Photo: Courtesy Pat Neely Pat Neely thought he would never get married again. The former host of Food Network’sDown Home with the Neelys— who split from his wifeand co-star Ginain 2014 — was prepared to be a bachelor for the rest of his life. “Initially, I thought that was what my life was set out to be,” he tells PEOPLE exclusively for this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday. “I was going to be single and focus on my career....
Photo: Peggy SirotaViola Davishas learned all about the power of forgiveness.Growing up in deep poverty in Central Falls, R.I., Davis, 56, endured trauma and heartbreak: being so hungry she and her five siblings had to dumpster-dive for food; incessant bullying from boys who threw rocks at her for being Black.“How you react is based on survival,” the Tony, Oscar and Emmy winner, 56, tells PEOPLE inthis week’s cover storywhile discussing her new memoir,Finding Me....
Will Smithpicked up another accolade for hisKing Richardperformance three months after being banned from attending the Academy Awards for a decade because of his outburst at this year’s ceremony.At Sunday’sBET Awards, Smith, 53, won best actor for the sports drama, which also won best movie, though he did not attend the awards show to accept the win in person.The other actors in the category (which also includes television performances) were Adrian Holmes and Jabari Banks forBel Air, Anthony Anderson forBlack-ish, Damson Idris forSnowfall, Denzel Washington forThe Tragedy of Macbeth, Forest Whitaker forRespectandGodfather of Harlem, and Sterling K....
Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty; Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty JudgeKetanji Brown Jacksonwill almost certainly be seated on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sens.Susan Collinsof Maine,Lisa Murkowskiof Alaska andMitt Romneyof Utah have all expressed their intention to vote in favor of making Judge Jackson, 51, the country’s 116th Supreme Court Justice and the first Black woman to sit on the bench. For more on Ketanji Brown Jackson, listen below to our daily podcast on PEOPLE Every Day....
Photo: Richard Rosen It was still early on July 8 when Richard Rosen headed to his mother’s apartment building in New Jersey, unaware of the violent scene he would soon discover. Despite repeated calls, he had been unable to reach mom Elaine Rosen or his sister, 67-year-old Michelle Gordon, so he decided to check on them in person, hoping all was well. Perhaps, Richard thought, they had just stepped out to go shopping or grab a bite to eat....
A woman from Sweden has become the first to receive a robotic limb integrated with her nervous and skeletal systems. Known as “the real bionic woman,” 50-year-old Karin was fitted a few years ago with an advanced robotic limb after losing her right hand in a farming accident two decades ago. Karin, whose last name remains undisclosed, endured years of phantom limb pain, and prosthetic limbs provided her little comfort....
A college student in Australia thought her mother would never be able to meet her boyfriend. As it turned out, they had already met years earlier.When Leah Menzies, 18, met boyfriend Thomas McLeodd’s family for the first time, his mom quickly told her about a silly face he once made in a school picture when he was 3 years old, according toToday.Much to his surprise, when McLeodd, also 18, retrieved the photo, he found he recognized somebody else in the snap: his girlfriend’s late mom....
Photo: JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICEAn Arkansas woman who fatally shot her husband after discovering he’d purchased a pornography subscription has been convicted of second-degree murder.Patricia Hill, 69, was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to 16 years in prison after killing husband Frank Hill, 65, in July, Jefferson County prosecuting attorney Kyle Hunter confirmed to PEOPLE.Hill was arrested and charged in July after she shot Frank twice inside a utility shed on the couple’s Pine Bluff property....
Photo: Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office A New Jersey woman is still missing more than a week after fire consumed her palatial home, but her live-in boyfriend was arrested late last week — police apprehending him as he was allegedly driving the woman’s luxury SUV around town, with her shotguns and jewelry inside. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has filed weapons and theft charges against 49-year-old Ronald Teschner, who shared a home in Ocean Township with Jacqueline Terrulli....
Photo: Emilee McGovern/EighteenX18 Even before turning 18 in February,Yara Shahidiencouraged Gen-Z to engage politically viaEighteen x 18. “There are two major problems: information dissemination and voter registration,” theBlack-ishstar, who is one ofPEOPLE’s 25 Women Changing the World, says in this week’s issue. Though Shahidi, who was accepted to Harvard for this year, believes “anyone who follows me knows where I lean,” her organization remains nonpartisan. “The information disseminated should allow us to look at each topic at hand and form our own opinions and allow that to determine your partisanship, rather than the other way around,” she says....
Yes,Nick Jonashad what appeared to be food stuck in his teeth during hisGrammy Awardsperformance on Sunday night — and yes, he knows you know he did, too. “At least you all know I eat my greens,” hequipped on Twitter. In another tweet, he wrylyadded, “So honored to have been back on the Grammy stage tonight.” TheJonas Brotherstook the stageat the ceremonyto sing their latest single,“What a Man Gotta Do,”live for the first time since releasingthe track and its music videoon Jan....
Photo: Courtesy of Magnolia NetworkChip and Joanna Gainesare welcomingFixer Upperfans inside their latest renovation project — a100-year-old castle!Magnolia will offer one-hour guided tours of the newly renovated Cottonland Castle — which is featured on the upcoming show,Fixer Upper: Welcome Home - The Castle— in the couple’s hometown of Waco, Texas.“The guided, walking tour will focus on both the rich history of the castle itself and the design elements of the renovation,” according to a press release from the company....
The suspect, Matthew Lee Richards, 41, is charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated arson with risk of bodily harm. The victims sustained laceration injuries of varying degrees.Photo:Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Johnson County Sheriff’s Office His wife and children — including a 19-year-old and four minors — sustained “laceration injuries of varying degrees,” per the release. As of Saturday, his wife and two minors remained at the hospital and Richards was also transported....
