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‘I’ve never felt joy like this before’

—BILLY PORTER, on no longer having to keep his HIV positive status a secret, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

‘The feeling of taking all your clothes off is just heaven’ —JUDI DENCH, on being naked, on the That’s After Life! podcast

‘I’ll sing to my daughter, who’s not my biggest fan. She just cries!’ —ED SHEERAN, on his baby Lyra’s thoughts on his music, on BBC Radio 1

‘It’s scary. It really is. You look at each other and go, “Well, it’s just you and me, babe” ’ —MICHAEL DOUGLAS, on being an empty nester with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones (inset), on the Today show

‘It’s like music that is coming out of the Devil’s house’ —SOFIA VERGARA, on the metal music husband Joe Manganiello listens to, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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‘I’ve never felt joy like this before’

—BILLY PORTER, on no longer having to keep his HIV positive status a secret, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

‘The feeling of taking all your clothes off is just heaven’ —JUDI DENCH, on being naked, on the That’s After Life! podcast

‘I’ll sing to my daughter, who’s not my biggest fan. She just cries!’ —ED SHEERAN, on his baby Lyra’s thoughts on his music, on BBC Radio 1

‘It’s like music that is coming out of the Devil’s house’ —SOFIA VERGARA, on the metal music husband Joe Manganiello listens to, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Destiny’s Child reunites Women supporting women! After releasing her book Checking In, Michelle Williams (right) shared never-beforeheard audio of her “checking in” with former groupmates Kelly Rowland (left) and Beyoncé.

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Ricky Martin

Prince William & Princess Kate

Ben & Erin Napier

Abducted—Then Accused of Lying

This Week 70 Frank Sinatra

A new book reveals the stories the music icon long kept private.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s custody battle continues, and more celebrity news

Ricky Martin

The king of Latin pop opens up about love, fatherhood, LGBTQ pride and his new music

They Called Her ‘Gone Girl’ After Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn were terrorized during a home invasion, police refused to believe them

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68 Twins Reunited

Sisters Emily Bushnell and Molly Sinert were separated at birth.

Regina Hall

The Black Monday star gets candid about her famous friends, and her next big career move

COVID-19 Vaccine Heroes

Dr. Todd Wolynn and Chad Hermann battle antivax disinformation with science and humor

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Niecy Nash (with her wife, musician Jessica Betts, left, and actor Colman Domingo) and others pay tribute to the people in their lives they choose to call family. CORRECTION The opening photo of our story about Chris Ruden in the May 24 issue was photographed by Mitch Gilbert. People regrets omitting this credit.

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Welcome to Our Annual Pride Issue

hat does LGBTQ Pride mean? For a long time I wrestled with a definition. It took me until I was 24 to be confident enough to present my true self to the world, and I dismissed the annual June celebrations as a lot of noise and partying and didn’t understand the point of all the rainbows. Then one year after my husband and I were married, we went and watched the New York City parade, and I was overcome with emotion. I found myself in tears watching older members of the LGBTQ community 2 0 marching, realizing how lucky I was that they had done so much work to bring me the life that I was enjoying, standing on the corner of that block in a tank top hugging my husband. It was something that they couldn’t do when they were younger, to live and love freely without fear and shame. Now when I see the rainbow flags— with colors added to represent Black, brown and trans communities and a generation lost to AIDS—I feel proud to be a gay man and understand the importance of visibility. This week I also pause to feel gratitude to LGBTQ activists like Kay Tobin

Lahusen, the photographer and activist, who died May 26 at 91. Even before the Stonewall riots in 1969, she was pushing for lesbian rights. Her goal, as she put it, was simply to take “our minority out from under wraps.” We aim to carry on her work. This year People was recognized by GLAAD with their award for Outstanding Magazine Coverage, for raising the visibility of the LGBTQ experience across our platforms. I know our writers are conscious of inclusivity every day, approaching their subjects with the mindset “listen for the similarities, not the differ1 ences.” When sometimes it seems our differences are too great, I try to remember that good storytelling brings compassion—and brings us all a little closer. One thing a lot of us have in common is that we had a crush on our cover star, Ricky Martin, in the ’90s. He’s found great joy since he came out publicly as gay in 2010. As he told People, “When it comes to who I am, I want to talk about everything that I am. Because if you hide it, it’s a life-or-death situation.” He’s right— LGBTQ youth are almost ﬁve times as likely to attempt suicide as heterosexual youth. It’s one reason it’s so criti-

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cal that everyone who is LGBTQ ﬁnd the support and love they deserve, and it’s why this year we focused our Pride section on “family of choice.” This notion took hold in the LGBTQ community during the AIDS crisis in the ’80s, when many couldn’t rely on their biological families and had to ﬁnd support on their own. And it’s an idea that helped everyone in the past year, as each of us leaned on the people we chose to be in our pandemic pods, those we trusted to support us and keep us safe. As Niecy Nash

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Introducing People in the ’90s!

It’s no small coincidence that deputy West Coast editor Jason Sheeler, who oversaw our Pride port-

Sheeler (fully vaccinated!) chatted with Martin in L.A. May 17.

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up among the zillions of fans in Rockefeller Center to see him perform on the Today show in 1999,” he says. “Waaay in the back.” A ’90s superfan, Sheeler hosts our latest podcast, People in the ’90s, with style and beauty director Andrea Lavinthal (right). Hear exclusive interviews with Margaret “The ’90s had it Cho, Julia Stiles, Tori Spelling and more all: music, fashion— and sometimes every Thursday starting June 3. Downamazingly load it wherever you get your podcasts. bad fashion!” says Lavinthal.

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EDITOR IN CHIEF

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Introducing People in the ’90s!

It’s no small coincidence that deputy West Coast editor Jason Sheeler, who oversaw our Pride port-

Sheeler (fully vaccinated!) chatted with Martin in L.A. May 17.

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In late May Princess Kate and Prince William embarked on a weeklong royal tour of Scotland, the country where they first met while studying at the University of St. Andrews nearly 20 years ago. Before visiting a local fishing community in Fife on May 26, William and Kate snagged haddock and chips at Anstruther Fish Bar, just like they did during their college years. According to the bar owner Alison Smith, Kate called the stop “a real trip down memory lane.” The royal pair then topped off their meal with some ice cream.

On May 27 William and Kate resumed their duties and attended a military ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen’s official residence in Edinburgh.

The royal couple, wearing face masks to promote COVID-19 safety, joined members of a Sikh community group on May 24 to prepare meals for vulnerable families in Edinburgh.

The famously competitive couple faced off in a landyachting race May 26 on the West Sands beach at St. Andrews, where William just edged out his wife, who teased him at one point, “Come on, granddad!”

William and Kate—who enjoyed a date night at Forgan’s in familiar St. Andrews May 25—met the next day with children participating in the Lawn Tennis Association’s youth program.

The parents of three arrived at a May 26 drive-in screening of Disney’s Cruella in Edinburgh in a Land Rover that previously belonged to the late Prince Philip. June 14, 2021

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JESSICA CHASTAIN TAKES ON TAMMY FAYE BAKKER

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Jessica Chastain spent four hours daily in the makeup chair getting prosthetics and wigs to fully transform into fallen televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, who died at age 65 in 2007 after colon cancer spread to her lungs. “I just was so blown away by her and her story,” says Chastain, 44, who produces and costars with Andrew Garfield (as Jim Bakker) in the upcoming biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye. “The thing I loved the most about Tammy is her capacity to love,” adds Chastain. “She knew what it felt like to not feel important, and she didn’t want anyone to experience that.”

NAOMI OSAKA WITHDRAWS FROM THE FRENCH OPEN Paris, May 30

One day after winning her first-round match, Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka—who received fines after she skipped press conferences during the tournament, as she had previously announced—revealed she suffers from depression and would be exiting the Open. “The best thing for the tournament, the other players and my well-being is that I withdraw,” Osaka, 23, posted, adding that she gets “huge waves of anxiety” before talking to media. For now Osaka plans to “take some time away from the court.”

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One of Grande’s wedding slideshows broke Instagram’s record for the mostliked post on Instagram featuring people.

Grande and Gomez (in Tom Ford) exchanged vows below white flower arrangements in a candlelit room.

ARIANA’S DREAM WEDDING

Grande wore her signature ponytail in a half-up style and rocked pearl and diamond earrings (by Lorraine Schwartz) to match her engagement ring.

The bride accessorized with a handpleated bubble veil.

ARIANA GRANDE SAYS ‘I DO’ AT HOME

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On May 26 Ariana Grande gave fans a glimpse of her intimate wedding to Dalton Gomez, nearly two weeks after the pop star and the real estate agent tied the knot at her Montecito, Calif., home. The bride wore a custom Vera Wang gown for the May 15 ceremony, where her mom, Joan Grande, and dad, Ed Butera, gave her away in front of fewer than 20 loved ones. “The room was so happy and full of love,” her rep told People in an exclusive. “The couple and both families couldn’t be happier.”

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PUPPY LOVE

Shawn Mendes cuddled up with his golden retriever pup Tarzan in a May 29 Instagram post.

LIZZO’S STREET STYLE

West Hollywood, May 25 Lizzo rocked a sexy, sheer jumpsuit for a night on the town.

LANCE BASS EXPECTING TWINS!

It’s gonna be . . . twins! Lance Bass and his husband, Michael Turchin, are expecting a baby boy and baby girl after conceiving with a surrogate. “We’ve been together 10 years, so we always knew that if we were going to start the family, we wanted to go for twins,” the NSYNC alum says.

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Robin Thicke and 11-year-old son Julian suited up for the iHeartRadio Music Awards red carpet on May 27 in Los Angeles.

Gabrielle Union shared a photo of daughter Kaavia, 2, as she prepared for her first day of soccer practice in a May 25 Instagram post.

FAMOUS FAMILIES Snoop Dogg cradled his newest grandson in a May 26 Instagram post.

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Divorcing The actor, 56, and his wife, 58—who have three adult children—split after 27 years of marriage and “a tremendous amount of thought, prayer & work on ourselves,” he announced in a statement May 30.

“This night 23 years ago was magical . . . and you’re still the one!” the supermodel, 55, posted May 29, reflecting on her 1998 wedding to her businessman husband, 59, father of Presley, 21, and Kaia, 19.

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Just Married! On May 27 the country singer, 35, wed his fiancée, 25, a nurse, at the Lake House Inn in Perkasie, Pa., in front of fellow Nashville stars Darius Rucker, Tyler Rich and Chuck Wicks.

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Clea DuVall Reflects on 25 Years in Hollywood

Looking back on her career, Clea DuVall often thinks about the highs and lows that got her to where she is today. “I was very shy and wasn’t really comfortable in letting myself be completely open,” says DuVall, now 43, who rose to fame in the ’90s, appearing in Girl, Interrupted alongside Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. “I always felt like there was a part of me holding back, and that’s probably why I ended up in more serious roles.” These days she is having more fun. DuVall—who came out as a lesbian in 2016 and revealed she’s happily married last year—wrote and directed the 2020 queer holiday romantic comedy Happiest Season. And she executive-produces, writes for and lends her voice to the new animated comedy series HouseBroken, about a therapy dog, airing Mondays on Fox. “Life changes so much, and you get more comfortable with yourself, so it’s easier to be more open, try new things and not be afraid to look silly. I’ve learned to be the source of my own happiness,” says DuVall. As for what makes her smile most these days? “I’m obsessed with my cats,” she says. “They’re the best.”

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Clea DuVall Reflects on 25 Years in Hollywood

Scoop all so hot! I don’t have a type, so every guy who came in, I was like, “Yes, yes and yes.” It made it exciting but also hard at the same time. There were so many amazing guys that I definitely fell for more than one person. How did you approach the physical aspect and the fantasy suite? In the promos I’m making out with a lot of guys! But time is short. I had to use it wisely. We’re all adults. We have sex! It’s an important part of any relationship. What was the most challenging part? I was very open to every single guy there, which made it emotional to say goodbye. But I definitely wanted to be engaged. That’s why I was there. I was very serious about making a commitment. Are you happy with the way things turned out? A lot happened that I couldn’t ever have predicted. It got intense and crazy. But I will say everything happens for a reason—and you’ve got to embrace that!

‘I’ll Always Speak My Mind’

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She didn’t find love on The Bachelor with Matt James, but Katie Thurston became a fan favorite for standing up to mean girl behavior during his controversial season. Now the 30-year-old bank marketing manager, who leads the new season of The Bachelorette starting June 7 on ABC, opens up about fame, fantasy suites and staying true to herself. You stood up to bullies on The Bachelor. Why was that so important? It’s not that I’ve always been a peacemaker, but I’ll always speak my mind. When I saw things I didn’t like, I spoke up. A lot of us have talked, and we’ve all

learned and grown and moved forward. We’re on good terms. Your actions inspired a tagline: Be a Katie. What does that mean to you? It means being kind, standing up for what you believe in and accepting exactly who you are. Did becoming The Bachelorette ever cross your mind? No, I left in 11th place, and people never saw a connection with Matt and me. I never thought they’d ask me! What did you think of the guys on your season? They were

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TAYSHIA & KAITLYN STEP IN AS HOSTS

Following host Chris Harrison’s announcement that he’d be stepping away from the franchise after a race-related controversy, former Bachelorettes Tayshia Adams, 30, and Kaitlyn Bristowe, 35, took over. “Having them as mentors helped me navigate my entire journey,” says Thurston. “We had fun girl chats. I’m excited for everyone to see that playful side, what happens when it’s just the girls talking about the guys. I’m really thankful Tayshia and Kaitlyn were there.”

Scoop Stepping Out On May 23 Lopez and Affleck were seen in Miami, shortly after they vacationed privately in Montana.

J.Lo & Ben Are Heating Up

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have been spending more time old twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony. “They together. Affleck, 48, recently visited Lopez, 51, in Miami, where are having fun and want to spend as much time together as the newly reunited stars showed affection at her go-to gym. possible.” The stars—who were engaged for a little over a year “They worked out apart but came together between before they split in 2004—first reunited in L.A. in April ‘JENNIFER IS sets. They were holding hands, hugging, kissing,” says after Lopez ended her engagement to Alex Rodriguez. INCREDIBLY a source. “They weren’t trying to hide the fact that After enjoying a weeklong getaway in Montana last HAPPY. SHE FEELS LIKE they were together. They are very much into each month, they “don’t want to hide anymore,” says SHE CAN JUST other and being together.” Following their the Lopez source. “Jennifer is incredibly happy. She BE HERSELF rendezvous, Affleck has returned to Los Angeles to feels like she can just be herself around Ben. They AROUND BEN’ spend time with his kids, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and —A LOPEZ SOURCE are both excited about their relationship and want Samuel, 9, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner. But he and to make sure they do everything they can to Lopez plan to “travel back and forth as much as they can to make make this work.” — B R I A N N E T R A C Y w i t h r e p o r t i n g by Pernilla Cedenheim and Becky Randel

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Spelling and Garth also host their own podcast, 90210MG.

The Beverly Hills, 90210 stars open up about the iconic teen drama with Jason Sheeler and Andrea Lavinthal, the hosts of People’s new podcast, People in the ’90s. 90210 ran from 1990 to 2000. When did you know it was a hit— and that your life had changed? JENNIE GARTH I was on an appearance with Luke Perry. They had sent us to a zoo. It got too crazy, people started rushing the cages. I just remember them actually putting us in a cage at the zoo to protect us! TORI SPELLING I knew when someone said, “Hey, Donna!” to me at the mall. I was like, “Whoa, I’m famous!”

Is it fair to say you never left West Beverly High? GARTH The bond that we all have with one another is so unique. It came before anything else, before any of our wild and crazy lives now. It’s the foundation of who we are as people. SPELLING Yeah, we have a group text chain that is wild, that people would be shocked to see. It’s where we all regress to our teen selves when we talk to each other. It’s just fun. So who sends the dirty memes? GARTH If anyone were to do that, it would be Ian [Ziering]. He’s got a great sense of humor.

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relationship. Teen Mom OG star Cheyenne Floyd, 28, welcomed son Ace with ﬁancé Zach Davis, 30. Floyd also shares 4-yearold daughter Ryder with MTV costar Cory Wharton, 30. “Life is complete,” she wrote on Instagram.

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Jersey Shore star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, 38, and his wife, Lauren, 36,

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Reality TV personality Courtney Stodden, 26, is engaged to movie producer Chris Sheng, 41. Stodden began dating Sheng in 2017 after splitting from Doug Hutchison, 61 (the couple were together for nine years).

Health

The Bachelorette star Ryan Sutter, 46, revealed that the mysterious illness causing him “almost paralyzing fatigue” is Lyme disease, which, he says, is worsened by high levels of mold toxins in his body. Sutter had been struggling without a diagnosis for the past year.

PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT GIVING BACK

Inset: the couple in Sierra Leone in 2019.

Beloved children’s author Eric Carle, who wrote and illustrated classics like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, died in Massachusetts of kidney failure. He was 91. Husband and wife Joe and Gwen Lara died in a small-plane crash along with ﬁve others outside of Nashville. Joe, 58, starred in the TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, while Gwen, 66, was a diet guru and

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founder of the Remnant Fellowship Church. B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer of “Hooked on a Feeling” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” died at 78 in Arlington, Texas, of lung cancer complications.

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As UN Goodwill Ambassadors, the actor, 48, and model, 32, are working to help solve the hunger crisis

In 2019 we honeymooned in Africa and wanted to do more to change the narrative about the continent. Africa has the arable land to feed the world, and people work hard there, but they are living on the front lines of our climate emergency and need sustainable investment to create jobs and secure a climate-resilient future. As United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors for the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Global Citizen Advocates, we learned that the number of people facing hunger is set to double because of the pandemic. COVID-19 hasn’t just taken lives and jobs—it has taken food off people’s plates. Global Citizen’s Recovery Plan puts policy into action and calls on world leaders to support the IFAD’s fundraising efforts and divert funds to help farmers cope with COVID and the climate change crisis. If we work together, we can change the way we sustainably produce food.

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picks SHOWTIME | The Kings

A compelling look at the golden age of boxing in the 1980s DOCUSERIES In the post-Muhammad Ali era of the 1980s, a rivalry arose between the so-called “Four Kings” of boxing: world champions and future Hall of Famers Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas “the Hitman” Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard. Told through archival footage and interviews over four episodes, their stories prove to be a reﬂection of that time in American history, with its drastic political and socioeconomic shifts. All that cultural context packs a powerful punch. (June 6, 8 p.m.)

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

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and tender balladry, places her in a lineage with Lorde and Billie Eilish. (Available now)

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An art-loving cockatoo ﬁnds fame with painting MELBOURNE, FLA.

The next Picasso could be a parrot! Meet Goofy, a salmon-crested cockatoo at Florida’s Brevard Zoo, who dabbles in abstract art. In 2017, soon after Goofy arrived at the zoo, the cockatoo’s caretakers noticed the 27-year-old bird’s quick wit and interest in learning. “He loves being the center of attention,” says Jenna Bakhuizen, a keeper at the zoo. The zoo decided to help the bird steal the spotlight by teaching him to paint. Through positive-reinforcement training, Goofy learned to hold a sponge dipped in watercolor paint in his beak and sweep it across a canvas next to his perch. Goofy’s completed paintings are gifted to classrooms or auctioned to support local charities. For each artwork, Goofy gets a treat—peanuts and sunflower seeds are favorites—and plenty of praise. Bakhuizen says visitors are often “shocked” when they see Goofy paint for the first time. “They don’t realize birds are as smart as they are and can do so many amazing things.”

“He likes it when people clap and cheer for him,” says Bakhuizen.

A 94-year-old singer reclaims her music career after decades away LONG BRANCH, N.J.

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“I sang wherever I was and whenever I could,” Madeline (above, in 1946, and today) says of her early devotion to music.

During a bit of spring cleaning last year, Madeline Forman uncovered a box of long-forgotten 78 rpm discs she had recorded in 1946 and 1953. The find helped reignite the 94-year-old’s love for singing—and wowed her family.“It’s like a lost treasure,” says Howard Forman, Madeline’s cousin. “She was remarkably good.” Posted online, the recordings soon received more than 192K downloads. And in April Madeline returned to the studio to record ‘Don’t Take Your Love from Me,’ ” a song she first performed more than 75 years ago. “I sang it when I was a kid, and I sang it now, isn’t that something?” she says. “I’m smiling all day.”

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Moore and Owen enter their own mystical world.

APPLE TV+ | Lisey’s Story

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A fantastical, frightening exploration of grief DRAMA The latest Stephen King adaptation is a standout, in part because the proliﬁc author has described the romantic thriller as among his favorites—and because he’s written the eight-episode limited series himself. Julianne Moore stars as Lisey (pronounced “lee-see”), a widow who is struggling to ﬁnd her footing two years after the death of her husband, Scott (Clive Owen), a famous author. Grief is like a scavenger hunt, she theorizes: “My prize is learning how to be alone, which is not much of a prize.” As Lisey attempts to clean out the barn where Scott once worked, she is hounded by

both a professor (Ron Cephas Jones) and a terrifying superfan (Dane DeHaan) to release Scott’s unpublished manuscripts. Meanwhile, she’s also looking back on her marriage, including her visits with Scott to a magical, monster-ruled world called Boo’ya Moon, and trying to help her catatonic sister Amanda (Joan Allen). Directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie), Lisey’s Story is ﬁlled with stunning visuals and the tension and well-earned scares one expects from King. Moore, too, is predictably terriﬁc as she wades through Lisey’s sadness and faltering hold on reality. (Launches June 4)

‘Filled with tension and well-earned scares’

Joan Allen

Q&A

What enticed you to want to do this? The three-time Often I play characters who are Oscar nominee, taking care of others. So I was 64, plays Julianne excited because my character Moore’s troubled is so out there. Everybody has to take care of her. sister on the new Apple TV+ Where did you ride out the thriller. pandemic?

I have a home in Connecticut. Just to be able to be in nature, I felt fortunate for the refuge. What did you discover about yourself? I really liked communing with our chipmunks. [Laughs] They’re very entertaining!

—JULIE JORDAN

With costar Jennifer Jason Leigh.

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picks CMT | CMT Music Awards

Kelsea Ballerini and Kane

entirely fan-voted awards show. Performers include Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Mickey Guyton, Gladys Knight, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett and more. (June 9, 8 p.m.)

Temple’s Lucy isn’t a typical ingenue.

Juno Temple takes a provocative path to self-discovery DRAMA Based on erotic short stories by Anaïs Nin, the series is set in Tangier in 1955 and ﬁlled with vibrant parties and lush colors. When American debutante Lucy (Ted Lasso’s Juno Temple) arrives in the Moroccan city to marry Hugo (Hugh Skinner), their union doesn’t quite go the way Lucy imagined, leaving her to explore her own connections. (June 6, 9 p.m.)

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STARZ | Little Birds

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler

MUSIC | Olivia

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and tender balladry, places her in a lineage with Lorde and Billie Eilish. (Available now)

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picks CBS | The Kennedy Center Honors

AWARDS Choreographer and actress Debbie Allen, singer-songwriter Joan Baez, country star Garth Brooks, violinist Midori and actor Dick Van Dyke have all earned their stripes as cultural heroes over the years, but now they’re picking up their rainbow-striped ribbons at the 43rd Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements. Gloria Estefan, a 2017 honoree, hosts, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs. (June 6, 8 p.m.) From left: Honorees Allen, Baez, Van Dyke, Brooks and Midori.

With Mare of Easttown ended, check out these other great performances!

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

MOVIE | COMEDY-DRAMA

Winslet and Jim Carrey play desperately unhappy lovers in a mind-warping 2004 masterpiece. (iTunes)

The Reader

MOVIE | DRAMA

She won Best Actress (one of seven times she’s been nominated) for this 2008 film about a woman accused of being a Nazi prison guard. (Amazon)

Mildred Pierce

TV | DRAMA

In this limited 2011 series, Winslet (who won an Emmy) scowls magnificently as an ambitious diner owner. (HBO Max)

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Fear fills Farmiga and Wilson yet again.

HBO MAX | The Conjuring:

The Devil Made Me Do It

The film series remains alive and terrifying

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HORROR Mining more real-life spooky case ﬁles from paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, this Conjuring entry— the franchise’s eighth—tasks its heroes with proving a demonic possession in court. Nineteen-year-old Arne Johnson (Ruairi O’Connor) is accused of stabbing a man in 1981 Connecticut. But, as the title suggests, an evil entity led him to do it, and it’s up to the Warrens (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson) to back up his unprecedented alibi. (Launches June 4; also in theaters, R)

BBC AMERICA | Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty The return of a classic TV family

NATURE Rebooting one of the most popular animal docuseries of the past 20 years, Dynasty follows the day-in, day-out, burrow-in, burrow-out adventures of a matriarchal clan led by a meerkat named Swift, great-granddaughter of the original series’ Flower. Fun and informative. (Premieres June 5, 8 p.m.)

“The few gay men I knew were dealing with internalized homophobia,” he says. Martin began struggling internally, experiencing periods of depression. But outwardly his performative sexuality—honed on girl-packed stadiums across the world—provided entrée to the acting world. In 1994, then with shoulderlength hair, he joined General Hospital as the oft-shirtless bartender Miguel Morez. Martin’s two years on the show were good for developing his acting skills, but he found it hard to connect lot,” he says. “But I hated going there every day.” He spent a little time on Broadway, starring in Les Misérables, and then

‘You think I’m sexy? Bring it on. I’m not going to ﬁght that stereotype’

at the Grammys. His performance (and subsequent English-language album) kick-started the so-called “Latin explosion” of the late ’90s, with the likes of Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. “Maybe it was the dancing that was captivating,” Martin shrugs. “But I was just being me. I was bringing my culture and all my ancestors with me.” A meeting with Madonna still echoes in his memory. “I remember her telling me, ‘Ricky, don’t let fame control your life. You have to control fame,’ ” he says. “She’s done a better job than me. Sometimes fame controls me. It’s the truth.” Rumors began to circulate about Martin’s sexuality in the 2000s, as he dated women publicly and men privately. “A lot of people have said, ‘Rick, you were trying to prove yourself, being with women, because of fame and being a sex symbol.’ Well, yeah, it could be. I don’t know,” he says. “Everyone knows you don’t have to be a gay man to know that love is complicated or to know how confusing attraction can be. For me, it was ‘Am I gay? Am I bisexual? Am I confused? What am I?’ ” For a time he mostly dated women—“Lots of women,” he corrects—including TV presenter Rebecca de Alba, on and off for seven years. “Sexuality is not black and white. It’s ﬁlled with colors,” he says. “When I was dating women, I was in love with women. It felt right; it felt beautiful. You can’t fake chemistry—the chemistry was there with them. I wasn’t misleading anyone.” 46

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Giving Back

Martin is the spokesperson for the onePULSE Foundation, fundraising for a national memorial and museum to the 49 people killed in the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. “It’s almost five years since that horrible tragedy,” he says. “I am not going to let people forget that.”

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The Best New Books

A daughter’s painful reckoning, a second chance at love, and spy games in Silicon Valley Edited by KIM HUBBARD

Kathy Wang Impostor Syndrome

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book of the week Somebody’s Daughter

MEMOIR The adoring letters her father sent from prison were a bright spot in her chaotic childhood, but when she finally learned the nature of his crime, her world turned upside down. Now, after 30 years, he’s getting out. Ford recalls the hurts she experienced as a very young girl and the behavior of the flawed adults around her with a lucidity that is almost a superpower, transporting us into her singular experience of growing up poor and Black and female in Fort Wayne, Ind.

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between troubled teens reignites when Eva and Shane reconnect years later as superstar authors. He’s sober, she’s a single mom with migraines, but their chemistry is still explosive. And the whole literary world is watching. Full of wit, warmth and passion.

NOVEL Julia, COO of a Silicon Valley tech company, has been sending secrets to the Russian agency that put her there—but she’s having doubts. Meanwhile, Alice, a disenchanted underling, may be onto her. A propulsive spy thriller and a sharp take on the illusion of the American Dream.

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“I’ll be celebrating Pride with my husband and children,” Martin says. “When my father encouraged me to come out, in 2010, he said,

Unbreakable Bonds

“Family is knowing a person has your back,” says actor Colman Domingo (right), who presided over the wedding of Niecy Nash (center) and Jessica Betts.

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Ricky Martin begins his day in silence. It’s fleeting, as it is for most parents—he has four kids under 13. “I have to find quiet before my babies wake up,” he says. Most mornings he gets up around 5:30 and finds a peaceful spot in his Beverly Hills home. “I go into yoga position, close my eyes,” he says, “and just take off for a minute.” He can be forgiven for needing a minute. It’s been more than two decades since Ricky Martin arrived, Venus in leather pants on a clamshell. He shook up the American pop establishment with a thrust of his hips and the invincible chorus of “Livin’ la Vida Loca” pulsing at 180 beats per minute. Women wanted him. Men wanted him. Madonna wanted him. (They recorded a duet together.) His rise to fame was instantaneous— and unsustainable. “When you’re up there,” Martin remembers of life in 1999, “you’ve just got to enjoy it. And then when you’re not up there,

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you’ve just got to enjoy how it felt.” By 2007 he stepped back—a bit. He became a father of twins, starred on Broadway in Evita, worked on humanitarian causes with his foundation and continued to produce album after album. Now he has a new one, Play—the ﬁrst single drops June 10—and he’ll head out on tour with Enrique Iglesias in the fall. As he looks at what’s ahead, his biggest worry is not about album or ticket sales, but ﬁnding time for his husband of four years, artist Jwan Yosef: “He always says, ‘You never sing to me!’ ” Time has helped Martin focus—he’ll turn 50 in December—and he’s done a lot of work on himself over the past few years. He’s open, for example, about his insecurities. “I’m super socially awkward,” he says. “But today the difference is that I know I’m socially awkward. I’m at peace

30,000 people and feel like the king of the world. But then I walk into an intimate gathering, and someone will say, ‘Hey Rick, sing a song for us!’ And that creates such anxiety.” There’s a sense he’s today?” he asks. “Well, it can be complicated.”

‘My kids are happy. They’ve taught me to live in the moment’

Don’t forget, he was a child star. Martin made his first appearance in People in 1985, in a feature about workaholics. He was 13. He’d gotten his start in commercials at age 9 and auditioned three times for Menudo before winning a spot in the phenomenally successful boy band at age 12. “I literally hopped on a plane and never came back [home] for five years,” says Martin, who was born in San Juan. The experience, which his divorced parents—mom Nereida Morales, an accountant, and dad Enrique Martin, a psychologist—supported, was like “joining the military,” he says. “There was no space for my own creativity.” He describes his role in the band as less of an artist and more of an employee. “I could not write my music. I was not allowed,” he says. “The programming was insane. It was, ‘This is what you need to say, this is what you need to sing, this is how you need to dance.’ ” Menudo gave him a name, though. “I had been Enrique, after my father. The nickname for Enrique is Kiki. But when we went to Asia, in some countries, Kiki means ‘vagina.’ I did not want to be Vagina Martin!” he says with a laugh. The most valuable on-the-job training: sex sells. “It was a competition of who can make the girls scream more,” he says. The takeaway, he adds, was: “You’ve got to be sexy. And all my colleagues were very sexy— but I was just a child.” Martin first said out loud that he was gay when he was 16. He had decided to confide in two people, a close female friend and a family friend. “She was the coolest girl in town,” he remembers. “She said, ‘Oh my God. You’re going to die in hell.’ ” Martin was stunned. His family friend was furious. “I remember him letting her know how horrible it is to hear a reaction like that, after I’d been so vulnerable,” he recalls. “It took a long time to be able to open up about my sexuality again.” The family friend would become the first openly gay man Martin would know and later died of AIDS. GROOMER: MIRA CHAI HYDE/THE WALL GROUP; STYLIST: NICOLA FORMICHETTI; PREVIOUS SPREAD, JACKET: ARMANI EXCHANGE; WHITE SHIRT: CALVIN KLEIN; BLACK SHIRT: HANES; JEANS: BERLUTI; SHOES: VENETA; THIS PAGE, SHIRT: GIORGIO ARMANI BASIC BLACK; JEANS: BERLUTI

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Ricky Martin’s F O U R D E CA D E S o f DA N C E 1984

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The year Martin left his starring role in Broadway’s Evita after nine months. “I can play gay. I can play straight. I can play a serial killer,” he says.

1999

Martin (bottom His performance at the Grammys right) was the got a standing ovation. “My dancing breakout star of is influenced by salsa and a bit of Menudo for five samba,” he says. A month later he years. “I was born dropped “Livin’ la Vida Loca.” ready to dance,” he says.

2012

Martin taught some of his moves on Glee, his first TV role since General Hospital. The song? Madonna’s “La Isla Bonita.”

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“Arms and hips— there’s more of that coming your way,” the singer (in 2011) says of his next tour.

Still, the question—“Are you . . . ?”—seemed to hover over every interview. In 2000 Barbara Walters asked him to conﬁrm or deny he was gay on national television. Martin was ﬂoored. The newswoman, who later acknowledged it was an “inappropriate question,” hammered away. “You could stop these rumors,” she urged. Martin, visibly uncomfortable, finally responded. “I just don’t feel like it,” he told her. The moment still haunts him. “When she dropped the question,” he says, “I felt violated. I was not ready to come out. I was very afraid.” He shifts, clears his throat and takes a deep breath before continuing. “There’s a little PTSD with that.” Looking back, Martin weighs whether he should have come out then. “It would’ve been great, because when I came out, it just felt amazing,” he says. “When it comes to my sexuality, when it comes to who I am, I want to talk about everything that I am. Because if you hide it, it’s a life-or-death situation. There are many, many, many kids out there that don’t have someone to look up to. All they have is people telling them, ‘What you’re feeling is evil.’ ” He pauses. “But you can’t force someone to come out. If you have an egg and you open it from the outside, only death comes out. But if the egg opens up from the inside, life comes out.” COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM RIGHT: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; EVERETT; ANDREW H.WALKER/WIREIMAGE; GETTY IMAGES; ALEXANDER TAMARGO/WIREIMAGE

Flying High

“Signature move: the one where I spin with open arms,” says Martin (in 2017).

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R i c k y ’s Summer Playlist

“Every day I stand up and dance!” he says. Bad Bunny/ Jhay Cortez “Dákiti” Carla Morrison “Azúcar Morena” The Weeknd “Starboy” (with Daft Punk) Drake “Hotline Bling” Lil Nas X “Montero” Rihanna “We Found Love” Doja Cat/SZA “Kiss Me More”

Today Martin is all about life. “I have nothing to hide now,” he says. At home he’s simply Papi (Spanish for daddy), and Yosef is “Baba” (daddy in Arabic). “Our kids say ‘I love you’ so freely, and we celebrate that,” Martin says of twin sons Valentino and Matteo, 12, Lucia, 2, and Renn, 20 months. In the studio he’s rejuvenated, returning to “all those rhythms that people know me for” and inspired by a new generation of LGBTQ artists. “They’re so resolved in so many ways. I wish I had half of the oomph that they have,” he says. “Lil Nas X, for example. I’ve learned it is so important to be in touch with your feminine side. Why are people so afraid of it? Give me a nail polish! Give me lip gloss!” One goal still eludes him, he admits. He scored an Emmy nomination for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story and hoped more acting offers would follow. He’s still disappointed they haven’t arrived. “I don’t know if I’m not getting parts because I’m gay. But if that’s the case, it’s sad. I’m going to keep working at it until life is different.” Of all his accomplishments, the hardest won is how he feels in his heart. Every morning, in the ﬁrst silent minutes of the day, he realizes that nothing weighs him down. Ricky Martin ﬁnally seems at ease. “I’m a man with no secrets.”

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Chosen WHEN THE WORLD WAS LESS THAN WELCOMING, THESE PEOPLE, WHO IDENTIFY AS LG B TQ , F O U N D S U P P O RT, LAUGHS AND LOVE IN OTHERS

Comedian Margaret Cho

ucia and Sacre Coeur are my children,” Margaret Cho says of her 2-year-old rescue pup and one of two sphinx cats (the other, Sarang, is camera shy and hiding elsewhere in her Los Angeles home). “They rescued me.” The Good on Paper actress, 52, who identifies as bisexual, was raised by conservative Korean parents in liberal San Francisco. As a teen she found support within the city’s LGBTQ community. “Meeting others who had difficult relationships with their biological families helped shape my idea of family,” she says. “My parents don’t accept bisexuality; they say, ‘Well, you’re either gay or straight.’ ” She’s neither, and she’s resolutely happy with her four-legged brood. “I do have people in my life who I see Parental in a romantic relationship, but it’s not Power driven towards a marriage. As women “My dog and cats we’re socially conditioned to want to have taught me about love, but it find The One. I’ve never felt so fulis conditional on filled, and it’s because I get to live by me feeding them myself. With my animals.” chicken,” she

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says with a laugh.

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Unbreakable Bonds

“Family is knowing a person has your back,” says actor Colman Domingo (right), who presided over the wedding of Niecy Nash (center) and Jessica Betts.

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hen Gloria Allen opened a charm school in Chicago for gay and transgender kids, she says, “I taught them to be proud. I thought of them as my chosen children.” Her big heart made her a local legend and led to the documentary Mama Gloria, streaming on PBS. Being a transgender girl “was rough in the ’50s,” says Allen, 75. “My mother and grandmother accepted me, but some of my siblings were ashamed of me.” It would take decades before Allen found family anew in Chicago’s Town Hall Apartments, an LGBTQ senior living facility, with Terry Maddry, 63, and Carolyn Davis, 64, with whom she attends potluck dinners and movie nights. “They are my lifelines,” says Allen.

Activist Gloria Allen & her neighbors

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P r o u d Fa m i l y

“We should not be treated differently because of who we love and who we are,” says Allen, with Davis (left) and Maddry (right).

—LIZ McNEIL

Ta l k s h o w h o s t S a m Ja y

‘WE BALANCE EACH OTHER’

Love Onscreen

Pause, Jay’s new HBO show, includes Monet (left) and several friends. “It didn’t seem right to have the show without them,” says Jay.

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cclaimed for her selfdeprecating comedy, Sam Jay, 39—a former Saturday Night Live writer who, with her new talk show on HBO, will be one of the few LGBTQ late night hosts in history— says loving interior designer Yanise Monet, 37, has changed her outlook. “Watching how Yanise is with people, it kind of softened my heart a little bit. She sages me.” Monet knows their relationship can become material for Jay’s stand-up. “People think I’m blindsided, but I’m like, ‘I was there when she made the joke!’ I don’t want to stiﬂe her.” The couple, who started as friends, have now been together since 2008. “I felt Yanise would always be in my life. Over time, a person just becomes family.” — G L E N N G A R N E R Allen photograph by DANIELLE SCRUGGS

Actor Isaiah Stannard with his family

Inspiring TV Isaiah (with his mom, her partner and dog Nico). says his role on NBC’s Good Girls was rewritten based on his life: “It’s been awesome.”

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‘SHARING WHO I AM BROUGHT US CLOSER’

saiah Stannard didn’t have a choice in his biological family, but he’d pick them again in a heartbeat. When the Good Girls actor came out as gay in 2016, his mom, Kristin Johansen, was supportive. “A year later,” Kristin, 53, also an actor, remembers, “he said, ‘I think I’m trans, actually.’ ” It didn’t come as a surprise. “I was always like, ‘We’re just going to see what happens. Let’s let Isaiah tell us,’ ” she says. She and her partner, 48-year-old data analyst Warren Marsh, followed Isaiah’s lead, and he transitioned at his own pace—and by his own deﬁnitions. “I felt like I had to conform to the repressive ideals that are put onto men for people to see me as a man,” Isaiah, now 16, says. “I used to not wear pink or paint my nails. Those things bring me a lot of joy now.” Kristin quips, “You do look great in heels.” Now Isaiah knows what happiness is. “I feel loved and supported,” he says. “Being unapologetic and true to yourself—that’s a really big thing.” —T O M Á S M I E R

CANCER DOESN’T STOP. FOR ONE NIGHT. WE STAND TOGETHER.

SATURDAY

Close Confidantes

“Every time he rings me up, I feel like a better person,” Coughlan (right) says of Van Ness.

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Drag Stars Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara & Shangela

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“Let me clear up some misconceptions,” Bob the Drag Queen, 34 (right, with Shangela, center, and O’Hara), says. “Drag queens are like a lot of human beings. Some are women, some are not, some are nonbinary. Some can dance, some cannot!”

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ompeting on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela became one another’s “drag family.” Then they expanded their brood on HBO’s We’re Here, for which they traveled to small towns across the country, transforming lives via the art of drag. The people they met in towns like Monroe, La., and Twin Falls, Idaho, “became part of our family,” Shangela, 39, says.

“They have to ﬁnd a way to trust us because we’re putting them onstage in front of their community. But they do it after we build a bond. That’s why family, to me, really does mean support.” Adds Eureka, 30: “When kids ask, ‘How do I become part of your drag family?’ I say, ‘You show up, you support, and you show your loyalty to the family.’ That’s true, whether it’s blood or not.” — N I G E L S M I T H

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THEY CALLED HER ‘ GONE GIRL’

By A L I C I A D E N N I S and CHRISTINE PELISEK

Denise Huskins had been kidnapped, they said he was lying. But the truth was more shocking than any fiction Photographs by C H L O E A F T E L

HAIR, MAKEUP, GROOMING: VERONICA FOR ARTISTS BY SHERRIE LONG; INSET: MIKE JORY/THE TIMES-HERALD /AP

Some days the joy of watching their 14-monthold daughter Olivia discover the brilliant colors in a blossoming ﬂower or notice the trilling of a nearby bird nearly overwhelms parents Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, enveloping them in what Denise calls “our happy little bubble.” Other days something as mundane as seeing a securitysurveillance camera can trigger panic, giving them an unwelcome feeling of being watched. And they both know that one day they will have to tell their daughter the shocking story of what happened to her parents before she was born: how they were attacked and terrorized in a bizarre kidnapping plot—then accused by authorities of making it all up. “When I was kidnapped, I didn’t know if I was going to live to see another day,” remembers Denise. “I just wanted to go back to my life. And then to have people attacking you on social media, the whole Gone Girl label—a whole persona was placed on me that had nothing to do with who I am.” Adds Aaron: “With PTSD and therapy, it gets easier. But it doesn’t ever really get easy.” Now the pair are telling their heartrending story in the new book Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors, exclusively excerpted here. From the ﬁrst terrifying moments of their ordeal on March 23, 2015—when they were awakened around 3 a.m. in Aaron’s Vallejo, Calif., home, bound with zip ties, drugged and blindfolded in what they were told was a well-organized, coordinated attack carried out by a crew of highly trained criminals—to Denise’s harrowing abduction and Aaron’s desperate pleading with police for help that never came, each horrific twist victimized the couple further. It would take three months and a —DENISE chance discovery before they reHUSKINS ceived any modicum of justice: In June 2015, police investigating a case involving a masked intruder some 40 miles away in Alameda County, Calif., found evidence—Aaron’s laptop, zip ties and other items—in the possession of a former Marine and disbarred Harvard-educated immigration attorney named Matthew Muller. Muller, 44, was arrested, pleaded guilty in 2016 to one count of federal kidnapping and was sentenced to 40 years; he is facing additional state charges including kidnapping, two counts of rape by force, robbery and burglary but in November 2020 was found mentally incompetent to stand trial. He is currently serving time at a Solano County Jail competency-treatment program, according to his lawyer Thomas Barrett. But for Aaron, 36, and Denise, 35—who

‘IT JUST WENT FROM ONE NIGHTMARE TO THE NEXT’

HAUNTING QUESTIONS

“If you go to police as a victim, how do you know you’re not going to be turned into a suspect?” says Denise Huskins (with husband Aaron Quinn on May 22 and, inset, at a July 2015 press conference).

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received a $2.5 million settlement from the City of Vallejo for defamation—the story isn’t over. “Everything we heard and saw on the night of the home invasion and when I was in captivity— we know there were other people involved,” says Denise. Though authorities noted in a federal search warrant affidavit that Muller claimed he acted alone, “it’s really difficult to trust anything they have to say,” she says. “These people will likely never be caught, and we just somehow have to move forward knowing that.” Feeling unsafe in Vallejo, the couple, who married in 2018, have started a new life together in Santa Cruz, Calif., where they both work as physical therapists. They ﬁnd peace cocooning with their little family of three: watching music videos that make Olivia dance, enjoying home-cooked dinners like Aaron’s special lasagna with béchamel sauce and trying to keep what happened to them from happening to anyone else. “We are determined to make a positive impact,” Aaron says. “Sharing our story may give others strength.” It’s something that bonded them, Denise says, despite their pain: “Love is something that can help people through trauma. Our love for each other got us through.”

On March 23, 2015, Denise and Aaron are asleep in his house when they are suddenly jolted awake. Denise recalls the moment vividly: “Wake up. This is a robbery.” At first, all I see is a bright white light flashing against the wall from the opposite corner of the room. Two or three red dots dance back and forth past one another on the walls, disappearing as they cross over our bodies. Are those guns pointed at us? “We. Are. Not. Here. To. Hurt. You. Lie. Face.

Down,” the intruder says. He’s clearly trying to make his voice as unidentiﬁable as possible. There is no accent, no slang. He enunciates each word clearly, sounding almost robotic, which makes it all the more chilling. This voice, the Voice, will be burned into my brain forever. I turn over onto my stomach, but Aaron lies still. “Aaron,” the Voice says, sharper, growing impatient, “you are facing up. Lay facedown.”

MARCH 23-24, 2015

Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn are at his home (left) in Vallejo, Calif., when they are attacked and Denise is kidnapped. Aaron calls police (above, searching a car), who don’t believe his account.

Sinatra with Oppedisano in 1995.

I N A N E W B O O K , F R A N K S I N AT R A’ S CO N F I DA N T TO N Y OPPEDISANO SHARES STORIES—AND SECRETS— FROM HIS CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH THE MUSIC ICON By L I Z M c N E I L

In the final years of his life, there was no one closer to Frank Sinatra than Tony Oppedisano. From the time the Brooklyn-born jazz musician met the legendary entertainer at Jilly’s, Sinatra’s favorite Manhattan nightclub, in 1972, “it was like we’d known each other for years,” Oppedisano says. They bonded over their shared Italian roots, love of the American songbook and the value they both placed on loyalty, and when that first night ended—at 6 the next morning— Oppedisano says, “I knew my life would never be the same.” “Tony O” became Sinatra’s road manager and eventually his close confidant. Over long evenings at the singer’s beloved Palm Springs compound, the man known as the Voice revealed secrets he’d

long held close, including his reasons for believing his friend Marilyn Monroe had been murdered. “He thought there was foul play,” says Oppedisano, 69. “He never got over her death.” JFK’s death also haunted him, and as the years passed and he lost friends like fellow Rat Pack buddies Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., the singer’s best friend saw a man more emotionally vulnerable than the world ever knew. Now, 23 years after Sinatra’s death from a heart attack at age 82, Oppedisano is ﬁnally sharing his stories in a memoir, Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours, excerpted here. “Very few people got to know Frank as well as I did,” he says. “I wanted to pull back the curtain and give the world a glimpse of the man he was.”

‘HE COULD MESMERIZE A ROOM JUST BY WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR’

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Oh, my God, I think, my terror growing. They know Aaron’s name. The couple is bound and blindfolded with blacked-out goggles. They are placed in a closet, forced to drink sedatives and told Denise will be taken and returned after Aaron pays a ransom. Aaron is warned that intruders are setting up a camera to make sure he doesn’t call police and that they are wearing wet suits—which Aaron surmises is to reduce the risk of leaving behind DNA. Denise is moved to the trunk of Aaron’s car. Then Aaron hears the closet door open again. The Voice attempts to pick me up from the floor and immediately realizes that he’s incapable of moving me, so he uses a knife to slice through the zip ties around my ankles. The goggles have moved enough that I can see out of the bottom corner of my left eye. The Voice gently holds my arms as he uses a red light to illuminate the ground. The effects of the sedatives begin to display their power. I had easily hopped over to the closet but now my steps are labored, and I have little anticipation of the ground. Upon the first step of the staircase, I almost fall down. Through the door, I hear the Voice tell Denise, “I am going to close the trunk now.” “Okay,” she says, her voice carrying in the darkness. It’s as if she’s still reaching out to me, letting me know she can handle whatever comes next. My soul yearns to hold on to every millisecond, but the trunk abruptly closes, sealing her off, severing our last connection. She’s gone. Stolen. And I can’t do a damn thing about it. This can’t be the last time I hear her voice. Denise is brought to another location hours away. She is drugged and raped twice by her abductor, who tells her the attacks are being filmed for the approval

MARCH 25, 2015

Vallejo Police Lt. Kenny Park tells reporters Denise has been found safe and accuses her and Aaron of lying, saying they’ve wasted police resources.

‘IF THE POLICE HAD JUST DONE THEIR JOBS . . . THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HEROES’ —AARON QUINN

TELLING THEIR STORY

Former People senior writer Nicole Weisensee Egan worked with the couple on the book, which Denise began in journals she wrote after her kidnapping. It will be released June 8.

of other members of the kidnapping organization. I just listen. He goes on to explain more about the organization he is a part of. He says he and his associates developed an underground company that an outside party could hire to fulﬁll mainly ﬁnancial and personal debts. The more he talks, the more I worry. They are clearly organized, intelligent, and cautious. It’s impossible to believe they wouldn’t assess all the risks of releasing me alive, especially if I know details about their organization. I timidly ask him to stop, to please not tell me anything more. “Why?” he asks. “I don’t want you to have any more reason to kill me,” I say softly, like a child afraid of being scolded for saying the wrong thing. He continues, disregarding my concern. “We are all highly trained. Some of us have a military and technological background. We have intensely studied the psychological effects of victims in situations like this, so we know what to expect. We’ve even practiced on each other. We have all unexpectedly attacked each other in the middle of the night. It’s terrifying, I know.” [He says] they watch the victims closely, study their every move before and after the event. They know everything about them: where they work, where they hang out, their family, where they shop. After the release, they continue to watch, for years. The victims are to never go to the police, never tell anyone what happened. They have the technology to monitor their electronics, tap their phones and see websites they go on. “The threat is not just to the victims, but to their families and loved ones,” he says. While awaiting further instructions from the kidnappers and trying to collect ransom money from his accounts, Aaron calls his brother Ethan, an FBI agent, to ask what to do. Ethan encourages Aaron

JUNE 8, 2015

After Alameda Police officer Misty Carausu finds evidence of Denise’s kidnapping in robbery suspect Matthew Muller’s South Lake Tahoe, Calif., home (above), he is arrested (above, right), then charged with kidnapping, rape and burglary.

BOTTOM, FROM LEFT: CHRIS RILEY/MEDIANEWS GROUP/VALLEJO TIMES HERALD/GETTY IMAGES(2); MATTHEW MULLER; DUBLIN POLICE SERVICES

FINDING STRENGTH TOGETHER

TRUST & FRIENDSHIP

Denise and Aaron are now close to the officer who helped solve their case, Misty Carausu, and her husband, Dacu (with them in April 2019).

TESTED

The couple (in April 2015) were harassed on social media when police called them hoaxsters.

The pair were married on Sept. 29, 2018 by Denise’s attorney Doug Rappaport.

He pauses to drink from his water bottle and waits for me to answer. “I know it sounds crazy,” I say. “It feels like I’m in some sort of movie. Nothing happened. I did not hurt Denise.” Mustard glowers at me. “There’s blood in the house [and] there ain’t going to be no frogman as the suspect. There ain’t going to be but one guy. It’s going to be you. If something bad happened, and you overreacted, that’s a lot different from being a monster.”

‘IT’S STILL DIFFICULT, BUT WE REFUSE TO LIVE IN FEAR. WE CAN’T SECLUDE OURSELVES AND SHUT OFF THE WORLD’ —DENISE HUSKINS

After two days Denise is told by her captor she will be released. Still drugged, she is placed in the passenger side of a car by her abductor, who tapes Denise’s eyes shut and places sunglasses on her face. They drive for hours before the car comes to a stop. “We are here,” he says, waking me again. I can hardly breathe. Do I really get to live? Do I really get to be free and see my family? Everything I had experienced in the past fortyeight hours ﬂashes before me. Every heightened emotion, every horror, every threat, every hope. It’s so overwhelming I can barely hang on to my sanity. He opens the passenger door, takes my hands, and helps me out of the car. “Count to ten slowly. Do not remove the tape until you know I am gone. We will be recording you as I drive off and will see if you do not obey.” I hear him walk away from me and around the front of the car. The driver’s door opens and closes, the engine turns on, and the car drives off, turning right out of the driveway. One . . . two . . . three . . . I wait for a few breaths after I hear his car fade in the distance. Can it be true? Is this real? Is he really gone?

Excerpted from Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors by Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn with Nicole Weisensee Egan. Published by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 2021 by Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn.

TOP, FROM LEFT: DENISE HUSKINS; KATIE KANE; MISTY CARAUSU

to call 911. Police arrive, look around the house and soon express skepticism about Aaron’s story. He is taken to the Vallejo Police Department, stripped and photographed naked—his clothes are bagged as evidence. He is given prison clothes to wear while being questioned by Detective Mat Mustard. “I don’t think she was kidnapped from your home,” he says, shaking his head. “I think something bad happened in your house and I think something bad happened between you and her.” “Nothing bad happened . . . between the two of us,” I say. “I’m here answering because I don’t have anything to hide.” “Okay,” Mustard says, rubbing the back of his head and neck. “I can tell you . . . there ain’t been no other additional communication to you on a ransom demand. Nobody is trying to reach out to you. . . .” “There’s nothing else?” I somehow manage to say, my horror growing at the ramiﬁcations of what he is telling me. If the kidnappers stopped communicating, they must know I went to the police. Now they’re going to kill Denise because I disobeyed them. How am I going to live with myself? Mustard barrels on, seemingly oblivious to the shattering effect this news has on me. “Ultimately, you don’t know me, and I don’t know you, but I know a lot of people that sat in that chair that have made horrible decisions and a lot of people who sat in that chair and made good decisions. I can tell you at the end of the day, the people who make better decisions come out of the entire situation better. Lies are not good decisions.” “I’m not lying,” I say, almost whispering. “So, you want me to believe that unknown people broke into your home by unknown means. Come with prerecorded statements . . . and they’re wearing—What, did they swim in wearing their wet suits? I mean, come on, man. It doesn’t make any fricking sense.”

FOREVER VOW

I slowly reach my hands up to my eyes and peel off the sticky strips, but I leave the sunglasses on. My eyes are fragile after not being exposed to sunlight for a couple of days. I look left, then right, and close my eyes, sighing in desperate relief. There, less than a quarter of a block from me, I see a street sign that reads UTICA, the street my mom lives on. Oh, thank, God. Thank you! I am home! It’s over! Kidnapped from Vallejo, Denise was dropped off over 400 miles away in Huntington Beach. She speaks with local police there and then hears from Vallejo detective Mustard, who offers her “immunity” if she admits her abduction was a hoax. They will be offering the same to Aaron—whoever accepts it ﬁrst gets immunity. And at a press conference that night, Vallejo Police Lt. Kenny Park tells reporters police don’t believe Aaron’s and Denise’s stories. Aaron is watching the press conference with his family. It took only two minutes to destroy our reputations. Park reassures the community. “I can tell you that our investigation has concluded that none of the claims have been substantiated and I can go

FA M I LY J OY

“Seeing the world through a child’s eyes is just an incredible experience,” says Denise (with Aaron and daughter Olivia). “She energizes us.”

one step further to say this: that this was not a random act and that the members of our community are safe and that they have nothing to fear.” How can he say that with a straight face? No one is safe! All I feel is fear. Three months later, following Muller’s arrest, Denise and Aaron’s story is again leading the news nationwide. As they watch the coverage, Denise hears the voice from her nightmare. We are the lead story on every station. It is surreal to see our faces and names sweep across the screen, channel after channel, once again. Suddenly, without warning, there he is. The Voice. ABC shows video footage of an old interview with him, from when he was an immigration attorney. As soon as I hear him speak, my body curls into a ball on the couch and I hide my face in my hands. “Oh, my God,” I moan, “that’s him!” I saw pictures of him all day, but that meant nothing to me. The man who held me captive was a faceless ghost, just a voice with rough, dry hands. But now it’s all put together. This creature who tormented and raped me, here he is. Aaron presses his head next to mine, trying to steady his own breath, and each time I repeat, “It’s his voice,” he confirms, “I know. That’s him. I know.”

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CANCER DOESN’T STOP. FOR ONE NIGHT. WE STAND TOGETHER.

SATURDAY

Chelsea Handler

‘I Like to Keep It Real’

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AFTER COMING TO TERMS W I T H PA I N I N H E R PA S T, T H E C O M E D I A N S AY S S H E ’ S CHANGED—AND READY TO DISH OUT CANDID ADVICE ON HER NEW PODCAST By J U L I E J O R D A N

Chelsea Handler has always been known for telling it like it is. One of the few women to break into the boys’ club of late-night TV talk shows, the comedian and bestselling author made a brand out of unabashedly doling out her at times polarizing opinions on every subject from politics to sex. Sometimes she “had no idea how I was coming across,” she says. “Everyone’s multifaceted, and I assumed everyone saw all those sides of me.” Determined to ﬁgure out her own psyche, a few years ago Handler began going to therapy several times a week to explore her own past, eventually coming to terms with how she was shaped by the grief she felt following her oldest June 14, 2021

Fa c t- C h e c k

“It’s important for health care providers to fight the anti-vaccine movement,” says Hermann (right, with Wolynn).

BUSTING MYTHS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE

D R . T O D D W O LY N N A N D C H A D H E R M A N N TA K E O N A N T I - VA X F A L S E H O O D S W I T H A H E A LT H Y D O S E O F S C I E N C E A N D H U M O R

‘IF SINGING HELPS PEOPLE GET VACCINATED, THAT’S SUCCESS’

Even before the COVID-19 shot was available, Dr. Todd Wolynn was willing to do almost anything to support the science of vaccinations. He’s donned a crown and robe for a Hamilton-inspired tune about the ﬂu shot (“Flu Be Back”), starred in a series of dance-off videos in support of children’s health and dressed up as “Vaxx-man” for one of his weekly Facebook Live Q&A sessions. “I started taking singing lessons over a year ago,” — T O D D W O L Y N N

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: JEFF SWENSEN; KIDS PLUS PEDIATRICS(2)

years of experience. “I want people to have accurate information about vaccines, and if singing and dancing helps get it out there, I’m thrilled.” Recently Wolynn upped his game, testing out his crooning skills in a TikTok video he posted

TEAMWORK

Hermann (left) manages the production while Wolynn (as King Covid the 19th) performs.

in March for his 24,000 followers as he performs a sea chantey about COVID (“Vaccinate sooner than soon/Work to get us all immune”). “My wife would argue about my dancing ability, but if we can answer questions in a fun format, I don’t mind,” says Wolynn, 55. Wolynn and Chad Hermann, 52, the communications director at Kids Plus Pediatrics, where Wolynn is CEO, have long tapped social media to fight vaccine disinformation—and they’ve seen results at their family practice, where 71 percent of their 13-year-old patients have received the HPV vaccine, compared with 15.8 percent nationally. In 2018 the pair launched Shots Heard Round the World, a nonproﬁt aimed at creating educational content about vaccines and responding to anti-vax onslaughts online. “We come to the aid of any vaccine advocate who is attacked,” says Hermann. “We couldn’t have imagined how important this work would become in 2020.” Wolynn is happy to play his part for laughs, but the message is “deadly serious,” he says. “My oath as a doctor is to do no harm. Vaccine disinformation is putting kids’ lives in harm’s way.” —MORGAN SMITH June 14, 2021

What Makes Her Happy

dying. I focused on comedy because I didn’t want to think about the pain.”

Going Bare

Handler moved to L.A. after high school

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to try acting before segueing to stand-up comedy. She got her start on Oxygen’s hidden-camera reality series Girls Behaving Badly before being tapped to host her own talk show on E! in 2006. The following year she moved to late night with Chelsea Lately, which ran through 2014, and began producing and writing. (She now has six bestsellers, including her 2019 memoir Life Will Be the Death of Me.) Through it all, Handler avoided facing her feelings about Chet’s death until her therapist urged her to “sit with” them. Doing so taught her “a lot more empathy, for sure, understanding why people behave the way they do. It’s certainly given me a lot of empathy for myself when I look back at times that I’m not so proud of,” she says. “I’m not a person who lives in regret, but I have a lot of room for forgiveness now, whereas before, I would judge somebody a little more harshly if they did or said something that I didn’t like.” Handler had to give herself some of that empathy last June after she posted a 30-year-old video of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan (who has a long history of making anti-Semitic and antiLGBT comments) on her social media. She’d watched a clip of Farrakhan discussing racial oppression “and I thought, ‘Wow, what a powerful message.’ I didn’t take into context his persona and everything he represented,” she says. Facing criticism, Handler later apologized and deleted the video. “I didn’t realize how much damage he had caused, and how anti-Semitic he was. I just simply hadn’t done my research.

the most important lesson I’ve ever learned is you have to just stay focused on what you love to do. If you’re intent on something, there is nothing that can get in your way.” During the pandemic Handler settled into her newly purchased house in Whistler, Canada, with just her two dogs, Bert and

“I didn’t grow to appreciate my boobs until my 40s,” says Handler (in 2015) of her many humorous, topless social media posts.

Skiing

Handler bought a chalet in Whistler over FaceTime: “I thought, ‘This is exactly what I wanted ever since I was a little girl.’ ”

Dynamic Duo

Handler and podcast cohost Marlo began working together in 2014 after he asked her for an internship during her book tour.

Her Furry Fa m i l y

“I love my dogs,” Handler says of her Chow rescues, Bert and Bernice. “I’m probably going to be on the lookout for a new pet soon.”

company a lot more than I thought I did,” she says. “I used to be around so many people all the time; I didn’t even live alone. But I became self-sufficient. And I made new friends. It was probably the best experience I’ve ever had, combining my favorite things: skiing, socializing and margaritas.” Currently single (her past boyfriends include

ing ahead, Handler plans to keep female empowerment and voting rights high on her list of causes to support. And she’s hopeful she’ll now have the chance to inspire others as well. “I just want to be an ally,” she

• June 14, 2021

IDENTICAL TWINS REUNITED AFTER 36 YEARS

‘It’s Like We’ve Known Each Other Forever’ S E PA R AT E D A S I N FA N T S IN SOUTH KOREA , THE SISTERS FOUND EACH OTHER IN A DNA SEARCH By M O R G A N S M I T H

Sitting side by side on a couch in

third time they’ve met. “I’ve laughed more in the last couple of days than I have in a long time,” Bushnell says of being with her sister. “She gets me, and for the first time I feel like I can be me.” Born in South Korea in 1985, Bushnell and Sinert were sent to separate foster homes as infants before being adopted by two American families unaware they were siblings. They grew up 1,000 68

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CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM RIGHT: SUNNY LEE PHOTOGRAPHY(2); COURTESY MOLLY SINERT & EMILY BUSHNELL(6)

sweaters and cradling matching coffee mugs, Emily Bushnell and Molly Sinert share the same easy laugh and finish each other’s sentences as they describe the day they have planned together. The pair are unmistakably identical twins —but until three months ago they

‘I look at Emily, and the similarities are so mind boggling’

—MOLLY SINERT

Fa m i l y Reunion

“It feels like we’ve been family forever,” says Sinert (near her Florida home in April, with husband Stephen Ellis and Bushnell and her daughter Izzy, 11).

miles apart knowing nothing about their birth parents and little about their past until a chance DNA test through 23andMe revealed their connection on March 3. They met for the ﬁrst time later that month on their 36th birthday. “We have so much to learn about the lives we’ve lived,” Sinert says, turning to her sister and ﬁghting back tears. “But I feel like you know me better than anyone.” Their earliest days are lost, but they know that Bushnell, a law firm administrator, was adopted at 3 months old by a Jewish family in suburban Philadelphia, where she grew up with three older brothers. Sinert, a health care program manager, was brought to the U.S. a month and a half later and was also raised Jewish as an only child in Winter Park, Fla. “I knew I was adopted, but I had no real interest in finding my Korean family,” Sinert says. “I grew up going to synagogue, this Jewish girl who was Korean, and I was a happy kid.” A health scare last year prompted Sinert to pick up a DNA test to learn about potential genetic diseases. About a year earlier, curious about their Korean roots, Bushnell, a single mom, bought her daughter a DNA test for her birthday. When Sinert learned she had a DNA match who appeared to be a daughter, she and her husband were perplexed since they didn’t have children. But after exchanging emails with Bushnell, the

Kindred Spirits Miles Apart

PET PALS

Left: Emily with her tuxedo cat Sumi (at home in Carversville, Pa., in 1996). Right: Molly with her own tuxedo kitty Whiskers (in Winter Park, Fla. ca. 1990).

PROM PAIR Left: Emily dressed up for prom in 2003 in Moorestown, N.J. Right: Molly donned a similar look for prom night in Orlando, also in 2003.

truth became clear. “It felt like an outof-body experience,” says Bushnell. Over the next few days the sisters marveled at all they had in common. “I saw a photo of her with a menorah in the background and was like, ‘Whoa!’ ” recalls Sinert. Both were A students, took dance lessons as kids and worked as baristas in high school. “Once I knew she existed, I wanted to be with her, hugging her,” says Bushnell. That ﬁrst hug was “every emotion under the sun: anxiety, happiness, love.” For Sinert, it was relief “knowing we had the rest of our lives together.” Since that first meeting, the two have fallen into a sisterly routine, texting daily, trading clothes and planning trips. When they introduced their families in May, there were minor mix-ups (“Emily’s brother mistook me for her,” says Sinert), but she says, “time ﬂew.” As for biological family, “we’d like answers,” says Bushnell, who says they’re in touch with their adoption agencies to learn more. “Knowing I have somebody to take that journey with is so special. It’s the greatest gift.”

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June 14, 2021

HIS WAY

“Frank always said, ‘You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough,’ ” says his close friend Tony Oppedisano.

Sinatra with Oppedisano in 1995.

I N A N E W B O O K , F R A N K S I N AT R A’ S CO N F I DA N T TO N Y OPPEDISANO SHARES STORIES—AND SECRETS— FROM HIS CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH THE MUSIC ICON By L I Z M c N E I L

‘HE COULD MESMERIZE A ROOM JUST BY WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR’

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Frank Sinatra never really came alive until the nighttime. On countless evenings, we’d venture outside so Frank could have a smoke, then sit by the pool, sipping Jack Daniels and talking—about music, family, great loves and loves lost. He wanted someone to remember. Frank and Marilyn Monroe were close, and he idolized her. She was beautiful and funny and radiated sexuality. She was also as fragile as a troubled child. Contrary to widespread belief, Frank never slept with her. He told me he badly wanted to, [and] Marilyn was more than willing, but Frank felt she was too troubled, too fragile, for him to sleep with and then walk away.

MAN BEHIND THE MYTH

“I think he knew someday I would share the stories that he wanted the world to know,” says Oppedisano.

Frank & Marilyn & JFK POWER AND SECRETS

FRIEND AND FACILITATOR

Oppedisano recalls driving with Frank (with Marilyn Monroe ca. 1960) near the Beverly Hills Hotel one day when “he pointed to one of the bungalows and said, ‘That’s the one I used to rent when JFK wanted to play slap and tickle with Marilyn.’ That was his euphemism for a physical relationship.”

TANGLED WEB

Marilyn (in 1962 with JFK and RFK) “told Frank that Bobby tried to impress on her that he was as important as his brother and would tell her sensitive information he shouldn’t have,” says Oppedisano.

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Sinatra dated some of Hollywood’s most dazzling stars, including Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood and Mia Farrow. Often, he remained friends with them after the affairs ended. Frank Sinatra loved women, sometimes two at a time. He used to tell me, “If I was fatigued, I’d tell the girls, ‘You start, and I’ll catch up to you.’ ” He enjoyed women, but he also had a lot of respect for the fairer sex, something he learned from his mother. In a ﬂawed search for youth and renewal, he discovered Mia Farrow, 30 years younger than himself, and married her on July 19, 1966. But Frank didn’t want a working wife; he

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Because of Sinatra’s Mob connections, he and JFK (in 1960) kept their friendship “off the radar,” Oppedisano says. “Mostly phone calls—not through the White House switchboard.”

Marilyn would pour her heart out about her affairs with [then-President John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy]. By 1962 Jack and Bobby had cut her off abruptly. Marilyn told Frank she didn’t understand why they’d shut her out so completely once she stopped having sex with them. The weekend before her death, Marilyn came up to the Cal-Neva Lodge [a resort near Lake Tahoe]. Publicly, she hung out with Frank and his friends. Privately, she was there to spend time with [her ex-husband] Joe DiMaggio. She decided to make a press announcement the following week, saying they were back together. But the rumor started that she was going to publicly rat out the Kennedys. In reality, Frank said she’d never have spilled about the Kennedys because she still had feelings for [Jack]. No one living knows the truth about the death of Marilyn Monroe. But Frank believed he did. Within days of her death, Frank’s friend and attorney Mickey Rudin, who was told of Marilyn’s death six hours before the police were, told Frank that Marilyn had been murdered. The same rumor was circulating among [Mob boss] Sam Giancana’s men, some of whom claimed involvement. Journalist James Bacon, Marilyn’s close friend and former lover, told Frank the same thing. All three of Frank’s sources told the same story: she’d been murdered with a Nembutal suppository, and Robert Kennedy or the Mob was involved. Is it true? Conspiracy theories abound, and I can’t lay them to rest. What matters to me is that Frank believed she was murdered, and he never got over it. Frank found it unbearable that such a damaged, vulnerable, helpless human being had lost her life because some powerful men feared what she might say.

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wanted a wife who’d make a home for him, travel with him. He insisted that Mia agree to making no more than one ﬁlm a year. He had Mia served with divorce papers on the set of Rosemary’s Baby. Eventually, she and Frank salvaged a friendship. When Woody Allen’s sexual involvement with [Mia’s daughter] hit the news, Frank immediately reached out to Mia to offer his support. Had [he and Mia] continued seeing each other after the 1968 divorce? Were they romantically involved in 1987, when Mia’s blue-eyed son, Ronan Farrow, was conceived? There’s been a lot of gossip about Frank’s possibly being Ronan’s biological father—rumors I believe I’m in a position to tamp down. Ronan Farrow, born December 19, 1987, would have had to be conceived between March and early April of 1987. In late 1986, Frank had diverticulitis surgery in Rancho Mirage. [Afterward] he had to wear a colostomy bag until he fully recovered. There are only two ways Frank could have fathered Ronan, both absurd. Either Mia made a secret trip to shack up with Frank in his California home with [his fourth wife] Barbara present, or Frank, wearing his always romantic colostomy bag, made a quick trip to Connecticut between his Atlantic City performances to rendezvous with Mia.

1. Sinatra dated Natalie Wood (here in 1964.) 2. He dated High Society costar Grace Kelly (in 1958), and they stayed friends after she married Prince Rainier. “Frank had a rule you didn’t sleep with your buddy’s wife,” says Oppedisano. 3. When he wed Mia Farrow in 1966, “he knew it wasn’t going to last forever.”

‘HE NEVER WROTE A BOOK, BUT HIS LIFE STORY IS IN HIS SONGS’

And one final observation. If Ronan had been Frank’s son, Frank would have acknowledged him. There’s no way he would have denied Ronan if there’d been any possibility Ronan was his. By the mid-’90s Sinatra began having trouble remembering his lines onstage. He gave his ﬁnal concert on Dec. 20, 1994. [One night in 1998] he said to me, “I don’t like what I’ve become.” His biggest passion in life— performing—was gone. On May 14, 1998, Frank suffered a heart attack and was raced to the hospital. He was terriﬁed, his eyes wide with fear. I went toward the bed, and the moment he saw me, he reached for my hand. His hand was ice-cold. He’d start to slip away, and each time he did, I repeated, “Stay with me,” until he seemed to be coming back. [His wife Barbara] went to the head of the bed, next to me. He looked at us and whispered matter-of-factly, “I’m los-ing.” The singer of the century, the man I loved like a second father, was gone.

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TWILIGHT YEARS

“When they lit up the Empire State Building in blue for his 82nd birthday, he had tears in his eyes,” says Oppedisano of Sinatra (in 1990 and, inset, with wife Barbara, in ’90). He said, ‘I’m just a singer who tried to do the very best he could.’ ”

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WITH A SHOWTIME SERIES AND HER OWN PRODUCTION CO M PA N Y, T H E A C T R E S S OPENS UP ABOUT FAME, F A M I LY A N D T H E F U T U R E By J A C K I E F I E L D S

H a l l o f Fa m e “It’s wonderful to still be working and have people who support my career,” says Hall, who has had roles in more than 50 movies and TV series.

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Regina Hall lets out a scream. Not a prolonged shriek like the one her Scary Movie character Brenda Meeks made famous 20 years ago, but a squeal of delight. “One of the Charlie’s Angels is on my TV!” she says, explaining that as kids, she and her friends would pretend to be the iconic trio. And it wasn’t just the Angels who caught her attention. “When I was 6 I would see Playboy Playmates roller-skating by a pool on TV and say, ‘Mommy, I want to do that.’ Later I realized they do more than that!” she says with a laugh. Today Hall is grateful she found acting and, at 50, is busier than ever. The Washington, D.C., native has starred in films such as Death at a Funeral, Think Like a Man and the 2017 hit Girls Trip with Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tiffany Haddish. She became the first African American woman to receive a New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress Award for her role in 2018’s Support the Girls and currently stars in the Showtime comedy Black Monday opposite Don Cheadle. “It’s pretty incredible to still be doing this,” says Hall, who recently formed her own production company, Rh Negative Entertainment. “My hope is to use storytelling to expand how we see one another and make the world better.” Raised by her mother, Ruby, a teacher, and father, Odie, an electrician, Hall received an undergraduate degree from Fordham University and a graduate degree in journalism from New York University before enrolling in acting school. “My mom said, ‘Baby, I think you just don’t want to get a job,’ but I really liked school,” she says. She landed guest spots on TV shows before her breakthrough performance as stripper Candace

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Hall says friend and Little costar Issa Rae encouraged her to try producing.

Scary Movie (2000)

“I didn’t know the movie would be so big,” says Hall, who went on to star in three more installments.

A CAREER IN COMEDIES

About Last Night (2014)

“There were takes where we were forcing ourselves to hold it together,” Hall says of acting opposite Kevin Hart.

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“We wanted the movie to be honest,” Hall says of the megahit, which raked in $140 million globally. “Your friends see the stuff that you won’t tell anybody about.”

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Hall and Sanaa Lathan have known each other for more than 20 years. “With my friends in the business, work never really comes up,” Hall says. “You’re relating to all parts of the journey of life.”

Black Monday (2020)

Hall fronts the comedy series with Don Cheadle. “Working with him is like taking a master class in acting,” she says.

“Candy” Sparks in the 1999 ﬁlm The Best Man. One year later, at 29, Hall appeared in the Wayans brothers’ horror parody Scary Movie, and her acting career took off. But at 40, after a breakup, Hall made a drastic decision to go in an entirely different direction. “I wanted to be a nun,” she says. “I ﬁnd their lives to be incredibly compelling.” She soon discovered that the cutoff age for the particular order she was interested in was 39, so she decided to keep acting. “I’m very happy with the way things worked out, otherwise you’d be talking to Sister Regina now,” she says. As for her current relationship status, “When the time is right, I will share pieces of it.” Hall credits her female friendships for helping get her through life’s ups and downs and counts actresses Regina King, Issa Rae and Sanaa Lathan among her closest friends. “It’s incredible to have support from your comrades. You can share the excitement of things to come and the disappointments of things that didn’t happen,” she says. And when she needs a little inspiration she thinks of her mom, who passed away in February. “She was so supportive,” says Hall. “She would always tell me—‘You can do it.’ ”

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“Not so fast!” Aches and pains Crossword bird 17 Across hit “She Thinks My Tractor’s ___” 43 Off-Broadway award 44 Safety features for tightrope walkers 45 Ho ___ Minh City, Vietnam

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Last time I stayed up too late We’re filming out of town, so we’re in hotels, and I just stayed up until 3:30 a.m. watching Forensic Files, which I don’t recommend right before bed, but they just keep coming. I was like, “Well, I need to figure out who killed this man. I can’t turn it off now.” Last time I was injured Physical fitness sort of flew out the window this past year, but I decided I should start running again. And then I pulled a calf muscle being a little overzealous, which then prevented me from working out. So I was right in the first place. Last thing I discovered about myself I don’t do well with free time. I had to learn to be not busy. After weeks of cleaning out closets, I was like, “Everything is clean; let’s start watching television.” So I watched all of the TV. There is no more. Last moment of self-care Does Forensic Files count? When I finally got vaccinated, I did get a massage. I have a friend who is a massage therapist and was also vaccinated, and I was like, “I think this is probably okay to do.” It was a pretty big moment. Last impulse buy You know how things pop up on your Instagram? I bought a weighted blanket. I don’t even know what it’s supposed to do. Am I like a puppy? Like I need a thunder coat? It doesn’t make any sense.