom.” During a heartbreaking year, Wolfgang, who recently moved in to his late dad’s L.A. house, says he’s grown closer than ever to his mom. He and Andraia Allsop, his girlfriend of ﬁve years (she’s a software engineer), visit Bertinelli, 61, in her nearby home almost daily. “Besides the fact that he’s ridiculously talented, I’m most proud of his kindness and thoughtfulness,” says Bertinelli. Going through loss together has “put everything into perspective,” says Wolfgang. “You just really appreciate the smaller moments as time goes on. We go over to my mom’s house to see her and play with her cats that we love.” He’s also leaning into one of his favorite traits he inherited from his parents: their shared sense of humor. “People are quick to remind me that I look like both my parents, which I have to tell them, ‘Wow, science. Who’d have guessed?’ ” he quips. “But yeah, I inherited a lot of that self-deprecation from them too. Sarcasm is our language.” Looking around his father’s studio, Wolfgang says he’s felt the love sent his way from Eddie’s fans. “It’s been amazing to see people welcoming me as my own person,” he says. As he pursues his own passions, Wolfgang–named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—also hopes to continue his father’s legacy. “He’s like the Mozart of our generation. As far removed as we are from Mozart, we still talk about him and know who he is,” he says. “And that’s what my dad is going to be.”

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INCARCERATED PARENTS

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Enduring Love “Remembering my mom before her addiction pushed me to continue to grow that relationship,” says Browning (with her mom, also named Wandjell, in May and, inset, at a Mom and Me camp in prison in 2008).

In the pre-addiction years, “we had money, clothes,” says Browning (front, with her parents and three of her siblings ca. 1996). “Our house was a safe haven.”

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just happy to be with my family, with my siblings,” she recalls. “I was still happy to love on my mom when she was not high.” Those times grew increasingly infrequent, and when Browning was 8, her mom was arrested for child abuse stemming from neglect. The ﬁve siblings were torn apart, an anguish that brings Browning to tears even today. “We were all sent to different homes about 10 minutes from each other, but we didn’t get to see each other every day anymore,” she says. An eager student, Browning found solace in school, but there were constant reminders of her parents. “We did the science project where you drop the egg and make sure it doesn’t break, and all the other kids’ parents came. I would say, ‘Mine are on a work trip. They’ll be back soon.’ I knew what it would sound like saying my parents were in prison, and I remember them being amazing people before the addiction.” Visiting the jail required a too-expensive bus ticket; jailhouse phone calls carried inflated charges the family couldn’t afford. “There would be moments when my parents would call, and I

Unbreakable Bond

“I’m just so proud of her,” Wandjell says of her daughter. “And if it will help another mother who’s addicted, I don’t mind sharing my testimony.”

Helping Heartbroken Kids Browning and her artist husband, Marty, who live in Houston, launched the Freedom Child Foundation to support children impacted by parental incarceration by providing letter-writing supplies, transportation funds, mental health support and more. “We tell these kids, ‘We’re here for you,’ ” says Marty. “A lot of times adults don’t really hear kids.” Children such as 15-year-old Loreal say the sounding board is much needed. “Whenever I talk to Wandjell, she actually listens,” says Loreal, whose father is in prison. “She connects her experiences with mine, which makes it easier to open up.” For more information or to donate, visit freedomchildfoundation.org.

would literally just stare at the phone like, ‘Great, we can’t answer it. We don’t have the money to talk.’ Or I would choose between, ‘Am I going to answer the phone or save the money to go to the movies with my friends this weekend?’ ” Letters provided an invaluable connection, but even those came with challenges. “It was a whole process of addressing them correctly so they weren’t sent back, buying stamps, mailing it off. ” For her mom—who was released from prison in 2008 and is now sober—the letters were a lifeline. “Hearing your name called for mail is like music to your ears,” says Wandjell Sr., 49. “It was like, ‘I got a letter today! Let me see what my babies are saying!’ ” That connection was the key to repairing the mother-daughter relationship after Wandjell Sr.’s release. Today “I can go to her house for nine hours and just sit in her bed with her, laughing, talking, even about our toughest moments,” says Browning. It’s the kind of healing she hopes Freedom Child Foundation can help provide for other families, with a ripple effect of reducing recidivism. “No child should ever be told their love is too expensive or that they can’t tell their mom ‘I love you’ because they can’t afford it.” Browning, whose dad is out of prison but remains in the grip of addiction, “always loved us, right or wrong,” says Wandjell Sr. through tears. And despite all the trauma of the past, when Browning looks back on the jail-time letters between her and her parents, “I get the same feeling I had when I was a kid,” she says. “I feel the energy coming from my parents. I feel the hope.”

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Last time I sang out loud A little bit today. Someone quoted Kenny Rogers, and then we just started singing, you know [she sings], “You’ve got to know . . . la la la la.” That’s it, “The Gambler.” Last time a pet made me laugh My husband [François-Henri Pinault] said, “Did you get a new dog?” Because he’s always paranoid. I look outside, and our Frenchie is playing with a fox! She’s the smallest dog I’ve ever had, but she’s the boss. Last recurring dream I dream a lot that I’m flying or levitating, where I just take off from Earth. I love the sensation—just to know that you know what it feels like. Last moment of bliss Meditation yesterday. I have a meditation room, and I bring my [pet] owl with me; she actually enjoys the music. The minute I go deep, she stays super still. Last irrational fear My fear of snakes is kind of irrational. I last saw one two years ago on my ranch. It surprised me, but I tried to control myself and walk away slowly. Normally I have, like, a seizure.