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NEWS FEATURES

NEWS NOW

Ellen DeGeneres opens up about her emotional decision to end her popular talk show next season — and what she’d like to do next.

PICTURE PERFECT

Céline Dion spends a special day with her kids. Henry Winkler goes fishing. Drew Barrymore makes a date. Christie Brinkley enjoys a ruff ride and more star snaps!

MADONNA

Take a look inside the Material Girl’s stunning Hidden Hills, Calif., estate, which she recently purchased from another pop superstar!

TO THE STARS YOU LOVE

What I’ve Learned

Garbo

The screen legend’s great-nephew shares never-beforetold stories of her amazing life.

IN THIS ISSUE

IN EVERY ISSUE

DORIS DAY She was America’s

sweetheart, but friends say Doris was never lucky in love — and reveal why she couldn’t marry the man of her dreams.

BING CROSBY AND BOB HOPE

How the screen duo finally became real-life pals after years of working together in their hugely popular buddy comedies.

JACQUELINE BISSET The actress looks back on making 1968’s Bullitt

HEART TO HEART

Former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider tells Closer about his exciting new project.

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“The minute you’re not learning, I believe you’re dead.”

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SWEET MEMORIES

On March 5, 1979, pop superstar Andy Gibb celebrated a milestone with his brothers, Robin, Barry and Maurice (aka the Bee Gees). “He was a genuine, gentle soul,” Barry recalled of his youngest sibling, who died at age 30. “And a tremendous talent.”

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THE LATEST ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE STARS

ELLEN DeGENERES

Calls It Quits on Her Talk Show

fter 19 seasons, Ellen DeGeneres will end her daytime talk show, Ellen, next year. “That’s been the plan all along,” she says. “Look, it’s going to be really hard on the last day, but I also know it’s time. Nineteen years is a long time to do anything.” The entertainer, 63, faced accusations earlier this year of allowing her set to become a ‘toxic workplace,’ which caused ratings to plummet. She admits the allegations nearly “destroyed” her. “I became a comedian because I wanted to make people feel good,” says Ellen, who would like to devote more time to animal welfare and environmental causes. “My whole being is about making people happy.” She’d also like to begin acting again. “If there were a great role, I’d be able to do that, which I’m not able to do now.”

Her wife, Portia de Rossi, wanted her to end the show, too.

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“Who’s having the best day today — me or the kids?” enthused the singer, with sons Eddy, René-Charles and Nelson on May 9. “What a privilege it is to be a mom! Enjoy every moment. Can it get any better than that?”

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“Passing on good skincare advice from generation to generation,” said Kate, who enjoyed a day of pampering with her mom on May 8. “She was using La Mer [moisturizer] since I was an itty bitty. That beautiful white jar always by her sink. Mom knows!”

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“Best Mother’s Day yet,” the actress shared on Instagram with this adorable photo. “Somehow my relaxing bubble bath party for 1 got crashed by Baby Shark (aka [my daughter] Kaavia James).”

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DEMI MOORE

Smooches All Around

“Congrats to my baby girl and her adorable beloved on their engagement,” shared Demi, with her daughter Tallulah and future son-in-law Dillon Buss on May 5.

The Talk kicked off its Mother’s Day celebration on May 7 with a sweet surprise for Amanda: a visit from her son, Elvis! The dapper tot handed his mom a bouquet of tulips before hopping onto her lap. “I can’t believe he just did that,” Amanda said with a smile.

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HENRY WINKLER

Good Catch “I didn’t know when I was younger how much I was going to love the river,” says Henry, an avid fly fisherman who recently caught (and released) this big guy. “It’s one of the great things that you can do on the Earth,” he says of the sport. Plus, you can’t beat the scenery. Says Henry: “I can’t even express the beauty on our planet.”

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Ruff Life

“I just finished watching the TV series The Affair, which was filmed in Montauk,” said Christie, with her pup, Lionel. “So just for fun, we stopped at some of our local landmarks featured in the show.”

JANAI NORMAN

Center Stage

“First time back in the studio with this crew in well over a year,” cheered the GMA news correspondent on May 3. “Not excited at all!” Looks like Janai’s co-anchors, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos, feel the same way!

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ANGELA KINSEY

Something’s Shady “Slightly excited for Season 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu!” Angela enthused of the dystopian drama starring Elisabeth Moss. “To get this look, all you need is your kid’s magician’s cape and a Target lampshade.”

JAY LENO & MELISSA PETERMAN

Lip Service “Happy birthday, Jay Leno,” Melissa cheered on April 28. Back in February, the two guest-starred on Last Man Standing — playing love interests!

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Cheers to Comfort! The Hallmark actress promoted her clothing line’s latest collection with this fun snap on May 6. “I’m wearing the Malibu Lounge Set in Mojave Pink,” she said. “Are you guys ready to shop?”

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“I liked being married instead of the girl who’s looking for a guy.” —Doris Day

Doris Day

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SHE ENDURED FOUR UNHAPPY MARRIAGES, AND THE ONE MAN SHE WANTED MOST GOT AWAY

oris Day was delighted to see Patrick O’Neal on the set of The Doris Day Show — but she never expected to fall in love! She and the handsome actor, who had previously played her husband in the 1968 film Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?, would enjoy a yearlong love affair that was among the happiest romances of her life. “This man I fell in love with was totally different from the men I had known before,” she confided. It was a breath of fresh air for Doris, who despite her beauty, sweetness and talent, had a knack for falling for men who treated her badly. Three of Doris’ four marriages ended in divorce, and her third husband ruined her financially before he died. “All I ever wanted in my life was to get married, have kids, keep house

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and cook,” admitted the star, who passed away in 2019 at age 97. “But where did I end up? Hollywood!”

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE

At 16, Doris began a relationship with Al Jorden, a 23-year-old trombonist whose brooding moods probably seemed romantic to a young girl. They wed in 1941, but Al was a serial cheater prone to fits of jealous rage. He hit Doris, terrorized and threatened to kill her even when she was pregnant with their son, Terry. She finally left him out of fear that he’d hurt the baby. Her second marriage in 1946, to another big band musician, George Weidler, brought her to California. But eight months into their union, George, a womanizer, abandoned Doris and her son when her career began to overshadow his. “My life hasn’t always been like some of my happy musicals, but I’m like one of those dolls with the round bottom,” said Doris. “When things in

life try to knock you down, you just have to bounce back up.” On the surface, her 17-year marriage to agent and producer Marty Melcher, whom she wed at 27, seemed happy and stable. Marty adopted her son, Terry, bought Doris a big house in Beverly Hills, and helped make her a superstar in movie hits like 1955’s Love Me or Leave Me and 1959’s Pillow Talk. But in private, he was very controlling of his wife and fought, often violently, with Terry. Marty even shipped the boy off to boarding school without consulting Doris. When Marty died of a sudden heart attack in 1968, Doris learned that she was deeply in debt due to his mismanagement of their finances. Marty had also signed an ironclad contract for Doris to star in a television series without her knowledge or consent. “The only thing she said to me about him was ‘Well, I sure can pick ’em,’ ” her The Doris Day Show co-star CLOSERWEEKLY.COM 23

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HER TURBULENT LOVE LIFE At 17, Doris married Al Jorden, her son Terry’s father, who suffered from untreated mental illness. George Weidler moved her to California, then abandoned her. Marty Melcher guided Doris to stardom but tried to control her every move. His death left her in debt. We were “just incompatible” Doris said of Barry Comden. “Patrick [O’Neal] was the one she said she really loved,” said Kaye Ballard.

Jackie Joseph tells Closer. It would take Doris years of work — and the guidance of her son, Terry, who stepped up to manage her career — to dig herself out of the financial hole Marty had dug for her.

SECRET LOVE

Doris confessed that she was in a bad place when Patrick arrived on The Doris Day Show to play her love interest in 1972. Along with her work on the series, she was in a courtroom battle with Marty’s former partner over the mishandling of her finances. Worse yet, Terry had broken both legs in a life-threatening motorcycle crash. “She was going back and forth to the hospital every day as soon as shooting was over,” recalls Jackie. “That’s when Patrick wove into the picture.” Doris fell for Patrick because “he wasn’t a father figure, as Marty had 24 May 31, 2021 CLOSER

been,” she recalled. “He was an adult, a forceful man, and if he had honest feelings for me, that is all I asked of him.” Another co-star, Kaye Ballard, remembered Patrick as “a very nice guy. I thought he would be perfect for her. He was even a vegetarian,” Kaye said, noting Doris’ deep love for animals. “He understood that.” It didn’t even really matter to Doris that he had a longtime wife back in New York. Patrick told Doris his marriage was unhappy and they only remained together for their children. “I didn’t care whether he was married or not,” admitted Doris. “I know that I am often thought of as a Pollyanna, but I’m far from it. I’m just too realistic to qualify as a Pollyanna.” After 12 months together, Peter returned to New York and his wife, but Doris would always remember him with love. “It was a per-

fectly marvelous year for me,” she said. “It was a time in my life when I badly need to be uplifted, and uplift me it did.”

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Doris would marry one more time, to Barry Comden, a restaurateur 12 years her junior, in 1976. “I thought he looked a lot like Patrick,” confided Kaye. Though Barry would help her set up the Doris Day Animal Foundation, they were an ill-suited couple and split in 1981 after five years of marriage. Although a lasting, supportive love never entered Doris’ life, she insisted that she had been blessed with a wonderful son, good friends and fans who remained devoted to her throughout her long life. “We can’t change the past,” she said. “I always believe things work out exactly the way they are supposed to. There is no sense in having regrets.”

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GRETA GARBO

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want to be alone.” Ever since Greta Garbo uttered that line in Grand Hotel, it’s become an essential — and enduring — part of her mystique: the beautiful screen goddess who had no desire for attention. Back in 1927, the Swedish-born actress told Photoplay magazine, “I detest crowds, don’t like many people.” And 31 years after her death at age 84, she’s still known as the world’s most glamorous misanthrope. Yet Greta’s great-nephew Derek Reisfield remembers her very differently. “I wouldn’t call her a recluse,” Derek, whose mother, Gray, was the only daughter of Greta’s beloved brother, Sven, tells Closer in an exclusive interview. “If you look at her date books, she’s out and about, meeting people, going to dinner parties, going to people’s homes for the weekend. She was private…but for a recluse, she had a

Greta and her onetime love John Gilbert in 1928’s A Woman of Affairs.

very active social life. I forget who said it, but somebody called her the, ‘hermit about town.’” Indeed, while she clearly didn’t suffer fools gladly — especially those found in Hollywood — Greta knew how to have a good time. “When I moved to New York after school, I lived about five blocks away from her, so I would see her a lot,” Derek recalls. “[Family and friends] would all assemble at 5 for cocktails at her apartment, and then [we’d] go out to dinners or a play or whatever

The actress enjoyed hosting cocktail parties at her Manhattan apartment, where she lived for nearly 40 years.

Greta was private, but far from a recluse. She was often seen walking in her NYC neighborhood.

“Your joys and were doing. That was a weeksorrows. You can we ly event, and it was a lot of fun. She a remarkable person. She was never tell them. was very intuitive, very intelligent and You cheapen the extremely funny.” inside of yourself if THE LOVES OF HER LIFE she had stories to tell. “She you do tell them.” And would occasionally start talking —Greta Garbo

She became an official U.S. citizen on Feb. 9, 1951, at age 45.

about Hollywood in the old days and the people she met and hung out with,” remembers Derek, who listened raptly as his aunt detailed her friendship with Charlie Chaplin (“She called him a genius”) or the director Mauritz Stiller, who met Greta at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm when she was 18 and suggested she change her last name from Gustafsson to Garbo. “He was probably the love of her life,” Derek says of Mauritz, who died of pleurisy at 45. “But she had lots of significant relationships over the years.” The most significant? Derek says it

was probably Greta’s frequent costar, John Gilbert. But it was family with whom she formed the most lasting bonds. “It was a very small family,” Derek explains. “Her sister died in her 20s, and her father died when she was 14. So it was really [Greta’s brother] my grandfather and my mother and my siblings.” While Greta tended to “feel threatened by a mob” and “would avoid big, public gatherings,” she was lively and passionate with those she trusted — and adored deep, philosophical discussions. And though she didn’t always want to be alone, Derek says, Greta did appreciate her own company. “She loved to walk,” he recalls. “She liked walking in the mountains, or on the beach, or in New York City…. She was pretty content.” —Alison Gaylin, with reporting by Lexi Ciccone CLOSERWEEKLY.COM 27

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WEEK OF MAY 24 – 30

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MAY 21 – JUNE 21 Be mindful that nothing stays the same, Gem. If the status of a close relationship is up for review, keep an open mind.

NOV. 22 – DEC. 21 A mind, body, soul alignment can balance you and bring success to your bank account; you need to feel in-tune, Sag!

JUNE 22 – JULY 22 Planetary energy can cast some clarity on your future. With work and money, keep friends close and enemies closer.

DEC. 22 – JAN. 19 Beware of trying to do the right thing for someone else and miss out on an opportunity for yourself.

JULY 23 – AUG. 22 The stars are aligned for your career to move into the first-class category! Reassess your goals and get down to business.

JAN. 20 – FEB. 18 Life is not all about work and responsibilities; lighten up and schedule some social time. Be spontaneous!

AUG. 23 – SEPT. 22 Planets send good vibes in your direction with positive news. Work comes first, but having fun is also important. It’s about balance.

FEB. 19 – MARCH 20 Your responsibilities at home will need and those you care deeply about.

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Aries

SEPT. 23 – OCT. 22 At work, beware of stepping on the toes of people in authority. It’s wise to make friends with your superiors, Libra!

MARCH 21 – APRIL 19 With love, you need to have an intellectual bond. It’s a good sign when communication is clear.

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APRIL 20 – MAY 20 Love and money could be all mixed up in one package. Regarding your bank account, don’t make a decision based only on feelings.

Scarlett Johansson

WORD SCRAMBLE ANSWER: 1. Shirt color changed. 2. Text on apron missing. 3. Salt bottle added. 4. Lemon color changed. 5. Orange circle on Hibachi missing. 6. Heat markers changed to orange. 7. Hibachi logo moved. 8. Hibachi knob color changed. 9. Text added on right. 10. Onions missing.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

OCT. 23 – NOV. 21 Big things are in the works, so be positive and stay focused. What you do now will create your future. News of money comes through.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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The Queen of Mean Is Back “Cruella de Vil is a fantastic character to get to play because she’s larger than life,” says Emma Stone, who portrays the fur-crazed villainess in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians prequel, Cruella. “It’s been a great experience to play around with her backstory. There are some really deep emotional things that Cruella’s dealing with that send her to the villainous darker side.” Directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya), the film takes place in London in the 1970s. “We’ve had so much fun with the costumes, hair and makeup to create her entire persona,” says Emma, who won a Best Actress Oscar for 2016’s La La Land. Emma Thompson also stars.

On The Bold Type She’s the feminist EIC of Scarlet magazine on The Bold Type. “The show is right on the wave of modern conversations,” Melora says, “but it’s also idealistic.”

WATCH IT! Cruella debuts in theaters and on Disney+ on May 28

Old Pals Reunite on Kominsky

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in The Kominsky Method.

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They co-starred in three hit movies in the ’80s, and now Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner are reuniting for Season 3 of The Kominsky Method. “When I saw the part...it just reeked of a kind of a War of the Roses divorce, and she’s just so good,” Michael says of Kathleen, who plays his ex-wife Ruth. After all these years, the two actors still have an easy rapport. Says Kathleen: “It’s sort of like, ‘Oh, there they go again.’”

TUNE IN! The Kominsky Method’s new season begins May 28 on Netflix

WHAT SHE’S DONE: Played Jan Levinson, Michael Scott’s hilariously frosty supervisor-turnedunstable-lover on NBC’s The Office. “It opened up lots of doors,” she says. TUNE IN!

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Perfect for entertaining, the pool house boasts its own outdoor fireplace and full kitchen with BBQ. Madonna can dine like a diva in the sleek and stylish dining room.

“A new lamp, a piece of art can transform a room.” —Madonna

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Relax! The contemporary farmhouse offers light-flooded spaces with floor-to-ceiling windows.

A bedroom with a fireplace, sitting area and terrace? Yes, please! ■ Moving In/Out: In ■ Location: Hidden Hills, Calif. ■ Price: $19.3 million ■ ■ Square Footage: 12,547 ■

purchased this stunning estate from another pop superstar, The Weeknd, in April. Built in 2017, the pristine property features a home theater, gym, gourmet kitchen and heated alfresco dining terrace. There’s also a serene, negative-edge by lush greenery and a manicured lawn.

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Can’t Goat Much Closer Kevin Bacon snapped this shot of his wife of 32 years kicking back with Macon Bacon, one of two goats he gifted the actress for their anniversary.

“I get it, they’re way more interesting than me,” the Aussie actor jokes of fans asking about his dogs, Dali (left) and Allegra.

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get away from it all, she hops a plane to Turks and Caicos, an island chain southeast of the Bahamas. She owns a beachfront

THINGS TO DO & SEE

Beach Beauty

“I use a broadbrimmed hat for protection on long walks and paddles,” says Christie, who loves combing the beach.

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a private resort since 1998. “I named it Lucky House because we all feel so lucky to call it home,” says the star, who never gets tired of combing the

ing world we share,” she posted on Instagram with a video of a recent Parrot Cay sunset. “With the occasional twitch to swat a mosquito!”

Holiday Home

Christie’s sunset-facing estate features three bedrooms, a 45-foot infinity pool and lots of quiet places to enjoy the view.

Coastal Craft

Turks and Caicos artist Wellington Williams creates jewelry from sand, beach glass and other found materials. This pendant is made from recycled window glass and enamel paints and strung on a silk ribbon. $35; thewellingtoncollection.shop

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CLASSIC SWEETS Impressive, creative and mouthwatering, these unexpected takes on desserts are guaranteed to spread smiles

aking has always been one of our favorite ways to show our loved ones we care. And while we know they adore our tried-and-true cookies, pies and pastries, we’re always looking for new ways to surprise and delight. Enter the cookbook NewSchool Sweets. “There’s nothing wrong with going back to recipes you love, but

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we’re here to encourage you to take that extra step, to add that extra ingredient, to push your experience in the kitchen just a little bit further,” say co-authors and pastry chefs Vinesh Johny and Andrés Lara. Their desserts take traditional recipes and flavors and update them with creative components and techNEW LE niques, resulting in unique and wowOTAB N worthy sweets. Try one tonight!

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1. Heat oven to 320°F. In a bowl, whisk sugar, egg, 2 yolks, vanilla, butter and rum. Fold in next 3 ingredients. Pour into 6" cake ring;

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bake 25 to 30 min. 2. In a pan, heat milks to 160°F. Pour over cake. 3. Bloom gelatin in water 5 min. In a pan over medium-low, heat 3 ⁄8 cup cream, 1 ⁄2 cup cooled dulce de leche* and 1 egg yolk to 180°F. Mix in gelatin. Whip remaining cream. Once mousse is 86°F, fold in cream. 4. With cake in cake ring, top with mousse. Freeze 3 hrs., then chill 2 hrs. Top with candied hazelnuts, if desired. *For dulce de leche: Place a can of condensed milk in a pan full of water; boil 3 hrs. PER SERVING: 400 cal, 7g protein, 43g carbs, 0g fiber, 32g sugar, 23g fat

Recipes adapted from New-School Sweets by Vinesh Johny and Andrés Lara, Page Street Publishing Co. 2021. Photo credit: Manek D’Silva

Relax! MANGO YOGURT PIE Makes 2 pies

⁄8 cup plus 3 ⁄4 tsp. flour 21 ⁄2 tbsp. buckwheat flour 1 ⁄4 cup corn flour 22 ⁄ 3 tbsp. cornstarch 3 ⁄4 tsp. sea salt 1 ⁄2 cup cold butter, plus 1 tbsp. melted 1 ⁄ 3 cup plus 1 ⁄4 cup sugar 3 ⁄4 cup Greek yogurt 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla Zest of 1 lime

320°F 20 to 25 min. 2. Pour mango jelly* into rings; freeze 2 hrs. 3. Heat oven to 350°F. Mix 3 tbsp. yogurt with remaining cornstarch. In a bowl, mix eggs, vanilla, remaining sugar and salt; add to yogurt. Stir in remaining yogurt, melted butter and lime zest. Pour over jelly; bake 20 min. 4. Top with mango, if desired, and serve.

1. In a food processor, mix flours, 2 tbsp. cornstarch, 1 ⁄4 tsp. salt, cold butter and 1 ⁄ 3 cup sugar. Line bottom of two 6" tart rings with foil and grease sides. Press crust into rings; chill 2 hrs. Bake at

*For mango jelly: In a pan, whisk 9 tbsp. mango purée, 11 ⁄ 3 tbsp. water, 2 tsp. lime juice, 2 tbsp. sugar and 2 tsp. gellan gum. Boil 15 sec.

For a crunchy garnish, brush the loaf with milk and top with soaked almond flakes before baking.

PER SERVING: 326 cal, 11g protein, 36g carbs, 1g fiber, 22g sugar, 16g fat

CARAMEL BABKA Makes 2 loaves

13 ⁄4 cups bread flour 1 tbsp. plus 13 ⁄4 tsp. fresh yeast 1 egg 82 ⁄ 3 tbsp. water 6 tbsp. sugar 4 tbsp. butter 11 ⁄2 tsp. salt 11 ⁄2 tsp. honey 62 ⁄ 3 tbsp. heavy cream 6 tbsp. chopped milk chocolate 1 cup dark chocolate ganache 1. In a stand mixer with a bread hook, knead first 4 ingredients, 2 tbsp. sugar, 2 tbsp. butter, 1 tsp. salt 8 min. 2. Place dough in floured bowl, cover; rest at room temp. 1 hr. Punch down. Roll into 8x6" rectangle. Wrap

in plastic; chill. 3. In a saucepan, warm honey and cream. In another pan, heat remaining sugar until amber. Add remaining butter, honey-cream mixture. Pour over chocolate, add 1 ⁄2 tsp. salt; blend, chill 2 hrs. 4. Grease a loaf tin. Spread dough with ganache, drizzle with caramel and roll into a log. Wrap in plastic; freeze 1 hr. Cut in half lengthwise, braid pieces and place in tin. Proof in a switched-off oven with a bowl of hot water 2 hrs. 5. Bake at 395°F 35 to 40 min. Serve warm. PER SERVING: 374 cal, 6g protein, 55g carbs, 1g fiber, 34g sugar, 16g fat

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FOREVER YOUNG

HEALTHY WAYS TO DETOX

FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO LOSE WEIGHT AND BOOST YOUR METABOLISM

EAT CLEAN: “One negative effect of poor eating and

drinking is a broken metabolism,” says Sarah Asay, director of nutrition and product development at BistroMD. “Metabolism dysfunction may present as weight gain, increased blood pressure and cholesterol, less energy and trouble sleeping.” To recharge, start by removing foods that trigger inflammation (sugar, alcohol, caffeine and processed meats) and replace them with abundance of vegetables, nuts, wild meats and wild-caught fish, and high-quality fats like olive oil. DRINK UP: Make water — not coffee —

your first drink of the morning. “While our bodies are asleep, we go seven or more hours without any hydration,” Asay says. “By providing your body with hydration upon waking, it refreshes and energizes our cells.” TRY A CLEANSE: Cleanses can vary

greatly in terms of restrictions, duration and ingredients. Before you try one, consult your doctor. It’s important that you’re still getting key nutrients and vitamins while on it. CATCH SOME Zs: “Giving yourself a good night’s rest

is one of the best ways to detox your body and reset,” Asay says. “Sleep has been connected to weight loss, reduced cortisol levels and stress, and improved overall health.” GET MOVING: Exercising improves

blood circulation and brings oxygen and nutrients to the organs and tissues, which helps them function more effectively. So step away from your desk and go for a walk or do some jumping jacks. You’ll feel great! 44 May 31, 2021 CLOSER

Ditch processed foods and load up on leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables or try The Well Cleanse ($249; the-well.com) to start your detox.

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DON’T STOP DREAMING The former Dukes of Hazzard star on success, life lessons and his new movie role

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The Dukes of Hazzard, starring John and Tom Wopat, aired from 1979 to 1985.

n early 1979, two good ol’ country boys named Bo and Luke Duke took America by storm on The Dukes of Hazzard. Though these two cousins from rural Georgia were often on the wrong side of the law, audiences cheered as they sweetly outwitted the corrupt commissioner Boss Hogg and tore around in their soupedup cherry red Dodge Charger. “When I went to California to do Dukes, I was 18,” recalls John Schneider, 61, who grew up in a suburb of Atlanta and played Bo. “I had just graduated from high school.” In the years following Dukes, John has become a recording star, done theater and co-starred on other TV series, including Smallville and Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots. Along with Marie Osmond, he is a founder of the Children’s Miracle Network. Today, he’s still acting, but he’s also a writer, producer and director. His latest film is Switched, now streaming on Pure Flix/Sony.

Do you still get recognized for your role on The Dukes of Hazzard? Oh yeah! It’s a wonderful compliment. A new generation of kids is now watching Dukes and loving it. It’s terrific. I just did a concert in North Carolina, and there were people from ages 6 to 80 in the crowd. They all love the show. Why do you think Dukes continues to resonate with fans? We became and remain part of people’s extended family. For a lot of folks, it’s

John married Alicia Allain, a film producer, in 2019.

not just a television show. It’s the lessons they learned from it or the time they spent watching episodes with their grandparents who have now passed on. We’re people they spent time with during a very important time in their lives. It’s a special show, and I’m honored to be a part of that.

What are some of your favorite memories of making the show? All of my favorite memories from Dukes are of sitting with Denver Pyle, who played Uncle Jesse. We’d talk about The Doris Day Show [which he co-starred on] and what it was like for him to work with John Ford and John Wayne. We talked a lot about life in general. He was, in every regard, like a real uncle to me. We were thick as thieves for all the years I did Dukes. Did you always want to be an actor? Oh yeah. I knew what I was supposed to be [at a young age]. My theory is that when you’re little, 6 or 7 years old, you know exactly what you are supposed to be. I started making movies with an 8-millimeter camera and doing plays. I remember telling my dad when I was maybe 12 or 13 that I was going to Hollywood to be a stuntman. Did your dad encourage you? I had a group of very well-meaning people who were very discouraging because they CLOSERWEEKLY.COM 47

HEART to heart didn’t want to see me get disappointed. My dad said, ‘Don’t you think you ought to have a plan B?’ I love him to death, but you could tell he didn’t want me to get my hopes up.

But you succeeded! I tell people now that you better get your hopes up because no one else will. I realized watching movies that was where I was supposed to be. I think a lot of people have that, but then they lose sight of it. You’re the father of three adult children. How did being a father change you? Oh, it gives you a whole different perspective on life, especially during their first 16 years. You have a tremendous responsibility to try to help them discover what they’re supposed to be and help them realize that they are very special and to help them along that path. Your wife, Alicia Allain, is a breast cancer survivor. How is she doing? She’s doing great. She is her own biggest advocate. She still sees her doctors and she’s on the Keto for Cancer diet, but she looks at it as a maintenance program. She’s remarkable — tenacious too. That’s why we’re together. We call ourselves the team to beat. How did you fare during the pandemic? We looked at sequestering as a learning

experience of how to get things done regardless. Because of the pandemic, I wrote a movie, which Alicia produced. We shot the movie, I edited it, and we released it and made money back. All of that in less than a year! You just have to go for it.

Tell us about your new movie, Switched. KEEP I think this movie is so clever and so timely. I was one of FIGHTING those kids — the heavy kid “One of my core beliefs is that if you don’t find any with the inhaler who got opposition, you are on the bullied — you know, the wrong track,” says John. nasty stuff that happens to “I honestly look at kids. Now people are playing opposition as a good supposedly harmless pranks thing.” on other people and then posting them to social media, where they never go away. So when I saw this script, I thought they were tapping into something we should be talking about. So it’s about two girls, a popular one and a bullied one, who switch places? Yes, the girls switch places — it’s like the genie-in-a-bottle thing where we don’t know why it happens. I think it’s because God wanted them to see what the other side was like. It should spur a lot of indepth conversation. Do you do social media? I have my Facebook page and a YouTube channel, and I read the comments. I don’t

HIS LIFE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

YOUNG TALENT “I didn’t have a plan B,” says John, who moved to LA as a teenager.

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MOVIE REUNION John and his Dukes co-star Tom Wopat played brothers in 1987’s Christmas Comes to Willow Creek.

MUSIC MAN John began recording songs in the 1980s. He has released more than 20 albums and has had four #1 singles on Billboard’s country chart.

SUPER DAD He played Clark Kent’s adopted dad for 10 seasons on Smallville, beginning in 2001.

“If God designed you to be a hammer and you spend your life trying to be a nail, you won’t be a good nail.” —John Schneider

know why I do. I can read 1,000 wonderful things, but the one troll who feels their only purpose in life is to be nasty to me — well, I remember every word. I don’t know why. I wish compliments lasted as long as insults, but they don’t.

What’s the greatest lesson you’ve learned? I think we are all made to do something. There is something we are better at than anybody in the world because God designed us that way. Our job is to find out what that is. Do you ever think about retiring? Oh no! Retire? I could not imagine. We keep making the movies we love. I write every day. I’ve got enough completed screenplays that even if I live to be 120, I am still not going to live long enough to finish all the stuff I want to do! —Reporting by Katie Bruno

FAMILY FILM John co-stars with Madeleine Byrne and Denise Richards in Switched, currently available to stream on Pure Flix/Sony. “It’s just a wonderful story,” he says.

DANCING DAYS “I lost 26 pounds doing Dancing With the Stars,” says John, who came in sixth in Season 27.

THE LONG RUN He has starred on The Haves and the Have Nots, which is airing its last episodes in June, for eight seasons.

MEMORY LANE

BING CROSBY & BOB HOPE

Their Road to

FRIENDSHIP AFTER YEARS OF WORKING TOGETHER IN THEIR BUDDY COMEDIES, BING AND BOB FINALLY REALIZED HOW MUCH THEY REALLY LOVED EACH OTHER

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n a scene from 1942’s Road to Morocco, Bing Crosby confesses his affection for his buddy Orville, played by Bob Hope. “I guess in my own way, I sorta love you,” says the crooner just seconds before an amorous camel stretches through the shrubbery to plant a wet kiss on Bob’s cheek. “All right, but you don’t have to slobber all over me!” quips Bob. Before the word bromance or the rise of cinematic sequels, Bing and Bob starred in seven sweetly funny Road to... movies that made them two of Hollywood’s biggest stars. The films followed a formula: The pair would get into trouble, wisecracks would fly, Bing would sing, and Bob would talk directly to the audience. “They were

the most lucrative franchise in movie history,” says Gary Giddins, author of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams and Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star. The pair met in New York when Bob, a then up-and-coming comedian, was invited to emcee one of Bing’s shows in 1933. “They hit it off and used to take breaks together where they’d trade jokes,” says Giddins. “They tried the best bits out on stage and became a big hit with the audiences.” That chemistry was still intact when Paramount Pictures teamed them up for Road to Singapore, which became one of the biggest hits of 1940. But success didn’t make them immediate best friends. “They were very different men. Bing wasn’t

PARTNERS TO PALS

“They would do ad-lib routines together,” says Zoglin of their shared roots in New York’s vaudeville.

The Road to Singapore, which costarred Dorothy Lamour (next to Bob) was the sixth biggest movie of 1940.

gregarious and didn’t like the trappings of stardom, while Bob loved them,” says Richard Zoglin, author of Hope: Entertainer of the Century. “I think, privately, Bob felt that Bing was a little aloof. He said, ‘Bing and his wife never even invited me and Dolores to dinner.’ ” On the set, there was also a friendly competition to come up with the best zingers. “They each had their own writers,” says Giddins, although “they never had a fight.”

A FINE BROMANCE

It wasn’t until the filming of their last road comedy, 1962’s The Road to Hong Kong, that their friendship really blossomed. “They went to London to do the film and lived in the same house with their wives,” says Gid-

dins. The co-stars began playing golf together. “Bob’s wife, Dolores, said that was when they first realized how much they really loved each other,” says Zoglin. “From that time on, they were very, very close.” Bing and Bob had been discussing another movie, The Road to the Fountain of Youth, when Bing died of a sudden heart attack in 1977. “Bob was really broken up about it,” says Zoglin. Too emotional to appear on stage, he canceled his live performance that night for the first time in his career. “If friends could have been made for each other, I would have asked for one just like Bing,” Bob said. “I miss him.” —Louise A. Barile, with reporting by Amanda Champagne-Meadows

In one of the film series’ recurring gags, Bob and Bing stop the action to play patty cake.

Bob and Dolores became close friends...

...of Bing and his last wife, Kathryn.

FRANCES McDORMAND

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THE THREE-TIME OSCAR WINNER AND STAR OF NOMADLAND OPENS UP ABOUT HER LIFE I’M A PREACHER’S DAUGHTER Born Cynthia Ann

Smith in 1957 to a single mom, she was adopted as a toddler and renamed Frances. Her father, Vernon, a minister, moved their family frequently around the Midwest and South. “The kids of a preacher had to toe the line,” says Frances, 63. “Or at least seem like they were toeing the line.” I’VE BEEN WITH JOEL COHEN, MY HUSBAND AND FREQUENT COLLABORATOR, FOR 37 YEARS

“I realized I could have a relationship that was really deep and passionate but that didn’t keep us from also being able to have a functioning working relationship,” Frances says. “I went, ‘Oh, it’s possible to not become so obsessed that you can’t live your life.’” WE WERE CLUELESS WHEN OUR SON LIKED SPORTS. “Pedro’s athletic, but we kind of

handicapped him because neither of us wanted to take him to games and stuff on the weekends,” admits Frances. “I don’t know how to play sports [and] his dad’s not really sportive.” I IMAGINED MY NOMADLAND CHARACTER BEFORE I PLAYED HER “At different points of

She won her third Best Actress Oscar for Nomadland…

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my life, I’ve said to my husband, ‘I can’t take this anymore, I’m dropping out,’” says Frances, who once proclaimed, “When I’m 65, I’m changing my name to Fern, I’m smoking Lucky Strikes, drinking Wild Turkey, I’m getting an RV and hitting the road.”

…and hit the red carpet with son Pedro and husband Joel.

I LIVE IN A SMALL BEACH TOWN THAT I WON’T NAME. “I get to live my more authentic self here,” she says, “and I don’t have to pretend to be anybody else.”

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Jacqueline was also astonished by the car chase scenes in Bullitt, which are among the most memorable in film history because they used San Francisco’s winding streets. “I was astounded that a car could do what those cars did on the streets and those hills,” she says. “I thought it looked terribly dangerous, but it was exciting.”

HAIL THE KING

“I don’t mind action movies to watch, but I don’t particularly want to be in them!” says Jacqueline.

They didn’t become lifelong to hear of Steve’s death from heart failure after a bout with cancer in 1980. “When Steve became unwell and he died, I remember thinking, ‘God, what a terrible waste. He was so talented,’” Jacqueline recalls. “He was charming, attentive and helpful. He had a lot of patience.... People loved Steve. He was the King of Cool for a reason.” –Reporting by Amanda Champagne-Meadows

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1994 FULL SPEED AHEAD “Everyone told me to pass on Speed,” she says of her first hit movie, with Keanu Reeves. “Never in a million years did I think a bus movie would open every door I

1995 SLEEPER HIT The success of While You Were Sleeping made Sandra a bankable star. “If a studio sees that a female can bring in audiences,” she said, “they’re going to make movies

2000 QUEEN OF LAUGHS Miss Congeniality was a big hit, not only with fans but with Sandra. “I will do comedy until the day I die: inappropriate comedy, funny

2010 GOOD LIKE GOLD “I know nothing about Christianity,

2002 A WOMAN’S WORK Support for films like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,

bending, whatever comedy is out there.”

2013 OUTER LIMIT “I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do...and those kinds of roles weren’t available [to women],” said Sandra, who was “so grateful” to play an astronaut in Gravity. The part landed her an Oscar nomination.

1998 TAKING THE REINS “I love producing,” Sandra revealed of her role in Hope Floats, co-starring Harry Connick Jr. “I love the camaraderie. I love the adventure. I love the stress.”

2018 HELPING HANDS Sandra said “it was really nurturing and helpful,” to work with an all-female cast in Ocean’s 8. “At some point with a family, kids and work, you are going to need some help, and we all jumped in to help each other.”

football, and I’m not a Republican,” Sandra claimed. Still, her role in The Blind Side, steeped in all three, won her an Oscar.

2021 ME THREE She’s been dating photographer Bryan Randall for six years. “He’s super kind,” said Sandra, here with Bryan, her son, Louis, and daughter, Laila, in 2018. “For the kids, he’s sort of No. 1 and I’m No. 2. But I get it, because he’s more fun and has better treats.”

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“Hitting all the right spots,” teased former Catwoman Halle Berry while wearing a purrr-fect leotard and matching boots. While we appreciate this wild look, it’s actually a throwback! In the 1980s, British actress Stephanie Lawrence wore a very similar bodysuit for a photo shoot.

The Partridge Family star David Cassidy is sometimes credited with introducing Hawaii’s puka shell necklaces to the mainland. Now these necklaces have become popular all over again.

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Stephanie Lawrence

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Halle Berry

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Furry Feet

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Kerry Washington

Lightsabers

1999

Heather Locklear

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Miley Cyrus

In 1977, George Lucas invited movie lovers to venture to a “galaxy far, far away,” where Jedi knights fought evil with the noble lightsaber — and we have never left! “Happy Star Wars Day,” cheered actress Kerry Washington, who wielded a lightsaber on the unofficial Star Wars day, May 4. “May the 4th be with all of you!”

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