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A Teen on Trial:

IS SHE A VICTIM OR A KILLER?

Justin Hartley & Sofia Pe r n a s

Surprise Celebrity Weddings!

Ariana Grande & Da l t o n Gomez

All the Details

Wo r l d Exclusive

Inside the

Friends Reunion! Could we be any more excited?! Exclusive interviews with the stars, secrets from the set & more

‘It was so emotional ’ —COURTENEY COX

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‘I remember that moment thinking, “I’ve never seen that before. And if that can happen to him, that means something can happen to me too like that” ’ — O P R A H W I N F R E Y, on feeling inspired by Sidney Poitier’s historic 1964 Academy Award win, on the Literally! with Rob Lowe podcast

‘I left that show, my God, seven years ago almost. So in my mind, it’s gone’ —SANDRA OH, on why she wouldn’t make a cameo on Grey’s Anatomy, on the Los Angeles Times’s Asian Enough podcast

‘When I got famous when I was about 22 years old, there were no cell phones; there was no Internet. You could fall out of a club, and no one would video you’

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—GWYNETH PA LT R O W, on rising to fame before social media, at YouTube’s BeautyFest

‘What if there was a hood Home Alone? Or Hood Alone, if you will’ —CHANCE THE RAPPER, on his idea for a Chicago version of the ’90s classic, on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

‘It’s safe to say I’ve watched every single episode of every single season at least five times each. Lol. Yikes. I know’

‘It’s like when your high school friends meet your college friends’ TO M B R A DY, on playing at the New England Patriots’ Gillette Stadium again after moving to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Twitter

—NICKI MINAJ, on her obsession with The Crown, on her website

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Anna Faris releases a party game Game night just got more revealing! Inspired by a segment on her Anna Faris Is Unqualified podcast, the actress created Dealbreakers, in which players say what they would or wouldn’t tolerate in a romantic partner.

Broadway’s curtain will rise

This Is Us is ending its run This is it. After making us cry a collective ocean of tears, the hit NBC drama starring Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia will wrap with its upcoming sixth season. “One season left of my favorite job,” Moore posted.

Phylicia Rashad becomes a college dean

Carrie Underwood heads to Vegas The American Idol winner is going west! Underwood announced Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency, kicking off in December. “This show will reflect the amazing journey I’ve been on for the past 16 years, as well as a glimpse into what lies ahead,” she said.

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Howard University named the Emmynominated alumna to head its College of Fine Arts. When Rashad takes the reins July 1, she hopes to make the program “blossom again—with a new thrust.”

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Performers can razzle-dazzle audiences again starting Sept. 14, New York announced. Hit musicals like Chicago, Hamilton and Wicked (pictured) will all return.

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WILL & KATE AT WORK— AND AT PLAY!

On May 13 Princess Kate showed off her table tennis skills during a visit with husband Prince William to the Way Youth Zone—a charity that supports young people in Wolverhampton, England—during Mental Health Awareness Week in the U.K.

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editor’s letter

How you doin’?

hen Friends debuted in 1994, I was in my first year of college in England. It soon became the challenge in my group of friends for one of us to get an Taking in the re-created American girlfriend (yep, I once dated set in L.A. women) so we could persuade her to for the HBO send us VHS tapes of the latest Max special episodes so we didn’t have to endure the lag of waiting for them to air in the U.K. None of us managed this feat, but friends’ kids who have discovered it on we were all still captivated by the streaming services, I’m reminded why show; it made us laugh, smile and even it is so beloved—the supportive dance. (I remember jumping in a characters and the uncynical comedy. fountain in the center of my college So when rumors started that there town with my friend—named Rachel, was going to be a reunion, I wanted to coincidentally—singing the theme make sure People would be part of it. song!) We dreamed of growing up, But this cover was quite the journey. moving to New York, living in The announcement that the ‘THE GROUP’S an apartment like that and Friends gang would get back BUZZY, having a big warm, supporttogether came in February INFECTIOUS ive, fun group of friends. 2020, and we all know what ENERGY THAT Some of those things came happened the next month. . . . CEMENTED THE SUCCESS true for me: I moved to New But after a global pandemic, OF FRIENDS IS York, lived in a (much smaller) a Hollywood shutdown, three STILL THERE’ apartment around the corner rescheduled filming dates, 15 from the fictional Friends one in the months of planning and four COVID West Village and had a group of friends tests before stepping on the studio lot, as charismatic as the original six. I I finally joined the cast on Warner continued to enjoy watching the Bros. soundstage 24. The excitement comforting reruns as time went on was palpable. But reunions can be and the world got more complicated. tricky; the longing that nostalgia Now as I talk about the show with my brings can raise hopes too high. Yet

THE PEOPLE BEHIND

that day in April, it was instantly clear that the magic and chemistry is still there 27 years since this group ﬁrst met. As they reminisced about the show’s impact and ongoing popularity, joy and laughter echoed through the stage. Even after two long days of ﬁlming, they kept making fun of one another and giggling. The group’s buzzy, infectious energy that cemented the success of Friends is still there. This show is just what we need right now: a good laugh and a comforting hug from an old friend we haven’t seen in a while.

DAN WAKEFORD, EDITOR IN CHIEF

Follow me on Instagram @danwakeford

We asked: ‘What does the show mean to you?’ “Rewatching my favorite episodes (like when Chandler reveals Ross is in love with Rachel) with my 16-year-old daughter Hadley and seeing it through her eyes is a nostalgia-filled bonding experience for which I will always be grateful.” —Julie Jordan

(MARKADAKIS) HOAN NGUYEN

“ ‘The One Where They All Turn Thirty’ aired a month after I turned 30 and helped me in my transition to middle age! If my Friends survived unscathed, I was pretty sure I’d be okay.” —Dean Markadakis

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“Friends premiered the year I was born, and my mom and I watched weekly when I was growing up. It just reminds me of home and family—the characters feel like my friends. I will keep watching in the years to come.” —Dory Jackson

Writer/reporter Jackson (at the FriendsÕ New York pop-up in 2019). May 31, 2021

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WILL & KATE AT WORK— AND AT PLAY!

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William kicked a soccer ball around during the Way Youth Zone outing. “P.S blaming the shoes for football attempts,” he joked on the royal couple’s Twitter account, of playing in a suit and dress shoes.

Kate tried her hand at shooting a bow and arrow during an archery lesson with children at the Way Youth Zone.

Kate and William shared a laugh while gardening—to highlight the important link between nature and mental health— with a group of children.

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A MUSIC LEGACY WEDS IN PARADISE Maui, May 14

Musician Cal Campbell—son of the late country icon Glen Campbell—married film producer Kayla Thornton on the beach in an intimate, tropical ceremony. “Glen would be proud,” said mom Kim Campbell.

WEDDING E XC LU S I V E

REMEMBERING KOBE

Uncasville, Conn., May 15 Vanessa Bryant (with daughters Bianka, 4, and Capri, 1) honored late husband Kobe Bryant as he was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “There will never be anyone like Kobe,” she said.

Santa Monica, May 15 Megan Fox and boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly stepped out in coordinating outfits to celebrate her 35th birthday.

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Lily James channeled Baywatch-era Pamela Anderson, rocking a blonde wig and red onepiece swimsuit, to film the eight-part Hulu series Pam and Tommy on May 13 in Malibu.

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Tom Hopper wore a protective face shield when he wasn’t shooting scenes for season 3 of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy May 12 in Hamilton, Canada.

STARS ON-SET

Danielle Moné Truitt, Christopher Meloni and Dylan McDermott read People’s special edition on Law & Order: SVU while filming their spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime on May 12 in N.Y.C.

Elizabeth Banks enjoyed a coffee break while on the set of her 1960s women’s rights drama Call Jane in Hartford, Conn., May 11.

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DOUBLE VISION

New York City, May 10 Talk show host Wendy Williams unveiled her new wax figure (right) at Madame Tussauds in Times Square.

DUA’S DUAL WINS London, May 11

DENNIS’ ‘GREAT’ HOMAGE

More than 30 years after he played Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire (inset), Dennis Quaid sang the music icon’s classic hit at a benefit concert at the Grand Ole Opry.

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Nashville, May 16

Dua Lipa took home two big honors at the 2021 Brit Awards: British Album of the Year for Future Nostalgia, as well as the trophy for Female Solo Artist.

A TV POWER COUPLE’S BABY JOY

On May 13 MSNBC anchor Katy Tur and CBS This Morning coanchor Tony Dokoupil welcomed their second child together, daughter Eloise Judy Bear Dokoupil, after nearly 24 hours of labor. Eloise joins the pair’s 2-year-old son Teddy and Dokoupil’s two older children from a previous marriage. Eloise “is rarely quiet. She fits right in,” Tur, 37, and Dokoupil, 40, said in a statement. “Teddy loves her already and can’t wait to introduce her to their big brother and sister. We’re looking forward to a full and crazy house this summer.”

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MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS

The stars attended the show (in person!) wearing standout looks

WandaVision winner Elizabeth Olsen in a Miu Miu dress and Sophia Webster pumps.

Show host and Coming 2 America winner Leslie Jones in a Bishme Cromartie dress and Stuart Weitzman sandals.

Presenter Mandy Moore in an Altuzarra dress and Jimmy Choo sandals.

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Presenter Yvonne Orji in a Mimi Plange dress and Stuart Weitzman heels. Presenter Yara Shahidi in an Adidas track suit with an Etro bustier and Christian Louboutin pumps.

To All the Boys: Always and Forever actress Lana Condor in a Giorgio Armani dress and Giuseppe Zanotti heels.

May 31, 2021

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

Ariana Grande’s Surprise Wedding! INSET: GETTY IMAGES

They’ve managed to keep their

romance largely under wraps for more than a year. And on May 15 Ariana Grande and her ﬁancé, Dalton Gomez, pulled off the nearly impossible: a secret wedding at her historic Tudor-style home in Montecito, Calif. “It was tiny and intimate—less than 20 people,” the pop star’s rep conﬁrmed to People two days after the surprise nuptials. “The room was so happy and full of love. The couple and both families couldn’t be happier.”

P i c t u re Pe r fe c t Grande and Gomez (above in a June Instagram) said “I do” in idyllic Montecito, Calif. (below).

After Grande, 27, and Gomez, 25, a luxury real estate agent, got engaged last December, the singer was making plans for “a big wedding,” says a source. But while waiting for the COVID-19 pandemic to subside, Grande and Gomez felt ready to become husband and wife. “She realized that she would rather have a smaller, more intimate wedding now,” adds the source. “She’s very happy they were able to pull it off quietly.” May 31, 2021

Scoop As with their big day, Grande and Gomez have kept their relationship private since they began dating in January 2020. Last June Grande moved from New York City to L.A. to quarantine with Gomez as their relationship grew serious, according to multiple sources. Hunkered down at home, the couple built a solid foundation out of the public eye. “They’re a great ﬁt,” says a friend. “Dalton’s entirely unfazed by the scope of Ariana’s celebrity and is very grounding for her. He’s young but mature and knows

what he wants out of life.” Grande’s new happiness comes after a difficult few years for the star, Parents of who dealt with postthe Bride traumatic stress disorder Joan Grande and after a suicide bomber Edward Butera targeted her May 2017 (at the 2020 Grammys) are concert in Manches“thrilled” for ter, England, killing their daughter, 22 people and says a friend. injuring hundreds. The following year she mourned her rapper ex-boyfriend Mac Miller, who died in September 2018 of an accidental drug overdose, and she ended a brief engagement to Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson, 27, S h e S a i d Ye s ! after a whirlwind courtship. In Gomez, Grande Grande (with found stability. “Dalton is hardworking and Gomez in a June focused,” says the source. “He is perfect for her.” Instagram) announced her With her wedding day now behind her, engagement in Grande—whose most recent album, Positions, December 2020. was inspired by her love for Gomez—is gearing “forever n then some,” she wrote up for a busy few months. She’s set to appear on Instagram. as a coach on the next season of The Voice as she enters a new chapter with Gomez by her side. Says the source: “Their life together is pretty special.” —BRIANNE TRACY with reporting by Pernilla Cedenheim, Melody Chiu and Julie Jordan

Justin Hartley Weds Sofia Pernas

—AILI NAHAS

May 31, 2021

first spotted with wedding rings earlier this month.

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Just hours after This Is Us star Justin Hartley and actress Sofia Pernas made their red carpet debut at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on May 16, a source confirmed that the couple, together since last year, recently tied the knot. “They’ve been very private, but they’re really happy,” says a source. Hartley, 44, and the Moroccan-born Pernas, 31, who worked together on The Young and the Restless from 2015 to 2016, quietly began dating last spring. In December 2020 the couple made their relationship Hartley and Instagram official with selfies they Pernas on posted for New Year’s Eve. “Happy Y&R with Eric Braeden New Year from our quarantine den in 2015. to yours,” wrote Pernas. Hartley, who has a 16-year-old daughter, Isabella, with his first wife, Newlywed Lindsay Korman, was wedded Bliss to Selling Sunset star The ultra-private Chrishell Stause for two couple (on years until they split in 2019. May 16) were

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Split

Tr e v o r N o a h & Minka Kelly

John Mulaney & Olivia Munn The comedian, 38, and the actress, 40, are dating. “This is very new. They’re taking it slowly,” says a source close to Mulaney, who on May 10 confirmed his split from wife Anna Marie Tendler after six years of marriage.

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Katie Holmes & E m i l i o Vi t o l o J r.

Engaged

Po r s h a W i l l i a m s & S i m o n G u o b a d i a The Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 39, is engaged to her costar Falynn Guobadia’s estranged husband. Simon, 58, a producer, filed for divorce from Falynn in January. “I had nothing to do with their divorce,” Williams said on Instagram. “Our relationship is a positive, loving step forward.”

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The actress, 42, and the restaurateur, 33, have parted ways. “There was no drama,” a source says of the couple, who were first linked in September. “It was amazing while it lasted, but they are at very different places in life.”

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New Couple

The Daily Show host, 37, and the actress, 40, have called it quits. People confirmed that they were dating last August—and in January the couple, then living together in a new home in L.A., had been “making plans for a future together,” a source said at the time.

Moving Fo r w a r d

DeGeneres (backstage with wife Portia de Rossi on May 12) told TodayÕs Savannah Guthrie (below) the show “has been the best experience of my life.”

HER NEXT MOVES

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Leaving Her Talk Show After 19 Years

Inside Ellen’s Exit

After a turbulent year, Ellen DeGeneres cloud over the show. Last summer the announced on May 12 that her talk show comedian, 63, came under fire when will end after its 19th season in 2022. “As ex-staffers spoke anonymously about great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s negative experiences on-set. “After the just not a challenge anymore,” she told toxic-workplace allegations, the question The Hollywood Reporter, was more when will [the show] end noting that she had planned and not if it will end,” says the ‘ALL I CARED for the last two years to walk ABOUT WAS source. “If I were quitting the show SPREADING away in 2022. “It’s sad that because of that, I wouldn’t have KINDNESS, AND come back this season,” she told the show ends like this, but EVERYTHING Ellen seems confident that THR, though she added that the I STAND FOR WAS she made the right decision,” BEING ATTACKED’ situation “destroyed me, honestly. a show source says. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t.” —DEGENERES TO Controversy and declining And who will take her place as THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ratings have recently cast a the reigning queen of uplifting daytime TV? “Kelly Clarkson is a logical choice,” says an industry source, adding that DeGeneres’s exit was not a surprise. “She was almost out the door before the controversy. She’s been talking about leaving for a few years now, but that was definitely the last straw.” —MIA McNIECE with Pernilla Cedenheim and

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DeGeneres will executiveproduce Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell’s new show.

E l l e n ’s G a m e o f G a m e s

She’s likely to continue hosting the NBC game show.

E l l e n ’s N e x t G r e a t D e s i g n e r

She executive-produces the HBO Max contest, cohosted by Scott Foley.

Elizabeth Leonard May 31, 2021

THEY SEE THE PERSON WHO LOVES THEM.

BEYOND® SEES AN EXPERT WHO KNOWS THEM.

Fa m i l y Ti e s

“Being a wife and mom comes first for me,” Minkoff says of daughter Zoe, 6, husband Rob and son Max, 8 (in 2020), who all appear on the show.

RHOBH’s Crystal Kung Minkoff

A New Housewife Makes History

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is back with a new castmate: Crystal Kung Minkoff, 38. The cofounder of the food and beverage company Real Coco talks about family, fashion and becoming the first Asian American on the show (airing Wednesday nights on Bravo). How did you end up on the show? I’ve known [fellow new Housewife] Kathy Hilton for 15 years. She told me she was thinking about [joining] and said she hoped I would too. I was like a deer in the headlights, but having Kathy there made me feel much better. Your husband [filmmaker Rob Minkoff, who directed 1994’s The Lion King] and kids appear on the show. What did they think? The kids aren’t shy. They had a good time. And Rob is a ham! I was excited to show his work. He’s done so many films. He deserves to shine. How did you decide what to wear?

It was a whole new world for me! Dorit [Kemsley] and Erika [Girardi] are fashion icons. I was like, “I need more sparkle!” I would constantly get inspired. How do you deal with the inevitable drama? I’m not an instigator, but if I feel like my integrity is being questioned, I can’t sit back. I have strong opinions like everyone else! The show tackles racial issues this season. What does that mean to you? There’s a huge honor and a responsibility to represent not only Chinese Americans but all AAPI. With the uprise of this anti-Asian hate, it’s a collective problem. Some of the conversations we had were really challenging, but the more conversations there are, the more understanding there will be. It’s not about being Asian, it’s about being human. —AILI NAHAS

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J.Lo & Ben ‘in Touch Every Day’ Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are staying close from opposite coasts. Their weeklong getaway in Montana ended May 8, but the pair have kept “in touch every day,” says a source close to Lopez. She returned to Miami and Affleck to L.A., but “they are making plans to see each other,” adds the source. “Jennifer is still very excited about how things are going.” The stars—who were engaged for a little over a year before their 2004 split—got in touch in March when buzz began that Lopez, 51, had split from fiancé Alex Rodriguez, the source says. Affleck, 48, who broke up with Ana de Armas in January, “reached out to Jennifer as a friend. He was single and thought she might be single too.” After Lopez officially ended things with Rodriguez in April, she and Affleck reunited in L.A. “They connected right away,” says the source. “It made them both feel happy.”

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To g e t h e r Again Lopez (left, on May 13) and Affleck (right, last year) were first spotted back together in L.A. on April 28.

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passages Dennings, 34,

and rocker Andrew W.K.,

42, announced their surprise engagement on Instagram, just 10 days after revealing they were a couple.

Jason Tartick and Kaitlyn Bristowe

Babies

Engaged Former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe, 35, said “yes” to Jason Tartick, 32, who came in third in the 14th season of the ABC show. The two started dating in 2019, after Bristowe split from her season’s winner and former ﬁancé Shawn Booth. Vanderpump Rules star James Kennedy, 29, proposed to Raquel Leviss, 26, during a Coachella-themed evening. “I’m one lucky guy,” Kennedy said on Instagram. Actress Kat

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Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, 42, is expecting her third child with husband Brian Hallisay, 42. They’re already parents to daughter Autumn, 7, and son Atticus, 5. Today show coanchor Dylan Dreyer, 39, is expecting her third child, another son, with husband Brian Fichera, 33. The baby will join big brothers Calvin, 4, and Oliver, 16 months.

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Actor Robert De Niro, 77, tore a quadriceps in his leg while in Oklahoma, where he’s ﬁlming Martin Scors-

The stars of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, along with the show’s creators, did a season 2 table read that raised more than $100,000 for India

“Maitreyi, Richa and I had been feeling so down and helpless as we watched our news feeds explode with news and overwhelming needs in India,” says actress Poorna Jagannathan, of putting together a cast table read on May 8 to raise funds for

Netflix’s Never Have I Ever virtual table read.

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Deaths

Pervis Staples, one of the

founding members of the legendary gospel group the Staple Singers, died at home in Illinois. He was 85. “Pervis was one of a kind— comical and downright ﬂy,”

Mindy Kaling

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his sister Mavis, the lone survivor of the family’s musical group, said in a statement. Longtime newspaper columnist Jim Klobuchar, Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s father, died at 93 of undisclosed causes.

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Health

Helping India Fight COVID

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

ese’s upcoming movie Killers of the Flower Moon. The actor ﬂew home to New York City for treatment. “It was just a simple stepping over something, and I just went down,” he said of the incident.

Pervis Staples

By ALE RUSSIAN

COVID relief in India, which has recently been ravaged by the virus and seen more than 275,000 deaths. “Donations are what India desperately needs right now. We fundraised for GiveIndia’s emergency COVID-relief efforts, PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT and the donation link is still live. GIVING But beyond giving money, I hope BACK fans of our show raise their voices. We need the G7 [international coalition] to speed up sharing vaccines, patents and information to help countries that are struggling to get out of crisis. I’m fully vaccinated . . . there’s a really bright Richa light at the end of the tunnel here in the U.S. And Moorjani yet my Twitter feed reads like one big obituary. It feels impossible to enjoy this new ‘almost postCOVID’ life knowing that death, sickness and grief hang heavy in the air in India.”

Why I Care

—R e p o r t e d b y G I L L I A N T E L L I N G

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“He’s exactly what they advertised—and the good stuff,” says Davis (bottom, with Prancer). “He’s very loyal. He’s bonded to me already.” Top inset: Prancer’s darker side.

‘Demonic’ Chihuahua ﬁnds his forever home NEW HAVEN

There’s someone for everyone in this world—including Prancer, a 2-year-old Chihuahua seeking adoption, who was described in a recent viral Facebook post as “a neurotic, man hating, animal hating, children hating [pup]” and “a Chucky doll in a dog’s body.” Written by Prancer’s foster volunteer, the post received more than 75,000 shares—and last month Ariel Davis, 36, decided to take on the challenge, adopting the 13-lb. “gremlin” from the Second Chance Rescue in Oak Ridge, N.J. “I felt like I fit the bill,” says Davis, a cook who lives with a female roommate and no other pets. “She seemed like just the home he’d been waiting for,” adds Stephanie Pearl, president of Second Chance. And so far the adoption is going well. “He’s very sweet, very protective and very cuddly,” says Davis, who regularly updates Prancer’s fans on Instagram (@Prancerthechihuahua). “His [foster mom] wanted to make sure he was taken care of. She put herself on the line to write that Facebook post and find him the right home. ”

FA I R F I E L D, C A L I F.

“How bad would you feel if your mom didn’t get something you sent her on Mother’s Day?” says Jacobsen. Left: Officer Lewis pitches in.

By DIANE HERBST and WENDY GROSSMAN KANTOR

When Fairfield police officers arrested the driver of a florist delivery truck for DUI on Mother’s Day, they found themselves with a decision to make: Let all those floral arrangements in the truck wither away in the police impound yard or deliver them themselves. So officers James Lewis and Chance Leong took a detour from their regular patrols to make sure local moms got their bouquets. Says Lt. Jausiah Jacobsen, 40, on behalf of his fellow officers: “Everybody in this world’s got a mom. They all said, ‘Hey, let’s do this!’ ” Have a story that makes you smile? Send suggestions to storiestomakeyousmile@people.com

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Police officers save the day by making a few special deliveries

David Schwimmer slowly enters Stage 24 on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank and laughs to himself. More than 17 years has passed since he last set foot in Joey and Chandler’s bachelor pad. Or walked across the hall into Monica’s spacious rent-controlled apartment. Or plopped down on the thrift-store-find orange couch that was always reserved for a close-knit group of friends at Central Perk coffee shop. The actor, 54, is taken aback by the sight of the meticulously re-created sets in front of him. “Wow. This is beautiful,” he says softly. One by one his five former costars arrive at the soundstage and join Schwimmer, overcome by their emotions. Lisa Kudrow, 57, makes a beeline to hug Schwimmer before taking it all in. Moments behind them, Jennifer Aniston, 52, has already started crying. “It’s amazing. . . . Holy crap,” she says. “All right, well, where’s the tissue box?” Matt LeBlanc, 53, helps Courteney Cox, 56, wipe

‘It was a dream come true for all of us. We all realized it early on’ —DAVID SCHWIMMER

away her tears as well. The last to come through the door, Matthew Perry, 51, wanders over. “Could you be any later?” Aniston teases. Any momentary awkwardness—more a nonverbal recognition of too much time gone by—quickly dissipates as the six actors fall back into familiar rhythms. “This is incredible,” says Schwimmer, looking around. “Yeah,” adds Cox. “It really is.” When Friends premiered in 1994, the premise was simple: a sitcom about a group of twentysomethings finding their way in the world together. By the time the series ended 10 seasons later, it was one of television’s highest-rated shows of all time. Who could resist watching the buildup to Ross and Rachel’s first kiss or singing along to Phoebe’s “Smelly Cat”? Famous lines from “How you doin’?” and “We were on a break!” to “Moo point” and “Pivot!” have become a vernacular for generations of fans who have continued to fall for the sextet as the show aired in syndication and on streaming services. “All of us working together was like lightning in a bottle,” says Cox. “It’s so rare to have that kind of writing and that kind of chemistry between six people.” For the castmates, who had all been together only once since the finale (at a 2019 dinner at Cox’s house), reuniting for two days to film Friends: The Reunion—a nonscripted celebration of the NBC series premiering on HBO Max on May 27—was more than a year in the making. For fans around the world, waiting to see their favorite fictional friends back together again was like being on, A Blast from the Past

The actors performed a table read of part of the season 4 premiere episode, “The One with the Jellyfish,” for the HBO Max reunion special— which includes appearances by past guest stars like Reese Witherspoon and superfans such as Lady Gaga.

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What happens in Vegas wants to escape from Vegas ACTION Directed by Zack Snyder (Justice League), Army of the Dead is a combination heist caper and zombie film—and maybe more. Among other things, it gives prominent display to an undead Las Vegas showgirl. In other words, this is a special film. Violent, exciting and fully aware of its absurdity, Army could be the new Starship Troopers. Dave Bautista heads up a motley crew—what else would they be but motley?— hired to clean out a vault inside a Vegas casino. Unfortunately, America’s Playground has been torn to bloody bits and abandoned because of a zombie infestation, now contained but not altogether quiescent: Although some of the zombies proved to be so witless

they allowed themselves to dry out and collapse in the punishing Vegas sun, a separate, smarter breed of alpha zombies—including that showgirl, who hasn’t lost all her glittery pizzazz—await the thieves. (Meanwhile, the President has decided to go ahead and end the city’s blight by launching a nuclear strike in just a few days’ time, on July 4.) Everyone communicates in grunts, snarls and growls, whether they’re monster or human—Tig Notaro, as a tough helicopter pilot, is probably the standout performer. Army of the Dead didn’t need to be 2 hours and 26 minutes. But people on roller coasters don’t get to call when the ride ends. (In theaters, R; launches on Netflix May 21)

‘Violent, exciting and fully aware of its absurdity’

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McGregor as Halston.

NETFLIX | Halston

Ewan McGregor plays a great, troubled designer

Hacks’ Hannah Einbinder

The L.A.-born stand-up comic, 26, plays a joke writer hired by a comedy legend (Jean Smart) on the HBO Max series. The daughter of Saturday Night Live’s Laraine Newman, Einbinder performed her first set while still in college—she opened for comedian Nicole Byer. “I caught the bug, and it hasn’t left me since,” she says. —CHRISTINA DUGAN

one to watch Einbinder and Smart in Hacks.

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DRAMA This is one of the bleaker stories of modern fashion. The creator of Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox hat, Halston became arguably the most important American couturier of the 1970s, but he lost artistic control of his line—and name—through a series of corporate buyouts and further damaged his creativity and reputation with drug abuse. He died of AIDS-related cancer in 1990, age 57. McGregor plays him well in this limited series, whirling in and out of showrooms and party palaces with swift, amusing sleekness. In the end, humbled by the wreckage, he’s rather touching. (Streaming now)

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A terrific new talk talent

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COMEDY Ziwe, a Desus & Mero writer who became something of a star conducting interviews on an Instagram Live show, now gets her own TV vehicle—an uneven but very funny mash-up of celebrity one-on-ones, skits and faux commercials. Her performance, one would say, is as facetious as it is satiric: She takes on hot-button issues, but she doesn’t necessarily keep her ﬁnger on any of those buttons. She asks Fran Lebowitz, “What bothers you more, slow walkers or racism?” She also says: “I think all Black women are beautiful, and by all Black women I mean me.” (Sundays, 11 p.m.)

PARAMOUNT+ | Rugrats

FAMILY The popular Nickelodeon show, which spawned a hit movie in 1998, is back, this time with the raucously playful toddlers nicely spiffed up with CGI animation. In the premiere, poor Chuckie eats a worm and becomes panicked over the possible consequences. You’d freak too. (First six episodes launch May 27)

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HBO | In Treatment

The doctor will see you now DRAMA Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) plays therapist Brooke Taylor in this reboot of the acclaimed HBO series, which ended a three-season run in 2010. Dr. Taylor receives patients at her L.A. home: It’s a beautiful space of clean, elegant lines that was created by her father, lately dead. (Come on in, Freud!) Aduba leans in (and back) very thoughtfully—this is one of those instances in which you appreciate a good actor knowing how to listen— but with powerful undercurrents of emotion. (May 23, 9 p.m.)

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APPLE TV+ | 1971: The Year That DOCUSERIES Clocking in at nearly eight hours, this rockin’ social history cheats a little around the edges (the Rolling Stones may have recorded Exile on Main Street in 1971, but they didn’t release it until ’72). Still, what awesome music! John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine,” Joni Mitchell’s Blue, Carole King’s Tapestry, Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” the Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” . . . on and on. (Launches May 21)

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The Miss Juneteenth actress, 36, plays a troubled momto-be in Amazon’s eerie new sci-fi anthology series Solos, launching May 21.

DRAMA In this crackling crime ﬁlm from Australia, agent Aaron Falk (Eric Bana) returns home for the funeral of a friend who appears to have shot and killed his wife, son and then himself. Falk takes it all in with calm, squinting eyes, either because of all the unﬁltered sunlight— there’s a drought going on—or because he knows something else is amiss. (In theaters and on demand May 21, R)

Tell us a little about your character Nera. She has a desire for family and also wants to control it. A lot of the series is about how people use technology to connect. We are social animals. Beharie in Solos.

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You’re alone in most of the episode. What was that like? There’s nothing to hide behind, so it’s a very naked feeling! Did you always want to be an actor? No, I thought I’d follow my dad [into the Foreign Service]. But I was always a ham. How did you occupy your time in quarantine? I’m working on the guitar, but I’m not very coordinated! —AILI NAHAS

ROCK The Ohio duo honors key Mississippi inﬂuences like John Lee Hooker, R.L. Burnside and Mississippi Fred McDowell on their 10th album. The band blazes through blues classics for nearly an hour in a satisfying return to the music they built their career on. (Available now)

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TheInvigorating Best essays New Books on how we live now, an uncle who saves the day, and mischief in Brooklyn

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ESSAYS “You can’t see the future coming—not the terrors, for sure, but you also can’t see . . . the moments of lightsoaked joy that await each of us,” writes Green (The Fault in Our Stars). As we gingerly exit our COVID cocoons, these gloriously personal and life-affirming “reviews” give Yelp-style star ratings to everything from The Penguins of Madagascar (4.5) to viral meningitis (1), with surprises like whispering (4) in between. The perfect book for right now.

NOVEL When Maisie and Grant’s mom dies, their uncle—a former sitcom actor—whisks them to Palm Springs, where he’s hiding out from a loss of his own. Draped in caftans and tossing bawdy zingers, Gay Uncle Patrick (aka Guncle) proves a deeply loving presence as they all begin to heal. Wise and hilarious.

New in Paperback Maggie O’Farrell Hamnet You don’t need to be a Shakespeare fiend to lose yourself in this magical novel about the wife and kids behind the great man.

Georgia Clark Alexis It Had to Be You Schaitkin A wedding planner Saint X Claire was 7 when dies and leaves the business to her sister was his wife—and his murdered on a Caribbean island. mistress. What could possibly Years later she go wrong? meets a local who was a suspect— A charming romcom to kick off and may your summer. have answers.

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NOVEL Kit and her husband live in her childhood home in Brooklyn. He adores her, but she has an unchallenging job at a bakery, an obsession with dieting and a serious case of ennui. Then she meets a handsome carpenter and tastes freedom— with a dash of guilt. A witty, knowing tale about what it means to grow up.

Audio Pick! Mary Kubica Local Woman Missing

A quiet Chicago suburb is shaken by a string of disappearances. The cases go cold, but 11 years later one of the missing mysteriously returns. A clever thriller for your next long drive.

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E x t e n d e d Fa m i l y

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Elizabeth’s husband, Richard Burton (left, at the 1964 premiere dinner for The Night of the Iguana), once quipped, “Monty, she likes me, but she loves you.”

one evening when his friends Jean and Fred Green met him at Elizabeth’s house for dinner. Jean recalled: “We decided to make an omelet. Monty was very drunk—and furious. He wanted to go out. Fred said, ‘No, we’re going to eat here.’ Monty took the eggs away from Fred and he started beating them and he spit into them over and over again.” By 1956 Elizabeth’s marriage to Wilding had “run its course.” Elizabeth told Monty she wanted him to star with her in the 1957 Civil War epic Raintree County. As her marriage had unraveled, Elizabeth was happy to have Monty close. She was having affairs and wanted a conﬁdant who understood her. All day Monty would listen to Elizabeth’s version of the marital problems, her gripes and yearnings. On May 12, 1956, Monty took two tranquilizers, left a party at Elizabeth’s Hollywood Hills home and ended up crashing his car not far away. Elizabeth, Rock Hudson and others rushed to the scene, where Elizabeth clawed her way into the mangled car and cradled Monty’s “broken, battered head.” His face appeared to be torn in half. On seeing Elizabeth, Monty mumbled, “My teeth . . .” and started choking. He pantomimed that something was in his throat. “His front teeth were knocked out, and they were stuck in his throat,” actor Kevin McCarthy explained later. “She reached into his mouth and pulled those broken teeth out of his throat.” His blood painted Elizabeth’s white satin dress crimson and pooled in her skirt around Monty’s head in her lap. “I’m here. I’m with you, baby,” she said. Monty’s injuries altered his handsome face and worsened his substance abuse. While Elizabeth made her way through four marriages and blockbusters like 1963’s Cleopatra (with Richard Burton), Monty, whose own string of lovers included actor Jack Larson, was on a path to self-destruction. Not working was tearing Monty apart. Jack Larson came to stay with Monty for a while. “Sometimes, I would pass Monty’s bedroom. Monty

There are no photos of Elizabeth saving Monty’s life at the scene of his 1956 car crash because when photographers arrived, she screamed at them, “If any of you dare take a picture of him like this, I’ll never let you near me again!”

M o n t y ’s ‘Special Love’ Clift took this photo of his lover Jack Larson (who played Jimmy Olsen on TV’s Adventures of Superman). Larson remained a friend to the end, Casillo says.

No Pretenses

Life-Changing Accident

Sharing a laugh in the makeup room on the set of Raintree County in 1957.

would be sitting, scrooched on his sofa, crying.” Emaciated and barely lucid, Monty was uninsurable to work in films. Elizabeth, who would also struggle with addiction later in life, was determined to keep him working and insisted he be cast in her 1967 drama Reflections in a Golden Eye. Preproduction meetings were being held and no one was willing to take a risk on someone with Monty’s reputation. Elizabeth threw up her hands and exclaimed, “Bloody hell! I’ll put up the insurance money!” There was a stunned silence. . . . Monty was astonished. So many people abandoned him, but not her. Not his Bessie Mae. Before filming in 1966 even began, Monty died of a heart attack caused, in part, by his longtime substance abuse. Years later, when Elizabeth mounted her crusade to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Jack Larson recognized their old friend Monty as the heart of her cause. “A big reason Elizabeth became an AIDS activist was her conviction that had Monty lived, he could have easily contracted HIV,” said Jack Larson. “Elizabeth did it for Monty and, in essence, all her gay friends.”

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FRIENDS FOREVER!

‘ We’ll Be Family for Life’ IT’S THE REUNION THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR. T H E S I X S TA R S R E F L EC T O N T H E I R B E LOV E D S H O W A N D W H Y T H E Y ’ L L A LWAY S B E T H E R E F O R O N E A N OT H E R By J U L I E J O R D A N

‘It was a dream come true for all of us. We all realized it early on’ —DAVID SCHWIMMER

Monica’s apartment (left) and Central Perk were painstakingly re-created for the special.

REVISITING THE PAST

well, the longest break ever. The actors have gone on to have their own distinctive careers—as well as marriages, divorces and children—but through it all they’ve remained bonded. “It’s funny. When we do get together, it’s like no time has passed,” LeBlanc says. “We pick up right where we left off.” The six stars sat down with People from the reunion set to talk about memories of the beloved show, their friendships now and how they know (that we know that they know) the moments they created together were magic.

Original Friends production designer John Shaffner’s marching orders for the HBO Max reunion show were clear: Re-create the set exactly the way it had been during the last season of the series. Fortunately most everything had been archived or used in the studio tour at Warner Bros. “I would say we got about 75 percent of the furnishings from the boys’ and the girls’ apartment. And almost everything from the coffeehouse because it was in the museum,” he says. Past photos, shopping and a little creativity filled in the rest. “As much trouble as it was to accomplish, I think it was brilliant.”

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A l l ’s F a i r i n L o v e & Tr i v i a

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The actors relived the epic battle from season 4 when Joey and Chandler won Monica and Rachel’s apartment. But for the special they were tested on their knowledge of the series—from the name of a cranky neighbor to how many erogenous zones are on the female body (according to Monica).

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David Schwimmer

Lisa Kudrow

( P H O E B E B U F FAY )

Married to ad executive Michel Stern since 1995, Kudrow is mom to son Julian, 23. She’ll next be heard on Fox’s animated series HouseBroken and returns for season 2 of Feel Good on Netflix.

(ROSS GELLER)

THEN & NOW

Matt LeBlanc

Courteney Cox

(JOEY TRIBBIANI)

After five seasons of Showtime’s Episodes and four on CBS’s Man with a Plan, the star, who is dad to daughter Marina, 17, with ex-wife Melissa McKnight, is taking some time off.

(MONICA GELLER)

The actress, who shares daughter Coco, 16, with ex-husband David Arquette, will reprise her role as Gale Weathers in 2022’s Scream and appear on the Starz horrorcomedy Shining Vale.

Jennifer Aniston (RACHEL GREEN)

Friendly with exes Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux, she’s earning acclaim for Apple TV+’s The Morning Show (costar Reese Witherspoon once played Rachel’s sister).

What went through your mind when all six of you were first on-set together again for this reunion? JENNIFER ANISTON Oh God, how are we

going to get through this alive without just crying our faces off? LISA KUDROW Yeah. Emotional. MATT LEBLANC It was kind of melancholy, I guess. Right? COURTENEY COX When I walked into the soundstage, I was ﬂooded with 10 years of irreplaceable memories. Between now and when the finale aired, when would you say you were most grateful to be friends with one another? ANISTON Every day since. It’s still, to me, one

of the greatest jobs I’ve ever had. COX We ate lunch together every day, the three [women]. So that made it great. We never went off on our separate ways. We always wanted to 38

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‘All of us working together was like lightning in a bottle’ —COURTENEY COX

Matthew Perr y (CHANDLER BING)

Having weathered health struggles, the actor appears in the upcoming film Don’t Look Up and proposed to literary manager Molly Hurwitz last November.

hang, and that made 10 years incredible. I mean, we’re so grateful, and these friendships right here have remained just as close and supportive. ANISTON Yeah, it goes so beyond the work and what the show was, which was, in and of itself, just a spectacular phenomenon, but the friendships and family that came out of it is just—you can’t put words to that, really. It’s priceless. COX It’s really easy. And it’s really open. ANISTON Family. It’s like a family. I don’t have sisters. It’s what I would assume sisters are like. KUDROW Yeah. And I know that I can text or call, and I feel like we can pick up right where we left off, and no time’s passed. We’re connected no matter what. ANISTON No matter what, till death do us part. MATTHEW PERRY For [the guys, the chemistry] was just goofy, stupid, lame, funny. LEBLANC Like siblings, I would say. Very supportive.

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The director and Lookingglass Theatre Company cofounder, who has 10-year-old daughter Cleo with ex-wife Zoë Buckman, stars on Peacock’s workplace comedy Intelligence.

PERRY And very, very, very sexual. LEBLANC Yeah. Yeah. At the core. DAVID SCHWIMMER Over the years we’ve all

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struggled with different obstacles and challenges. And I think in those times it’s been nice to be able to reach out and touch base and have a call. And, I mean, I’m speaking for myself, because I’m the only one who doesn’t live in California. I live in New York. So that’s been nice. We’ve only been together once, I believe, in the same room until yesterday. We’ve seen each other, like one or two people, or I know the girls get together often, but yeah, the whole cast hasn’t been together in quite some time. So it’s been really lovely. LEBLANC I think everybody sort of has a relationship like that in their life: You know that when you have a conversation with that person, it’s really heartfelt, it’s honest, it’s open. You know that there’s no ulterior motive. They’re signiﬁcant relationships.

LIGHTNING ROUND!

Who was the first to ruin a scene by laughing? Cox: Lisa? Kudrow: Me. Aniston: Lisa. LeBlanc: Lisa or Jennifer. That’s a tie in my opinion. Kudrow: But it wasn’t detectable to the audience if Jennifer did it. LeBlanc: But she didn’t ask us what was detectable to the audience. Who was the first to flub their lines? Aniston: Lisa? Kudrow: Me. Always. Cox: Probably Lisa.

How has the show changed your lives? PERRY It changed my life in every way. I got the

show when I was a 24-year-old man; the show ended when I was 34. It formed my life. And it was the time of my life. SCHWIMMER For any struggling actor, which we all were, I mean, let’s face it—financial security is what you dream of, right? For the first seven years of trying to be an actor, I was also waiting tables—and everyone had their other jobs. So [10 seasons] was a huge gift and a relief. But on top of that, this cast in these roles and the collaborative spirit that the writers kind of invited, where we all were playing at the same level, I think was just a dream come true for all of us. And I think we all realized it really early on. We thought, “Holy crap, not only is this casting just perfect, but we all get along.” There’s not one person who the other five were like . . . I think? [Laughs] Unless I was it. LEBLANC [Whispers] This is awkward.

Who was the most emotional? Kudrow: Jennifer. Perry: Jennifer. Aniston: Yeah. LeBlanc: Yep. Yep. Don’t start crying, don’t start crying. Aniston: I’m not. I took a beta blocker. I am not kidding. Seriously! Yesterday was hard. [Laughs]

Did you take any mementos when the show wrapped? ANISTON A dress that Monica wore. I went into

her line of clothes, and I pulled it out, and I still have it and wear it to this day. It has tiny little ﬂowers with a black lace V-neck and a little cap sleeve with a little slight ruffle of black lace. KUDROW I have Phoebe’s rings. COX I’m not a person who collects things. And then I regret. I’m actually going to steal something tonight. KUDROW I still have my badges, my security badge. ANISTON Wait, how did they let me on? I don’t think I ever had one. KUDROW Yes, you did. PERRY I stole the cookie jar that had the clock on

Which guest star would you have loved to bring back? Cox: Paul Rudd. Kudrow: Paul Rudd did come back. Hank Azaria came back a lot. Aniston: Reese Witherspoon. Schwimmer: Would have been fun to see Ben Stiller again. Aniston: Charlton Heston. Perry: Really? LeBlanc: Well, he was Moses.

Who were the biggest flirts with each other? LeBlanc: David and Jennifer. Kudrow: Jennifer and David. Cox: David and Jennifer. Perry: Yeah. Oh, was there a real crush going on? Schwimmer: Anyway, next question. Cox: In the beginning. Aniston: Next question.

MY ROYAL FRIENDSHIP

How Prince Harry Inspired Me

Brothers in Arms

“He settled into a team well,” Stott says of Harry (above, training in Yorkshire in 2007). Left: Stott at home in California.

When Dean Stott arrived for specialized military training one August day in 2007, he sensed something was different at the airfield in North Yorkshire, England. There seemed to be a greater number of vehicles around the base and more senior staff than usual. Stott soon learned why: Among their ranks was a young officer named Second Lieutenant Wales—aka Prince Harry. Like Stott, Harry, then 22, was undergoing training to be a forward air controller in the British Army, and when, at their first session, the royal raised his hand to ask if he would get a call sign, or code name, if he was successful in the course, Stott couldn’t resist a quip. “I sort of made a jokey comment, much to the dismay of the rest of the staff,” Stott recalls. “The sergeant major said, ‘You two are partnered up for the six weeks.’ ” So began a comradeship that would later reflect numerous parallels in their lives: After challenging teen years, both men found a calling in the military. Both fought in Afghanistan around the same time, and now, in their civilian lives, both have May 31, 2021

‘The chemistry was something we’d never experienced before. . . . And never really since’ —JENNIFER ANISTON

ANISTON “That will always have your back.”

Why does the show keep resonating with generation after generation?

and some heart to it. ANISTON The chemistry was something we’ve never experienced before ever, never until that point. And never really since. KUDROW And the audience feels that.

PERRY Because it was character-driven funny,

How would you describe that chemistry?

not timely funny. They didn’t make timely jokes. They didn’t make jokes about O.J. Simpson. They made character-driven jokes about people—and people are going to come back time and time again and watch that. SCHWIMMER Great, great writing—but I think this group brought some chemistry

ANISTON Perfect. PERRY Magic. LEBLANC Awkward. I would say awkward. PERRY Magic with a slice of awkwardness. LEBLANC Magically awkward. ANISTON With a slice of awkward for LeBlanc. PERRY It’s awkwardly magic.

We’ll be family for life. PERRY “Do an 11th season.”

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‘SHE IS NOT THE SHOOTER. SHE IS A VICTIM. SHE WAS 16’

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civil rights attorney Justin Moore, say Zephi was being sex-trafficked by Baldenegro, who was using her as bait to lure Morillo and Lobos to the scene that day. Baldenegro has allegedly confessed he was the one holding the gun when the shots went off, but authorities say Zephi was complicit in the crime and have charged her as an adult, though she was only 16 at the time of the shooting. (Baldenegro and Martinez have pleaded not guilty to charges of capital murder and aggravated robbery.) Since Zephi’s arrest, her case has gained national attention: Music mogul Jason Flom featured it on his popular Wrongful Conviction podcast last

COURTESY TREVINO FAMILY(4)

Before the summer of 2019. teenager Zephaniah Trevino—“Zephi” to friends and family—was living an average, normal life in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie, Texas. A fun-loving sophomore at Grand Prairie High School, who “lit up a room with her smile and laughter,” says her mom, Crystal Trevino, Zephi played softball and liked to hang out with her friends from church. But her family noticed changes in her as the school year ended— “That summer was pretty much like a hurricane,” recalls Crystal—as Zephi started losing weight, with dark circles appearing under her eyes and bruises showing up on her body. On the night of Aug. 3, 2019, Crystal remembers Zephi climbing onto the couch with her, crying and trying to bury herself under her mother. When Crystal asked what was wrong, Zephi wouldn’t answer. “I felt something was really bad,” Crystal remembers. “Something was really wrong.” It was much worse than Crystal imagined. Earlier on that day, authorities say, Zephi—along with Jesse Martinez, then 18, and Philip Baldenegro, 19—had taken part in a robbery that left one man dead from a gunshot wound and another injured. All three have now been arrested and charged with murder and aggravated robbery. “My heart literally fell to my stomach. I was sick,” Crystal says of the moment she learned of the charges against her daughter while in court after Zephi’s arrest. “I thought, ‘This has to be a mistake. This is the wrong person.’ ” But as details of the case began to emerge, there was no mistaking that Zephi, now 18, was at the scene of the shooting that killed Dallas resident Carlos Arajeni-Arriaza Morillo, 22, and injured —CRYSTAL Cristian Lobos, 18. What remains in dispute is T R E V I N O , why she was there. Her parents and her lawyer, Z E P H I ’ S M O M

Zephaniah Trevino loved sports (left, at volleyball, and with medals) say her parents, Crystal and Henry (with her, bottom left).

Sarah Shahi Lets Loose

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FUN & GAME SHOWS

When Sarah Shahi first read the role of conflicted stay-at-home mom Billie in Netflix’s Sex/Life, she related to the character feeling boxed in. “She’s a great mom, but she can’t help but want to break the stereotypes of what a mom should be,” says Shahi, 41. “I’ve always felt like I’m more than what was in front of me.” As Billie faces an identity crisis, she tries to reconcile her wild past with ex Brad (Adam Demos) and her current life with husband Cooper (Mike Vogel). The steamy drama “is like the sugariest candy you have ever tasted,” Shahi teases.

SMALL FORTUNE

M AY 3 1 o n N B C Teams of three show off feats of dexterity as they compete in itty-bitty games on teeny-tiny playing fields for a grand prize of $250,000. Lil Rel Howery hosts.

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Sarah Shahi, Adam Demos JUNE 25 on Netflix

LOVE ISLAND

J U LY 7 o n C B S Host Arielle Vandenberg and narrator/joke cracker Matthew Hoffman head to Hawaii for the third round of the U.S. version of the romantic competition series.

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THE CELEBRITY DATING GAME

JUNE 14 on ABC Zooey Deschanel guides stars like Taye Diggs and Iggy Azalea as they pick a suitor hidden behind a panel—and cohost Michael Bolton sings parody songs about them.

TED LASSO

J U LY 2 3 o n A p p l e T V + Jason Sudeikis, who stars in this charming comedy, won big at the Golden Globes and SAG Awards, but at the beginning of season 2 his character’s soccer team just keeps tying its games. To get out of the rut, AFC Richmond brings on a sports psychologist named Sharon (Sarah Niles), who doesn’t eat sugar. Guess that leaves more of Ted’s tasty home-baked biscuits for his boss Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham).

Jem

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WE ARE LADY PARTS

J U N E 3 o n Pe a c o c k When Ph.D. student Amina (Anjana Vasan) is recruited for a Muslim female punk band, her tradition-filled world is, well, rocked.

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H E E L S • AUG. 15 on Starz

Brothers Jack and Ace (Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig) are warring over their late father’s legacy—and battling it out in the wrestling ring—in this small-town drama.

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Kindred Spirits Taylor and Clift (in 1950 at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles) “had this deep connection,” says author Charles Casillo. “They were soulmates.”

One of the most beautiful women of her era, screen goddess Elizabeth Taylor had men falling at her feet (and she married seven of them, including actor Richard Burton—twice). But one man she adored was forever beyond her reach, at least romantically: actor Montgomery Clift. At just 17, MGM’s former child star fell hard for the method actor from New York, who was 12 years her senior, while filming A Place in the Sun in 1949. So palpable was their onscreen chemistry that costar Shelley Winters “actually thought there was an affair going on,” says Charles Casillo, author of Elizabeth and Monty: The Untold Story of Their Intimate Friendship, excerpted here. Offscreen, the two bonded over their showbiz childhoods (“the first dab of glue that bound them together,” says Casillo) and shared a kiss or two, leading Elizabeth to proclaim she’d found the

man of her dreams. But Monty’s love was platonic. “He couldn’t bring himself to tell her that he was gay,” Casillo says. “As Elizabeth started dating other men, Monty felt more comfortable in letting her know he was gay, and then they had no secrets between them.” The lifelong friends would go on to star in two more films together, leaning on each other during their toughest times— her serial marriages and scandalous affairs; his losing struggle with addiction to drugs and alcohol, which was fueled, in part, by having to hide his sexuality in then-homophobic Hollywood. That, says Casillo, “played into his unhappiness.” When Monty died in 1966 at age 45, “a piece of herself was gone,” Casillo says of Elizabeth, who went on to ﬁght homophobia and, later, the AIDS epidemic that ravaged the gay community and beyond. “She and Monty were true soulmates.”

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR & MONTGOMERY CLIFT:

An akable Bond

A NEW BOOK EXPLORES THE CLOSE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO O F O L D H O L LY W O O D ’ S B I G G E S T S TA R S , W H O S E L O V E S U R V I V E D SCANDAL, HOMOPHOBIA AND TRAGEDY By K . C . B A K E R May 31, 2021

FRIENDS ONSCREEN & OFF Mutual Support

Researching the pair (on a lunch break on the set of Raintree County in 1957), author Casillo says he learned “how much influence each one had on the other’s life.”

Elizabeth (in 1950), whom he called Bessie Mae, “was someone Monty could have a good time with and really be himself around,” says Casillo.

Inside Story

Casillo’s book plumbs the stars’ lasting connection. “Elizabeth once said, ‘We reveal things to each other that we never could tell anyone else,” he says.

ing love, he’d panic and pull away,” she confessed. He couldn’t bring himself to tell Elizabeth he was gay. Instead, he started showing up on the set with young men he had picked up the night before, making it obvious that they had been intimate. In denial, Elizabeth would plead with Monty to marry her. “No, Bessie, it wouldn’t be right,” he’d reply. At 18, she instead wed Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr. MGM considered the May 1950 wedding perfect publicity for her next film, Father of the Bride, opening that June. When the marriage lasted just eight months, Monty consoled her. She learned to love him as a friend, and that love was very deep. Elizabeth finally said to him, “Look, Monty, whatever you want from me, I’m always here for you.” Elizabeth wed British actor Michael Wilding in 1952. Monty, despite the success of From Here to Eternity in 1953, spiraled into substance abuse. Monty was spending a great deal of time with Elizabeth and Wilding, staying with them at their house in the Hollywood Hills. Those were still some good times. But the bad times were happening more often. Drinking and pill popping would turn Monty from a charming, dignified man into a childlike monster. Monty’s Jekyll-and-Hyde antics were on display

TOGETHER in FILM HISTORY

A Place in the Sun (1951)

“A lot of dialogue and close-ups were inspired by their real-life chemistry,” says Casillo. The film “documents two people falling in love.”

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Raintree County (1957)

Filming was interrupted by the car crash that marred Monty’s face. “He wouldn’t have overcome it without her devotion,” says Casillo.

S u d d e n l y, L a s t S u m m e r ( 1 9 5 9 )

“She used her power to get Monty cast,” says Casillo. “They wanted to fire him [for erratic performance]. Elizabeth said, ‘If he goes, I go.’ ”

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When they first met to make A Place in the Sun, 29-year-old Monty showed 17-year-old Elizabeth what it was to be a serious actor. “At first, I felt very much the inadequate teenage Hollywood puppet . . . I started to listen and realize acting was more than saying some lines. It was something that could make this man shake from head to toe with emotion,” she later said. Every night, they would get together to go over the following day’s scenes. “Monty coached Elizabeth more than the director did,” said his longtime acting coach Mira Rostova. Elizabeth was falling for him. She started inviting Monty to join her in the bathroom—to talk—while she bathed. Monty would sit on the edge of the tub and, to her astonishment, they would actually talk—and joke and laugh. Monty didn’t seem to be distracted by Elizabeth’s naked body and for the first time, a man had noticed her talent, her interests. (He wasn’t completely oblivious. He later rhapsodized to a friend about her “magnificent [breasts].”) Monty couldn’t fully reciprocate her feelings. Elizabeth wanted to lose her virginity to Monty, and she let him know she was available. “But just when he overcame all his inhibitions about mak-

Fun and Games

E x t e n d e d Fa m i l y

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Elizabeth’s husband, Richard Burton (left, at the 1964 premiere dinner for The Night of the Iguana), once quipped, “Monty, she likes me, but she loves you.”

M o n t y ’s ‘Special Love’ Clift took this photo of his lover Jack Larson (who played Jimmy Olsen on TV’s Adventures of Superman). Larson remained a friend to the end, Casillo says.

No Pretenses

Life-Changing Accident

Sharing a laugh in the makeup room on the set of Raintree County in 1957.

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Journey to Freedom

Lydia Pogu and Joy Bishara (right, on the SEU campus) shared their story exclusively with People in 2017. Inset: Michelle Obama joined the social media campaign.

BOKO HARAM KIDNAPPING SURVIVORS

Triumph Over Terror SEVEN YEARS AFTER A HARROWING ESCAPE FROM T H E I R C A P T O R S , LY D I A P O G U AND JOY BISHARA SEE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE By A B I G A I L P E S TA

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HAIR & MAKEUP (LYDIA) PAULA ABRAHAM/ZENOBIA AGENCY; (JOY) CRISTY GUY/ZENOBIA AGENCY

It was a moment of celebration for all 860 graduates from Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla., on April 30—as sparklers lit up the stage, signaling the end of the commencement ceremonies. But for 23-year-old Lydia Pogu, who received her bachelor’s degree in legal studies, and Joy Bishara, 24, who earned her B.A. in social work, the festivities marked a milestone the Nigerian-born women thought they might never see. “I can’t believe I’m a graduate,” says Bishara. “Sometimes I have to pinch myself and make sure I’m awake.” Just seven years ago, in April 2014, the two were among 276 teenage girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, by the notorious terrorist group Boko Haram. The incident garnered global attention, spawning the social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls (Michelle Obama was among those demanding action) and igniting an international effort to find the victims. Pogu and Photographs by OCTAVIO JONES

Held Hostage

In May 2014 Boko Haram released a video showing the kidnapped schoolgirls. More than 100 remain missing.

‘God has turned this story into something good for us’ INSETS, TOP FROM LEFT: WHITE HOUSE ARCHIVE; AP

—LYDIA POGU

Bishara were among a few dozen girls who managed to escape the terrorists by jumping from a moving truck. Returning to their village put their lives in danger, and in August that same year, they were able to come to the U.S. to finish their education, with support from humanitarian groups like the Jubilee Campaign in Fairfax, Va. They’ve been building their hopes and dreams ever since. “Having Joy by my side and doing all this together inspires me to keep living the life that I’m supposed to live,” says Pogu. The transition hasn’t always been easy. “It was a culture shock for both of us,” says Bishara. The girls spent two years in school in Virginia before transferring to the Canyonville Academy in Oregon. Now, with plans to pursue their master’s degrees at SEU—both are on scholarship and will spend the summer working oncampus jobs—they’re determined to bring change to their community back home, where Boko Haram remains a threat. More than 100 of their classmates are The Graduates “I’m very thankful,” still missing. Pogu last saw says Pogu (above, her family in 2017, and Bishugging a friend). hara hasn’t been home since Top: Bishara gets her diploma. 2018 (though both call home weekly). “Boko Haram says women can’t go to school,” says Pogu, who hopes to become a human rights lawyer. “Women should be able to make decisions for their life. I want to fight for that.” Bishara, meanwhile, wants to start a community support agency in Chibok: “As I was walking on that graduation stage, I thought, ‘This is for all the girls from Chibok who couldn’t be here.’ ”

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Bode & Morgan Miller

Family Joy After Heartbreak THREE YEARS AFTER THE DROWNING D E AT H O F T H E I R 1 9 - M O N T H - O L D DAUGHTER, THE COUPLE OPEN UP ABOUT HEALING FROM LOSS — AND THE JOY OF A NEW BABY By J O H N N Y D O D D and K A R E N M I Z O G U C H I Photographs by M c C A L L M I L L E R

The Power o f Fa m i l y

“We have a lot of love to give, but we feel like this will be the last baby for us,” says Morgan (with Bode and, from left, Nash, twins Asher and Aksel, Nate and Easton on the beach in Coto de Caza, Calif.).

ith five young children at home, Bode and Morgan Miller have come to think of chaos as a comfort zone. And on this sunny afternoon at the family’s Orange County, Calif., home, chaos definitely reigns. Eight-year-old Nate (Bode’s son from a prior relationship) and 6-yearold Nash are shooting basketballs and jumping on the trampoline in the backyard, while 18-monthold twins Asher and Aksel are creating havoc in the kitchen—and 2-year-old Easton is upstairs trying to nap through it all. Suddenly Nash, wearing only his underpants, dashes into the family room. “Can I go next door?” he asks. “We’re going to the beach; go put your shirt on,” replies Bode, 43. “And go eat some snacks,” adds Morgan, 34. Nash pretends to be confused. “Mommy, what do you mean by ‘eat’?” he says, rubbing his tummy with a grin. “Holy cow!” says Morgan, bursting into laughter. “There’s apples and peanut butter. Now go!” The past year has been a happy one for the Millers despite the pandemic. The Olympic gold medalist (Bode is the most successful male Alpine skier in U.S. history) and Morgan, a former pro volleyball player and model, have spent much of their time in lockdown with their kids at their home near Big Sky, Mont., and this past March, Morgan learned she was pregnant with the couple’s sixth child, who’s due in November. (Bode also has daughter Dace, 13, from a prior relationship.) “We found out at, like, three and a half weeks, and we’ve just been rolling with it,” says Morgan. “We both just knew that we had more space in our hearts to give more love.” Although the sex reveal is still a week away, Morgan admits that, with five boys and just one girl between them, she and Bode are hoping for another girl. “All of our kids are so unique, and it’s always a surprise,” says Bode, “but I think after losing Emmy we both felt we wanted to try for a girl.” It was just three years ago, in June 2018, that the Millers lost their 19-month-old daughter Emeline after she drowned in a neighbor’s backyard pool. Heartbroken, the couple have since turned their

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D a d d y ’s Little Girl

“Emmy was an awesome kid to be around,” says Bode (with his daughter in 2017 and, right, in 2018). “We had a really unique father-daughter relationship.”

tragedy into purpose, promoting swimming programs for kids and educating parents on the importance of water safety in the hope of keeping other families from suffering the pain they experienced after Emmy’s death. “It’s been incredibly hard, but it’s no longer quite as raw and painful,” says Bode. Adds Morgan: “We’re parents who lost a child to something that should’ve never killed her. This doesn’t need to happen. We have the opportunity to inspire people, to help change the world.”

For Bode and Morgan, family was always a priority.

‘Having your heart feel full again is amazing’ —MORGAN MILLER

Action Figures

Downhill Racer

In addition to four world championships, Bode won six Olympic medals, more than any other U.S. skier.

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On Her Game

Morgan spent six years playing beach volleyball on the pro circuit before retiring in 2015.

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The couple met while Morgan was competing in a Fort Lauderdale volleyball tournament in May 2012—and the New Hampshire-raised Bode was immediately smitten. It took him ﬁve tries to persuade the Newport Beach, Calif., native to go out with him, but by October they were married. Nash was born in 2015, and Bode retired from racing not long after Emmy’s birth in November 2016. (Easton arrived in 2018, and the twins followed in late 2019.) While time has helped heal the pain of Emmy’s death, the devastating memories of that afternoon

on June 9, 2018, are never gone. “It’s not something you can ever get away from,” says Morgan, who had dropped by their neighbor’s house with Emmy and was having tea when she suddenly noticed her rambunctious little girl was nowhere in sight. “I’ve replayed it in my head over and over,” she says. “All of a sudden I realized it was too quiet.” Morgan frantically searched for the toddler, who’d wandered out through an open door to the backyard. “She was in the shallow end of the pool. I jumped in and grabbed her; she still had a pulse.” Paramedics arrived and rushed the little girl to the hospital, where she died the next day. “There’s still so much that seems like yesterday,” says Bode. “And then there’s parts that really start to feel like a long time ago.” Determined to give meaning to Emmy’s death, the Millers embarked on a nationwide campaign to educate parents and officials about kids and water safety (see box). “This is something that’s completely preventable,” says Morgan. With hundreds of U.S. children falling victim to drowning accidents each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the couple have advocated for legislation requiring pool fences with childproof alarms and locks, and for swimming lessons to be a mandatory safety measure (“The way they did with car seats,” says Bode)—covered by health or homeowner’s insurance. “If kids can crawl, they need to know how to float,” says Morgan. “And if they can walk,

Water Safety First

Butterflies for Emmy

On the beach after honoring Emmy’s memory: Nate (left), Morgan and Easton and (below) Bode with Nash and Asher. “She’s still very much around us,” says Morgan.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, hundreds of children aged 1 to 4 die from drowning each year. Bode and Morgan are determined to do what they can to change that. “The most important thing a parent can do is get your child equipped to deal with water,” says Morgan. “We start our kids at 6 months.” But swimming lessons are only part of the solution, the couple say. Equally important is

they need to know how to swim. . . . It’s about arming your children with the tools to navigate that situation—because it’s the deadliest place they can be.”

STYLING: APRIL LEVINS

Since 2019 the family have enjoyed more and more

time at their six-bedroom home near Big Sky, Mont., where they ﬁnd life moves at a more comfortable pace. “Originally we went up there for two weeks to get away. Then we saw the kids outside playing and horseback riding and fishing,” says

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making sure that pools are properly fenced in and equipped with alarms and locks that a child can’t reach. Being vigilant whenever you’re near a pool or open water with children is also crucial. “If you’re ever missing a child, the first place you should always look is the water because every second counts,” says Morgan. Adds Bode: “This is a problem we can solve—or at least mitigate the risks, if we take the right steps.”

Morgan. “We’re lucky that we both get to be at home and this was a move we could make.” During the pandemic, the house became an extended-family compound with Morgan’s older sister, her husband and their three kids moving in as well. “We skied a lot together; it’s a great outdoorsy, kind of quarantined sport,” says Bode, who remains involved in his Turtle Ridge Foundation, which creates adaptive sports programs for disabled youth, and is developing an online winter sports academy. These days the Millers are focused on the future—and welcoming their new baby. “Having a baby is an amazing process, where your heart just gets bigger and you find more love to give,” says Morgan, who’s also planning to launch a wellness and ﬁtness website, Simplemom, for new moms in the coming months. As they have with all of their kids, the couple are planning on a home birth. “We always have a backup plan,” says Morgan, “but there is something so magical about having our babies at home and being surrounded by our kids.” For the Millers, of course, that includes Emmy, whom they keep very much a part of their lives. Last month the family gathered on the beach and released dozens of butterﬂies in memory of the little girl. “She’s still part of our family,” says Morgan. “She still gets Easter baskets, her pictures are everywhere, and her room is still here. Her closet is still full. Occasionally she still gets a few new pieces in there. . . . The lessons that we learned from her, and the memories that we share—the love never goes away.”

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DEAN STOTT TRAINED ALONGSIDE HARRY IN THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES—AND STILL FINDS SUPPORT IN THEIR ENDURING FRIENDSHIP By S I M O N PERRY Photographs by CHRISTOPHER FRAGAPANE

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MY ROYAL FRIENDSHIP

How Prince Harry Inspired Me

Brothers in Arms

“He settled into a team well,” Stott says of Harry (above, training in Yorkshire in 2007). Left: Stott at home in California.

Strong Support

continued to support veterans’ causes. Then in October, Dean, 44, and his wife, Alana, 38, followed in the footsteps of Harry and his wife, Meghan, and resettled their young family—including kids Mollie, 9, and Tommy, 4—in California. “I never saw Harry as a member of the royal family but as a soldier and officer,” says Stott. “I really got to see the Harry people haven’t seen. That’s how we bonded.” Stott’s own journey could not have started more differently from the prince’s. After his parents divorced when he was 8, he and his two sisters spent time living in a homeless shelter in “the roughest place in Manchester in the mid-’80s,” he says. “From a young age, I was learning how to use my ﬁsts on the playground, protecting me and my sisters.” He found a way out in the military. After joining

Their New Life

Since they moved from the U.K. last fall, the family have focused on “can-do attitude,” says Alana (with Dean and their kids Tommy and Mollie).

“He said, ‘If you’re hitting any barriers, give me a call,’ ” Stott recalls Harry (in 2018) told him before his recordbreaking ride.

‘I really got to see the Harry people haven’t seen’ —STOTT

the Royal Engineers at 17, he served as a paratrooper commando before being accepted to the Special Boat Service (the U.K. version of the Navy SEALS). From there, he served a tour of Afghanistan around the same time as Harry. But in 2010 Stott was injured in a parachute accident during training. Alana— whom he met in 2009 and wedded in 2013—recalls that when Dean realized he would have to leave his military career, he “felt guilty and resentful.” While Harry went off to fly Apache helicopters on a second tour of Afghanistan, Stott had to find a new purpose. By now he was running a security consulting firm, but—facing what he calls a midlife crisis—he was looking for a challenge. So he took up cycling, aiming to break the world record for biking the 14,000-mile-long Pan-American Highway from southern Argentina to Alaska. He told Harry, and the pair decided to use the challenge to raise money for the royals’ Heads Together mental health campaign. “Every time I got through a country, I would text [Harry] and let him know,” he says. “He would say, ‘Keep going.’ ” After arriving in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on May 12, 2018—smashing what was then the record by 17 days—he rushed back to the U.K. to attend Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle. “It was amazing,” says Alana. At the reception, “Harry said, ‘Does anybody know how to play the piano?’ and I looked at Dean and almost said, ‘Don’t put your hand up!’ And then Elton John put his hand up.” Now, as the couple set up their new life in Lake Forest, Calif., they are growing their private security business and setting their sights on Dean’s next adventure, a kayaking trip on the Nile to highlight areas of need in Africa. They’re also looking forward to welcoming Harry and Meghan’s new daughter soon. For both families, life today is full of “opportunity,” says Stott. “The kids come in with big smiles. We are shouting from the rooftops.”

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New Mood

Living in Montecito, “I can actually lift my head,” Harry told Shepard and Padman. “I feel different. My shoulders have dropped.”

HARRY’S CANDID NEW INTERVIEW Speaking with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on the May 13 episode of the Armchair Expert podcast to promote his new AppleTV+ series The Me You Can’t See, Harry, 36, opened up about pain, therapy and how Meghan helped him heal

COURTESY: ARMCHAIR EXPERT

On Life as a Royal [It’s] a mix between The Truman Show and being in the zoo. The biggest issue for me was that being born into it, you inherit every element of it, without choice. It’s the job, right? Just grin and bear it. In my early 20s it was a case of “I don’t want this job, I don’t want to be here, I don’t want to be doing this. Look what it did to my mum. How am I ever gonna settle down, have a wife and a family, when I know that it’s gonna happen again?” Because I’ve seen behind the curtain. I’ve seen the business model. On Breaking the Cycle of ‘Genetic Pain’ I don’t think we should be pointing the finger or blaming anybody. But certainly, when it comes to parenting, if I’ve experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering that perhaps my father or my parents had suffered, I’m going to make

sure that I break that cycle so that I don’t pass it on . . . . There’s a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed along. I started to piece it all together and go . . . so that means that he’s treated me the way that he was treated, which means how can I change that for my own kids? On Therapy and Seeking Help It was a conversation that I had with my now wife. She could tell that I was hurting and that some of the stuff that was out of my control was making me really angry. . . . Once I started doing therapy, it was like the bubble was burst. I plucked my head out of the sand and gave it a good shake off, and I was like, “You’re in this position of privilege, stop complaining and stop thinking you want something different—make this different. How are you going to do these things differently? How are you going to make your mum proud and use this platform to really effect change?” . . . I want to share my story

to hopefully help other people . . . . I realized that helping other people helped me. On Unconscious Bias Having had the upbringing and the education that I have, I had no idea what [unconscious bias] was. I had no idea it existed. Sad as it is to say, it took me many, many years to realize it, especially then living a day or a week in my wife’s shoes. On His Courtship with Meghan The first time that Meghan [came to] stay with me, we met up in a supermarket in London pretending as though we didn’t know each other. So we texted each other from the other side of the aisle. There were people giving me all these weird looks, and I was there texting, saying, “Is this the right one?” And she was like, “No, you want parchment paper.” I’m like, [whispers] “Where’s the parchment paper?”

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things to do, eat & see (now that we can finally travel again!) AFTER A YEAR OF PUTTING PLANS ON HOLD, ALLOW T H E S E D E S T I N AT I O N S TO REIGNITE YOUR WANDERLUST By S O N A L D U T T

Find Your Favorite Lobster Roll

Locals may disagree about the single best lobster roll in Maine, but the one served at the Clam Shack in Kennebunkport is likely high on everyone’s list. It’s simplicity at its finest: sweet, locally caught lobster, melted butter and mayo piled on a freshly baked, round white roll.

Go Glamping in a Real Tree House

The cozy, contemporary cottages at the Mohican Treehouse resort, a 77-acre destination in Ohio’s Amish Country, have panoramic views of the surrounding woods.

Step Up to the Mural Challenge

Stroll through Lexington, Ky., to find all the colorful street-art installations laced throughout the city’s downtown—there are more than 30, including the famous 30x70-ft. Louis Armstrong wall.

Stare at the Stars from a Dark Sky Reserve

The Milky Way, constellations and shooting stars turn into the ultimate light show over the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve, a 1,400-sq.-mi. territory with some of the clearest night skies in the United States.

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E a t Yo u r Wa y f r o m M i a m i t o K e y We s t Lift Off in a Hot-Air Balloon

Wake up early to watch nearly 750 balloons launch en masse at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (Oct. 2-10). You don’t have to be just a spectator: Reserve a sunrise or sunset ride to be part of the biggest balloon festival in the world.

6 Sip Drinks in an Underground Bar

It’s a Polynesian wonderland at Chicago’s Three Dots and a Dash, a sexy subterranean tavern serving nostalgic but high-end tiki cocktails from the 1930s and ’40s. Chic! l a c i p Tr o ls, like i a t k c Co waii t h e H ae t o p p e d i, ar M a i Ta h k i t s c h y wit ishes. n r a g i tik

Don’t miss these food finds along the Overseas Highway (the southernmost leg of U.S. Route 1), one of the most scenic drives in the country

restaurant, where you get a massive (and delicious) breakfast burrito for less than $10.

Pilot House

There is no shortage of key lime pie options on this drive, but this spot in Marathon has the most unique twist. Chilled key lime filling is wrapped in a flour tortilla, then deep-fried and dusted in cinnamon sugar for a truly magnificent treat.

Robbie’s of Islamorada

Roostica

Located right on the marina in Key Largo, this local hangout has been around since 1950. See the fish swimming below your feet at the glassbottom bar, and don’t leave without ordering the jerk fish tacos.

Tourists flock here to feed the tarpon off the dock while fending off swarming pelicans, a Florida Keys rite of passage. Stay for a meal at the Hungry Tarpon

Burdines Waterfront

Just before you hit Key West, make a stop on Stock Island for the best pizza in the Keys, hands down. If you like heat, try the Hell’s Kitchen Diavola pie with spicy salami and lots of garlic.

Hit the Links Like a Golf Pro Tucked within Missouri’s Ozark Mountains, Payne’s Valley is the first public-access golf course in the U.S. designed by Tiger Woods. Don’t miss the bonus 19th hole, surrounded by towering rock walls. May 31, 2021

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Eat the Best Fried Chicken of Your Life

One bite and you’ll understand why people begin lining up outside Willie Mae’s Scotch House in New Orleans hours before the restaurant opens for lunch. Their perfectly seasoned chicken is dipped in a wet batter and deep-fried, creating a crunchy, golden crust that encases the moist meat within.

Bury Your Feet in the Sand on Hawaii’s Newest Beach The Big Island’s Pohoiki black-sand beach was formed after the Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018. Enjoy this pristine setting while you can: The tides may wash away the dark sand in a few years.

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Po s e N e x t t o the Quirkiest Roadside Attractions Seven Magic Mountains

Towers of colorful stacked boulders stand more than 30 ft. high in Las Vegas.

Prada Marfa

In Valentine, Texas, the fake boutique on the side of a barren highway is an art installation by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset.

Paul Bunyan Statue

The welcoming figure in Akeley, Minn., invites visitors to crawl into the palm of Paul’s hand for a photo.

Picnic in a Purple Haze

World’s Largest Pistachio

The Sequim-Dungeness Valley of Washington State grows more lavender than any region in the country. Visit in July when the flowers are in full bloom and the heavenly scent perfumes the air.

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The giant concrete shell stands 30 ft. tall and is located near a pistachio farm in Alamogordo, N.Mex.

Foamhenge

Stop in Natural Bridge, Va., to see a full-size replica of Stonehenge made entirely out of Styrofoam.

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Tour Virginia’s Wine Country

Nestled along the Blue Ridge Mountains, the area is home to dozens of award-winning wineries— including Blenheim Vineyards, owned by musician Dave Matthews. Chef José Andrés said the bucolic region is “more beautiful than Napa Valley.”

Stand on a Corner in Winslow, Arizona

It’s such a fine sight to see tourists flock to this spot inspired by the Eagles’ 1972 hit “Take It Easy.” The photo-ready park also features a mural of a woman in a flatbed Ford, clearly slowing down to have a look.

Sail on a Micro-Cruise Around Alaska

Follow the Path for Civil Rights

With more than 100 stops through 15 states and Washington, D.C., the Civil Rights Trail marks locations where pivotal battles for racial justice and freedom took place—like the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where Black college students staged sit-ins, and the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot outside room 306.

Roam with Wild Horses

Gaze Up at the Art at a Sculpture Park

Three hours from Yellowstone National Park, Montana’s Tippet Rise Art Center is a 12,000-acre working sheep and cattle ranch dotted with large-scale sculptures placed in the middle of spectacular wide-open vistas.

On Assateague Island off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia, more than 200 feral horses peacefully wander around the beaches and sandy dunes. The ponies are likely descendants of ones brought by mainland owners in the late 17th century.

The smaller vessels, which often carry fewer than 200 passengers, can access dazzling fjords, bays, caves and waterside towns that large ships simply can’t reach.

get a taste of the magnolia life

When Chip and Joanna Gaines opened Silos Baking Co. in their hometown of Waco, Texas, in 2016, they hoped visitors would find a relaxing spot for baked treats and views of the Magnolia grounds— a pilgrimage site for fans of the Fixer Upper stars. The offerings include many of Joanna’s own recipes, including her Silo Cookie—the first item to make it on the menu. “The credit for this recipe really belongs to Chip and the kids,” she said. “They each have a different favorite cookie, so one day, I dumped in everyone’s must-have ingredient: nuts for Chip, peanut butter for the girls and chocolate for the boys. It was a complete win across the board.” Silo Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup packed light-brown sugar 3∕ 4 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. kosher salt 1 tsp. baking soda 11∕ 2 cups rolled oats 11∕ 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 11∕ 2 cups peanut butter chips 1∕ 2 cup chopped walnuts

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High Five! Chip and Joanna will celebrate the b a k e r y ’s f i f t h anniversary in June.

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e s u o H n o i t a c o L e i v o M e f i L l a e R a n i y a St Groundhog Day Although the 1993 movie was set in Punxsutawney, Pa., exterior shots of the Victorian bed-andbreakfast where TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) woke up— again and again!— were filmed at the Cherry Tree Inn in Woodstock, Ill.

Steel Magnolias This charming B&B in Natchitoches, La., served as the southern home where Shelby (Julia Roberts) and her mother, M’Lynn (Sally Field), lived. When you book, ask for the pink Shelby Room, designed in the character’s “signature color.”

Avengers: Endgame Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) retreated to this lakeside cabin in the final Avengers movie—and you can too. Located 20 minutes outside Atlanta, the threebedroom house is listed on Airbnb.

Twilight Spend the night in the same room Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) shared in the first Twilight movie. The owners of the Twilight Swan House in St. Helens, Ore., now on Airbnb, redecorated the interiors to resemble the look of the film.

Cookie Photograph by VICTOR PROTASIO

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. 2. In a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Reduce to medium-low heat, and add eggs one at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Add vanilla; beat until well incorporated. 3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking soda. Slowly add flour mixture to egg mixture, and beat until incorporated. Reduce speed to low, add oats, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and walnuts, and beat until incorporated, 15 to 20 seconds. 4. Using a 2-oz. cookie scoop, scoop dough onto one of the baking sheets. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes. 5. Baking in batches, and leaving reserved dough in the fridge, set the balls 3 inches apart on the second baking sheet. Bake until browned, 13 to 15 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet 10 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough. Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days. Makes: 18 Active time: 25 minutes Total time: 1 hour, 30 minutes May 31, 2021

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Spinach & Goat Cheese Samosas 1 Tbsp. canola oil 1⁄ 2 cup chopped red onion 1⁄ 4 tsp. garam masala Pinch of ground turmeric 2 cups chopped spinach 3 oz. goat cheese, crumbled 1⁄ 4 cup pine nuts 1⁄ 4 tsp. table salt 1⁄ 4 tsp. black pepper 2 large eggs, divided 8 frozen phyllo pastry sheets, thawed

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e u n e V r i A n e p O Catch a Show at an Red Rocks

In Morrison, Colo., the brightred sandstone monoliths that jut out from either side of the stage create one of the few acoustically perfect natural amphitheaters in the world.

Hollywood Bowl

The performance space built under the Hollywood Hills has hosted everyone from the Beatles to Aretha Franklin. This year stars like Christina Aguilera and H.E.R. will perform under the iconic band shell.

Tanglewood

Lawn seats are the way to go at this Lenox, Mass., gem tucked inside the Berkshire Hills. Pack blankets and a picnic to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra or Boston Pops perform here in the summer.

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Designed by architect Frank Gehry in Chicago’s Millennium Park, the stage is crowned with crisscrossing steel ribbons and pipes that stretch over the Great Lawn.

Samosas Photograph by VICTOR PROTASIO

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s restaurant, Sona, opened its doors in Manhattan in March, while strict COVID-19 restrictions were still in place. That didn’t stop diners from quickly snatching up reservations and buzzing about the eatery’s chic decor (inspired by India’s art deco period) and executive chef Hari Nayak’s delicious menu that celebrates cuisines from the different regions of the Indian subcontinent. From masala-stuffed chicken wings to these crispy, stuffed samosas, the food showcases “the flavors I grew up with,” said the actress.

1. Preheat oven to 425°. Heat oil in a skillet over medium. Add onion; cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in garam masala and turmeric. Add spinach; cook, stirring constantly, until wilted, 1 minute. Drain mixture in a sieve, pressing with the back of a spoon to remove as much moisture as possible. Place spinach mixture in a bowl. Add goat cheese, pine nuts, salt, pepper and one of the eggs; stir to combine. 2. Cut each phyllo dough sheet in half lengthwise to make two 10x3-inch strips (16 strips total); immediately cover with plastic wrap and a damp cloth. 3. To assemble: Take 1 phyllo strip, and brush with melted butter. Place 1⁄ 2 tablespoon of spinach filling at bottom right side of the dough. Fold corner of dough over to enclose filling and to form a triangle. Continue folding, maintaining triangle shape, using the whole strip. Repeat process with remaining dough, butter and filling. 4. Place samosas on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Lightly beat remaining egg. Brush samosas with egg; sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake until golden brown, 16 to 18 minutes. Makes: 16 Active time: 30 minutes Total time: 45 minutes

36 Discover the Rockies by Train Launching in August, the luxe Rocky Mountaineer—with a see-through, glass-domed top—will take travelers from Denver to Moab, Utah, to see breathtaking desert landscapes, rock canyons and natural archways.

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In Dyersville, Iowa, fans can run the bases next to the same cornfields Kevin Costner did in the 1990 Oscar-nominated movie. In August you can also watch the Yankees and White Sox battle in the first MLB game ever played here.

Famous Foods Street Eats—a new food hall opening at Resorts World Las Vegas this summer—will feature a 16-stall market of dumplings, lechon and barbecue designed to celebrate the hawker centers of Southeast Asia.

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Boozy Massage

Treat yourself to a lavender and vanilla-bourbon “body drench” treatment (which includes a whiskey-spiked body-butter rub) at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tenn.

Brave the Tallest Roller Coaster in the World

Get ready to scream! At Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey, the ferocious Kingda Ka coaster climbs 45 stories into the air, rockets down a 90-degree spiral drop and hits speeds up to 128 mph—all in a ride that lasts less than one minute.

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Whales in the Wild From April to October, Provincetown, Mass.—known for its thriving LGBTQ+ scene and lovely Cape Cod setting—is a prime whale-watching destination.

Take a Moment Under Angel Oak

On Johns Island near Charleston, S.C., wander beneath the majestic oak’s fern-draped limbs and sprawling canopy. The tree, likely between 400 and 500 years old, is considered sacred by local communities.

Consume Lots (and Lots) of Food on a Stick State fairs are making a triumphant return this year, and that means all the portable, deep-fried snacks you could ever imagine. Past years’ menus have shown that creativity in this category knows no bounds—like Minnesota’s Dilly Dog, a battered bratwurst stuffed into a hollowed-out dill pickle, and Wisconsin’s brownie wrapped in a waffle shell and drizzled with chocolate. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: GETTY IMAGES; JOE’S KANSAS CITY; THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS; BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; WISCONSIN STATE FAIR; STATE FAIR OF TEXAS; SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE(2); BUDDY’S PIZZA; ISTOCKPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

Dive Into the Original Detroit-Style Pizza

Cruise the Pacific Coast Highway

Stop at Buddy’s for a famous square pie, which they introduced in Detroit in 1946. The dough is first topped with pepperoni, then covered edge to edge with cheese, drizzled with red sauce and baked until the edges are browned just right.

From Monterey to Big Sur along California’s coast, this 30-mile stretch of Highway 1 is one of the country’s best road trips for sparkling views of the ocean and cliffs.

Fly Down a Zipline

With more than 10 miles of cable, Atlanta’s Historic Banning Mills course runs across 300 acres and flies over a gorge, treetops and a creek at 60 mph.

46 Explore an Airplane Boneyard Established in 1946 to store World War II bombers and transports, the yard at the DavisMonthan Air Force Base outside Tucson holds more than 4,000 military aircrafts. Look out for personal notes etched on some planes by former pilots.

47 Cure a Barbecue Craving

At the original gas station location of Joe’s Kansas City in Kansas, order the burnt ends (crunchy, caramelized chunks of smoked brisket) or the Z Man sandwich with brisket, provolone and onion rings.

48 See Dinosaurs Bust Out of the Museum

At the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis—a massive facility sitting on 29 acres—lifesize dinosaurs crash through the building’s walls. Now imagine how fun it is inside!

49 Soak in a Natural Hot Spring

In Thermopolis, Wyo., Hot Springs State Park allows visitors to wash away the day in relaxing and therapeutic 104° waters—for free! Contributors: Hannah Chubb and Shay Spence

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‘MY HOPE IS TO HELP OTHERS FEEL LESS ALONE’

MENTAL HEALTH Let’s Talk About It

FOR DECADES THE ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC PIONEER STRUGGLED WITH ADDICTION AND DEPRESSION. NOW HE’S S O B E R — A N D F I N A L LY F E E L I N G P E A C E By B R I A N N E T R A C Y

Like many others, Moby found himself trying to ease the loneliness brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year by filling his life in new ways. “I’ve become a plant hoarder,” the 55-yearold musician says over Zoom from his L.A. home. “I planted more trees around my house so that every window only looks out at trees. I live in Southern California, but I can pretend that I live in the Pacific Northwest—without the rain.” Moby planted new roots on the West Coast shortly after he got sober in 2008 following decades of addiction. At the height of his success as the king of electronic dance music, he says, depression and out-ofcontrol alcohol, cocaine and prescription pill abuse drove him to think about suicide: “I was anxious, angry and panicking because I couldn’t figure out how to be happy.” He dives into his turbulent past in a new documentary, Moby Doc (in theaters and on digital platforms May 28). In tandem with the film, he’s releasing his new album Reprise, in which he revisits his hits with the Budapest Art Orchestra. “It’s paradoxical, in a way, to be who I am right now, which is kind of boring, happy and middle-aged, and look back 20 years ago to when I was selfish, narcissistic and addicted to alcohol and drugs,” he says. “I look at that person, and I don’t recognize him.”

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Fame came fast for Moby in 1991 after he released a

remix of his song “Go” using the strings from the Twin Peaks theme song. “One minute I’m picking up cans to return to the Food Emporium for money for groceries,” he says, “and the next I have a Top 10 single in between Michael Jackson and Phil Collins.” That success was something Moby (born Richard Melville Hall) longed for ever since he was a young boy. He was raised in affluent Darien, Conn., by his mother, Elizabeth, a legal secretary, after his alcoholic father died driving drunk when Moby was just 2. He often felt like an outcast. “I was the only kid in school who would buy clothes at Goodwill and food with food stamps,” says Moby. At 10, he had his ﬁrst sip of alcohol when his friend’s mom passed him a glass of champagne at a New Year’s Eve party. Then, he says, he began stealing alcohol from liquor cabinets and experimenting with drugs to impress his friends. After an LSD-induced panic attack forced him to drop out of college at 19, Moby moved into an abandoned factory and started deejaying in clubs around New York City, making a name for himself in the techno and house music scene. “If you told me as a teen that I would be signed to a big record label, be making money and be famous, I would have thought, ‘Wow, I will be

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RISING CAREER, HIDDEN PAIN HIS START

In 1989 Moby booked his first deejaying gig at Club Mars in Manhattan.

BEFRIENDING HEROES

He struck up a lasting friendship with the late David Bowie (in N.Y.C. in 2001).

M O BY’S NEW LIFE “I feel really fulfilled,” he says. Clockwise from left: in his home studio in 2020; with exNBA player John Salley at a 2016 PETA Super Bowl party promoting animal rights; and with his “BFF,” his friend’s dog Bagel, in May.

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STILL ROCKING

Two months after getting sober in October 2008, he played a New Year’s Eve deejay set in Los Angeles.

He stepped out from behind the deejay booth to show off his guitar skills in Brooklyn in 2018.

“It’s a hard place because no one wants to listen to an affluent public figure complaining. But when you can’t figure out how to make yourself happy and you rely on alcohol and drugs, for a lot of people the only answer is [suicide],” he says. “I’m glad I didn’t figure out how to end my life.”

Nearly two decades later, Moby says he feels deep

‘I’M JUST GLAD I DIDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO END MY LIFE’

gratitude for his now “monastic” life in L.A. After multiple failed attempts at sobriety, he had a moment of clarity while on the train home from an event in 2008. “I played a fundraiser and then got very drunk after and did a ton of drugs,” he says. “As I was taking Amtrak back into the city, this voice in my head said, ‘You’re done.’ ” He began attending 12-step meetings and entered therapy for the first time—things he’s remained committed to for the past 13 years. “I started recognizing that fame and material success weren’t going to fix my psychological and emotional issues,” he says. “I’m actually quite happy with the simple things: hiking, sitting outside and looking at the trees I’ve planted. When you’ve spent your whole life struggling and pursuing grander things, it’s hard to realize these things have the ability to deliver that much happiness.” A vegan since 1985, he also found a renewed passion for life by focusing on animal-rights activism, fighting against factory farming and advocating for shelter pets. “I remember reading this interview with the Dalai Lama, and he was talking about how happiness comes from service,” he says. “I’ve realized he’s absolutely right.” Now he’s sharing his struggles to help others. “I’ve really appreciated other people telling their honest stories,” he says. “I’m telling mine in the hope that people will feel less alone. I’m so grateful to have a purpose that’s higher than myself.”

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the happiest person ever,’ ” he says. “I was wrong.” His 1999 album Play launched eight hit singles and became the biggest electronica album of all time, selling more than 12 million copies. But even with so much in his grasp, including a friendship with his hero David Bowie, he fell deeper into depression and struggled with anxiety and panic attacks. “That’s why I drank more and did more drugs,” he says. “And I started thinking about killing myself.” On his lowest nights he drank 20 beers and blew a couple of hundred dollars on cocaine. In the mornings he popped Xanax and Vicodin to get him through the “miserable” hangovers. In Barcelona for the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2002, Moby felt pushed to the brink. “I was like, ‘I’ve had a career. I’m unhappy. I’m a lonely alcoholic,’ ” he says of the moment he considered jumping out of his hotel room window. What stopped him was that the windows didn’t open wide enough. “I was even annoyed at that,” he says in his new doc. “Like, ‘Wow, I can’t even kill myself.’ ” Looking back, Moby says he’s learned to give himself grace.

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Rose Byrne Gets Physical

For Rose Byrne, getting into character for her new show Physical, a dark comedy set in the early ’80s, started from the outside in—and required lots of Lycra. “When I first looked at the costumes, I thought, ‘Are you crazy?’ ” says the actress, 41, who stars as Sheila Rubin, a dutiful yet tormented housewife who discovers a passion for aerobics. “But we had these sparkly sheer tights that dancers wear, so I didn’t feel too naked.” To play Sheila, who is plagued by inner demons and a toxic relationship with her body, Byrne dug deep. “It’s partly about the inner destruction that women do to themselves, and it’s so shameful and personal,” she says. “Sheila’s ambition has been dulled, but she definitely still wants a seat at the table. And I found it all very fascinating and intriguing.” — A I L I N A H A S

PHYSICAL

Rose Byrne, Rory Scovel JUNE 18 on Apple TV+

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JUNE 9 on Disney+ Following WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Marvel’s TV takeover continues with the God of Mischief’s star turn. While the cunning Loki (Tom Hiddleston) died in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, this sixepisode series, also starring Owen Wilson and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, sees a Loki from a branched timeline arrested for wreaking havoc on the past, present and future. FROM TOP: BLAIR GETZ MEZIBOV/EVENING STANDARD/ EYEVINE/REDUX; APPLE TV+; MARVEL STUDIOS

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DR. DEATH

J U LY o n Pe a c o c k Joshua Jackson will be using his charms for ill as he embodies Dr. Christopher Duntsch, the charismatic real-life Texas neurosurgeon who was accused of intentionally botching spinal surgeries and leaving 33 patients maimed or dead. Based on a hit podcast, the limited series also stars Christian Slater, Alec Baldwin and AnnaSophia Robb as the people who fight to stop him.

GossipÕs new class, from left: Evan Mock, Thomas Doherty, Emily Alyn Lind, Eli Brown, Jordan Alexander, Savannah Lee Smith and Zión Moreno.

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J U LY o n H B O M a x

Hey, Upper East Siders! It seems enough time has passed since the great Dan Humphrey reveal in the 2012 finale, and we’re all ready to meet a fresh crop of Manhattan’s young elite. Between the large, diverse cast and showrunner Joshua Safran (who’s worked on both iterations) making Downton Abbey comparisons, it’s clear this isn’t Blair Waldorf’s Gossip Girl. XOXO!

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POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN J U LY 1 8 o n S t a r z

The Power prequel series is set in Queens ca. 1991 and tells the origin story of Kanan Stark—originally played by the show’s executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and depicted here as a 15-year-old by Mekai Curtis. His relationship with his mother, Raq (Patina Miller, right), a ruthless drug dealer, takes center stage.

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Unorthodox

M Y U N O R T H O D O X L I F E • J U LY o n N e t f l i x The docuseries follows Julia Haart, who left her ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and is now CEO of an international talent agency.

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Schitt’s Creek

Modern Love WATCH

While season 1 of Mindy Kaling’s touching teen dramedy saw Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, above) coping with the death of her father, season 2 will focus on her bouncing back—and that includes unraveling her love triangle with Ben (Jaren Lewison) and Paxton (Darren Barnet). Her mom’s getting back out there, too: Common joins as Nalini’s (Poorna Jagannathan) love interest.

WATCH

S O L O S • M AY 2 1 o n A m a z o n

Constance Wu, Anne Hathaway, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and more lead episodes of this new character-driven anthology exploring isolated moments.

WATCH

KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF

JUNE 20 on AMC The dark comedy looks at the life of a stereotypical sitcom wife (Annie Murphy) when she’s not catering to her husband.

Sarah Shahi Lets Loose

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SMALL FORTUNE

M AY 3 1 o n N B C Teams of three show off feats of dexterity as they compete in itty-bitty games on teeny-tiny playing fields for a grand prize of $250,000. Lil Rel Howery hosts.

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Sarah Shahi, Adam Demos JUNE 25 on Netflix

LOVE ISLAND

J U LY 7 o n C B S Host Arielle Vandenberg and narrator/joke cracker Matthew Hoffman head to Hawaii for the third round of the U.S. version of the romantic competition series.

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THE CELEBRITY DATING GAME

JUNE 14 on ABC Zooey Deschanel guides stars like Taye Diggs and Iggy Azalea as they pick a suitor hidden behind a panel—and cohost Michael Bolton sings parody songs about them.

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Kingdom WATCH

WE ARE LADY PARTS

J U N E 3 o n Pe a c o c k When Ph.D. student Amina (Anjana Vasan) is recruited for a Muslim female punk band, her tradition-filled world is, well, rocked.

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H E E L S • AUG. 15 on Starz

Brothers Jack and Ace (Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig) are warring over their late father’s legacy—and battling it out in the wrestling ring—in this small-town drama.

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JUNE 17 on Pa r a m o u n t + Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) reunites with her old pals for a revival of the hit series, which ran on Nickelodeon for six seasons from 2007-2012.

LEGO MASTERS

J U N E 1 o n Fo x Duos compete in mind-blowing brick-building challenges—from a demolition derby to a fashion show— all hosted by Lego Batman himself, Will Arnett.

THE JOHNNYSWIM SHOW

Amanda Sudano, Abner Ramirez J U LY 1 5 on Magnolia Network

Chip and Joanna Gaines’s Pals Help Launch Magnolia Network

Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano, the married couple behind folk band Johnnyswim (and longtime friends of Chip and Joanna Gaines), were documenting their wild life on tour with three kids when the pandemic forced them to do something new: stay home. The Johnnyswim Show, which is part of the Gaineses’ Magnolia Network launching on discovery+ on July 15, “captures the moment the tour was canceled and the heartbreak,” says Abner, 38. “We wrestled with no longer being the traveling troubadours on the road for the last 15 years.” Set up with remote cameras and GoPros, the couple ﬁlmed at home with kids Joaquin, 6, Luna, 3, and Paloma, 5 months. “Our son deﬁnitely put a GoPro down his pants. There’s a butt shot somewhere on a hard drive,” jokes Amanda, 38. — M A C K E N Z I E S C H M I D T

MONSTERS AT WORK

J U LY 2 o n D i s n e y + Monsters Inc.’s Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) return for the spinoff series, with new characters voiced by Mindy Kaling, Henry Winkler and Ben Feldman.

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BOSCH

JUNE 25 on Amazon The cop drama is concluding after seven seasons, but it’s not the end for Titus Welliver as the maverick detective: A spinoff series starts filming later this year.

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THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS

JUNE 1 on OWN Karma awaits the wealthy fictional families of Savannah as the Tyler Perry drama wraps up after eight seasons.

THE KOMINSKY METHOD

THE WALKING DEAD

AUG. 22 on AMC For late-summer chills, the zombie apocalypse series launches its 24-episode 11th season. At least two beloved characters will survive it all: Carol (Melissa McBride) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) are getting a spinoff in 2023.

M AY 2 8 o n N e t f l i x Sandy (Michael Douglas) navigates aging without pal Norman (Alan Arkin). Here’s hoping the show’s end isn’t the end for him.

THE BOLD TYPE

M AY 2 6 o n Fr e e f o r m After four seasons Scarlet magazine’s ambitious trio (Meghann Fahey, Katie Stevens and Aisha Dee) say goodbye to the fashion closet.

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Rosario Dawson isn’t quite back to where her career first began—on New York City’s Lower East Side, where she was discovered on her stoop and cast in the 1995 movie Kids—but she’s not all that far. The 42-year-old actress, who’s Artist and Activist lived in L.A. for most of her Dawson with career, recently returned East to Zoe Saldana and move in with her boyfriend, New Jersey Eva Longoria at senator Cory Booker, 52. Still, don’t call liant young kids are a Vote Latino rally in Miami in her a Jersey girl. “New Yorkers appreand how much they 2018. “People ciate New Jersey because you have a want their voices have on their shoulgreat view of New York,” she jokes about heard,” she says. ders.” The same could her adopted home state. Kidding aside, be said of Dawson’s Dawson says the big move was an espe- first movie, Kids. She was just 16 when cially meaningful one. She drove 3,000 she filmed the controversial NC-17 cult miles in a 29-ft. RV with her father, Greg, classic about teens grappling with sex who’s battling pancreatic cancer. “It was and drugs at the height of the AIDS epian amazing adventure,” she says. “My demic. “A lot of life has happened since family are all in New York. It felt really then,” she says. “There are people I knew beautiful and good to start a during that time who didn’t new chapter of my life in the make it out alive. As much driver’s seat.” as we romanticize the ’80s She’s also finding beauty and ’90s in New York, it was in her latest role, playing really tough.” David Oyelowo’s ailing wife Dawson is now mom to a in The Water Man. The film, teen herself: daughter Lola, —ON HER now playing in theaters and 18, whom she adopted on ROMANCE WITH on demand, is about a child her own six years ago. She BOOKER hoping to find a magical and Booker, who met at a cure for his sick mother. “I really took a fundraiser in 2018, are getting used to lot of pains in this film to show the dig- sharing a Newark home: “This is the nity behind illness,” she says. “Watching first time in my life I’ve really lived with [my dad’s] struggle, I felt really grateful somebody, and obviously Rosario and to be able to channel some of what we I are enjoying and adjusting to that,” we’re going through as a family into the Booker told BuzzFeed last fall. They story.” She adds, “It also shows how bril- share a passion for activism. Dawson is on the board of Vote Latino, which works to register voters, and she cofounded the clothing line Studio 189, which is based in Ghana and supports education and skills training there. She’s thrilled to have a boyfriend as devoted to human rights causes as she is. “To have a partner in justice, as I like to say, is just so beautiful.”

‘Sometimes I have Jersey jokes. He gets very upset’

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Growing Up Onscreen

Kids, 1995

“It really is a time capsule,” she says of her debut movie at age 16. “We used a pay phone at one point in the film.”

Josie and the Pussycats, 2001 Dawson starred alongside Rachael Leigh Cook and Tara Reid in the movie about the comic-book band.

Rent, 2005

She played Mimi in the film adaptation of the musical—a role she got after singing for director Chris Columbus.

The Mandalorian, 2020

“It’s a lot of pressure!” she said of playing fan-favorite Jedi Ahsoka Tano (in a recent episode of the hit show).

New Roomies Dawson and Booker, who began dating in 2018, recently moved in together. “It’s been really powerful,” she says of their connection.

Fa m i l y B o n d

With daughter Lola in 2018. “It was clearly meant to be,” Dawson told Health of adopting her from foster care.

T h e Wa te r M a n , 2 0 2 1

Dawson plays the cancer-stricken wife of David Oyelowo, who also directed the family film.

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Children and t h e Va c c i n e WITH KIDS 12 TO 15 YEARS OLD NOW ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THEIR SHOTS, HERE’S W H AT YO U N E E D TO K N O W

After clinical trials found that Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is 100 percent effective in adolescents 12 to 15 years old, the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration approved inoculations for the age group, putting the country one step closer to the end of the pandemic. Here pediatrician and People Health Squad member Dr. Elizabeth Murray answers our questions:

May 31, 2021

Shots in Arms One day after Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was approved for his age group, Julian Boyce, 14, got his first dose at a hospital in New York City.

A Fa m i l y A f fa i r

Murray, a specialist in pediatric emergency medicine and mom of two girls, ages 11 and 4, says her children “will receive the vaccine as soon as they’re eligible.”

Should this vaccine be spaced out with other vaccinations, like meningitis? Health groups are speciﬁcally saying that we do not need to space them out. Kids need to have their regular vaccinations, and we want to make sure they’re getting them while also adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the mix. How can parents encourage their kids to get vaccinated? Kids, I think, already want to help. Tweens are doers; they want to be part of the action and do the right thing. They want to help everybody be safe and also get back to hanging out with friends and going to school in person. — J U L I E M A Z Z I O T T A

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Considering kids are at a lower risk of severe COVID-19, do they need to be vaccinated? The concept of children not being impacted as severely by COVID-19 infection simply is not true. Children are about 25 percent of the population: Millions have been infected, thousands hospitalized and hundreds have died. Further, we know that COVID-19 infection hurts the function of some children’s hearts, and we don’t know how long those and other side effects will last. What are the side effects of the vaccine like for kids, and how should parents prepare them? So far the data shows that it’s about the same as it is for adults. They’re probably going to have some sore arms and muscle aches and fever, and there’s going to be a lot of variability: While some people aren’t bothered by it, others feel gross for a day. Parents can help their kids feel better with overthe-counter medications and added rest. But because kids are always getting their shots, they’re pretty good at handling vaccines. What about allergic reactions? If allergic reactions are going to happen, it’ll usually be very quickly, and that’s why we’re always observing people after this vaccination. Any place that is vaccinating people is prepared to handle allergic reactions. The risk is very, very low.

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Trisha Yearwood

What My Life’s Really Like T H E C O U N T R Y S TA R O N F A M I LY, L I T T L E L O V E G E S T U R E S A N D ‘ F E E L I N G B E T T E R T H A N E V E R ’ AT 5 6 By B R I A N N E T R A C Y

I’m not a morning person . . . I love to

sleep in. My husband [Garth Brooks] gets up a lot earlier than I do and always makes the coffee. I start my day by the ﬁreplace in our bedroom with my coffee and a book. After that, I take my dogs Millie and Emmy for a 90-minute hike. That’s my therapy and meditation time.

Yearwood’s rescue pups inspired her new business. “I grew up in the country. You never picked out a dog! A new one always showed up!”

Stepmom Duties

“She was always the kid who wanted to cook,” she says of Allie, who appeared on her Food Network show Trisha’s Southern Kitchen last June.

Life Partner s

Yearwood says she and Brooks (in 2019) will feel extra “grateful” when they’re able to perform live again.

I love being a “bonus mom” . . .

I had a dog before I married Garth [in 2005] but no children of my own. I never even really babysat! So I didn’t know what to do with three young girls. [Garth’s daughters, Taylor, August, and Allie, with ex-wife Sandy Mahl, are now 28, 27 and 24, respectively.] He was such a wonderful mentor to me as to how to be a parent, and the girls have given me a lot of grace. They were a gift that I didn’t know I needed. Mealtime is quality time . . . Garth and I have eaten all our meals together this past year. We realized it was important back when our girls were starting to drive. Getting three teenagers together at once is almost impossible, so we started having “veggie night” to try to get more vegetables in their diet. They loved it, and some of the best conversations happened around that table. I keep my beauty routine simple . . .

I slept in my makeup so many times as a young girl—I’d wake up with my eyes Fe a r l e s s glued together with mascara! Now Legacy I don’t go to bed without washing my “My mom [Gwen, who died face. I’m getting older, and I can feel it, in 2011] taught but my mom had good skin, and I’m me not to be grateful for those genes. At 56—with afraid to try anything,” wrinkles and all the things that come says Yearwood (left, with mom with age—I’m happier in my own skin than I ever was when I was younger. and sister Beth in 1992). It feels good to get to this place.

Ladies’ Night

“She’s a very strong woman but also a girlfriend,” she says of Jane Fonda (at a November fundraiser to prevent teen pregnancies).

DAILY STATS

Alarm set for . . . 9 . . . or 10 a.m. Coffee . . . At least two cups! Work out . . . Three times a week—no matter what, I do strength training for an hour. Lights out . . . Not before midnight. I’m a night owl.

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Fa m i l y S e c r e t s

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1. Part of the lighted purple awning, left, is longer. 2. An additional brass support beam has been added to the outside edge of the carousel, back right. 3. The design has been removed from the mask worn by Nikki, left. 4. A second small Mickey Mouse design has been added to Nikki’s shirt. 5. One of the wood panels on the carousel floor is red. 6. A leg of the white horse on the back left far side is longer. 7. The gold breastplate on the horse behind the family, center, is now green. 8. The bow on the ears worn by Brie, right, is now blue. 9. A bracelet from Brie’s right arm is moved to her left. 10. Brie’s purse is pink.

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Reality TV stars and twin sisters Nikki and Brie Bella beamed with Brie’s daughter Birdie at Disneyland on May 11. Every year the former WWE wrestlers, who have appeared for six seasons on E!’s Total Bellas, spend two days with their families at the Anaheim, Calif., resort for Birdie’s birthday. “It’s been our special little thing to do together,” Brie wrote on Instagram. “Every year I can’t wait to go because it’s the one place where I feel like a kid again.”

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Last game I played I play a game called Code Names once a week on Zoom with a group of friends. If I start getting competitive, it ruins it for me. I don’t want that pressure. Last time I faced a fear I have a fear of heights, and it goes into irrational when I have to go up into [tall] buildings. The thing that helps me feel calm is if I look at other people’s faces, like, “Well, they’re not worried.” Last thing I took from a set I always take one call sheet, and I keep them in storage boxes. When I’m 80, I want to look at the piles of these call sheets and go, “Oh yeah, I remember that.” Last time I was missing someone I miss my mom and dad. My dad lives in North Carolina; my mom lives in suburban New York. And for obvious reasons, I haven’t seen them in a very long time. Hopefully that can change next month with the vaccine. Last guilty pleasure I really try to not eat sweets. I was just in England and I came back and found cookies in my refrigerator. One is fine. But the problem is, the rest of them are sitting there, and I have a radar. It nags at me. I had one. Isn’t that enough? And my body says, “No. No, it’s not.”