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‘I’ve watched my family go through ebbs and flows where we get mad at God and we get mad at why this happened.’ —LUKE BRYAN, on the deaths of his brother, sister and brother-in-law, to ABC News
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‘I used to drive my poor ex-husband [Nick Cokas] crazy, because I was so thin and saying, “Oh, I’m fat.” I’ve moved away from that, thankfully, and I’ve grown up.’ —KATHARINE McPHEE, on her body confidence, to Health
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‘I’m the lesbian Jack Nicholson. I’m dating a whole lot of girls.’ —LEA DELARIA, on her relationship status after her broken engagement, to People
‘I read them all. My birthday’s coming up. Maybe I’ll buy [a $160,000 first-edition copy of The Sorcerer’s Stone] for myself as a treat.’
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—DRAKE, revealing he’s a secret Harry Potter fan, to The Hollywood Reporter
What is tthe perfect day ffor you? Being with my boyfriend [[Joe LoCicero], who is my best frriend; boxing aat some po oint; laughing with a siblin ng; exchanging a serendipiitous moment with a stranger. You’re a an awesome boxer. What b W inspires you to o keep fit? It puts me in i a space that n now, no matter m what w weight I aam, I love me b because I know I can control [my weight]; iit doesn’tt control me. —ALEXIA FERNANDEZ
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BLAKE SHELTON JORDIN SPARKS KILLER CLOWN MICHELLE PFEIFFER
This Week 29 SCOOP Princess Kate’s baby style, catching up with Denzel Washington and more!
62 ALY RAISMAN In an exclusive interview, the Olympic gymnast reveals disturbing allegations of sexual abuse by a team doctor
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The scene-stealing young actor takes on an emotional role in Wonder
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After nearly three decades police say they finally have the murderer who dressed up in a clown costume and fatally shot Marlene Warren
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He’s a country music superstar and heartthrob on The Voice—Blake Shelton is this year’s Sexiest Man Alive! Plus: 43 more pages of Sexy Men.
56 American Idol alum Jordin Sparks opens up about her secret wedding and happy baby news.
26 The hottest color combo in fashion is pink and red, as seen on Kate Bosworth and Carey Mulligan.
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I 70 Former sitcom star Suzanne Somers and husband Alan Hamel get candid about their 50year romance in a new memoir.
78 JOHN CHO The actor, who emigrated from South Korea as a kid, wants to see more Asian-Americans onscreen
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The country star talks for the first time about the tragic death of his Montgomery Gentry bandmate Troy Gentry
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87 LIZ SMITH The longtime New York City gossip columnist dies at the age of 94
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A Family’s Disappearance For more than three years the mystery of what happened to the McStay family—Joseph, 40, Summer, 43, and their two little boys, Gianni, 4, and Joseph Jr., 3—baffled investigators. They had vanished without a trace from their Fallbrook, Calif., home on Feb. 4, 2010. The case took a tragic turn on Nov. 11, 2013, when a motorcyclist found their bodies buried in the desert more than 100 miles from their home (People, Dec. 9, 2013). On this week’s People Magazine Investigates premiering Monday, Nov. 20, at 10 p.m. on ID, we take a closer look at the crime, including the investigative work done by People staff writer Elaine Aradillas with the police to solve these shocking murders and bring the person responsible to justice.
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t’s been a stressful year for America. And so when it came time for our annual ritual of silliness—crowning 2017’s Sexiest Man Alive—we looked for a guy who would have some fun with it and show us a really good time. Blake Shelton is the perfect man for the job. Our favorite good ol’ boy never takes himself too seriously, and his considerable charm has helped turn The Voice into one of TV’s biggest hits. Watching him fall in love with Gwen Stefani has only made us like him more. And frankly, we really wanted to see Sexiest Man Alive 2013 Adam Levine’s face when he heard the news. (It’s just like the rivalry between Brad Pitt and George Clooney—or maybe Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Let’s see how it plays out.) We admit that it’s a strange time to be talking about Sexiest Man Alive—it seems like every day another famous man is being exposed as a sexual predator. But ultimately this issue celebrates men who do good as well as look good. Blake Shelton is sexy because he’s sweet— the kind of guy who would pull over and fix your flat tire; a guy who says he tries, every day, to put the woman he loves on a pedestal. You’ll find all kinds of men like him in this issue—men who use their gifts and their talents to make the world a better place.
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every right to see the child on his terms—not just hers. Ali Wright via e-mail
Ilysa Winick I’m thankful Catriona Ni Aolain donated her kidney to Ilysa Winick—and explained that it’s not difficult. We’ve been praying for a kidney for our grandson Drew for six years after his kidneys failed. Cathi Welch Antioch, Tenn.
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Faith Hill and Tim McGraw performed their latest love song, “The Rest of Our Life,” at the 51st CMAs.
Nominee Maren Morris and One Direction alum Niall Horan charmed the audience with their new duet “Seeing Blind.”
To open the show, Darius Rucker (right) led Keith Urban and more in a star-studded sing-along of the Hootie & the Blowfish classic “Hold My Hand,” a tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival in October.
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Garth Brooks posed with wife Trisha Yearwood in the backstage CMAs photo booth. The Entertainer of the Year honoree later received backlash for lip-syncing during the show.
Nashville icon Reba McEntire joined Kelsea Ballerini to sing the rising star’s single “Legends.”
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Little Big Town (Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook) won Group of the Year.
“Dirt on My Boots” singer Jon Pardi took home the New Artist of the Year trophy.
Miranda Lambert was named Female Vocalist of the Year for the seventh time. Before taking the stage to perform her acoustic track “Barbies,” Pink played princess on the red carpet with daughter Willow, 6.
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Justice League stars Ray Fisher, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Henry Cavill convened for a cast photo—sans their superhero spandex suits!— ahead of the blockbuster’s Nov. 17 release. “The chemistry between the cast was better than we could have imagined,” says producer Charles Roven.
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Country star Brantley Gilbert and wife Amber welcomed their first child, son Barrett Hardy-Clay Gilbert, at 1:37 p.m. on Nov. 11 in Athens, Ga., weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz. and measuring 20 inches. “I’m just speechless,” the “Bottoms Up” singer, 32, tells People exclusively. “Amber and I are just so thankful and blessed to have this beautiful little boy.” Earlier this year the new parents called their baby “an answer to a prayer,” opening up about their struggle to conceive since their June 2015 wedding. Now Gilbert calls fatherhood “more than I could’ve ever imagined.”
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Superstore star Ben Feldman, 37, and wife Michelle Mulitz are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy! Charlie Milton arrived Oct. 24 in Los Angeles at 6:28 p.m., weighing 6 lbs. and measuring 19 inches. “He loves sleeping all day and partying all night,” jokes Dad.
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Angelina Jolie was all smiles when she took the stage to present an honorary Oscar to 89-year-old French director Agnès Varda.
LAUGH OUT LOUD Beverly Hills, Nov. 10 Sofia Vergara and Priyanka Chopra shared a laugh at the David Webb x STOP CANCER charity event.
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Kelly Rowland says she’s “so proud” to be a part of the charity’s efforts.
Zoe Saldana and husband Marco attended the event, which raised nearly $4 million for families in need. The nonprofit provides low-income children with diapers and other basic necessities. (For more information or to donate, check out baby2baby.org.)
Gwyneth Paltrow was honored with the nonprofit’s Giving Tree Award for her support of children’s causes. “We really need to come together as a community,” she said, encouraging the crowd to “uplift each other.”
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“I don’t feel glamorous at all when I’m pregnant,” said the expectant Jessica Alba, who serves on the group’s board of directors. “It’s nice to kind of dress up and feel beautiful.”
“To be able to help is incredible,” says Busy Philipps, a six-year Baby2Baby supporter.
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The perpetually glam Blake Lively was practically unrecognizable while filming the upcoming espionage thriller The Rhythm Section.
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TAYLOR SWIFT’S MILLIONS OF fans are used to combing through her lyrics, which attempt to set the record straight about the 27-year-old multimillionaire’s heartbreaks, feuds and tricky relationship with fame. In August Swift returned with the single “Look What You Made Me Do” and declared her wholesome old persona “dead.” The Nov. 10 release of her album Reputation (her first since 2014’s poppy 1989) makes it clear that Swift 2.0 is not so interested in the public’s opinion of her. “My reputation’s never been worse, so you must like me for me,” she declares on the song “Delicate.” Of course most have long understood that underneath her promqueen smile, Swift has always been fiercely driven—and tough
Swift—singing “Call It What You Want” on SNL Nov. 11 in N.Y.C.— “is very proud” of her sixth album, says a source. Top left: Swift in her Look What You Made Me Do music video.
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Scoop Whose Reputation Is Taylor Singing About? ‘I DID SOMETHING BAD’ “If he drops my name then I owe him nothin’, and if he spends my change then he had it comin’.” May reference a spat with her ex Calvin Harris.
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on the bleachers, Swift has cannily as nails. Still, her music retains ‘IT’S A VERY NORMAL AND kept a knack for lyrical revenge its gooey confessional heart. RESPECTFUL (see sidebar). It’s a formula that has This time out it’s focused on RELATIONSHIP. made her vastly rich and very English actor Joe Alwyn—who IT’S BUILT ON famous. Reputation has already sold helped her put very public splits GIVE-AND-TAKE’ —A SOURCE ON more than 925,000 copies at this with producer Calvin Harris SWIFT & ALWYN and Tom Hiddleston behind writing, and Swift, who performed her. After one year together, on SNL Nov. 11, will promote the album with a global stadium tour. As for Swift and Alwyn, 26, bounce between conlife with Alwyn, the source says Swift and tinents and “are very happy together,” a the actor—who recently filmed the upcomsource says. That’s clear. In the tune “King ing movie Boy Erased in Atlanta—won’t be of My Heart,” Swift sings, “You are the one fodder for a venomous breakup song any I have been waiting for. . . . I’ll never let you time soon. Despite their frenzied schedgo.” On the song “Dress” the star admits to ules, the source says, “they are both comwanting to “carve your name into my bedmitted to making it work.” post.” But if she’s come a long way from —JEFF NELSON, singing about wearing sneakers and sitting with additional reporting by Pernilla Cedenheim
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‘THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS’ Swift alludes to her perennial nemesis Kanye West in this tune, singing, “Friends don’t try to trick you/ Get you on the phone and mindtwist you.”
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LYING LOW AFTER SPLIT FROM HARVEY Just over a month after the first sexual misconduct accusations came out against her husband, Harvey Weinstein, Georgina Chapman is still keeping a low profile. The Marchesa designer was photographed in her native London Nov. 10 for the first time since separating from Weinstein on Oct. 10. “She continues to focus on her family and figuring out how to move forward” with her work, a source says. Chapman has spoken to Weinstein about their two kids, says the source, and while she hasn’t filed for divorce yet, “she will never take him back.”—ALE RUSSIAN with Pernilla Cedenheim
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Just hours after a premiere of Louis C.K.’s new film I Love You, Daddy was canceled on Nov. 9, The New York Times published an article in which five women accused the comedian of sexual misconduct dating back to the late ’90s. Among them were Chicago comedy duo Julia Wolov and Dana Min Goodman, who claimed that in 2002, Louis C.K., now 50, took off his clothes and masturbated while they hung out after a comedy festival in
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Aspen. Comedian Rebecca Corry said that when she was filming a TV pilot with Louis C.K. in 2005, he asked if he could go back to her dressing room and masturbate in front of her. The Emmy winner, who has often joked about masturbation in his standup routine, confirmed in a Nov. 10 statement the accounts were true. “There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for,” he said. “And I have to reconcile it with who I am.” For the women,
‘I WANTED TO SORT OF PRETEND LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED’ —REBECCA CORRY ON WHY SHE STAYED QUIET UNTIL NOW
deciding to speak up meant potentially compromising their careers in the maledominated comedy world. Wolov and Goodman shared their encounter with peers the day after it happened, but “we could already feel the backlash,” Wolov said. Now it’s Louis C.K.’s future that’s in jeopardy: FX ended its deal with the Baskets and Louie producer; Netflix will no longer produce his next special; and I Love You, Daddy’s release was scrapped. Corry told Good Morning Americaa she spoke up to finally bring an open secret to o light: “I have learned that doing nothing, saying nothing is not helpful.” —DANA ROSE FALCONE
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’S ALYSIA REINER The Florida Th Fl native, 47, has been acting onscreen since 1998, but her turn as Assistant Warden Figueroa in Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black gave her career a major jolt. She has since appeared on TV Land’s Younger and FX’s Better Things. Says the New York City resident: “I can’t go on the subway without somebody recognizing me.” —DANA ROSE FALCONE
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She’s the youngest child of Andie MacDowell. Qualley says her famous mom (right) goes easy on acting advice: “She really just gives me motherly advice.” (Her dad is rancher and former model Paul Qualley, and she has two older siblings.) “I’m really close with my family. I can lean on them.”
She played Justin Theroux’s daughter in The Leftovers. “It felt like high-pressure acting school because I got to work with a different director every time,” she says of her first professional TV gig. “But I still have so much to learn.”
She started off as a dancer. “I never thought about acting,” says Qualley, who apprenticed with the American Ballet Theatre before gaining fame dancing in Spike Jonze’s viral video Kenzo World. “But I took an acting class when I was 17, and I just fell in love with it. It’s exhilarating.” —JODI GUGLIELMI
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In Ro Roma man n J. IIsr srae ael, ll, E Esq sq., q, you play a brilliant, brilliant eccentric lawyer on the autism spectrum. What research did you do to prepare for the role? I started doing a lot of research about Asperger’s syndrome. I kept asking myself, “Why is he like this? Why is he alone?” He’s an unusual guy; I like him. I feel for him. What inspired his do? Ha! I felt like he was stuck somewhere in ’77. I looked at my own pictures, and I
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LOVE AFTER LOSS Patton Oswalt wants the world to know that out of deep tragedy can come unexpected joy. Nineteen months after the actor’s wife, Michelle McNamara, died in her sleep at 46, he got remarried to actress Meredith Salenger. “It feels like an evolution,” says Oswalt, 48. “After the darkness, I went through all the ways I had to strengthen myself to try to recognize joy again. Meredith was a beacon that I had to reach for.” The couple, who first met in May, got engaged in July ‘WHEN I MET and wed Nov. 4 in Los MEREDITH, MY REALITY Angeles. Alice, Oswalt’s SHIFTED INTO 8-year-old daughter with SOMETHING McNamara, served as flower BRIGHTER’ girl and joined the —PATTON newlyweds for their first OSWALT dance. “She was twirling around us like a fairy,” says Oswalt. “It was amazing.” Salenger, 47, says, “When I met Patton and Alice, it just felt so, so right. I never thought I’d get married, but then I fell madly in love.” Salenger also bonded with McNamara’s family. “It just felt like worlds were connecting and everything was okay again,” says Oswalt. He adds, “We’re still floating on this other level that we’ve been on since the day we met.”
“It’s a better world to live in because she’s in it,” says Oswalt (with Salenger on their wedding day). McNamara (right) died from a combination of prescription pills and an undiagnosed heart condition in April 2016.
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Nicknamed for Downton Abbey’s Anna Bates, Windborn Starline Heiress is a whippet from Modesto, Calif., who has 16 Best in Show wins under her (skinny) belt.
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says Rush (below, with Andi Mack costars Sofia Wylie, Peyton Elizabeth Lee and Asher Angel).
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How is the group dynamic now? It’s always drama, because four women have reunited after 18 years, and we all think differently when it comes to business. I feel like I’m always made to be the villain! It’s stressful. Has the reunion been received well? Oh my God, the tickets have been selling like crazy. We’re about to go on an arena tour. I didn’t realize how much people loved us! If nothing else, I’m enjoying this because of the fans.
story arc is a first. “Andi Mack is a story about tweens figuring out who they are,” the network said in a statement. “Everyone involved in the show takes great care in ensuring that it’s appropriate for all audiences, and it sends a powerful message about “I hope more shows will follow in inclusion and respect for Disney’s footsteps,” humanity.”
“Kim can’t wait to meet her baby,” says an insider. Her daughter North (right) and niece Penelope were at her shower.
On Nov. 11 Kim Kardashian West, 37, threw a “low-key” baby shower at her Bel Air mansion. The reality star is having a third child via surrogate in January and hosted a “Tea for Three” party for guests, who ate dainty sandwiches surrounded by cherry blossoms. She and Kanye West are expecting a girl but haven’t settled on a name, so they asked guests to “share their favorites.” Kid sister Kylie—who’s also expecting a daughter in the New Year with Travis Scott—followed the next day with a pajama-party-themed celebration. —AILI NAHAS with reporting by Pernilla Cedenheim
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After nearly 20 years you’re back with Tameka “Tiny” Harris, LaTocha and Tamika Scott from your band Xscape. Why? It wasn’t planned. A network was going to do an unauthorized movie, and we were trying to get our story told the right way. But before I could move forward, I needed a public apology from Tamika [for a longstanding beef]. We did it on the radio, and the deejay was like, “Xscape is back!” And then we had offers!
When Joshua Rush found out he’d be playing the Disney Channel’s first gay main character, the 15-yearold says he felt an overwhelming sense of pride. “It was so exciting and so powerful to realize that Disney approved this,” Rush says of his role on the network’s teen series Andi Mack. In season 2 of the coming-of-age show, Rush’s character, Cyrus, realizes he is gay and comes out to his friends, starting with Buffy (Sofia Wylie). “It makes me feel like I’m making a difference,” says the Houston native. “I was the first person that one of my good friends came out to, and I think that if I’d had someone like Buffy on TV, I would’ve been a better friend in that situation.” For the Disney Channel the
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Scoop GOING PUBLIC Ewan McGregor & Mary Elizabeth Winstead Is it official? On Nov. 11 Ewan McGregor and his Fargo costar Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 32, stepped out in public for the first time (holding hands and both wearing leather jackets and jeans), less than a month after they were first spotted kissing at a London cafe. On Oct. 23 the Scottish actor, 46, announced he was separated from Eve Mavrakis, his wife of 22 years, with whom he has four children; Winstead split with her husband, writer Riley Stearns, in May.
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Chloë Grace Moretz & Brooklyn Beckham The actress, 20, and her boyfriend, 18, have been inseparable since rekindling a romance in August—and now they’re sporting matching gold bands with each other’s initials. “Luckiest person on earth,” Beckham captioned a photo of their shoes, also matching.
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Gigi Hadid & Zayn Malik The model, 22, and her singer boyfriend, 24, celebrated their anniversary on Nov. 12. “2 yrs w my favorite human,” Hadid captioned a video of the pair smooching over cocktails. The glamorous duo first began dating in late 2015 but prefer low-key nights at home to stepping out on the red carpet. “We just spend time together as a normal couple, cook food, watch TV, have a laugh,” Malik said earlier this year.
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Going Strong After a Health Scare There’s no denying Wendy Williams loves drama. So when the 53-year-old, dressed in a glittery tunic as the Statue of Liberty, collapsed during the Halloween episode of her talk show, viewers assumed it was a stunt. It wasn’t. Williams, who has never missed a day of work in more than nine seasons, had fainted from dehydration. “I’m glad it happened on air. You know me, let me get a rating out of it!” she says. Fans of The Wendy Williams Show, which aired its 1,500th episode on Nov. 13, can trust Williams will always keep it real—“though sometimes my honesty burns bridges,” she admits. As for dealing with scrutiny over her body or her marriage, Williams uses her show as a platform to set the record straight. “People talk,” she says. “So I’d rather talk first.” —MICHELE CORRISTON
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“What better place to faint?” jokes Williams of her on-air collapse.
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BABIES Sister, Sister star and cookbook author Tia Mowry, 39, is expecting her second child with her husband, actor Cory Hardrict, 38. They are already parents to son Cree, 6. Country singer Walker Hayes, 37, is expecting his seventh child with his wife, Laney. Former Bachelorette Emily Maynard Johnson, 31,
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WEDDING NEWS British actor Gary Oldman, 59, tied the knot with art curator Gisele Schmidt in late August. Full House’s Bob Saget, 61, announced on Nov. 8 that he is engaged to his girlfriend of two years, TV host Kelly Rizzo, 38.
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DEATHS Actor John Hillerman, known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Jonathan Higgins on Magnum, P.I., died on Nov. 9 in his Houston home. He was 84. Former Faith No More Singer Chuck Mosley died on Nov. 9 following a battle with addiction. He was 57.
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Drama Club, which began in 2013, brings theater programs PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT GIVING to teens and young adults who are in detention centers or BACK incarcerated on Riker’s Island. I heard about it through my friend Josie Whittlesey, the executive director, and I got involved because I knew how transformative acting was in terms of giving my life direction. I started with fund-raising, and now I’m on the board. The kids we serve at Riker’s are between the ages of 16 and 21. A lot of them are there because they’re awaiting trial or they can’t make bail. With Drama Club they can act out their frustrations and work together to develop intimate bonds in a very dangerous environment. They open up in ways they never thought they could. At one of the performances, one girl said, “Upstairs [in my cell] I’m one thing. Down here I can be anything.” We believe there is more for their lives than this. When you can’t see anything ahead of you, it’s a kind of death. Drama Club injects hope in the midst of a very dark place. These For more information, go to kids are the future. We are all valuable no matter what dramaclubnyc.org state of life we’re in. —REPORTED BY AILI NAHAS
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Long dead Héctor (Gael García Bernal) makes beautiful music with new arrival Miguel (Gonzalez).
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The party never ends in a Pixar fantasy that celebrates both the living and the dead ANIMATED Death is what ultimately defines life’s meaning, but that doesn’t make it any more enjoyable to think about. This new Pixar movie, set mostly in the afterlife on the Mexican Day of the Dead, offers a little comfort—fun too. Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez), banished to the underworld after stealing a guitar preserved as a memento in a famous singer’s crypt, makes his way through a city whose inhabitants are jostling, bustling skeletons, their bright eyes floating in cavernous sockets. At first they’re scary, suggesting the aliens in Mars Attacks! But watch them kick up their heel bones at a big, flashy party: They’re livelier than the living. Like most Pixar films, Coco—the title refers to Miguel’s great-grandmother—has a tricky plot that’s also devastatingly sentimental. There are dazzling bits of animation, including a Frida Kahlo-inspired dance, in which dead chorus girls crawl out of a giant papaya, and a ballad, “Remember Me,” that’ll knock you dead. (Nov. 22, PG)
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Struggling against the land—and intolerance DRAMA The first Netflix production to generate serious Oscar speculation, this tale of rural racial strife has a wide, encompassing perspective that stretches out like a field against the horizon. Set in Mississippi in the 1940s, it’s about two poor families—one white, one black—whose sons return home from World War II to find that life is still hard, still rooted in the old, deep problems and prejudices. Director Dee Rees uses multiple voice-over narrators, at times giving Mudbound the odd serenity of a Terrence Malick film, but her depiction of pinched circumstances and violent instability jolt you back to reality. The cast, including Mary J. Blige and Carey Mulligan, is excellent. (Launches Nov. 17; also in selected theaters, rated R)
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COMEDY-DRAMA It’s a new academic year, and for
the first time in his life young Auggie (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) will attend a local school. His mom (Julia Roberts) has always taught him at home—and how he wishes he could stay there: More than two dozen surgeries have left him with a face he’s afraid to expose to the curiosity and cruelty of other kids. “You can’t blend in when you were born to stand out,” says his sister Via (Izabela Vidovic), who always helps him yet also feels overshadowed by him. In the course of this sweet movie Auggie finds acceptance, the thoughtless clods at school acquire a little moral depth, and even Via steps into her own small spotlight. (Nov. 17, PG)
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Spike Lee’s reboot of his breakout movie is set in today’s gentrifying Brooklyn, but it’s the same sexy premise: Artist Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise) loves men, as well as the freedom to refuse to commit to them: “I will not allow them to paint my life.” The dialogue is often pointedly arch (“Methinks you are a sex addict,” says one lover): These characters purr with relish at romantic role-playing. (Launches Nov. 23)
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When your folks turn out to be superevil, you might just want to get out of there FANTASY Runaways is like a John Hughes teen movie that keeps slipping unbidden into a slimy world of adult paranoia, conspiracy and maybe even high-tech ritual murder. A group of once-close friends have drifted apart since the death of their most treasured member (we aren’t told what killed her, but her mother is awfully particular about keeping her bedroom sealed). But they reassemble faster than a hashtagged flash mob when they make a shocking discovery: Their parents, under the guise of a charitable organization run by rich suburbanites, dress up in satanic robes and shove victims into a gleaming, glowing sarcophagus thingy. A lot of this seems connected to a cultlike church run by one of the kids’ moms. Why someone has what appears to be a raptor in the yard is a tougher mystery to fathom. The show is a weird, suspenseful adventure.(Premieres Nov. 21)
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Washington plays Roman Israel, a lawyer who has labored for years in his firm’s back office. Possibly autistic to some degree, he crafts ingenious briefs, but clients and court appearances trigger baffled, passive-aggressive mistakes. After the head of the firm dies, Roman is fobbed off like a dubious legacy onto a sharp, big-league attorney (Colin Farrell). The movie seems unsure how to make us understand Roman— it settles, unsatisfactorily, on grandly heroic—but the actors couldn’t be better.(Nov. 22, PG-13)
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Justice League
More costumes, more powers! FANTASY League moves this problematic franchise in the right direction, anyway, away from the stupid alpha-male rivalry of Batman and Superman (Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill). It helps, of course, that at the start the Man of Steel is as dead as a doornail, buried in a lonely plot in Smallville. League’s big mission—which it accomplishes—is to give comfortable breathing room to Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Cyborg (Ray Fisher) and the Flash (Ezra Miller). They all fight Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds), a rather generic supervillain (horned helmet? check!) who sets up camp in a nuclear cooling tower. There are nice throwaway jokes, many of them from Miller, who’s funny and twerpy, if a tick away from an Andy Samberg impersonation. Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, the year’s best superhero, is still around, still indispensable. (Nov. 17, PG-13)
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Meadows: on patrol but not on the ball.
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COMEDY Two San Diego cops (Tim Meadows and Patrick Brammall) are staking out the waterfront, where a drug cartel may be clinching a big deal. Because the guys have seen minimal crime-busting action in their long years together, their adrenaline levels don’t spike easily: They talk in circles (or to dead ends) and annoy each other. Pretty much the same could be said for their two dispatchers (Amy Sedaris and Sunita Mani) and the cartel’s henchmen (Jesse Plemons and Jason Mantzoukas). Holed up in a cargo crate, they discuss how to play chess by mail. Activity’s laid-back humor suggests a more easygoing Reno 911! (New episodes post Sundays.)
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nally share Congratulations! How does it feel to fin e all your happy news? JORDIN We’re both really excited. He’s b been like, “I want to shout it from the mounttaintops!” I’m like, “Wait, hold on a second . . .” DANA It’s nice we can talk about it. She e can relax and buy comfortable clothing. We’ve been wearing sweatpants for the last three months. JORDIN Notice how you said, “We’ve.” [Laughs] We’re really proud to be married to each other. That’s anotherr reason it was so hard to keep it in.
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“It solidifies the team sentiment of a relationship,” Sparks—who recently signed with Wilhelmina models—says about marriage.
meet and fall in love? JORDIN Every year my charity campaign—called
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I’m M.A.D. Are You?—goes down to the Super Bowl host city to find organizations trying to make a difference. One of the places we ended up going to in Houston this past February was his family’s ministry, the FORGE for Families. We met with his mom, dad and brother. He wasn’t even there, but my mom and his mom got along really well. DANA [One day] I look down and there’s a group text message with her mom, my mom and us two. It wasn’t like, “We want you guys to date.” It was more my mom was trying to get her to talk me
“I was excited because I was just like, ‘I knew it! I knew you were going to be it,’” says Sparks (with Isaiah just after their impromptu wedding ceremony). Adds her husband: “You’re in Hawaii. It doesn’t get any better than that.”
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ust last year Jordin Sparks swore off love. After a couple of high-profile relationships ended in heartbreak, the 27-year-old singer and actress— whose powerful pipes earned her the crown on the sixth season of American Idol 10 years ago—“surrendered that part of my life,” she says from her cozy Los Angeles home. “I’d gone through a crazy time, so I was just like, ‘I’m good. I’m going to stay single.’” But after a year of soulsearching, Sparks met Dana Isaiah in April and fell instantly for the 25-year-old model from Dallas. Only three months later the pair secretly exchanged vows during a spur-of-the-moment ceremony in Hawaii; six weeks later th f d hey found out they were expecting a baby. The iniitial i shock k has worn off, and Sparks is now fully em i g mbracing the whirlwind: “I’m just really gratefull. Life i is crazy, and this is the best part so far!”
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out of moving to L.A. We talked for a month straight, and when I came out to meet with L.A. Models, we hung out every day. We started traveling everywhere. She would come to Dallas; I would go to L.A. JORDIN I didn’t say it out loud to anybody until a little later, but a couple days after we met [around Easter], I was like, “That’s going to be my husband.” How did you know Dana was the one? JORDIN I had never met somebody
of the opposite sex I immediately felt completely comfortable with. Our love for music, our families, our faith— you want those core values to match. When I’m with him I feel comfort and safety and calm and peace. Those aren’t things I normally felt, so it was a wake-up call for me. I was like, “Wait, this is what it’s supposed to feel like!”
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When did you propose and why did you decide to elope? DANA My mom hit me up one day and was like, “Why don’t you just marry her?” I was like, “Mom, it hasn’t been that long!” Then Jordin brought it up literally the next day, like, “Let’s just go to a courthouse.” Then her best friend said, “You guys want to come to Hawaii?” Before the trip I bought a ring pop. I did it when we were out on the balcony with the sunset of Hawaii, and then we got married the next day on July 16. JORDIN We’d told our families it would happen one day, but we didn’t have a set plan. We were walking down the beach and I saw a [paparazzo] following us. My friend Morgan had gotten ordained before the trip. I was like, “Morgan, why don’t you do it right now?” DANA I was like, “No, he’s standing there with the camera.” Jordin’s like, “Just kiss me!” JORDIN I had a Fred the Flamingo floatie and a two-piece on. I do big events all the time, so to be able to have this moment was really special. The picture was circulating online, but no one knew.
You found out you were pregnant six weeks later. Was it a total surprise?
JORDIN It was about five days after he moved
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“I crave salty things like chips and salsa, guacamole and pickles,” says Sparks, who hasn’t suffered any morning sickness. “I think I’ve gone through 10 jars of pickles already.”
to L.A. He comes in and I go, “I’m pregnant.” It was such a shock for both of us. I turned around and started bawling in the closet. I’m going to be completely honest, I was like, “Oh my gosh.” Everything has been so crazy and fast-forward. DANA I hadn’t even unpacked all my bags. I turned on my worship music and started cleaning. I didn’t process it for almost a month, then I finally was like, “Oh snap, I’m about to be a dad!” JORDIN The initial shock was like, “Whoa,” because everything changes. Now just like it is with the marriage, it’s really cool to share it with our friends and family. I have you, and I have this little one. I’m the most content I’ve ever been in my life. with additional reporting by Jeff Nelson PEOPLE November 27, 2017
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ALY RAISMAN
‘What I Went Through Was Horrific’ IN HER NEW BOOK, FIERCE, THE GOLD-MEDAL GYMNAST SAYS THAT SHE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED FOR YEARS BY A TRUSTED TEAM DOCTOR. NOW SHE’S DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER VICTIMS HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO COME FORWARD By JOHNNY DODD and MEGAN JOHNSON Photographs by BRIAN DOBEN
Speaking Out “There’s been a lot of ‘looking the other way’ for a really long time,” says Raisman, of USA Gymnastics. “There’s never an excuse for anyone hurting anyone else.” Inset: Raisman competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Even at age 15, Aly Raisman sensed there was something off about her treatment sessions with then-USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. He didn’t use gloves during his exams, and despite his long-standing reputation as one of the best osteopaths in the field, his treatments never seemed to help. Instead they would leave her feeling confused and uncomfortable. It was only years later, as whispers of sexual misconduct began to surface against Nassar around 2015, that Raisman finally put it all together. “I didn’t know I was being molested,” says Raisman, now 23. “You think, ‘This must not be happening because he’s a doctor.’ But I was a textbook victim, brainwashed to believe I was fine.” Now the captain of the 2016 goldmedal-winning U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastic team is speaking out about what she went through in her new autobiography, Fierce (see excerpt, page 65). “I realized I had to include the best of times and the worst of times,” she says. “And I want to create change. No one deserves to be hurt or taken advantage of. We have to stop victim-shaming and support people going through this.” Raisman is by far the most elite athlete to go public with her accusations against Nassar, who denies any allegations of sexual abuse and is currently in jail after pleading guilty to federal child-pornography charges. (He is awaiting trial on sexual assault charges and left the team in September 2015.) But she joins a growing chorus of other gymnasts who have spoken out against the physician, including Olympic teammate McKayla Maroney, 21, who came forward on Twitter last month alleging that Nassar began sexually PEOPLE November 27, 2017
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Teammates and Survivors “I remember I was asking her for advice because I was so nervous for sharing my story,” says Raisman (right, with Maroney at the 2012 Olympic Games).
abusing her when she was 13. “She’s like my sister,” says Raisman of Maroney. “We talk on the phone for hours. We’re still both coping with this.” Raisman says her own abuse began in 2009, when she was 15 and traveling abroad with the U.S. gymnastics team. Nassar assured her he could help ease her aches and pains from training. “I thought he was someone I could trust,” she says. Raisman says she was in denial about what happened until 2015, when USA Gymnastics unexpectedly sent an investigator to interview her about Nassar. “I realized [that because] they were looking into it, it really happened,” says Raisman, who remembers telling the investigator that “he does make me really uncomfortable and touches me in ways that are really weird and not normal.” Coming to grips with the nauseating reality opened up a floodgate of emotion. “It was horrifying,” says Raisman. “Looking back, it makes me angry and sad that we [she and her teammates] didn’t trust our own fears. But you think, ‘If this was wrong, someone would’ve said something.’ ” The fact that no one did is something Raisman wantsUSAGymnasticstochange.“This hasnothing to do with the sport I love so much,” says Raisman. “It’s the organization that let me down. I don’t feel like they care at all that this happened to me. They keep saying they’ve implemented changes [like a Safe Sport Policy aimed at prohibiting inappropriate interaction between supervising adults and athletes], but I don’t think what they’ve done is enough.” On Nov. 12 USA Gymnastics released a statement that reads in part: “We are ap64
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‘It’s been inspiring to see so many people coming forward and see the support that they’re getting’ —ALY RAISMAN
The Accused Nassar, 54 (in court in Michigan in February 2017) was fired by USA Gymnastics in 2015 and now faces 33 counts of criminal sexual conduct.
palled by the conduct of which Larry Nassar is accused, and we are very sorry that any athlete has been harmed during her or his gymnastics career.” While going public with her story has been a difficult and emotional process, it has also put Raisman on a path she’s ready to follow. “In gymnastics you’re taught to kind of turn your emotions off,” says Raisman. “But in the last year I’ve spent a lot of time realizing it’s okay to not be okay. It’s okay to cry if I’m upset and show emotion.” After she publicly criticized USA Gymnastics’ handling of the Nassar situation in August, she received an e-mail from a 14-year-old girl who said Raisman’s statements had given her the courage to tell her mother that her father had been sexually abusing her. “That e-mail is more important than any Olympic medal,” says Raisman. “If I can help in some way, then that’s a no-brainer for me.”
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Core Support “Supporting others who’ve been victimized is something she’s very passionate about,” says Aly’s mom, Lynn (right, with her in Dover, Mass., on Nov. 8).
stantly singing his praises. Everyone said he was the very best, how lucky we were to have him around. So I would grit my teeth, trying to convince myself that all this was part of the healing process. The truth was he never made my injuries feel any better, but I always obeyed because he had a reputation for being the best doctor. . . . Because I spent so much time training, traveling, and competing, I was very sheltered and innocent. That’s probably why I didn’t question why Larry would sometimes close his eyes or seem out of breath when he worked on me. More than once I would make excuses for his strange behavior. He must be tired from a long day, I would think, and wonder why he made me so uncomfortable. I felt guilty for thinking badly of someone everyone else liked. Larry would [always] show up to our hotel room and surprise us with coffee, croissants, and candy. I figured he wanted us to be teenagers. He knew —ALY RAISMAN that we ate healthily, but he also encouraged us to splurge now and then. Far away from my parents and family for weeks at a time, there were moments where he made me feel like he understood me, like he was my friend. Larry had my back. He had everybody’s back. Didn’t he? It turned out that I wasn’t the only one feeling uncomfortable. Over the years, among the girls who were invited to camps, there was some talk of Larry and his “treatment methods.” Most of us thought the way he touched us was weird. But he did it to so many of us that we assumed, blindly, that he must know something we didn’t. . . . Over the years, we would discuss it amongst ourselves in the cabins. But we also talked about it openly in the gym. “He worked on me last night and it was so uncomfortable,” one of the girls said to me as we sat stretching in a small circle one morning at a camp. “It’s so weird,” she continued, shaking her head. “How is what he does supposed to fix pain, anyway? That’s what he keeps saying, but it makes no sense to me.” She looked at me quizzically. “Are we sure this is allowed?” “I’m not sure it is,” another girl piped up. “A lot of us think it’s weird, but I feel like if it wasn’t okay he would’ve already been fired. Someone would have said something if it was wrong.” We didn’t know it at the time, but our remarks [had been] overheard by a female coach. Alarm bells went off in her head. And then she did the right thing: She spoke up. The conversation was reported to a USA Gymnastics official. I didn’t know it then, but that would be the last camp Larry Nassar attended, and the last time I saw him through USA Gymnastics.
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It wasn’t until I started seeing other doctors and athletic trainers that I began to realize that their methods were far different from Larry’s. When I lay on my stomach to have my hamstrings worked on, towels were draped over my hips and buttocks for privacy and to ensure that there was no inappropriate skin-toskin contact. They never, ever crossed any lines in where they massaged. And there was never a moment when their methods made me uncomfortable. It was different with Larry. I would lie on the table, my hands involuntarily balling themselves into fists as his ungloved hands worked their way under my clothing. “Treatment sessions” with him always made me feel tense and uncomfortable. . . . The first time I met [Larry], I was fifteen and in a foreign country without my parents. He was a doctor. All the adults loved him and were con-
Reprinted from Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything ©2017 by Aly Raisman. Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group LLC.
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In most ways Jacob Tremblay is a perfectly
average 11-year-old boy. He loves “playing video games and soccer with my friends and binge-watching Stranger Things” and nearly bursts with excitement when anyone mentions the next Star Wars movie. But onscreen the Vancouver-born sixth grader has an emotional power that has taken him to the Oscars red carpet and made him Hollywood’s most in-demand young star. “Usually someone is more of a child or more of an actor, and he’s a perfect blend of both,” says Wonder director Stephen Chbosky. “When a once-in-a-generation talent is the perfect age, you just thank your lucky stars.” Tremblay is following up his acclaimed turn as a captive child in 2015’sRoom by playing a character who’s an icon to millions of kids and parents. In Wonder, based on R.J. Palacio’s bestselling
Star of the Future “He’s a sweet little boy,” says Wonder costar Julia Roberts. “And very professional and prepared.”
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1. With his parents at the 2016 Oscars. 2. Campaigning for kindness with sisters Emma (left) and Erica. 3. With Leonardo DiCaprio at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Tremblay, the youngest-ever Supporting Actor nominee, made a beeline to meet DiCaprio, one of his idols: “Everyone was literally lining up to meet him, and I just barged in front!”
2012 novel, he plays Auggie Pullman, a boy with facial differences caused by a rare genetic condition who enters middle school after years of homeschooling. The book’s lessons about bullying, acceptance and “choosing kindness” have resonated with readers of all ages. “Auggie and I have so much in common,” Tremblay says. “We both like Star Wars, we both have awesome families, and we both love our dogs. Auggie’s definitely smarter than me for sure! But everyone’s like Auggie. Everyone wants to be accepted and treated equally and with kindness.” Julia Roberts, who plays Auggie’s mother, is also a fan of the book. “I read it out loud to my kids,” says the mom of three tweens. “It sparked some great conversations. Fifth grade is such a tough year—it was for me.” Roberts says she met Tremblay at the first script read—“then I never saw Jacob again, I only saw Auggie. I told him I missed Jacob, and he brought me a little school picture that I put in my script.” It took two hours of makeup and prostheses to transform Tremblay into Auggie: “a neck piece, the main face piece, a helmet connected to an eye mechanism which pulled my lower eyelids down, a wig, contact lenses and dentures,” he says. “It was pretty uncomfortable, but I didn’t mind.” Tremblay’s sisters Emma, 13, and Erica, 8, are also actors who appear in small roles in Wonder. Their parents, Jason, a police officer,
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and Christina, a stay-athome mom, try to keep their kids’ lives as normal as possible; Jacob goes to a public school when he’s not on-set. Before filming Wonder, he also spent time with kids with facial differences. “I’m good friends with a kid named Nathaniel, who has Treacher Collins syndrome,” he says. “We went to his birthday party. We watched movies, and we had a really fun Nerf war outside.” Tremblay says he “definitely” wants to continue acting as he grows up, and both Chbosky and Palacio compare him to What’s Eating Gilbert Grape-era Leonardo DiCaprio. “He has the chops to have a long career if he chooses to,” says Roberts. “He has a kind of grace about him. But at the same time he is a regular little boy—full of mischief and giggles.”
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Raquel Jaramillo, 54—who uses the pen name R.J. Palacio—was inspired to write Wonder 10 years ago: “I was at an ice-cream store with my two sons, and my younger son, who was 3, saw a little girl with a very significant craniofacial difference. He got scared and started to cry. That got me thinking about what it must be like to face a world that doesn’t know how to face you back.” The N.Y.C. graphic designer’s first novel has sold more than 8 million copies, and she visits schools to talk about kindness: “Especially now, people want to be reminded that there is an inherent goodness in people.”
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Every Night Is Date Night “We might sit here and have a tequila, we dance, we cook,” says Somers (with Hamel at their Malibu home Oct. 12). “I always keep kind of cocktail lounge music going.”
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t’s one of the luckiest things that can happen to human beings,” says Suzanne Somers, “to find your true soulmate.” Somers, 71, and TV producer Alan Hamel, 81, found each other half a century ago and have been married since 1977—but even soulmates have to work to keep the spark alive. How do they do it? “Listen to one another, give each other a lot ofattention, anddate—keepthe romance in it,” says the bestselling author and former Three’s Company star. And if your family’s a blended one, as theirs is (she has a son, he has two kids, and there are six grandchildren), “have patience, and remember no child wants a new parent.” In Two’s Company, excerpted here, Somers looks back on the men in her life who led her to Alan and marvels at her good fortune. “People say, ‘Relationships
in Hollywood don’t work out,’ ” she says. “And I’m going, ‘Yeah, they do.’ This is a real love affair.” Somers grew up in California’s Bay Area. Her family “had very little money for luxuries,” she says, and struggled with her father’s alcoholism. Not understanding the disease, I believed [wrongly] that if I could just be perfect he—my father—would love me enough not to have to drink. At night when alcohol made my Dad especially violent, we would all get hurt physically or emotionally.Theboozemadehimactviciouslyandsay terrible things: “You’re stupid, hopeless, worthless, you’re nothin’, you’re a big zero!” He also repeatedly told me, “You’re gonna get knocked up.” I didn’t even know what knocked up meant. Sadly, his rants became my reality. I believed I was what PEOPLE November 27, 2017
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1. Three’s Company’s breakout star, Somers (with costars John Ritter and Joyce Dewitt) was fired after she asked for more money. 2. Happy with Hamel in 1978. 3. Still all smiles in ’86. 4. Fun with the grandkids in ’16.
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‘I slept with him on the first date. I thought, “I may never get another chance” ’ —SUZANNE SOMERS S
“Hellothere Hello there,”hesaidinhisdeep he said in his deep, sexyway sexy way. “It’s It s a Japanese suite, so you have to take off your shoes.” I hesitated, then blurted out, “What else do I have to take off?” He laughed and pulled me inside. It smelled like chocolate. Oh my god, he had lit chocolate-scented candles, and they were glowing everywhere. They sat on a tatami mat, and he gave Suzanne her first pot brownie. Then we nibbled delicious Dungeness crab. Soon I was laughing hysterically over the dumbest things. Suddenly my blouse was unbuttoned and then slipped off. I had never felt anything like this. I couldn’t believe I was touching him. He pushed me gently onto the floor, although it was a little uncomfortable trying to remove the cracked crab shells poking into my back without breaking the moment. Then it was a beautiful blur. Pas Passion, for sure, was the initial draw. The “I gotta g have you now, and then again, and then it’s still n enough” kind of passion. Flying to each s not otherr’scities,evenifjustforafewhours,knowing that a time together was worth any difficulty of t any pullin ng it off. That went on for years.
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he said, and the only time I did have sex (if you can call it that) I got knocked up. At 18, Somers married the father of her unborn child because “that’s what you did,” and one month after her 19th birthday she gave birth to her only child, Bruce Jr. She calls that time “the hardest period of my life.” My new husband was a good guy, but we were both kids. The responsibilities of being parents and of being married and starting a real life just didn’t and couldn’t work out for us. She and Bruce Sr. split less than two years into the marriage. And so I began a new life, one that revolved around me and my darling baby child. Two of us against the world. It was 1967, and I was broker than broke, a teenage mom, and a divorcée, at a time when no one I knew had gotten a divorce, and I was too ashamed to go home and ask for help. Besides, since I was the one who had screwed up, I had to figure this out on my own. Somers tried many odd jobs before finding success as a model. In 1968 she met Hamel, a soon-to-bedivorced producer and host, on the set of a game show, where she’d been hired as a prize model. I walked into the local ABC station in San Francisco, and there he was, the center of attention, everyone standing around him while he held court, handsome, sexy, with intense blue eyes, laughing with a throaty laugh. A guy who knows he’s attractive. He was wearing a red alpaca sweater and bell-bottom jeans. It was a very hip look for the times. No one I knew had clothes like that. He asked her out the next day, and she met him at his hotel.
Where the Heart Is “At this point we are one,” says Hamel (at home with Somers). “I am very lucky.”
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‘If you want to go really lofty, did we know each other in another life?’ —SUZANNE SOMERS
thought. We all spend our lives feeling invincible. Then those three words,you have cancer,shatter your safety. At home I asked quietly, “Want to go for a walk on the beach?” We wrapped our arms around each other and walked onto the sand. In remission for 16 years, Somers recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of her marriage to Hamel (and the 50th of their relationship). She’s found success writing books and as an advocate for alternative medicines as she and Hamel run her businesses. They are as in love as ever and still, she says, often have sex twice a day. My life is our life. No kidding. He is what makes the day begin. He makes me smile before I fall asleep and wake up happy in the morning. I don’t like to be away from him. Others criticize this togetherness, tell us we are crazy and that if something were to happen to one of us, we would be so lost. I figure, I’ll take my chances. We have the dream. We have what everyone wants; what poets write about, why love songs are written, why movies get made. We have achieved it.
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But sex wasn’t all that drew her to Alan: She loved his cooking, his intensity (“man and animal in one”), his sense of humor. One night after dinner and a lot of wine, he pulled out a roll of plastic bubble wrap and covered the entire floor of his apartment.Are you kidding me? There was a big kid inside Alan Hamel. He started jumping on the bubbles, popping them, and then he grabbed my hand. He and I were jumping up and down, falling on the ground, pop pop pop! Soon we were making wild and crazy love on the plastic floor. I was madly in love. They were together almost a decade before marrying in 1977. Hamel championed Somers as she found enormous success as ditzy Chrissy on the ABC sitcom Three’s Company. And he was by her side as she battled breast cancer in 2000. You never think it will happen to you. You never think you’re going to go for your routine mammogram and have the doctor say those dreaded words: “You have cancer.” Alan and I drove home in silence, both lost in
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In 1990 Marlene Warren was fatally shot at point-blank range by a costumed assailant. Now, after 27 years, police say they finally have answers By K . C . B A K E R
Police say that Sheila Keen Warren (above left) dressed similarly to the clown Bozo (right) to kill Marlene Warren in May 1990 at Marlene’s Wellington, Fla., home because she was having an affair with Marlene’s husband, Michael. Sheila and Michael Warren were married in 2002.
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arlene Warren had just finished breakfast on May 26, 1990, when the doorbell rang at her home in wealthy Palm Beach County, Fla. She opened the front door and was greeted by a clown wearing a bright orange wig, a red bulb nose and a painted-on smile, and carrying a bouquet of carnations and two balloons. “How pretty,” Marlene remarked. Then as she accepted the gifts, the clown pulled out a gun and shot Marlene in the face. Marlene’s son Joey, then 22, raced from the living room to find his mother lying in a pool of blood in the front entryway, the red and white carnations strewn nearby. As Joey frantically tried to help his mother, the clown walked calmly to a white convertible parked in their driveway and pulled away into obscurity. Marlene, 40, died two days later, leaving her family and friends reeling. “This was a nice, quiet, small neighborhood,” says neighbor Bill Kramer. “It was unbelievable.” Now police believe they know the identity of the killer clown who eluded capture for almost three decades. On Sept. 26 police arrested Sheila Keen Warren, 54, the now-wife of Marlene’s husband, Michael, 66, near their home in Abingdon, Va. On Oct. 3 she was extradited to Palm Beach County, where she is being held without bond and is awaiting trial. Though Sheila’s attorney says his client “vehemently denies” killing Marlene, authorities believe new DNA evidence connects Sheila to the crime. Pledging to seek the death penalty, state attorney Dave Aronberg said at Sheila’s Oct. 3 court hearing, “Sometimes justice can be delayed, but justice eventually arrives.” The arrest stunned residents of Abingdon, where Michael and the second Mrs. Warren lived in a 4,100-sq.-ft. lakeside French Tudor-style mansion. The couple, who’d wed in Las Vegas in 2002 and had owned a successful fast-food restaurant in Kingsport, Tenn., were popular in the neighborhood, hosting movie-watching parties in their basement viewing room and inviting friends to swim off their boat dock or pontoon boat on summer afternoons. “I never would have thought Sheila had any past,” says neighbor Brook Blevins. “We are all in shock.” But Michael and his new wife were keeping secrets. Before launching his restaurant business, Michael had served nearly four years in prison for odometer tampering, grand theft and racketeering at his Florida car dealership. And Sheila had been arrested for shoplifting at age 19. Even at the time Marlene was killed, investigators had looked into ru-
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For years Sheila lived an upscale, private life with husband Michael. “It’s unbelievable she would even be considered in this because she is so sweet, outgoing and sensitive,” says neighbor Brook Blevins.
Marlene Warren (left) suspected that her husband, Michael, was cheating on her, relatives say. Michael Warren (at a court appearance in 2000) could not be reached for comment.
mors off anaffair between Michael and Sheila—who worked dwith Michael repossessing cars for his used-cardealership—asapossiblemotiveforthemurder. And according to police, fibers from an orange wig were found in Sheila’s home and in an abandoned white convertible later linked to the business. That evidence alone wasn’t enough to make an arrest 27 years ago, but when police reopened the case in 2014, advances in DNA technology finally led to Sheila’s arrest, says Palm Beach County sheriff Ric Bradshaw. At press time Michael has not been implicated in Marlene’s murder, and police won’t comment on his status in the ongoing investigation. For Marlene’s family, the loss of their “fantastic, special girl” still hurts. “Everyone got robbed when she was killed,” says Marlene’s stepfather Bill Twing, 75. “We miss her.” Marlene’s mom, Shirley Twing, 87, feels some comfort that there is finally an arrest in her daughter’s murder case. “It’s been 27 years,” says Shirley. “I hope that justice is served.” With reporting by Linda Marx
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An Actor’s Quest for Diversity in Film JOHN CHO The Star Trek actor says the key to his success has been audiences seeing him as an all-American, but John Cho says his Korean roots got him there
“It’s fewer than I’d like,” Cho (with Star Trek: Into Darkness costar Zoe Saldana) says of leading roles for Asian-American men. PROFESSIO PROFES SS SION N ACTOR ACT OR BORN SEOUL LIVES LOS ANGELES
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Falling into Film “I stumbled into acting as a student at U.C. Berkeley but had no idea where it would go,” says Cho, who notes he was very aware that there were few people in Hollywood who looked like him. His
father, a minister, suggested an alternative career: newscaster. “He was saying, ‘You get to be on-camera, and there are actual Asians who read the news.’ But my goal was to support myself with acting by 40, or else I’d quit. I was very realistic about it.”
Finding a Slice of the Pie “The reason I think American Pie made my career is, as small a role as it was, people saw me and thought, ‘Oh, that kid is definitely American,’” says Cho. “It was significant in that they didn’t have to accentuate it with an accent or anything. Often Asian actors have to fight for the American part of their identity.”
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The Face of a Movement In 2016 digital strategist William Yu started the “Starring John Cho” social campaign, placing Cho’s face on popular movie posters as a call for more Asian-American leading men. “I was defensive at first,” Cho says. “Then after spending two seconds with it, I thought it was brilliant. It was a very simple way to point out what’s wrong with how we perceive who our heroes are.”
American Made Now married with two kids, Cho believes his immigration story is what makes him a true U.S. citizen: “Coming from nothing and trying to make something in a new place and thriving? That’s just American.” —DANA ROSE FALCONE
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Born in South Korea in 1972, Cho lived simply with his family before emigrating to the U.S. in 1978. “It was a time in Korea when there were very few modern conveniences,” he says. “We didn’t have a bathroom inside or a refrigerator. When you wanted chicken, you pointed at an animal that was clucking.” Still, he says, “it was a happy childhood.”
FINDING A HOME “Sometimes I think it’s why I became an actor,” the Columbus star, 45, says of moving around the U.S. as a kid. “Meeting new people every few months, exposing myself emotionally in front of them . . . it all ties in with emigrating and having to adjust.”
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Missing My Friend Troy Gentry AFTER THE TRAGIC LOSS OF HIS LONGTIME BANDMATE, THE COUNTRY STAR IS PUSHING FORWARD By JORDAN RUNTAGH
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‘It was a horrific day—my world changed’ —EDDIE MONTGOMERY
Unspeakable Tragedy Gentry (left) was killed in a helicopter accident on Sept. 8. “He was more than just a singer; he was a brother,” says Montgomery (right).
‘We have helicopter rides!’ We wanted to do it,” Montgomery remembers. A short time later the small two-seater aircraft tumbled out of the sky and crashed into a wooded area short of the runway. Pilot James Evan Robinson was killed on impact, and Gentry was rushed to a nearby hospital. He died later that day at age 50, with his friend of 30 years by his side. “A little piece of my soul got lost there,” says Montgomery. Because of the ongoing investigation, MontPEOPLE November 27, 2017
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gomery, 54, says he is unable to share the details of what he witnessed that afternoon, but adds, “It was a horrific day—my world changed. It’s something that you never get over. It’s going to be in my mind and my soul for the rest of my life.” It was also the tragic end to a brotherhood that began in the early ’90s, when the duo first began playing together in the honky-tonk clubs of Kentucky alongside Montgomery’s brother John Michael. “We’ve known each other longer than we’ve known our wives,” says Montgomery. Today Montgomery laughs at his first impressions of his future partner: “I thought he was a pretty boy and he could sing.” Both Gentry and Montgomery were raised in clubs frequented by local musicians (“Bartenders were our babysitters!” Montgomery jokes), and after briefly pursuing solo ventures, they joined voices—and names—in 1999, scoring a string of hit singles like “My Town,” “Hillbilly Shoes” and “Something to Be Proud Of.” As they traveled the world on tour, their friendship deepened. “We’re outdoor guys,” says Montgomery. “We’d hunt and fish together.” And he still cracks up remembering Gentry’s wicked sense of humor. “He’d get on the mic between songs and say something that would be plum off the wall. You had to just stop and laugh your ass off.” Days before the crash, Montgomery and Gentry were in the studio, putting final touch-
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es on their latest album, Here’s to You, due out Feb. 2. One song, “Better Me,” tells the tale of a man accepting that his youthful fire has dimmed into adult maturity. The opening lines, sung by Gentry, would later take on an eerie prescience: I’m getting older/ Finding myself and God getting a little bit closer. “It’s probably the best I’ve heard him sing,” Montgomery says of the song, released as a single just after Gentry’s death—a musical eulogy. Montgomery credits his wife, Jennifer, 44, and colleagues in the country music community with helping him cope with his grief. On Sept. 14, 1,500 friends, family and fans gathered at the Grand Ole Opry to remember Gentry. The star-studded memorial service included performances by Trace Adkins, Charlie Daniels and Little Big Town, and a stirring speech from Vince Gill: “He told me, ‘Man, don’t shut down on us. The best way to keep Troy alive is to keep going,’ ” Montgomery recalls. And just as he promised Gentry years ago, Montgomery plans to do just that. In late January he heads out on tour solo to share the music the duo loved so much. “I’ve never done anything else but play music. It’s all I’ve ever known,” he says. “I’m going to let life finish the story.”
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She’s been a star for almost 40 years, a three-time Oscar nominee and a perennial beauty icon. But Michelle Pfeiffer is still intimidatedbyherheroines.The firsttimeshe saw costar Judi Dench on the set of Murder on the Orient Express, “I sort of said, ‘Hi,’ and then I just started to cry,” Pfeiffer says. “I’m just so in awe of her talent and grace. It’s sort of like who you want to be when you grow up.” At 59, Pfeiffer is a legend in the making. After keeping a low profile while raising a family with husband David E. Kelley, she is in demand, starring as Ruth Madoff with Robert De Niro in HBO’s Wizard of Lies, Jennifer Law- Michelle’s Magic 1. In 1983’s rence’s tormentor in mother! and a mysterious widow in Orient Express. Hollywood couldn’t be Scarface she was 24, and “working with Al happier to have her back. “She’s a beautiful acPacino and other tress in all senses,” says Orient Express director established actors, Kenneth Branagh, noting she can have fun with I was terrified,” she told Ladies’ Home a sexy character but “turn on a dramatic dime Journal. 2. She and reveal the pain underneath.” earned her first Pfeiffer says her “comeback year” is a bit of Oscar nomination a scheduling accident as she gets back to work. for 1988’s Dangerous Liaisons. 3. She “I’m an empty nester now,” she told Interview. nabbed another “I’ve never lost my love for acting. I feel really Oscar nod for 1989’s at home on the movie set. I’m a more balanced The Fabulous Baker Boys. 4. The slinky person, honestly, when I’m working. But I was supervillain of 1992’s pretty careful about where I shot, how long I Batman Returns, was away, whether or not it worked out with Pfeiffer told the kids’ schedule. And I got so picky that I was The New York Times she would have unhireable. And then . . . I don’t know, time just done a Catwoman went on. .. . I disappeared, yeah.” stand-alone movie Pfeiffer’s childhood in Midway City, Calif., “in a heartbeat. I loved that part,” wasn’t glamorous. “I was a tomboy,” she told she said. People in 1999. “Rough-and-tumble.” One of g 5. In Murder on the four children of Dick Pfeiffer, f ff an air conditionOrient Express. ing contractor, and hiss wife, f Donna, she dropped out of Golden West Co ollege after f a year to enter a beauty contest. Haaving b been crowned d Miss Orange County in 197 78, she h moved d to L.A. and d wound up in Grease 2. 2 A sultry l turn opposite All facee made her a rising star. Pacino in 1983’s Scarfa d h over off P People’s ’ fi first Most Pfeiffer made the co l ’s Beautiful issue but didn’t take care off herselff ked until her 40s. “I smok d cigarettes, ate whath ever I wanted and used u d bar b soap on myy 1 she said. Now face. People were horrified,” fi w all she cares about “iss that h I’m able bl to age ever look like a gracefully and that I don’t d wax figure of myself.” This month marks her h 24th h wedding anniversa ry with h (Big ( writer-producer Kellley (Bi Little Lies), 61, whom sshe met on hs before a blind date two month f she adoptdia Rose, now 24. They ed her daughter Claud h
With husband Kelley in 2012. “She’s a wonderful mother and wife,” says mother! director Darren Aronofsky. Left: Pfeiffer in 1980.
also have a son, John Henry, 23. As her kids grew up, “I took for granted how nice it was to not be under the spotlight,” she told theNew York Times. “I remember thinking, ‘Do I really want to step back into [acting]?’ And I just realized that I’m not done. I have a lot more to do and a lot more to say. I’m never going to be one that retires.” With reporting by Monique Jessen and Nigel Smith
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GOSSIP COLUMNIST LIZ SMITH 1923–2017
Goodbye to the Grande Dame of Dish
Blonde Ambition As a tomboy in Texas, a young Smith (in 2008) dreamed of one day living among the rich and famous. By 2003 (above left, with Beverly Sills, Carol Burnett and Barbara Walters), those dreams had more than come true.
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‘Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress’ —LIZ SMITH
satin dress.” But rather than follow in the footsteps of notoriously viperish columnists like Walter Winchell or Hedda Hopper, Smith sought to celebrate the stars she covered and treated her subjects with compassion (Barbara Walters once called her “provocative without being vicious”). Smith was not without her enemies, however: Among her biggest scoops was the divorce of Donald Trump and his then-wife Ivana in 1990; Smith became Ivana’s confidante and so enraged Donald that hethreatenedto buy theDailyNews solely to fire her. Though her column ended in 2009, Smith remained a fixture on the New York charity circuit, helping raise millions for causes like Literacy Partners. In her bestselling 2000 memoir Natural Blonde, she wrote movingly about her difficult childhood, bisexuality and making peace with her likely legacy. “What in the world had I expected of life?” she wrote. “I wanted to be in show business. It came to pass. I wanted to win friends and influence people. It happened. . . . I wanted to work hard and be so absorbed that sleep would fall on me nightly like a blessing. It does.”—JESS CAGLE AND KATE COYNE PEOPLE November 27, 2017
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Sexiest Man Alive Blake Shelton THE COUNTRY SUPERSTAR AND VOICE JUDGE GETS HONEST ABOUT BEING A HEARTTHROB, LIFE WITH GWEN AND WHY NO ONE SHOULD EVER SEE HIM NAKED by Melody Chiu & Julie Jordan
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“At this point I’m not covering anything up,” says Shelton (in Los Angeles on Oct. 14). “I’m not hiding anything about myself.”
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Blake B lake Shelton Shelton rea rreally ea hates being the center of atteention. So when it came to his i bein ing named 2017’s Sexiest Man Aliv Alive, his girlfriend of two years, Gw Gwen Stefani, had to take charge. “S “She goes,‘Listen to me,’” recalls the country-music star. “ ‘You’re going to regret this for the rest of your life if you don’t take this gift and just live in the moment.’” Rightly so. Having just released his album Texoma Shore and a Christmas duet with Stefani, the 6'5" Oklahoma-bred Shelton, 41, is embracing a new pace in life. But what he’s most looking forward to is sticking the title to his fellow judge on NBC’s The Voice (and former Sexiest Man Alive) Adam Levine. “I’ve been ugly my whole life,” Shelton adds. “If I can be sexy for a year, I’m taking it!” 90
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That y’all must be running out of people. Like, “Wow, we’re down to somebody who is somewhat symmetrical.” And then the next thought I had was, “Man, I can’t wait to shove this up Adam’s ass.” As proud as I am and honored that you guys asked me, that’s really the only thing I care about. Is it hard not to shout it from the rooftops?
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like Hugh Jackman or one of those guys who’s humble about it. People are going to hate me over this. Because it’s going to be used in every conversation, whether it’s at The Voice or at the feed store in Tishomingo, Okla., or in a conversation with a doctor. Until I have to hand the title, which is what it is to me, over to someone else, this is mine. This is like a certification. How would you describe yourself as a kid growing up in Ada, Okla.?
I think to describe myself as a child, one word comes to mind. And that’s “fat.” People say I haven’t changed since before I made it. And I’m still fat today. That’s proof! Have you always been comfortable in your own skin?
No, not until I turned 40 and I just kind of figured, you know what? I made it. I’ve got a job. And people have
accepted me, so I guess I just don’t care anymore. [Laughs] What’s one of the biggest misconceptions about you out there?
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That I’m this big partyer. In my 20s, hell yes I loved to party, but that was a long time ago. In fact there’s nothing that I hate more than going to a party. I’m half deaf, and I can’t hear what people are saying to me. There have been times where I would say, “How you doing?” And they’ll tell me something horrible that’s going on in their life, and I’ll just say, “Well, I’ll be damned, that’s great.” And not real91
ize what that person just said to me. Does Gwen tease you about anything?
I’m younger than Gwen, and lately things like, I don’t know, gout and a back going out. Or my knees are constantly bothering me. Those are things she’s like, “Aha! How do you like that? You’re 41 now, Blake.” She teases me about my age. How did your friendship evolve into a romance?
When you’re where she and I were, and you just feel so betrayed and on bottom, this bond that we formed when we found out what each other were going through, it’s still there. Like this unified front of, “You know what? I know how you feel right now, and I’ve got your back.” What’s most important to Gwen is somebody who has her back and is a best friend, so that’s kind of how it started, and it just kept snowballing into what it is now, and it just feels like it gets stronger all the time, you know? It’s crazy. A lot of people couldn’t really see you guys together like that.
I’m right there with everybody. I see people all the time going, “I just don’t get it, I don’t understand the Gwen and Blake thing, it’s got to be fake.” That doesn’t upset me, because caus ca usee it it’ss a h hard ard ar d th thin thing ingg to w wra wrap rap p yo your ur head he ad aaro roun und. d. S She he aand nd II,, on p pap aper per w wee coul co uldn dn’t ’t b bee mo more re d diff iffer eren ent, t, b but ut iin n
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“It started as a couple of people ready to stand by each other,” says Shelton of Stefani (in 2016 and, above, performing together in Las Vegas).
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The best part for me, selfishly, is discovering a part of myself that I guess I never really knew was in there. It’s definitely an instinct that kind of kicks in. For a long time it was awkward trying to figure out what my place is, and in their mind too. There’s days where you go, “Oh my God, when does school start?” And then an hour later you’re going, “God, I can’t wait till they get home.” They’re so damn funny. It’s just my first time being around it, and it’s easy to fall in love with those kids. They’re pretty special.
“Mom and Dad made a very wise investment getting me a guitar.”
cheese dip. There’s nothing I can do about it, and I can’t just have a bite. It’s a problem. What do you eat in a day? “I’ve gone full circle to my hair turning completely white again,” says Shelton (right, with brother Richie and sister Endy in 1980).
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“My mom always made me feel supergood about myself.” “I’m missin’ a front tooth. Those glasses. And that mullet. That is unacceptable.”
“Apparently I found an old Opry member’s jacket. It’s just bad.”
What’s your perfect date night?
Oh my God, it’s so easy: Lying in bed and watching a movie, that’s it. That is such a coveted, special-like and rare thing for her and me, you know? And I rarely make it through the movie, which I think drives her crazy too. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: COURTESY BLAKE SHELTON(2); WARNER BROS.; RON WOLFSON/WIREIMAGE; JAMES ROBERTSON/COLEMAN-RAYNER
Would she say you are romantic?
I don’t know. I try to be a gentleman as much as I can. I think the thing that she needs most in her life is to be put on a pedestal. Every day that I’m around her, that’s what my goal is. Are you good about taking care of yourself? Do you like to work out?
I’ve never been good at it. You can see pictures of me; it is what it is. I’ll lose a bunch of weight and feel good about it, and what do I do when I feel good? I eat. Then next thing you know, some picture comes out of me, and I’ve got three chins.
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That’s easily the toughest question you’ve asked me today. There’s nothing typical about it. If I’m at home [in Oklahoma], it could be 2 o’clock in the afternoon before I eat, and then I realize I’m starving, so then it’s a bag of Cheetos. And there’s a Sonic in town—they got jalapeño poppers. And then I’m not hungry again until 10 o’clock. Well, what’s in there? Fish sticks. And, like, a big pickle, those pickles that come in their own package with juice? It is really bad. Have you learned from any of your failures over the years?
Hopefully I’ve learned from all of the things I’ve failed at. I’ve learned to just keep my mouth shut and go about my day. I’ve gotten way better at ignoring haters. You just get to a point where you go, “Man, I have got to grow up.”
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EARLY ON AT WHAT’S NOW THE CMA FEST. I HEARD SOMEONE BEHIND ME GO, “TERRI! TERRI! TERRI!” THEY THOUGHT I WAS TERRI CLARK. I GOT A HAIRCUT SOON AFTER THAT.
I’ve been so blessed and so lucky, and it’s happened in a short amount of time. I’m going to look back at all this extra bucket stuff that I didn’t even probably really let soak in at the time. Like The Voice, it’s coming at you so fast—even though we’re having a blast, it’s a lot at once. Do you sing around the house?
I don’t sing as much as I used to. I wonder why that is, now that you say that. I’m a TV star now—I don’t sing. [Laughs] I don’t even sing in the shower much anymore. On that note, when were you last naked?
I guess it would’ve been in the shower this morning. I normally get naked to get in.
So what’s your biggest vice?
Do you ever walk around the house without any clothes on?
Chips. I love, like, corn tortilla chips and any kind of
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FILLS IN THE BLANKS… The oldest thing I have in my closet is . . . A pair of boots from high school that I don’t throw away because I think one day if an apocalypse happens, I’ll need ’em. I always borrow Gwen’s . . . Gum. But it’s really more like stealing. You don’t give that back. I’m self-conscious about . . . My man-boobs. My moobs. I’ve checked into a hotel as . . . Butch McLintock. My favorite movie at some point was McLintock! with John Wayne, and people used to call me Butch in high school. If I want to look sexier, I . . . Suck in. [Laughs]
anybody. I wouldn’t want my dog to have to see me naked. It’s like half-melted vanilla ice cream with little hairs stuck to it. That’s what I look like naked. So what do you normally wear around the house?
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They bicker like brothers on The Voice, but Levine is “one of the most loving people I’ve ever known,” says Shelton (above, with the Maroon 5 frontman and former contestant RaeLynn).
I wear a T-shirt and Air Jordan shorts that go down to my knees. I’m a jeans-and-button-up-shirt kind of guy—always have been. You can dig up pictures of me in high school and see I like plaid and flannel. And you often wear a hat.
It’s all about I don’t want to mess with my hair. When it used to be brown it would do what I said, but when it goes gray it turns into a Brillo Pad, so I put a baseball cap on. The Brillo Pad drives women crazy. Do you ever pamper yourself?
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me. And I’m proud to say that I’ve never had a manicure or a pedicure. Proud of that. When Adam was Sexiest Man Alive, he told us he waxes so you can see his tattoos better. Could he persuade you to try that?
No! I don’t want people to stare at my body so badly that I have to remove hair from it. Just saying that out loud is a little ridiculous, isn’t it? So how do you think you’ll wear the crown better than he did?
Because when they’d say to Adam, “Mr. Sexy,” you’d always see him go, “Well, awwww . ..” If you say that to me, it’s going to be, “You’re damn right, I’m Mr. Sexy! That’s Blake Shelton, Mr. Sexiest Man Alive to you.” That’s how I’m going to treat this. To me, if you’re going to get this, don’t be bashful about it. I’m owning this moment. With reporting by Alex Apatoff
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He dressed up as 23-monthold daughter Jasmine’s favorite character, Pikachu, for Easter. “It’s what daddies do,” he said.
Johnson and Jimmy Fallon dressed up in costumes of themselves and surprised unwitting visitors at Universal Studios.
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FEB. 26, 2017 Date Night Johnson and longtime girlfriend Lauren Hashian went to the Oscars.
JUNE 18, 2017 Family Time Johnson spent Father’s Day with his oldest daughter, 16-year-old Simone. “I’m proud to call her my daughter,” he wrote on Instagram.
MAY 20, 2017 Johnson/ Hanks 2020 When Johnson hosted Saturday Night Live, Tom Hanks inducted him into the Five-Timers Club—and helped kick off their presidential ticket.
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He displayed his signature “Rock” pose—a fist pump—at the European premiere of Baywatch in Germany.
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Symbol of Strength Johnson gave his iconic bull tattoo—one he’s had for two decades—a refresh. “I got this tattoo when I was just a kid. Now I need it to reflect me as a man,” he said on Instagram.
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In the handsome Brit’s film The Mountain Between Us, he and Kate Winslet had to spend hours freezing in the snow to portray planecrash survivors in the Utah mountains. But in real life Elba’s heart was melting for his new girlfriend, Canadian model Sabrina Dhowre. “I’ve fallen in love while making a movie about falling in love,” he says. “It’s pretty special.”
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EFRON , 30 SEXIEST THRILL-SEEKER
He jumped off a cliff with Bear Grylls and swam with a tiger shark, so it’s not surprising that the Greatest Showman and The Disaster Artist actor, who turned 30 last month, sees more adventures in his future: “I want to seek out projects outside of my comfort zone,” he says. “I want to have fun and color outside the lines. I’m pretty excited for the next decade.”
S AM HEUGHAN, 37 Sexiest Scotsman The Outlander star trains hard to maintain the strong body of a Highlander. He also has to be mentally ready for his nude scenes. “You have to know where the character has come from and what they want, ” he says.
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Sexiest Song and Dance Man As the object of affection in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rodriguez says he can only guess why the lead character still finds him sexy. “I like to think she likes my bulky upper body and my boyish innocence, aside from my love for musical theater,” he says.
A few months into dating his now wife, Emily V. Gordon, Nanjiani spent eight days watching over her in the ICU after she got sick and had to be put in a medically induced coma. “Leaving her wasn’t something I considered,” says Nanjiani, who starred in the romantic comedy The Big Sick, a fictionalized version of their story. “I just loved her too much to have that even be an option.”
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Whether appearing seductively in an Armani fragrance ad or singing his way through a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, Pine hit his stride this year. But it was his romantic chemistry with Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman, which the Washington Post compared to “watching the entrancing dance of a flame,” that elevated his position as an A-list leading man.
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Chris Pine, 37 SEXIEST SOPHISTICATE
S e x i e s t Ju g g l e r Life became a lot more hectic for Ali, who won an Oscar for the drama Moonlight and also became a first-time father—daughter Bari is 9 months. “I want to work in a more focused way and discover the right balance for my life,” said the actor, who will star in the third season of HBO’s True Detective.
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The British-Pakistani actor, who won an Emmy for playing a misunderstood murder suspect in The Night Of, is outspoken about the importance of racial representation in Hollywood. “Everyone wants to be seen, heard and valued,” he said.
Sexiest D re a m D a t e At college, “I had long hair down to my nipples, a mustache and wore all tweed. It was bad! Don’t look for photos!” says the former child actor, now the object of many a teenage crush on the drama Riverdale. PEOPLE November 27, 2017
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SHADOWHUNTERS SEXIEST YOUNG-ADULT IDOLS ALBERTO ROSENDE, 24 “There’s this rumor online that I’m like 5'4". It’s very upsetting. I’m a solid 5'10". But if that’s the craziest thing I have to worry about, then I think I’m doing all right,” says the Latin American actor, who was working as a waiter in New York City when he landed the role of vampire Simon Lewis.
DOMINIC SHERWOOD, 27 He’s fearless as Shadowhunter Jace, but offscreen the Brit cowers at the sight of dummies and wax figures. “On-set they cover them up and walk me a different way,” he says.
MATTHEW DADDARIO, 30 When the New York City native isn’t hitting sports-heavy workouts to star as Shadowhunter Alec, he’s indulging in cheese, bread and wine. “I know it sounds cliché,” he admits, “but it’s just so good.”
IS AIAH MUSTAFA, 43 Fans of Mustafa as werewolf Luke constantly tell him, “‘You’re such a dad on TV,’” says the father of a 16-year-old daughter (who first found fame as the “Old Spice Guy” in a series of commercials in 2010). “Whenever I hear that, I’m like, “It’s working! My real-life dad-ness is coming through.’ ”
HARRY SHUM JR., 35 The Glee alum, who plays warlock Magnus Bane and stars next in Crazy Rich Asians, believes “making someone feel good about themselves is the same thing as feeling sexy.”
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On Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, writer and coanchor Jost is called one sexy nickname after another by costar Leslie Jones. So what exactly does it take to be a Sexy Vanilla Muffin? “I’m extremely white, so that takes care of the vanilla part,” says Jost. “Then I just buy a sexy muffin at my local erotic bakery.”
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PETER HERMANN, 50 Sexiest TV Boss He endearingly manages millennials on Younger, but the actor and dad, with wife Mariska Hargitay, considers his biggest feat “getting three kids to school on time every morning, dressed for the weather, with a defensibly healthy snack.” Photograph by OMAR CRUZ
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For the rapper, actor and executive producer of the hit drama Power, there is a thin line between work and play. “Even when I’m relaxing, I go to film, television or music, so it’s research for the next thing that I’m doing,” says Jackson. But if he had three days without a phone or TV, “I’d just have a lot of sex. A woman who can speak with her eyes can really hold my attention. I don’t care how old she gets, it’s definitely sexy.”
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Ansari chronicled an actor’s struggles with love—from New York to Italy—in two hit seasons of Master of None. So how does he describe his real-life dream girl? “Someone I would be thrilled to do nothing with who would be as equally thrilled to do nothing with me,” he said.
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After making Cars 3 and The Man From Uncle, the star takes an indie detour with his new coming-of-age film Call Me by Your Name, in which his character falls in love with a 17-year-old boy. “We spent several days shooting this movie completely nude,” he said. “But fans shouldn’t get too excited. We shot more than you see!”
RYAN GOSLING, 37 Sexiest Mystery Man The Blade Runner 2049 star has mastered the art of oozing charm while revealing absolutely nothing. When Ellen DeGeneres asked him to name his favorite physical feature, he replied, “my left thumb.” To which we say, Thumbs up!
KOFI SIRIBOE, 23 Sexiest B re a k o u t Long before he set hearts ablaze as Ralph Angel on OWN’s Queen Sugar or Jada Pinkett Smith’s ripped boy toy in Girl’s Trip, “I was chubby with a chubby-kid complex,” says Siriboe. After focusing on his health in high school, “I really came into my own.”
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PRINCE HARRY, 33 S e x i e s t R o ya l He made headlines for his romance with American actress Meghan Markle, but he won our hearts for his hero’s touch with wounded warriors at his annual Invictus Games.
JASON REYNOLDS, 33 Sexiest Author The young-adult writer (his latest book, Long Way Down, is out now) targets readers who can’t believe that a book about them exists. “I’m looking for the nonbelievers who’ve given up on reading,” he says.
BEN PLATT, 24 Sexiest B ro a d wa y Pe r f o r m e r His vulnerable performance in Dear Evan Hansen won him breakout success, a Tony, and even the adoration of Beyoncé. “You can’t hide anywhere on Broadway,” he says as he wraps his run. “You have to put up or shut up.”
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The former Sexiest Man Alive, who portrays P.T. Barnum in the upcoming musical The Greatest Showman, has been married to Deborra-lee Furness for 21 years. What’s your secret to a happy marriage? “Never spend more than two weeks apart. And never go to bed on an angry word.” How did you celebrate your birthday last month? I didn’t do one big celebration but a couple of smaller ones. I like smaller groups, which is basi-
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cally a selfish way of trying to drag it out. What makes you happiest? Being myself. Food. Being around my family and friends who accept me for exactly who I am. Food. Having the right balance between work and play. Food. And gratitude. All of us run so fast, it’s easy to worry about things we haven’t done yet and things we want to achieve rather than stopping for a second and accepting what we have. And food.
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Becoming a dad to Silas, 2, with wife Jessica Biel, “gives you a new focus and direction because everything you do is for them,” says the 2018 Super Bowl Halftime performer and Wonder Wheel actor. Though he carps that “I no longer get to watch the ticker on ESPN,” he says that “to hear Silas say ‘Dada’ was when it all became real.”
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He may have been a varsity football player, student-council president and theater star, but the actor says that he was once “deathly afraid” of speaking to women. “I would get tongue-tied and flush with sweat,” Brown admits. “I had zero game.” Now happily married to actress Ryan Michelle Bathe, Brown hopes to teach their two sons “not to sweat it so much,” he says with a laugh. “Say hi, be yourself and see what happens.”
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The veteran actor enjoys a good throwback. “I feel like I’m living my childhood again but as an adult,” Ventimiglia says of playing the Pearson family patriarch. “Men in the ’80s had a different view of manhood. Jack is not emotional by design. I’m private, but things definitely grab at my heart.” As for the onscreen physical transformations over decades? “1989 Jack is my favorite,” Ventimiglia says. “Just a mustache and no hair extensions!”
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He exudes confidence on- and offscreen, but the newlywed (he married actress Chrishell Stause on Oct. 28) wasn’t always self-assured. “I was a late bloomer,” says Hartley, who has a 13-year-old daughter, Isabella, from a previous marriage. “I couldn’t put on weight, and my voice dropped late. I thought I’d be trapped in a little-boy body!” Now he’s relishing his role as complicated actor Kevin. “I can relate to him,” says Hartley. “This show has been life-changing in every way.”
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David Muir, 44 World News Tonight , ABC Connecting with viewers (“I tweet back during commercial breaks”) is as important as getting out of the anchor’s chair, so Muir’s weekends are for farflung reporting—on refugees in Jordan, famine in Somaliland. “Curiosity is what drives me.”
Anderson Cooper, 50 AC 360, CNN He didn’t know his on-air eye roll (“it was unconscious”) at Kellyanne Conway went viral. “I don’t Google myself,” he says. And he doesn’t recognize in his mirror the “silver fox” of lusty online headlines. “The albino salamander under a rock who hasn’t seen light— that’s how I view myself.”
e h t f of Chris Cuomo, 47 New Day, CNN
Charles Blow, 47 The New York Times The columnist doesn’t hold back on Trump (“lying . . . chieftain of spite”) or give trolls an opening. “I block all day,” says the divorced dad. On the other hand, “old black women constantly tell me they’re praying for me.” “I won’t give energy to people who bring hatred into the world.”
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He hatees TV makeup and and does fight training for H ffun—p perfect for “the hostile Thunderdome” that is todayy’s politics, he says. People took note. His buff body waas trending on Twitter during Hurricane Irma. b “I “I’m an irrational optimist. I believe what unites tthi s country is so much more than what divides.”
Ari Melber, 37 The Beat , MSNBC Deep dives on offbeat issues (such as dating in the Trump era) and quoting rap lyrics are a signature of this Ivy League lawyer’s broadcasts. So would he date across party lines? “In theory,” he says. “People are rooting journalists on now.”
George Stephanopoulos, 56 Good Morning America and This Week , ABC The morning anchor says his fan mail reads like “an episode of Crossfire.” But with wife Ali Wentworth and two teen daughters, his sense of humor is solid: “The joke’s always on me.”
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Van n Jones,, 49 CCommentator andd h CNN author, His brand of empathy, even for those he disagrees with (Jones partnered with Newt Gingrich on the opioid crisis), was honed working with his friend Prince to help the disadvantaged. “Prince bridged all divides. His politics were purple.” “We have to start working together.”
The cerebral Sunday anchor only looked unfazed when President Trump abruptly walked away during his coveted first Oval Office interview. “I didn’t know what to do,” Dickerson says. “Should I show myself out?” “Forces are driving us to our corners. I want to be able to speak to both corners and have them listen.”
Willie Geist, 42 Morning Joe, MSNBC, and Sunday Today with Willie Geist, NBC Having the President tweet live about your show is “extraordinary,” says Geist, who also hosts NBC’s Sunday Today, but his strategy is simple: “Keep your head down, do your job, get your facts straight.” “I try to just strip away all the artifice.”
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Jake Tapper, 48 The Lead, CNN A Little League and Girl Scouts’ dad off-camera and a fierce on-air champion of America’s wounded warriors and POWs (“I’ve learned what they went through”), Tapper takes a hard-line approach to politics. “So much of my time is spent just correcting facts and standing up for basic decency.”
Never unplugged from news—except maybe for some college football on a Saturday—the genial anchor is bent on not letting work keep him single forever. “I’m making my way,” he says. Will his cameo in Channing Tatum’s Kingsman sequel mean a spot in the next Magic Mike? “I’d be more than willing. Wait. It’s a stripper movie? I would like to change my answer.”
Call this anchor “Granddude” (“There is nothing like seeing your baby hold his baby,” Holt says of son Stefan and grandson Henry). But think twice about asking for a selfie. “I miss the days when people would come up and want to talk.” “I find confidence sexy.”
Jim m Acosta, 46 Senior White House Correspondent, CNN President Trump has as derided Acosta as “a real beauty” and attacked him as “fake news.” (A fan sent a bottle hat one.) But the bluntly skeptical of bourbon for that grant is hardly cowering at the feet son of a Cuban immigrant t: “I’m in a fight for truth.” of the bully pulpit: “Don’t mess with ith Lady Liberty!”
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Shepard Smith, 53 Shepard Smith Reporting, FOX Smith went gaga for the eclipse—in goofy glasses, even (“I had a fantastic time!”)—and would rather report on the education and climatechange crises than politics (“It’s not for me”). “Facts are sacred things— my only job.”
Michael Barbaro, 38 The Daily, podcast Some 750,000 listeners a day savor this New York Times reporter’s calm, explanatory approach to news—or “story time,” as he calls it. Off-air, the pace of Trump’s newsmaking has helped Barbaro’s waistline: “The salad bar at work has become my best friend.”
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AS IF THERE WEREN’T ENOUGH REASONS TO OWN A FURRY COMPANION, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PETS MAKE GUYS SUBSTANTIALLY SEXIER!
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Jimmy Fallon, 43 English cream golden retriever Gary, 5
“She’s a girl named Gary,” says the Tonight Show host, who first met the “cute, fluffy and fun” purebred when she came on his then Late Night show as a puppy, dressed in a suit, for a skit. And, says Fallon—who just released his latest children’s book Everything Is MAMA—Gary is also a big hit with kids, especially his daughters Winnie Rose, 4, and Frances Cole, 2, with his wife, Nancy Juvonen. “To Franny I go, ‘Who loves you?’ And she goes, ‘Only Gary!’ And she laughs at her joke. They’re besties.”
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Wiz Khalifa, 30
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“I’ve never had a dog that drools like him, but that’s my baby boy,” says the rapper, adding that Max B makes his son Sebastian, 4, jealous because “he wants to be the baby.” Luckily Max B and Khalifa’s other dog, Vincent, a 3-year-old French bulldog, get along, hanging together at home and on tour with Khalifa. “They’re party animals,” says Khalifa, who just released his Laugh Now, Fly Later mixtape. “They live a full life.”
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Eric McCormack, 54
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boxer-pit-bull mix Penny, 2
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Eric McCormack loves all his pets; he has a 9-year-old terrier mix (which his son Finnigan, 15, named Scruffy) and Hunter, the cat he and his wife, Linda, have had for three years. But the actor who stars on Will & Grace and Travelers has a special place in his heart for his pup Penny. “It always said ‘boxer’ because no one wants to say ‘pit,’ but we knew,” he says of getting Penny from a rescue. “Pit mixes can be great. She is really a gentle giant.”
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Scott Eastwood, 31
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yellow Lab Fred, 3
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“He’s a really good dog. He’s playful and loving, and he likes to nibble my ears,” says the Pacific Rim Uprising star, who has been co-parenting Fred since the Lab’s birth, with his best friend and roommate. “After a stressful day, when a dog licks your face, you realize things are okay. No matter what is going on in your life, when you get home that dog doesn’t care. He loves you unconditionally.”
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Bobby Flay, 52
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Maine coon Nacho, 3
“He’s doglike for a cat,” says the Food Network star, chef and author of Bobby Flay Fit. “He’s incredibly affectionate with me and will follow you around like a dog would.” Flay says the 20-lb. feline (and Instagram star with more than 120,000 followers!) is also a “food connoisseur.” “He’s always with me when I’m cooking. If I make a piece of striped bass, I’ll cook the end for him as a little treat.”
Denis Leary, 60
with
poodle Bowie, 1
The actor and author of Why We Don’t Suck first fell in love with Bowie’s “floppy Muppet-like” look and soon discovered he was the perfect best friend. “He loves to swim, he’s game if you just want to run, and he’s like a wide receiver in terms of catching a ball,” says Leary, who named Bowie after one of his favorite rock stars. “I like a good rough-and-tumble dog. And he’s very attached to me, so I’m attached to him.”
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Dr. Evan Antin, 32
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“Henry is a rescue and just precious. He’s got this perma-puppy thing going on,” says the People Pet Vet. And Blue, who was found abandoned on a roof, is “superathletic and really fun to play with.” Dr. Antin, who sees patients at Conejo Valley Veterinary Hospital in Southern California, also has another cat, a lizard and a tortoise, who all get along well. And while he thinks about bringing more pets home, his priority is “giving these guys the life they deserve,” he says. “I need to be realistic!”
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He’s Hollywood’s top-earning star, but Wahlberg doesn’t always impress his kids Ella, 14 (not pictured), Michael, Brendan and Grace. “Dad’s not cool,” says the Daddy’s Home 2 star, 46. “If I drop them off at school and try to kiss them, that stuff is against the rules.” And now that his kids are growing up, Wahlberg, wed to model Rhea Durham since 2009, is relishing whatever closeness he can get. “Grace still wants to hold my hand,” he says. “It’s wonderful.”
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The singer-songwriter, 33, admits that as a touring musician one of the hardest things is saying goodbye to his daughter. “The first time I was about to leave for a weekend was also the first time she smiled. It was brutal,” says Grammer, who will soon head out again to support his upcoming album The Good Parts. “But if she knows how special I think she is right now, for the rest of her life then I will have done my job.”
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The 41-year-old star of Marvel’s Luke Cage may play a superhero on TV, but at home he’s been tackling even bigger tasks, like potty training and listening skills. “It’s a whole new world,” says Colter, who is married to Netflix executive Iva Colter. “When you first have a baby, it’s all about what not to do wrong and making sure everything is okay because they can’t communicate with you. Now I have to remember that I’m her role model.”
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Soon after Morgan landed the lifechanging role of Negan on The Walking Dead, his son Gus arrived and flipped his world all over again. “I think being a dad has been the greatest gift,” says Morgan, 51. “He’s a gregarious, loving boy and very polite.” Now the actor and his wife, Hilarie Burton, 35, are getting ready to add a baby girl to their family in February. “We’re beside ourselves with joy,” he says.
Harry Connick Jr.
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Georgia, 21
The singer and talk show host spends a lot of time around his oldest daughter, who works as a social media photographer for his show. But even when they are apart, they are just a few keystrokes away. The whole family “texts nonstop,” says Connick, 50, who also has daughters Kate, 20, and Charlotte, 15, with wife Jill. And when it comes to raising strong women? “We never patronize,” he says. “I always want them to understand how smart and powerful they are.”
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Dave Annable with daughter Charlie, 2 The actor has no qualms admitting that his daughter brings out his emotional side. “Everything makes me cry,” says Annable, 38, who stars in the upcoming TV series Yellowstone. “But my wife [actress Odette Annable] and I both know the deal there. I’m the sensitive dad. Charlie’s first school play, I’m going to be toast. I’m going to be sitting in the back blaming it on allergies!”
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“I like being under her spell,” the actor has said.
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“I married somebody that I absolutely love and adore, and who also loves and adores me,” said Manganiello.
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Zoe Saldana & Marco Perego Saldana “We are never apart for more than a week,” said Saldana.
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SCOTT The 39-year-old identical twins and stars of HGTV’s Property Brothers don’t have everything in common. “I am hands down the more romantic brother,” says Jonathan, who has been dating Jacinta Kuznetsov since 2015. “I gotta up my game,” jokes Drew, who’s planning his spring wedding to fiancée Linda Phan. “But I’m definitely stronger, more sporty and better-looking!”
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Dave & James
FRANCO Why did it take them years to team up professionally—in James’s new film The Disaster Artist? “When I was first starting out . . . I didn’t want people to think that I was riding his coattails,” says Dave, 32. Interrupts James, 39: “He lived at my apartment and stole my cats!”
Gustaf, Bill & Alexander
SKARSGARD Scary Swedes! Bill, 27, enjoyed seeing Gustaf, 37, and Alexander, 41, “jump while watching my performance” as killer clown Pennywise in It. Alexander won an Emmy (and a passionate kiss from costar Nicole Kidman) for his creepy star turn in Big Little Lies. The clan (including four other brothers and a sister) is close and freewheeling. “I grew up in a madhouse!” Alexander told Chelsea Handler earlier this year.
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When it comes to working out, the two engage in “a little brotherly competition,” says Nick, 25. “There’s definitely a rivalry–I think we like just giving each other that push. I hate cardio, but Joe [28] loves it. Instead I push myself with weights.”
Shannon & Jared
LETO Oscar winner Jared, 45, has called Shannon, 47, his Thirtyy Seconds to Mars bandmate,, “the best big b g brother in the world.””
Stephen & Seth
CURRY In school “I’d pick on him a little bit,” said Stephen Curry, 29, of little brother Seth, 27. At home the NBA pros played one-on-one games in their backyard. “My mom used to have to come out and break up some fights and referee the game,” said Seth. “It gave us that competitive spirit that we have now.”
Stephen & Donald
GLOVER Collaborating with series creator and star Donald, 34, on the Emmy-winning show Atlanta felt “natural,” said head story editor Stephen, 29. “We’re able to understand each other, and we have very similar tastes.”
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HEMSWORTH “Our relationship is all love and support. We are competitive in the best way,” said Chris, 34, of Liam, 27, and Luke, 37. “We have a competition that pushes and motivates one another, and it’s great.”
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“I started going gray in my 20s—just a light sprinkling— and I thought, ‘Oh, this is cool,’ ” says the host of Watch What Happens Live and producer of the Housewives franchises on Bravo. “I could never imagine coloring my hair.” Adds Cohen, who admits he often forgets to use any products: “The best thing for my hair is swimming in the ocean.”
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THE PUBLIC HAS SPOKEN—A PEOPLE POLL REVEALS THE CELEB FEATURES THAT SET PULSES RACING
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Abs
Harry Shum Jr., 35 “I have to do constant crunches to live up to the hype,” the Shadowhunters and Crazy Rich Asians actor once said of his shirtless scenes onscreen.
Eyes Bradley Cooper, 42 The actor and director of the upcoming A Star Is Born once told People that he doesn’t wear contacts, but his eyes are “not that blue” all the time. “They kind of morph.”
But t
Fans could barely handle it when the newly engaged actor showed off his backside in the season finale of
Kit Harington, 30 Game of Thrones—and it was thanks to “lots of squats,” according to Harington. “If you’re getting your bum out in front of 60 million people, you do your homework.”
Barack Obama, 56
Arms Jason Momoa, 38
The Justice League actor has a dedicated following on Instagram, where he posts the rock- and wallclimbing videos that help him develop his bulging biceps.
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The former President gets the highest praise from his wife of 25 years, “. . . that smile still gets me every single day,” Michelle Obama posted on Instagram in celebration of his birthday last year.
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Daniel Dae Kim, 49 The actor and the executive producer of The Good Doctor likes to leave a little something to the imagination. “I figure if you wear spray-on clothing, people will see enough,” he once said.
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1. Magic Mike Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello starred in this 2012 comedy about male strippers—the most stupendous showcase ever for dude flesh.
Movies 2. Risky Business The film that put young Tom Cruise in the Sexiest Man business: He dances in his tighty-whities.
as a scorned lover—but first she and Michael Douglas have great sex.
Star-crossed Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have a chemistry that could melt icebergs.
Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar play rich Manhattan brats caught up—pre-Gossip Girl—in games of seduction.
4. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
7. Y Tu Mamá También
Angelina Jolie, have you met Brad Pitt? This thriller ignited their affair.
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, out for adventure, become entranced by an older woman in this deeply sensual road movie.
3.Titanic
5. Fatal Attraction Glenn Close is terrifying
13. Whiskey Neat Simple and to the point, it’s been voted by women as the most attractive order a man can place.
6. Cruel Intentions
9 EAMES LOUNGE CHAIR This classic midcentury seat is masculine, laid-back and way too sexy for any room dubbed a man cave. 10. The Paris Skyline at Night Take it in from the rooftop restaurant Les Ombres, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.
8. Dirty Dancing Jennifer Grey falls for dance instructor Patrick Swayze—and learns to mambo—in the 1987 classic that defines “steam heat.”
11. A Red Tie The hue evokes passion, power and confidence, according to color psychologists. 12. @BrosBeingBasic A hilarious Instagram full of dudes that don’t take themselves too seriously.
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Cocktails 14. Vodka Martini No matter the Bond, the drink order is the same— and it’s just as sexy every time.
the ginger beer in the mix increases circulation, instantly warming the body.
15. Red Wine Reach for a dark blend to decrease inflammation and get your blood pumping.
18. Bee’s Knees It’s a mix of gin, lemon and honey—and honey has been prescribed to increase sexual vigor since Ancient Greece.
16. Sex on the Beach Legend has it that the fruity drink was named after frisky spring breakers. Plus it takes a daring man to order one. 17. Dark and Stormy Not only does it have a broody name,
19. Champagne Whether or not its bubbles get drinkers giggly faster is up for debate. But this symbol of celebration is forever a classy choice.
100 SEXIEST THINGS
20. Los Angeles L.A. is the best place to play the field: 63 percent of the men are single, the highest percentage in the country, according to Trulia data.
Cities TRULIA RANKED THE BEST PLACES TO DATE IN AMERICA, BASED ON THE POPULATION OF ELIGIBLE MEN AND OTHER SEXY QUALITIES
21. Denver
24. Austin, Texas
Hunting for a mountain man? The Mile High City has a trifecta of key factors: a high percentage of gyms, hiking trails and single guys.
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the muscles! The state capital has the most gyms for its population, drawing plenty of fit fellas.
22. Honolulu
25. San Jose
A surfer dude with a steady job? He exists in Honolulu, which has the highest percentage (53.4) of men who make above the median income.
Want a date you can dress up and take out? This California hub ranks near the top of the list for most men’s clothing stores per capita.
29. Netflix (and Chill) hill) ce The streaming service has become code for on’t hooking up, but we don’t think it minds.
23. San Francisco
26. Salt Lake City
There’s no shortage of potential date-night spots here. The city has the most restaurants per capita, according to Yelp data.
The men here are living large. The city ranks second on Trulia’s list for percentage of men who get above-average paychecks.
30. A Faded Denim Jacket Outerwear to make anyone swoon. 31. Sweat As Jennifer Aniston put it, “I love thee y, way [men] smell naturally, their own eau de sweat.”
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32. ‘Let’s Get It On’ Don’t lie. Those first few notes will have you swaying. 33. iPhone X It comes with a $1,000 price tag and infinite bragging rights. 34. All-Black Everything Whether it’s a suit, a car or an appliance (see No. 65), you can’t go wrong with black.
37. Playing an Instrument Science suggests musicians are less stressed and more disciplined. Our eyes suggest any man looks cooler holding an electric guitar (like this Les Paul).
38. ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’ Zayn and Taylor Swift embraced their dark sides in the Fifty Shades single.
35. Opening a Wine Bottle Every grown man should know his way around a corkscrew.
39. Hedione The synthetic molecule, used in cologne, stimulates the release of sex hormones in women.
36. Oversize Ice Cubes You know what they say about a man with big cubes—great cocktails.
40. Pink Lightbulbs They make any room glow and give its occupants a flattering flush.
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BECAUSE SUN, SURF AND SEXY MEN BEAT ANY PRESENT UNDER THE TREE
Supermodels fly south to populate the beach (and take a dip in natural swimming pools) at this trendy Mexican hideaway.
From its stunning Hindu temples to its lush interior jungles, the Indonesian island has a sultry mystique.
50. Tulum
51. Seychelles Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich chose to honeymoon on the
isolated archipelago. So did the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011.
52. French Polynesia Marlon Brando’s private island resort here hosts A-listers in over-water bungalows.
53. The Arctic It’s a hot spot that’s ice cold! At frozen hotels in Scandinavia, guests can ogle the spectacular northern lights.
54. A Projector Infinitely cooler than movie night in front of the TV. 55. Caramel Paint Couples with bedrooms in this warm neutral reported having more sex. 56. An Army Jacket Simple, timeless and in a green hue that triggers feelings of safety.
48. Sydney Christmas falls in midsummer Down Under. Sydney’s Bondi Beach got in the spirit recently, breaking a world record for most surfing Santas.
57. Collecting Vinyl Chances are he’s got good musical taste and a nostalgic streak. 58. Eye Contact Bonus points for a guy who can smize. 59. Boxing Gyms Former Sexiest Man Alive
David Beckham is a devotee. 60. Lake Como A body of water that’s claimed the heart of George Clooney. 61. Sandalwood This scent resembles a pheromone similar to one in male sweat, says IFRANA CEO Farah K. Ahmed. 62. Speaking Another Language How do you say “sexiest skill ever” en français? 63. Chelsea Boots A relic of the 1960s, they’re just as hot on Harry Styles as on Kanye West.
64 ACROYOGA The two-person practice is meant to enhance trust and communication between partners. It’s also a good excuse to master kissing upside down.
65. Black Stainless Steel It makes even kitchen appliances sexy. 66. Hanes White Tee Forever more appealing than a suit and tie.
Sexy Occupations S DON’T BLAME US, BLAME THE ALGORITHM! THESE ARE DATING DO APP BUMBLE’S MOST-SWIPED-RIGHT JOBS
67. This Motorcycle James Dean rode a Triumph in Rebel Without a Cause. So did Steve McQueen in Le Mans. The Bonneville Bobber is the current hottest thing on two wheels.
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69. Nutritionist They fuel their body with the right foods (and would probably with stoc your fridge with healthy snacks). stock
73. Account Executive This fancy title implies he’s the man making big business deals—and making bank.
70. Athlete Professional ballers (foo soccer and basket-) are all-stars (foot-, t dating app’s pool. in the
74. Dentist Hello, lifetime supply of free toothbrushes.
71. Pilot Aye, Captain! This has to be the occupation with the most cardcar carrying members of the mile-high club. 72. Surgeon They’re whip-smart afte after eight-plus years of higher education and good with their hands.
75. Attorney Who would object to a man with book smarts and the confidence to conquer the courtroom? 76. Registered Nurse These guys have great bedside manner. 77. Physical Therapist They know the pressure points on every part of the body.
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68. Firefighter/ Paramedic These fearless guys are good in a crisis and look great in a calendar.
100 SEXIEST THINGS
79. Body Painting Carly and Evan from season 3 of Bachelor in Paradise (now married and parents-to-be) found artistic inspiration in each other, rolling around on a floor canvas together.
Dates from The Bachelor Franchise THE TEAM BEHIND THE BACHELOR, BACHELORETTE AND BACHELOR IN PARADISE ARE EXPERTS IN ORCHESTRATING A ROMANTIC OUTING
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ANIMALS THAT MATE FOR LIFE What’s sexier than long-term commitment? Penguins, wolves, angelfish and beavers are your new relationship goals.
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80. River Run to a Sauna
83. Safari Adventure
and J.P. in season 7 of The Bachelorette.
In season 21 of The Bachelor, Nick and Vanessa plunged into a cold river in Finland before warming things up in a sauna.
After their wildlife tour in South Africa, Brad and Chantal from The Bachelor season 15 spent the night in a luxe tree house.
87. Couples Massage
81. Helicopter to a Health Spa Ben and Jubilee from The Bachelor season 20 enjoyed bird’s-eye views before a luxurious dinner at the spa.
82. Cave Swimming In season 17 of The Bachelor, Sean and AshLee swam together through Thailand’s Emerald Cave to a private beach.
Diggy and Dominique from Bachelor in Paradise season 4 relaxed with a spa rubdown in Mexico.
84.Dogsledding Post-sledding in season 12 of The Bachelorette, Jojo and Luke had to chop wood to heat their hot tub.
85. Underwater Photo Shoot Kaitlyn and Clint from The Bachelorette season 11 captured a submerged kiss.
86. Private Island Time Frolicking on a beach ended with dinner in the Fijian jungle for Ashley
Architect Santiago Calatrava’s 623-ft. skyscraper in Malmo, Sweden, was inspired by a marble sculpture of a male nude.
BOOKS
96. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair Pablo Neruda’s passionate works hold up across languages and decades.
Restaurants
97. Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes A man who makes breakfast in bed is great, but one who can whip up a giant Japanese dinner pancake is better.
CHEF LEAH COHEN AND HUSBAND BEN BYRUCH, CO-OWNERS OF PIG & KHAO AND PIGGYBACK BAR, CHOOSE THE VIBIEST DINING ROOMS IN THE WORLD
89. Lilia, Brooklyn “Once an auto body shop, this casual Italian spot (above) has been transformed into a romantic and hip dinner destination.” 90. Bugaloos, Turks & Caicos “This place has all the charm of a small conch shack with some serious island cuisine. Right on the beach, expect killer sunsets and live reggae music.” 91. State Bird Provisions, San Francisco “The concept here is superfun with dim sum carts filled with different small plates, perfect to share with your significant other.”
92. Secret Garden, Vietnam “Tucked away in a tiny alley, once you find it, the dining space opens up into a garden filled with flowers.”
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93. The Ordinary, Charleston, S.C. “Located in an old bank with 22-ft. ceilings, dark wood and a vault, this classic oyster food hall is anything but ordinary.” 94. La Madia, Sicily “This Michelinstarred restaurant is located in a small beach town with some serious old-world charm.”
98. Franklin Barbecue A meaty manifesto for the guy who thinks he’s master of the backyard grill. 99. The Outlander Series The books by Diana Gabaldon might be even hotter than the TV show. 100. The Catcher in the Rye The book that scandalized your English class is a classic every man should have on his shelf.
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95. Modern Romance Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg’s volume on dating in the digital age is a necessary survival guide.
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Married for 29 years “When he walks into a room, I still—I mean, my heart gets a little fluttery, and I think, ‘Oh! He’s so cute. He’s so hot,” she said.
Married for 26 years “When we got together, we decided this was something we wanted to make work,” he said. “She had a pure kind of love you couldn’t argue with.”
WILL SMITH & JADA PINKETT SMITH Married for 19 years “At the end of the day it’s just not quitting. You can’t expect it to be easy,” said Smith.
KURT RUSSELL & GOLDIE HAWN Together for 37 years
Secret s to Longt ime Love The key to their successful relationship, she says: “Love, gratitude, compassion, because sometimes every man or every woman will drive their partner crazy. Family. Fun. Laughs. Sex. If you don’t nurture that and remember, you’re done.”
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PASSION, PATIENCE AND HONESTY HELPED THESE COUPLES GO THE DISTANCE
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BARRY MANILOW & GARRY KIEF
Married for 15 years
Together for 39 years
“We were friends [first]. That’s one of the reasons I think our relationship has always been so good,” says Prinze. “We ended up being the perfect balance.”
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DAVID LIM, 34 Under all that tactical gear, the S.W.A.T. actor packs a lot of heat.
The DWTS pro takes a break from the dance floor.
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The superstar basketball player relaxes in Mexico during the NBA off-season.
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RICKY WHITTLE The British star of American Gods takes some time to enjoy L.A.’s sunny skies.
SHAUN T, 39 The fitness trainer (and dad-to-be!) proves he’s no couch potato.
CRISTIANO RONALDO, 32 Does he even own a shirt? The Real Madrid soccer star strikes a pose.
JUSTIN BIEBER, 23 The singer reveals his new chest tattoo with a mirror selfie.
LUKE EVANS, 38 Hello, sailor! The Beauty and the Beast actor soaks up some rays.
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Gold bling for the then-5-monthold, who was credited as an executive producer on his dad’s platinum album Grateful.
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Relaxing on the famous gold couch at Roc Nation’s N.Y.C. headquarters June 15. CONTRIBUTORS Sheila Baylis, Antoinette Y. Coulton, Kathy Ehrich Dowd, Christina Dugan, Dana Rose Falcone, Jessica Fecteau, Jackie Fields, Patrick Gomez, Tom Gliatto, Julie Jordan, Julie Mazziotta, Tierney McAfee, Aili Nahas, Jeff Nelson, Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Dave Quinn, Janine Rubenstein, Ale Russian, Nicole Sands, Mackenzie Schmidt, Megan Stein, Emily Strohm, Brianne Tracy, Michelle Ward Trainor, Kara Warner, Sandra Sobieraj Westfall
A red carpet vet at 10 months, with dad Khaled and mom Nicole in Santa Monica.
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For a creamier sauce, stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of smooth peanut or almond butter when adding the soy sauce (in step 4).
MAKE YOUR OWN TAKEOUT WITH THIS RECIPE FROM THE AUTHOR OF HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING VEGETARIAN 8 oz. dried flat 1⁄ 4-in.-thick rice noodles 5 tbsp. vegetable oil, divided 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 8 oz. extra-firm tofu, drained, blotted dry, cut into 1⁄ 2-in.-thick slices 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 scallions, trimmed and sliced 1 cup fresh bean sprouts, divided 1⁄ 4 cup soy sauce 4 tsp. ketchup 4 tsp. granulated sugar 1⁄ 4 cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts 1⁄ 4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 Thai chilies, seeded and sliced (optional) 1 lime, cut into wedges
1. Place noodles in a bowl, and pour boiling water over them to cover. Soak until softened, at least 15 minutes. If you want to hold the noodles longer, drain them, fill bowl with cold water, and return noodles to the bowl. 2. Meanwhile, place 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium. When the oil is hot and shimmering, add eggs, and scramble quickly for 1 minute or so with a fork almost flat against the bottom of the pan. (You’re aiming for a thin egg crepe with the smallest curd possible.) Cook just until set, about 1 more minute. Transfer crepe to a cutting board; cut into 1⁄4-inch-wide strips, and set aside. 3. Increase heat to high, and add remaining 3 tablespoons oil. When it’s hot, add tofu,
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garlic, scallions and half of the bean sprouts. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic and scallions have softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer mixture to a plate. 4. Place drained rice noodles, egg strips, soy sauce, ketchup and sugar in skillet, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the noodles are heated through. Add tofu mixture, and toss once or twice to combine. Transfer mixture to a serving platter. Top with peanuts, cilantro, remaining bean sprouts and, if desired, chilies. Serve with the lime wedges on the side. Serves: 4 Active time: 20 minutes Total time: 35 minutes Photograph by GREG DUPREE
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