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BETTE & SJP ARE BACK! WATHBCTESOAHXLhcTUTEe’aSATeSTv—nTRadNAiHUdEtnNaOTXiaDemHSTnEl’gs The Hocus Pocus Stars on Mom Life and Movie Magic Kelly Ripa Tells All!Exclusive Marriage. Sex. Kids. Botox. Regis. The talk show host gets candid like never before in a new book and a revealing interview

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contentsOctober 10, 2022 Vol. 98 / No. 15 On the 34 Cover In her new book Live 34 Wire, talk show host Kelly Ripa Kelly Ripa reveals her struggles, her triumphs 15 and a few surprises Adam Levine along the way. 46 Bette Midler & Sarah Jessica Parker 15 Adam Levine This Week Also in People’s This Issue new tribute The Maroon 5 frontman is 15 edition on accused of cheating on Scoop 1 CHATTER Queen Elizabeth II, 2 5 THINGS WE’RE the longest-reigning wife Behati Prinsloo (left). The latest celebrity news monarch ever, is TALKING ABOUT available now wher- 50 Billy Eichner 40 6 STAR TRACKS ever magazines Zac Efron 15 SCOOP The Billy on the Street headliner 22 PASSAGES are sold. debuts his new rom-com Bros. The actor on his 25 SMILE challenging role and 27 PEOPLE PICKS ON THE COVER Photograph by Miller Mobley. Hair: 77 Skillet Shrimp Scampi bonding with the heroic 75 STYLE Ryan Trygstad/Crosby Carter Management; Makeup: veteran he plays in The 77 FOOD Kristopher Buckle/Crosby Carter Management; Melissa Clark’s one-pan version Greatest Beer Run Ever 78 PUZZLER Styling: Audrey Slater: sweater: Celine; Insets, from left: of the dish uses orzo, not pasta. 79 SECOND LOOK Paul Morigi/Getty Images; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty 44 80 ONE LAST Images; Amy Sussman/Getty Images Las Vegas Shooting Survivor THING Five years since the largest U.S. mass shooting, Nathalie Vanderstay shares her story of recovery and resilience 46 Bette Midler & Sarah Jessica Parker The Hocus Pocus 2 stars get candid about motherhood, hamming it up and how they have a good time 55 Breast Cancer at Age 30 Philecia La’Bounty was denied a mammogram— and then learned she had stage 4 cancer 60 Scarlett Johansson Seven months after launching her skin-care line, the actress talks about her start-up life 62 People Chica A celebration of Latinas’ cultural contributions in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 4 October 10, 2022

editor’s letter Paving the Way Many years ago I had a colleague, Lauren, soopen.Shesaidsimply:“It’svitaltome who had her first baby not long after I’d that everyone—both managers and en- hadmysecond.Wewerebothgrappling try-level staffers—see everything we’re withhowtojuggleworkandtherespon- juggling.IwantpeopletoknowI’mgood sibilitiesofcaringforthesetinyhumans, at my job, and I’m a good mom, and and neither of us felt we were getting it sometimes those two things collide.” right. One day in a meet- This was years before ing her cell phone rang. people talked a lot about She stepped out to answer bringing your whole self it, then came back and ex- to work. I realized how plained that it was her Lauren was paving the nanny with a minor emer- way to make it a little eas- gency. Crisis resolved, we ier for every mom in our settled back into work. office. (She’s since helped Over the coming thousands of women months, Lauren contin- through an initiative she Lauren, essentially shows us her bag of tricks and says, use what’s right for you. ued to be candid about “She speaks from the heart,” founded called the Fifth Kelly also reveals how hard she worked things big and small: how East Coast news editor Liz Trimester, which sup- to earn her anchor chair at Live. “The her son refused the bottle. McNeil (left) says of Ripa. ports new parents transi- biggest misconception is that it all came The Twister act she went tioning back to work.) easily,” says Ripa. It’s never easy, but it gets easier, thanks to those who help throughtocoordinateherscheduleand Kelly Ripa, this week’s cover star, has show us the way. herhusband’sandtheirnanny’s.Incon- warmed our hearts for more than 20 WENDY NAUGLE, EDITOR IN CHIEF trast,Ikeptquiet.Whenmykids’pedia- yearsbecauseshe’sdonemuchthesame Follow me @wendy_naugle trician called, I told colleagues I had to thing; she’s been honest about working rush to another meeting. If coworkers on her marriage, parenting teenagers invited me to happy hour on back-to- and becoming an empty nester. In her school night? I replied I had an “event” interview with East Coast news editor I couldn’t miss. All true, but not the full Liz McNeil, she’s transparent about ev- LEFT PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT: MILLER MOBLEY; JENNIFER CAUSEY; ARI & LOUISE; MANNY HERNANDEZ/GETTY IMAGES; truth. I admitted as much to Lauren erythingfromtherapytoplasticsurgery RIGHT PAGE, TOP RIGHT: ARI & LOUISE; HAIR: MITCHELL RAMAZON; MAKEUP: TAYLOR FITZGERALD; STYLIST: LIZZY ROSENBERG eventually (by then she was my work andiscarefultopointout,“Thesearemy wifeandlifeline)andaskedwhyshewas choices for me.” Kelly, like my friend BPEETHOHIPNELDE This week, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we partnered with the People en Español team and P&G to produce a special section, People Chica, to recognize some of the Latina icons and style stars influencing culture today. As Chica writer Karla Montalván, top right (with fashion and beauty writer Laura Acosta, bottom right, and editor Mirtle Peña-Calderon, far left), says, “My Cuban roots are something I carry with pride in everything I do. Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to honor where I come from while paving the way for new generations of Latinos.” ¡Salud! October 10, 2022 5

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FEDERER’S FAREWELL London, Sept. 23 A week after announcing his retirement, Roger Federer played the final match of his professional tennis career at the Laver Cup, where the 41-year- old Swiss athlete paired up with pal Rafael Nadal (with whom he shared an emotional moment, inset) for a doubles match against Americans Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. Though Federer and Nadal lost, 20-time Grand Slam champ Federer said the event “feels like a celebration.” October 10, 2022 7

THE ROYALS CARRY ON Windsor, England, Sept. 22 Prince William and Princess Catherine visited the Windsor Guildhall to thank volunteers and staff who worked on Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. The next day Buckingham Palace released a photo of King Charles III (inset) working at his desk upon taking over as monarch. PARIS A FAMILY THINKS AFFAIR PINK Los Milan, Sept. 23 Angeles, Paris Hilton Sept. 24 strutted down the runway at Jessica Simpson’s the Versace husband, Eric show during Johnson, and Milan Fashion their kids (from left) Birdie, 3, Week. Maxwell, 10, and Ace, 9, 8 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: VICTORIA JONES/PA; IAN VOGLER/WPA POOL/SHUTTERSTOCK; supported the CHARLEY GALLAY/GETTY IMAGES; VITTORIO ZUNINO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAGES designer at the launch of her fall collection.

StarTracks CHEERS! Munich, Sept. 24 Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated at the 187th Oktoberfest with (from left) his girlfriend Heather Milligan and his sons Christopher, 25, and Patrick, 29. KELSEA’S TOUR KICKOFF New York City, Sept. 24 Country singer Kelsea Ballerini dazzled onstage at the opening night of her Heartfirst Tour at Radio City Music Hall, where she covered The Chicks’ “Cowboy Take Me Away” and delivered four costume changes. WOMEN EMPOWERING WOMEN October 10, 2022 9 Atlanta, Sept. 23 Brandi Carlile and Alicia Keys spoke at Beautiful Noise Live, a weeklong event focused on issues affecting women and encouraging people to vote. FROM TOP: GISELA SCHOBER/GETTY IMAGES; DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGES; MARCUS INGRAM/GETTY IMAGES

StarTracks A DIFF’RENT STROKES STAR SAYS ‘I DO’ Beverly Hills, Sept. 21 Diff’rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges wed designer Bettijo B. Hirschi at Greystone Mansion & Gardens, where their first dance was to Etta James’s “At Last.” Says Hirschi: “We both went through a lot before finding each other.” VICTORIA SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY(2)

Style Superhero! Talk about main-character energy: Margot Robbie stole the sartorial spotlight in a Celine by Hedi Slimane couture gown featuring a stomach cutout and a dramatic cape. She accessorized the look with Messika jewels, plus crystal-embellished Giuseppe Zanotti stiletto sandals. StyleTracks LOOK OF THE WEEK: MARGOT ROBBIE All eyes were on the Amsterdam star at the film’s London premiere FROM TOP: STAR MAX/NEWSCOM/ZUMA; SAMIR HUSSEIN/WIREIMAGE

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October 10, 2022 Cheating Shocking Accusations Messages and a On TikTok, Stroh Marriage (inset) shared Under screenshots of Pressure alleged DMs from Levine (with Prinsloo in 2021) and claimed they had an affair. ‘I USED POOR JUDGMENT IN SPEAKING WITH

Scoop CELEBS WEIGH IN inappropriate messages by two United Front downs, Levine started feeling “iso- Chrishell other women. “To be this naive and lated,” says the source. Adds Stause stupid enough to risk the only thing “Their focus right another insider: “Marriage has its that truly matters to me was the now is just on challenges, but Adam knows this “When apologizing greatest mistake I could ever make. I being the best was his mistake.” for cheating publicly I will never make it again.” hate the, ‘We will get parents possible,” As the scandal sparked a social through it together’ Married since 2014, Levine and a source says media firestorm (see sidebar), Prinsloo have long appeared rock- of the couple Levine and Prinsloo have remained part from a man. (on Sept. 21 Don’t speak for her,” in Montecito). the Selling Sunset star solid. “Why would he do this? He liked the united. On Sept. 21 they were all smiles with tweeted. attention,” says a source close to the former their daughters Dusty Rose, 6, and Gio Adam Devine Voice coach. “He likes it more than most.” Grace, 4, near their home in Montecito, “Just want to say my wife [Chloe Bridges] Though Stroh claimed in another TikTok Calif., where, sources say, they are still living and I are doing great and going strong. I am video that the singer had led her to believe together. “They are focusing on the kids and not Adam Levine,” his marriage was “over,” multiple sources say keeping things as normal for them as possi- the actor joked on Instagram. Levine and Prinsloo, 34, “definitely weren’t ble,” says a Prinsloo friend. While she’s Emily on a break.” Still, during pandemic lock- publicly putting on a brave face, privately Ratajkowski the former Victoria’s Secret supermodel “If you’re the one in a relationship, you’re . . .  Soon-to-Be Family of Five has been “very upset,” says the pal. “She is obligated to be loyal. CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: CLINT BREWER PHOTOGRAPHY/A.I.M/BACKGRID; SPLASH NEWS; AMY SUSSMAN/ demanding changes and putting her foot GETTY IMAGES; KEVIN MAZUR/GETTY IMAGES; VALENTINA FRUGIUELE/GETTY IMAGES Prinsloo (left, on Sept. 4, and right, in a 2021 down about social media. She doesn’t see the The whole ‘other Instagram with Levine and their daughters) is “100 need for Adam to be active on it.” Mean- woman, they’re to blame’—that’s bad,” percent committed to her family,” says a source. the model said on while, Levine “is embarrassed and knows he TikTok. acted like a complete fool,” says the friend. “He is doing everything he can to make Behati happy.” As they look ahead, both Prinsloo and Levine are com- mitted to working on their mar- riage. “Behati is all about keeping her family together for the kids,” says the friend. “She’s the best mom.” Adds the Levine source: “Adam is very under- standing about Behati’s feelings. He never wants a divorce.” —B R I A N N E T R A C Y with reporting by Pernilla Cedenheim and Charlotte Triggs

Scoop | this week in love Birthday Love Split? Faith Hill & Tim McGraw Simu Liu & Jade Bender “I can’t believe that I get to spend my On Sept. 22 the Shang-Chi actor, 33, days and nights with you for the seemingly revealed that he and the Senior Year actress, 25, are done when he said rest of my life,” McGraw, 55, wrote on he was “going through a breakup” at the Sept. 21, wishing his wife and Dreamforce tech conference in San Francisco. 1883 costar a happy 55th birthday on Instagram. Divorcing Robin Wright & Clément Giraudet After four years of marriage the House of Cards actress, 56, filed for divorce from the Saint Laurent executive, 38, on Sept. 22. TOP LEFT: DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGES; TOP RIGHT: THE DAILY STARDUST/BACKGRID It’s Over Julia Michaels & JP Saxe “Issues” singer Michaels, 28, and fellow songwriter Saxe, 29—who started dating in 2019 after writing the duet “If the World Was Ending”—have called it quits. On Sept. 23 he released a breakup song, “When You Think of Me.” October 10, 2022 17

Scoop Why Sylvester Stallone & Jennifer Flavin Called Off Their Divorce “Wonderful,” Stallone captioned a pic he posted on Sept. 19. Right: the ‘THEY LOVE couple in 2017. EACH OTHER. THEY ARE SLOWLY FIGURING Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin THINGS OUT’ are giving their marriage another try. —A SOURCE Just one month after model and entrepreneur Flavin filed for divorce from her husband of 25 years, the couple have reconciled, People confirmed. “They love each other,” a spouse. Stallone, who had no prenuptial source says. “They are slowly figuring things agreement with Flavin, denied any out.” Stallone—who posted a photo of himself wrongdoing regarding their finances when and Flavin holding hands on Instagram he responded to her divorce petition on Sept. 19—“has been working hard to win her Aug. 29. On Sept. 21 the court granted an back,” continues the source. “He never order of abatement, which pauses the wanted a divorce.” divorce proceedings. Despite the reunion it’s not all “bliss” Stallone and Flavin—who have been filming between Stallone, 76, and Flavin, 54, adds an upcoming Paramount+ reality series with a Hollywood insider. Since getting back their daughters Sophia, 26, Sistine, 24, and together, the two have “a better channel of Family Ties Scarlet, 20—were also thinking about their communication” than they did before, the “These girls are my priority,” girls as they discussed reconciling. “They are TOP RIGHT: STEFANIE KEENAN/GETTY IMAGES insider notes. “They have their differences, Flavin (second from right, with both family-oriented,” says a source who but in a long-term marriage like theirs, Sistine, Scarlet and Sophia) wrote knows the couple from the social scene in ending it and dividing up their assets would Palm Beach. “That had a lot to do with their on Instagram on Aug. 10. “Nothing else matters.” be difficult.” efforts to stay together.” Indeed, their massive fortune—which some estimates peg Those close to Stallone and Flavin, who had a headline- around $400 million—was a point of contention in Flavin’s fueling split back in 1994 before they reunited and wed in 1997, Aug. 19 divorce filing. In the court documents she submitted in are hopeful the reunion will stick. “They are amazing together Palm Beach, Fla., where the couple have a $35 million mansion, when they are happy,” says the first source. “Everyone is happy the Serious Skincare founder accused the Rocky star of that they are giving their marriage a second chance.” “intentional dissipation of marital assets,” which, under Florida —ERIC ANDERSSON with reporting by Pernilla divorce law, relates to excessive spending or borrowing by a Cedenheim and Linda Marx 18 October 10, 2022

Scoop Nia Long is focusing on her family Prince of Bel-Air alum got engaged Long and Udoka (in in the wake of her fiancé Ime to Udoka in 2015; they share son 2017) started dating in 2010. Udoka’s infidelity scandal. On Kez, 10, and Long is also mom to Sept. 22 the Boston Celtics son Massai Dorsey II, 21, from a suspended head coach Udoka previous relationship. Long asked for the season after an ‘ABOVE ALL, I AM for privacy “as I process alleged affair with a A MOTHER AND the recent events.” female staffer that WILL CONTINUE “violated team policies,” TO FOCUS ON MY Udoka, 45, a former the NBA organization NBA pro, told ESPN, “I said. A day later Long, CHILDREN’ want to apologize to our 51, told People in an —NIA LONG players, fans, the entire Celtics organization and exclusive statement: “The my family for letting them down.” outpouring of love and support The Celtics said that an official from family, friends and the decision about his future with the TOP RIGHT: TOMMASO BODDI/WIREIMAGE; (PITT) SAMIR HUSSEIN/WIREIMAGE; (CASHMERE) GOOP.COM; (SCULPTURE) SAMI KERO/ community during this difficult team will be “made at a later HS/LEHTIKUVA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (SKINCARE) SERGE CHAPUIS(2); (WINE) GARY FRIEDMAN/LOS ANGELES TIMES/GETTY IMAGES time means so much. Above all, I date.” — D A N A R O S E am a mother and will continue to FALCONE with reporting focus on my children.” The Fresh by Anya Leon Pitt launched this high- His sparkling cold- end ($2,250 shirts!) brew tea brand) hit fashion label in 2019. the market last On Sept. 18 Pitt made his debut year. as a sculptor, unveiling a piece Pitt said his ex Gwyneth called Aiming at You I Saw Me but Paltrow inspired It Was Too Late This Time at a him to create this new genderless line. Finnish museum. He launched the popular rosé in 2013 with ex Angelina Jolie (she sold her shares last fall). October 10, 2022 19

Scoop Joshua Jackson & Jodie Turner-Smith Talk Marriage and Mighty Ducks The pair Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith The couple’s love story began in 2018, partnered with tied the knot in 2019 and welcomed their when they met at a birthday party for Motorola to daughter Janie the following year, but Usher. But the Queen & Slim actress, 36, promote they still seem to be in the honeymoon admits she admired Jackson’s work long the new phase. “My beautiful wife is one of the before they began dating. “I have been Razr phone. rarest people I’ve ever met,” says Dawson’s known to randomly wear some of his Creek alum Jackson, 44. “There are merch,” quips Turner-Smith, who was a moments when I wake up in the morning fan of Jackson’s 2000 thriller ‘NOW THAT dad as a child,” Jackson says. and roll over, and I’m just in awe.” The Skulls. “He’s like, ‘Wait, WE’RE FAMILY, Turner-Smith chimes in: “But what?’ But he secretly loves it. DOING THINGS also, it starts with Emilio I mean, he’s an actor—we’re TOGETHER IS A Estevez getting a DUI. I don’t all narcissists.” MASSIVE PERK’ think a 2-year-old needs to —TURNER-SMITH, watch that just yet!” Turner-Smith was also a ON WORKING WITH fan of Jackson’s childhood HER HUSBAND These days the pair are classic The Mighty Ducks. partners in life and business. “The amount of times people come up Most recently they teamed up for the to him, like, ‘Mighty Ducks changed my Motorola Razr’s new the Call that Started TOP: AMY SUSSMAN/GETTY IMAGES Last November life’ is the cutest thing,” Turner-Smith It All campaign. Says Jackson: “We Turner-Smith says of the 1992 Disney movie about a probably have the most amazing shared a photo youth hockey team, which they “100 collaboration you could ever possibly of Jackson’s percent” plan on showing Janie— hope for in your life, which is being and daughter eventually. “We’ve got to figure out how husband and wife and parents.” Janie’s feet. weird it’s going to be for her to see her —NIGEL SMITH 20 October 10, 2022

Scoop Kate Beckinsale on Motherhood & Her Dramatic New Role CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: SL-JAVILES/BACKGRID; SAM SANTOS/SHUTTERSTOCK; KIRK MCKOY/LOS ANGELES TIMES/CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES Kate Beckinsale, 49, gives one and breathe through that ‘PEOPLE TEND of her most emotional character. TO ASSOCIATE performances in Prisoner’s Brian Cox is a formidable Daughter, a drama that film veteran—what’s he ME WITH premiered last month at the like as a costar? ACTION MOVIES, Toronto International Film He doesn’t like bull----, and I BUT I LIKE TO DO Festival. The English hate bull---- as well. I feel safe actress—and mother DIFFERENT to actress Lily Mo when people are honest. THINGS THAT Sheen, 23, with ex He’s not ever blowing CHALLENGE ME’ Michael Sheen— smoke or being stars as a insincere or phony. struggling single And those are top mom who qualities for me in a reconnects with human. her father (Brian Have you given Cox, inset right) your daughter after he’s freed any career advice? from prison. I feel like she could You lost your own dad do anything, and when you were just 5. Did this movie bring up those I’m in awe and proud to see emotions? whatever it is she does do. As an actor you carry She’s an exciting person. everything that you are and I don’t know that we’ve got the has happened to you with you sort of relationship where I sit all the time. Am I thinking there sagely giving out advice. about my own father? Not I can’t necessarily remember necessarily, but it’s a very anything deeply that I would trusting relationship, where put on a stone tablet. When everything that you are things come up, I’ll give my and has happened can live take, but she’ll take that on board and then do whatever she does. — N . S . Surprising New Romance! Johnny Depp Dating His Lawyer Three months after the end of his during his case against The Sun, which contentious defamation trial against he lost in 2020. Rich didn’t represent ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp “is Depp in the U.S. defamation trial but in a much better place,” says a source did attend several proceedings in close to the actor, 59. Depp recently May. The Depp source says the star started dating Joelle Rich, one of the acknowledges his “ugly sides were attorneys from his U.K. libel case, “and exposed” in court and is trying to make genuinely seems happy,” adds the positive changes in his life. “He has insider. A separate source confirmed never claimed he is perfect,” says the the relationship to People Sept. 22 and source. “He has worked on issues and said the new duo “are dating, but it’s accepted help.” — K A R A W A R N E R not serious.” Rich, 37, is a London- based lawyer who was on Depp’s team with reporting by Pernilla Cedenheim October 10, 2022 21

passages Hilaria Jon Pardi, 37, after a screening detected H appy ! Baldwin and is expecting it early. “Having survived Bir thday Ilaria (inset: his first child both the disease and the Alec Baldwin) with wife show, I realize I must tell Tyler James Summer, 33. people what happened to Williams, 30 Babies “I’m ready to me,” he wrote in an essay Oct. 9, 1992 start a new for Time, referencing his Actor Alec Baldwin, 64, and adventure,” he told People. recent appearance on The Sigourney his yoga instructor wife Weaver, 73 Hilaria, 38, welcomed their •Meta CEO Mark •Masked Singer. Rapper Oct. 8, 1949 seventh child, daughter Ilaria Catalina, on Sept. 22. Zuckerberg, 38, and his Post Malone, 27, was Matt Damon, 52 The couple share four sons philanthropist wife Priscilla hospitalized for the second Oct. 8, 1970 and two daughters ages 20 Chan, 37, will welcome time in a week on Sept. 24, months to 9 years old. He a third daughter next year. days after falling into a hole said on social media he also has one daughter, The pair are parents to on stage and bruising his was “having a very Ireland Baldwin, 26, with August, 5, and Maxima, 6. ribs during a performance difficult time breathing” ex-wife Kim Basinger. “My in St. Louis. The musician and was experiencing family has kept me alive,” Engagements “a stabbing pain whenever he wrote on Instagram. Post I breathe or move.” “They are my reason for Spider-Man: Homecoming Malone actress Laura Harrier, 32, •living.” Country singer is engaged to creative consultant Sam Jarou. •Singer Emeli Sandé, 35, is engaged to girlfriend Yoana Karemova, a classical pianist. Health Monty Python alum Eric Idle, 79, revealed he survived a pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2019 Why I Care Singer John Rzeznik The Goo Goo Dolls frontman, 56, supports Joe Torre Safe at Home, helping young victims of domestic violence I grew up in a house where there was violence and alcoholism, so when I found out about the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation [launched by the former New York Yankees manager in 2002], I was instantly moved. The organization provides services in schools, from curriculum to safe rooms to counseling, that help children deal with trauma—because it is traumatic to witness violence in your own home, the place you’re supposed to feel the most understood and loved. It’s important for these kids to know there’s a safe path out of where they are. We’ve partnered with the organization [on our fall tour]. We autographed guitars and put them up for sale—all that money goes right to them—and we do what we can to make people aware of the good they do. You can’t live without hope, and there are so many kids out there who feel scared, alone and vulnerable. As a band we have a microphone, we have a platform, so it’s our responsibility to advocate for them. — R e p o r t e d b y R A C H E L D E S A N T I S For more information, go to joetorre.org

COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: CLAIRE MARIE VOGEL; ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAGES; PETER VANBREUKELEN/ Courts 1934-2022 Fletcher (in 2011) REDFERNS; BOBBY BANK/WIREIMAGE; EVERETT; TRAE PATTON/NBC/GETTY IMAGES; MATT WINKELMEYER/GETTY IMAGES described Nurse A lawsuit filed against Farewell to Louise Ratched (inset) actress Tiffany Haddish, 42, Fletcher, Cuckoo’s and comedian Aries Spears, Nightmare Nurse as “one of the 47, alleging sexual great heavies.” harassment and sexual Louise Fletcher’s 1976 Best Actress speech— abuse of a minor has been for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew age it was hard to deal with.” dropped by the now-22- Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—was an unforgettable Nest was an unexpected high year-old Jane Doe who Oscar moment: In tribute to her parents, point—she’d taken 11 years off initially claimed that who were both deaf and watching from home, from acting to raise two sons— Haddish “groomed” her she used sign language as she spoke aloud: followed by decades of steady sup- and her younger brother “Thank you for teaching me to have porting work (Star Trek: Deep Space during the taping of a a dream. You are seeing my dream Nine, Shameless). The size of a role didn’t suggestive video in 2013. come true.” Her mother, she later matter, Fletcher said in 1982. “The only way In a statement to TMZ, said, “rocked back in triumph.” to be an actress is to act.” — T O M G L I A T T O Doe said she and her family “now know that [Haddish] The Birmingham, Ala., would never harm me or native, who died Sept. 23 at my brother. . . .  We wish age 88 at her home in Mont- Tiffany the best.” The Girls durausse, France, was 41 when Trip star’s lawyer she became a star as the villain- previously called the ous Ratched, who runs a psychi- accusations “bogus,” while atric ward with cold, soul-crushing an attorney for Spears efficiency and, in the end, destroys Jack called it a “shakedown.” Nicholson’s Randle McMurphy, a defiant patient. “If I was 23,” she said of her win, “it Splits would have been hard to deal with. Hell, at my The Vampire Diaries star years of marriage. “The Paul Wesley, 40, and wife decision to separate is Ines de Ramon, 32, a mutual,” a rep for the businesswoman, revealed that they separated five •couple told People. The months ago after three Bachelor’s Clayton Echard and Susie Evans, both 29, have broken up seven months after the airing of their season’s finale. Wo r l d Former NSA contractor and current fugitive Pharoah Sanders Edward Snowden, 39, Deaths who has been living in exile Famed jazz saxophonist in Moscow since 2013 and composer Pharoah •British author Hilary Sanders, who played with after he allegedly stole and John Coltrane in the 1960s Mantel, who won the Booker and for decades after as Prize for her novel Wolf Hall then leaked American a bandleader, died on and its sequel, Bring Up the Sept. 24 in Los Angeles. No Bodies, died on Sept. 22 intelligence to the public, cause of death was given. at a hospital in Exeter, He was 81. England, of complications has been granted Russian from a stroke. She was 70. citizenship by President By RACHEL DESANTIS Vladimir Putin. He faces espionage charges Paul Wesley in the U.S. and and Ines up to 30 years de Ramon in prison. October 10, 2022 23

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smile! Say Yes to This Fun Fact: Toilet Paper Dress Vincler used BRENTWOOD, TENN. six and a half megarolls of Donna Vincler is on a roll. Last month toilet paper the retired dance instructor, 66, bested to complete 1,574 other contestants to win the her dress. 18th Annual Charm Weddings Toilet CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: COURTESY SCHOLTEN FAMILY(2); Paper Wedding Dress Contest. Her Vincler (right) COURTESY DONNA VINCLER; STEVE L. ROMERO/CHARM WEDDINGS creation—a form-fitting gown with with model Alyssa intricate floral details, a dramatic back Baan on Sept. 15. bow and hundreds of tissue “pearls”— earned her $10,000 in prize money at a showcase event for 10 finalists in Fort Lauderdale and will soon be displayed at a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum. Vincler, who previously won the competition in 2015, her first year entering, used only tape, glue and thread to assemble the dress, per official rules, a process that took a snappy three and a half weeks. “That’s a record for me—I usually spend multiple months,” she says, adding, “I love a challenge.” The Scholten family (joined by Family Finds a Cute Amber’s boyfriend James, Vacation Crasher back right). Inset: Delilah, moments ST. ALBANS, MAINE after being discovered. The Scholten family was road-tripping to the EAA By KATE HOGAN and WENDY GROSSMAN KANTOR AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wis., when they got the surprise of nine lifetimes: Their cat Delilah had stowed away in their camper, popping out in Toledo, Ohio, 900 miles from home. “She loves the camper,” says Andrea, 41, adding that the 8-year-old domestic longhair often has “sleepovers” inside with daughters Marissa, 19, and Amber, 17. Though she and husband Jason, 41, considered finding a cat sitter, they ultimately allowed Delilah to continue tagging along. “She enjoyed watching the planes,” says Andrea. “We’re going to bring her back next year.” Have a story that makes you smile? 25 Send suggestions to [email protected]



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If you paid for or provided reimbursement for some or all picks FROM TOP: ALFONSO BRESCIANI/AMC; ANDREW CATLIN/SHOWTIME of the purchase price of brand or generic Opana ER® (oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release), Reid (left) LJŽƵĐŽƵůĚŐĞƚĂƉĂLJŵĞŶƚĨƌŽŵĂĐůĂƐƐĂĐƟŽŶůĂǁƐƵŝƚ. and Anderson. Your rights may be affected by a proposed partial settlement in a class action lawsuit regarding the prices AMC | Anne Rice’s paid for brand and generic Opana ER by consumers and third-party payors filed against Defendant Impax Laboratories, Inc. (“Impax”). The case name is In re Opana ER Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2580, Lead Interview With Case No. 14-cv-10150 (N.D. Ill.) (the “Lawsuit”). The Lawsuit, which is pending in the Northern District the Vampire of Illinois, alleges that Impax, together with Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. (collectively, “Endo”) violated certain state antitrust, consumer protection, and HORROR The famous vampire unjust enrichment laws by entering into a “pay for delay” or “reverse payment” agreement, delaying the saga, the source of 1994’s launch of Impax’s generic version of Opana ER until January 2013. As a result, the Lawsuit alleges that the problematic Tom Cruise End-Payor Classes paid or reimbursed for brand and generic Opana ER at prices that were higher than they movie, has risen again, this would have otherwise been. Impax denies any wrongdoing. After Plaintiffs settled with Impax, a federal jury time as a sumptuous, determined that as to Endo, Plaintiffs did not meet their burden in showing that Endo violated federal or state bloody, funny series. As laws arising from Plaintiffs’ allegations. romantically entwined Lestat and Louis de Pointe The Court has preliminarily approved the proposed settlement between the End-Payor Classes and Impax (the “Settlement”). The proposed Impax Settlement will provide for the payment of $15 million (the “Settlement du Lac, Sam Reid and Jacob Fund”) to resolve the End-Payor Classes’ claims against Impax. The full text of the proposed Settlement Anderson are—oh, let’s just Agreement is available at www.opanaerantitrustlitigation.com. say it!—to die for. The Court has scheduled a hearing to decide whether to approve the Settlement, the plan for allocating (Premieres Oct. 2, 10 p.m.) the Settlement Fund to Class Members, and the request of Co-Lead Counsel for payment of attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of expenses and service awards to the Class Representative Plaintiffs out of the SHOWTIME | Nothing Settlement Fund (the “Fairness Hearing”). The Fairness Hearing is scheduled for December 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., before Judge Harry D. Leinenweber at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, Compares 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604. DOCUMENTARY This film about Who Is Included? pop star Sinéad O’Connor focuses on her swift ascent You are a member of the End-Payor Plaintiff Classes if: and the price of her resolute You purchased, paid for, or provided reimbursement for some or all of the purchase price of brand conscience: Her career or generic Opana ER sold by Endo or Impax for the purpose of consumption, and not resale, by collapsed in 1992, when she yourself, your family member(s), insureds, plan participants, employees, or beneficiaries, at any tore up Pope John Paul II’s time from April 2011 through September 2018 in any of the following states or commonwealths: photo on Saturday Night Arizona*, California, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts*, Michigan, Minnesota, Live to protest sexual abuse. Missouri, Mississippi*, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, “They broke my heart, and North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. they killed me,” she says of the fallout, “but I didn’t * With respect to Arizona, Massachusetts, and Mississippi unjust enrichment claims, Class Members must have purchased, paid for, and/or provided reimbursement for some or all of the die.” (Oct. 2, 10 p.m.) purchase price of brand or generic Opana ER from June 4, 2011, through September 2018. The following are NOT members of the Classes: • Defendants and their counsel, officers, directors, management, employees, subsidiaries, or affiliates; • Persons or entities whose only purchases of or reimbursements or payments for brand or generic Opana ER were of or for the generic Opana ER product sold by Actavis South Atlantic LLC or its successors; • All governmental entities and Medicare Part D plans and beneficiaries, except for non-Medicare Part D government-funded employee benefit plans; • All persons or entities who purchased Opana ER for purposes of resale or directly from Defendants or their affiliates; • Fully insured health plans (plans that purchased insurance from another third-party payor covering 100 percent of the plan’s reimbursement obligations to its members); • Flat co-payers (consumers who paid the same co-payment amount for brand and generic drugs); • Any consumer who purchased only Endo’s brand version of Opana ER after the AB-rated generic version became available in January 2013 (i.e., “brand loyalists”); • Consumers with copay insurance plans who purchased only generic versions of Opana ER (i.e., “generic-only copay consumers”); • Pharmacy Benefit Managers; • All Counsel of Record; and • The Court, Court personnel, and any member of their immediate families. For additional details, please read the Long Form Notice available at www.opanaerantitrustlitigation.com. Your Rights and Options DO NOTHING: If you are a member of a Class, by doing nothing you will remain in that Class but will not be entitled to share in any distribution from the Settlement Fund. You will be bound by any decision of the Court in this Lawsuit, including rulings on the Settlement. SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM: If you did not exclude yourself from one or more of the Classes prior to the December 6, 2021, deadline and believe you are a Class Member, you will need to complete and return a Claim Form to obtain a share of the Settlement Fund. The Claim Form, and information on how to submit it, are available on the Settlement website. Claim Forms must be postmarked (if mailed) or received (if submitted online) on or before January 5, 2023. Because a federal jury has recently determined that Impax’s co-defendant Endo has not violated federal or state law arising from its reverse payment agreement, this may be your only opportunity to receive compensation in this Litigation. OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT: If you object to all or any part of the Settlement or desire to speak in person at the Fairness Hearing, you must file a written letter of objection and/or a notice of intention to speak, including a summary statement, with the Court, Co-Lead Counsel, and Counsel for Impax by November 7, 2022. Want More Information? Go to www.opanaerantitrustlitigation.com. You may also contact the Claims and Notice Administrator, by mail at Opana ER Antitrust Litigation, P.O. Box 173067, Milwaukee, WI 53217, email at [email protected], or phone at 877-888-6423. The deadlines contained in this notice may be amended by Court Order, so check the Settlement website for any updates. 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picks The Best New Books Imagining light in a dark American future, plus two iconic heroines of our history and literature Edited by SANDRA SOBIERAJ WESTFALL book Celeste Ng Ann Mah Laurie Lico wofetheek Our Missing Hearts Jacqueline in Albanese NOVEL Paris Hester Bird Gardner was 9 when his mother, Chinese NOVEL NOVEL In this captivating Early-1800s seam- American poet Margaret Miu, vanished. Now 12, he sets first-person imag- stress Isobel Gam- ining of Jacqueline ble inherits a secret INSETS, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: COURTESY ST MARTINS; SAM SARGENT; KIERAN KESNER; COURTESY HARPERCOLLINS out to find her in a dark future where anti-Asian hatred Bouvier Kennedy’s junior year abroad in talent that risks allows U.S. authorities to take children from parents 1949, she is a smart her persecution for but sheltered debu- witchcraft—until with “harmful views.” Bird discovers Margaret working tante who wakes to a young Nathaniel the world’s complex- Hawthorne inspires undercover to reunite those families. In this riveting, ities. Mah channels her to rebel against Kennedy and brings tender and timely book, one mother speaks “into the postwar Paris to life such sexism. A with exquisite detail hauntingly beauti- darkness” with love. Celeste Ng pleads: Listen. ful—and imagined— and insight. origin story to The Scarlet Letter. Q&A Linda Ronstadt How did it feel to Was that emotional A couple weeks In Feels Like Home, the singer, 76, shares a revisit your after losing your ago in Tucson, five photographic journey to the Sonoran Desert— family’s past? and a love letter to her Mexican American roots voice to Parkinson’s? generations of through recipes, song and family history. It brought happy That was really hard Ronstadts were singing feelings, because we because there’s the same thing, eating would always go to something that family does that you can’t the same food. That Mexico together. My quite duplicate. I have counts for something. great memories of dad knew everybody singing with Emmylou What do you hope Harris and Aaron readers learn? along the way. It’s just a Neville, but family is The desert isn’t a something else. magical place. wasteland. It’s rich and How do you pass bountiful, but you have The book is filled on tradition? with song, whether to treat it carefully. you’re singing — RACHEL with your siblings or sharing lyrics. DESANTIS C o n t r i b u t o r s B O O K S A N N E L E S L I E , C L A I R E M A R T I N , R O B I N M I C H E L I 33

K ell y T H E U N F I LT E R E D TA L K SHOW HOST LETS IT RIP ON HER ‘ROLLER-COASTER’ RIDE TO HAPPINESS IN A NEW BOOK: ‘I’VE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE OPEN AND HONEST’ By L I Z M c N E I L

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‘What I learned from working with Regis Philbin was that my favorite stories were the imperfect ones. I learned by watching him,’ says Kelly Ripa. From her first appearance on Live!—when a psychic revealed her third pregnancy before Pigtail Pep downs of her 26-year marriage to actor Consue- CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: ROB KIM/GETTY IMAGES; JAMES DEVANEY/WIREIMAGE; COURTESY KELLY RIPA (5) she and husband Mark Consuelos had los and raising their three kids: Michael, 25, Lola, told their parents or their bosses—to “Even if I was telling 21, and Joaquin, 19. Along the way, she writes, she the time she told the world about her a bad story, it was started therapy just before she turned 39 (but daughter Lola walking in on her and asked her mom’s permission first) and devel- Consuelos having sex, the 51-year-old always with humor,” oped a tendency to forgive but not forget (blame talk show host has shown that no one is says Ripa (in 1973) those tough South Jersey roots). She thanks one better at sharing life’s imperfections. But of her writing style. New York surgeon for “restoration from the neck there are some imperfect stories she’s up,” and chats freely about cosmetic injectables. never told—including her early struggles When it comes to sex, well, there’s been no midlife on Live! and her complicated, sometimes difficult slump. “There is no inhibition whatsoever,” she relationship with Philbin. “The biggest miscon- declares of her alone time with Consuelos. Her ception is that it all came easily,” says Ripa. “Peo- book of personal vignettes, she says, “is meant to ple think I just showed up one day and was handed be a thrill ride, a little bit of a roller coaster, a little a job, and I lived happily ever after, and now every- laughter”—but she also hopes readers will “con- thing’s perfect. But it never is that way.” sider things from a different perspective than what they thought they knew.” Turns out the woman who perfected the art of oversharing had much more to share, as she Barefoot and relaxed in white jeans and a reveals in her new book Live Wire: Long-Winded T-shirt, Ripa says she initially thought writing Live Short Stories. Over 22 years at Live!, she has Wire would be a “breezy, funny jog down memo- become one of the most relatable and success- ry lane.” But reliving the memories wasn’t always ful women on TV while navigating the ups and easy, especially when it came to Philbin and their Secrets of Their Sizzle Love Lessons In the Spotlight To g e t h e r Ti m e Hot Shot “The way couples stay “He was very open to me talking “You have to make those Ripa says Consuelos “never together is to keep a sense about our marriage,” says Ripa moments happen,” says Ripa has any say” about what she posts on Instagram, including of humor,” says Ripa (at the Met Gala in 2007). (at the beach in 2021). (with Consuelos on All My this one from 2019. Children in 1996). 36 October 10, 2022

Remembering Regis Despite their tensions, “I loved him, and I still do,” says Ripa (with Philbin, top, in 2011, and above, in 2005). HAIR: RYAN TRYGSTAD/CROSBY CARTER MANAGEMENT; MAKEUP: KRISTOPHER early years together at Live!. “That was the hard- tpbeaientbcnoh‘nkeMdoiilnfsekIaa.dbjruCr?uakpa’slltn your boss is.” No explanation given. BUCKLE/CROSBY CARTER MANAGEMENT; STYLING: AUDREY SLATER est chapter to write,” she says. “I don’t want to feel “It was very ominous, and it did not like I’m slamming anyone or that I’m being disre- feel good,” she says. Her agent also spectful. But I also want people to know it was not said the show didn’t want her “bring- a cakewalk. It took years to earn my place there ing an entourage.” She brought two and earn the things that are routinely given to the people. “I came with hair and make- men I worked with. Including an office and a place up,” she says. “It was not an unusual to put my computer.” thing for people on a television show to show up with.” Moments before Landing the morning-show gig following the she walked onstage, Philbin greeted departure of Philbin’s cohost Kathie Lee Gifford her and the show’s executive produc- in 2001 was like “getting shot out of a cannon,” er, Michael Gelman, with “Uh-oh, Gelman, it’s got says Ripa, who was also starring on All My Chil- an entourage.” It?! Her heart started racing. “I felt dren at the time. When her agent called with the horrible,” she recalls. “He was probably trying to be offer, she was told, “They want you to know who funny, but at the same time it felt like a pile on.” The tensions continued. “I understand that probably he didn’t want a cohost, but the network wanted me to be the cohost, and I didn’t think I should pass up that opportunity,” Ripa says. “I don’t think it was fair to him. But it was also not fair to me.” Still, her sassy spark gave Philbin’s curmud- geonly charm a fresh appeal. “There were good and bad days,” Ripa says. “I thought I’d grown on him. I think I did.” She treasures some memora- bly joyful moments with him away from the show. October 10, 2022 37

“Off camera and outside of that building, it was a Ta k i n g F l i g h t still considers him “the world’s best storyteller” and WARDROBE: (THIS PAGE) DRESS/JILL SANDER; FEATHER JACKET/LA POINTE; RING: ARDEN ROSE; TRIPLE different thing,” she says. “The handful of times credits him for showing her the way. “If I could be- PENDANT CHAIN/GREENWICH ST. JEWELERS; LONG DIAMOND NECKLACE/STEPHEN RUSSELL we spent together, I so enjoyed. We went to the Michael, Lola and come a tenth as good, I’d be happy,” she says. “It’s same resort once on vacation, and he came to a Joaquin in July 2020. taking the audience on a ride with you and remem- dinner I hosted—one of the favorite nights of my “I started writing the bering that you are always the butt of the joke.” life. I never laughed so hard.” empty nest chapter the day we got back That’s a lesson she embraced as she became the Philbin retired in 2011, but wounds opened show’s mainstay and driving force, first with former anew when he told Larry King in 2017 that Ripa from dropping off NFL star Michael Strahan, whose surprise depar- was “very offended” when he left, that he’d never Joaquin,” says Ripa. ture in 2016 for Good Morning America left behind heard from her again and had never been asked “I was crying. Then more hurt feelings. She doesn’t discuss Strahan in back. “The show had reached out many times,” I handed it to Mark, her book. “I’ve always just gone out of my way to be says Ripa, pointing out that he appeared on its and he was crying.” the most welcoming because I know what it feels 2015 Halloween episode. “It makes me sad, but like to go into a workplace where you may feel like it’s not something I will ever understand. I was you’re not welcome,” she says. Now, she hosts along- steadfast in my attempt at communication. You side the more straitlaced Ryan Seacrest. And, like can’t make a person befriend you.” Philbin, she makes a point to always consider her audience. “I talk about things I’m insecure about Two years after Philbin’s death, at age 88, Ripa briefly, and I move on,” she says. “It’s a one-hour show, and they’re there to see the Rock.” Not entirely. Ripa’s candor about Botox (which started with “Pit-Tox” to stop excessive underarm

‘—slItihaOthbE’nNosMredcisPrHlkcaTlAqiaYitVnunirINngiNgyeEg,G, .tS ,.’ TA. N When Lola Threw a ‘Rager’ on the Roof sweat) is a fan favorite. “For me, it was just more of my comfort level. If I In 2019 Lola enrolled at New York University worked off-camera, I would not wash to study music. In the following excerpt from my hair with regularity or wear make- Live Wire, Ripa recalls what happened after up, but when I started to see things the family moved the fiercely independent Lola that I didn’t like, I thought, well, the next turtleneck is going to have two from their Manhattan home to a dorm. eye holes. I’m not saying you should let people bully you into cosmetic proce- • Lola told us that she’d see us the-force-is-female-warrior dures. These are my choices for me.” woman her mother had raised. on Thanksgiving, and not a Dammit. The same goes for sharing irrev- day before. I told her she was erent stories about Consuelos—and 100 percent correct because Mark jumped up. “I’m how they’ve kept their spark. She calls we were going out to Long driving back to the city.” their sex life “the one part of our life Island for the weekend. So, that has always been very good. Even Mark, Joaquin, Chewie “You’re not driving back when we’re arguing, it’s good.” Look- [their dog], and I headed out. to the city. You were almost ing back, Ripa admits tying the knot asleep at the sink.” We decided with her fellow soap star at 25 was We ordered in dinner. a better plan would be to bomb “too young to get married! On paper it Joaquin headed to the TV room her with phone calls and text should not have worked, and when it to play some video games while messages. And when that didn’twork,wereallyworkedat it.We we dragged ourselves upstairs didn’t work, Mark decided that fought for our marriage when it would to bed. Like zombies we stood, she should be punished by have been easier to quit and throw in brushing our teeth, when living at said home instead of the towel. Listen, my parents have the first alert popped up on her dormitory for her freshman been married for 61 years, and Mark’s Mark’s phone. He looked, then year. I explained to Mark that parents have been married for 55 years. We didn’t hit ignore, but another one his idea only punished me. My know any other way.” came. “The motion detector plan, however, was inspired: Still, there were adjustments when they is going off on the roof,” he “Let’s change the locks.” became empty nesters after Joaquin, now a said in disbelief. sophomore at the University of Michigan, moved From LIVE WIRE by Kelly Ripa. Copyright out last year. (Lola, a singer now studying abroad “Maybe it’s a pigeon or . . . You © 2022 by Mark’s Wife LLC. Reprinted by in London, and Michael, an actor and produc- don’t think it’s a rat, do you?” permission of Dey Street Books, an imprint er, are living on their own.) “It’s scary, thrilling, of HarperCollins Publishers. liberating, shocking . . . and quiet,” she says. “I “I don’t know, I’ll turn on the didn’t know how to make dinner proportionally. cameras,” Mark said. Now, it’s 10 p.m. and we’ll eat.” She adds, laughing, “There were moments when I was like, ‘We’re “What is it?” I begged, the going to be that couple: Our third child goes to sound of fear in my throat. college, and we get divorced because this is it.’ But there was this other moment where we went to “Lola is throwing a party the beach alone for the first time since our hon- on our roof! With a group of eymoon with cheese and a baguette. These other kids. There are one, two, 10, parents were running around us with small kids. no 15 kids on our roof! She’s I realized I had never noticed the sunset because I throwing a rager!” was making sure our kids didn’t run into the water when I wasn’t looking. So I think for us, it was ‘Oh, I started screaming, “What happened to ‘I’m not coming home before Thanksgiving’?” We watched the small night vision footage on Mark’s screen, as I called her cell phone. Then, we watched her pick up her phone, look at the number, and ignore the call. Like the badass, parent-defying, independent, WARDROBE: (OPENING SPREAD), TURTLENECK/LEE MATHEWS; SKIRT/CAMI, this next phase of our lives—this is kind of great.’ ” Letting NEW YORK; RING: STEPHEN RUSSELL; BANGLES: JENNIFER FISHER And so her latest chapter ends on a hopeful note. Go “I’m confident in certain ways,” she says. “Having “She craved freedom said that, I never, in this day and age, would start at 4 [years old] the a life in an industry I knew nothing about. I don’t have that kind of confidence anymore. I have some- way I did at 18,” thing different: I have certainty.” And yet, “I’ll re- writes Ripa (with her gret all of this,” she says with a laugh. “I’m prone daughter in 2020). to regret, and I will regret this entire interview in an hour just so you know.” Just another perfectly •imperfect story. October 10, 2022 39

ZAC EFRON PLAYS A REAL-LIFE HERO BEERS, BUDDIES & BY STEPPING OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE TO PORTRAY CHICKIE DONOHUE, WHO RISKED HIS LIFE TO RAISE THE SPIRITS OF FRIENDS FIGHTING IN VIETNAM, THE ACTOR LEARNED LESSONS IN COURAGE By KA R A WA R N E R BRAVERY

THE GREATEST In 1967 John “Chickie” Dono- CAMARADERIE hue set out on one of the most improbable goodwill missions Efron (left) ever conceived. The then says getting to 26-year-old merchant mari- know Donohue ner from New York boarded a “was an honor and cargo ship heading to Vietnam during the war with a large a pleasure.” duffel bag full of beers. His goal? To find his neighborhood INSET: COURTESY APPLE pals fighting on the front lines and hand them each a beer as a sign of his appreciation. “I’d been to too many funer- als,” says Donohue, 81, who had previously spent four years in the Marines but didn’t serve in the war. “I didn’t know what was going to happen, but it was the right thing to do.” His incredible five-month journey, during which he hitch- hiked his way onto military helicopters and faced firefights to track down his surprised but grateful friends, has now been turned into a movie starring Zac Efron. The Greatest Beer Run Ever (in theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ Sept. 30) is based on Donohue’s 2020 memoir. “It’s one of those unbelievable real-life scenarios that you just can’t believe a guy got himself into,” says Efron, 34. “It’s a beautiful story about human nature, love and a really difficult war and time in history.” Donohue went on to work in construction and as a union official. He now lives in Florida with his wife, Theresa, and is a proud grandpa of seven. He admits he’d “never heard of” the High School Musical and Greatest Showman star. But the two men forged a friend- ship. “There’s an incredible amount of innocence and bravery and honor in what he accomplished,” Efron says of Donohue. “I couldn’t ask for a better character to play.” They chatted with People about learning from each other and taking on challenges.

SETTING SAIL were so many opportunities when he could have FROM TOP: COURTESY JOHN ‘CHICK’ DONOHUE; COURTESY RICK DUGGAN turned back or quit. Everybody’s advice was Donohue (in 1967) “Stop! You don’t need to do this.” And none of found a gig on a that fazed him. He was doing what he genuinely thought was right. And knowing some of the risks cargo ship heading he faced heading into the [combat zones], I was to Vietnam—and very nervous when I was just playing it; I can’t brought along a imagine the reality. duffel bag of beers. DONOHUE I had no mission to teach anybody anything. My mission was simply to let the guys CHICKIE’S REAL-LIFE ADVENTURE over there know that we truly, truly supported them. Just like our fathers who saw action in When did you first meet and what were your MISSION World War II, they did their duty for their coun- first impressions? ACCOMPLISHED try, and it had nothing to do with politics. Peo- ple often ask me: “Why did you do it?” I’d say to ZAC EFRON When was the first time we met? He tracked down myself, “Why can’t they just accept that it was New York? friends (like the right thing to do?” That’s all it really was. I JOHN ‘CHICKIE’ DONOHUE Actually Jersey City. didn’t know what was going to happen exactly. EFRON Right! We went out and shot in Thailand Sgt. Rick Duggan, I’d been there a couple of times before. I never for the Vietnam sections [first], and when we third from left, saw anything terribly scary. But I was always in were filming the New York scenes, Chickie was seated next to well-guarded cities, Saigon, Nha Trang, and so I pretty much on-set every day. My first impres- didn’t think of the danger. sion, I was just honored, you know? I was happy Chickie, second from he was there and that he seemed to be liking what left) and delivered Zac, this is a different type of role for you. What was going on. He was always available for ques- beers, support and were your biggest challenges in taking it on? tions. I could ask him virtually anything, and he messages from would always have a good answer. family. EFRON The stakes feel a lot higher. Play- DONOHUE I’ve never been involved in this type ing Chickie, I wanted the end result to be of thing before, so I did not know what to think. ‘MY MISSION a movie that he’d be proud of and a per- I didn’t know him. [To Efron] All my kids know WAS SIMPLY formance that he’d be proud of. So living about you, but I didn’t know about you, so there TO LET THE up to that definitely made me work extra was no impression that I could grab hold of. But GUYS OVER hard. And then to develop the [thick New he treated me like an equal. And being in some- THERE KNOW York] accent, it’s pretty hard to master this one else’s world and being treated by a profes- guy’s accent. I feel like if I nailed it, every- sional in that world, I took it as a compliment. So THAT WE one would think it was fake. I kind of had instinctively I said, “I like this guy!” TRULY, TRULY to go for like a hybrid. So that [aspect] SUPPORTED was challenging, but ultimately it’s much What to you is the wildest aspect of this story? more rewarding. The challenges keep me THEM’ engaged and enjoying what I do. EFRON One of the most impressive things about Chickie and this whole adventure is that there —CHICKIE Chickie, how many beers did you start DONOHUE with and then need to replenish along the way? DONOHUE I brought between two and three cases of beer on the ship with me. But I was on a World War II Victory ship and it was very slow. It took [eight] weeks to get from New Jersey to Panama to Hanoi, and it was hot. I had good beer, and we had refrigerators on the ship. I drank all the beer. But I got more right away and just filled up the bag again. What is your life like now when you’re not busy talking about the film and your adventure? DONOHUE Well, I’ve been married 52 years, and I hate to say it, but my wife has a very serious cancer that’s been killing her for two years now. So that’s my life, 42 October 10, 2022

TOP: COURTESY APPLE [taking care of her] 24/7. It’s in some ways the CAMERA-READY It is a mesmerizing story. Thank you, Chickie, for worst part of my life and in some ways the best writing the book, for continuing on your journey part of my life. We realize how close we are and Beer Run also stars and for being a hero and a good coach. how important we are to each other’s life. But I’m Russell Crowe DONOHUE Everybody has been so nice to me. I’m a lucky guy. I’m just pure and simple a lucky guy (with Efron) as a not just blowing smoke here, but my friends ask me: who kept getting up every morning and going to “Did you see the movie?” I say “Yeah, I’ve seen it work. Some days are better than others. war photographer. twice.” And they say, “This guy who’s playing you, “He was so what did you think?” I said, “It scared the crap out Zac, what are you enjoying most about this of me because the guy played me better than I play chapter in your life? much fun and so myself!” Forget about the appearance. It was the helpful,” director EFRON I’m enjoying work and life outside of work Peter Farrelly says •attitude and the feeling. I got emotional. a lot. Every time you come off of a film or are about to enter one, you’re just falling either out of or into of Crowe. another process. I’m about to head into a couple of films, so I’m just kind of prepping for them, train- ing and getting used to waking up early, and it’s nice. I’m busy, and I like it that way. What do you do for fun outside of work? EFRON I really enjoy nature. Camping or back- packing and/or traveling the world—sort of Anthony Bourdain-ing across the world—is really, really fun. I think that’s my stress reliever. What will you take away from working with each other? EFRON I can’t wait for everyone to see this film. THE BEER RUN PACK The stars and director of The Greatest Beer Run Ever joined the people who inspired the film at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 12. From left: actors Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Jake Picking, Archie Renaux, Will Ropp, Zac Efron, Kyle Allen; Chickie Donohue; Vietnam veterans Bob Pappas and Kevin McLoone; director Peter Farrelly; veteran Tom Collins; Chickie’s sister Christine Fernandes Donohue and veteran Rick Duggan.

Surviving a Nightmare In the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting (top), Nathalie Vanderstay was shot twice, and she spent a month in the hospital (above). “The world is scary,” she says, “but I still live my life.” Five years ago Nathalie Vanderstay was at a Las Vegas music festival when it became the largest mass-shooting scene in U.S. history. Hit by bullets in her stomach and leg, she survived: ‘My scar, the bullet entrance . . . I look in the mirror, and I remember’ By E L A I N E A R A D I L L A S 44 October 10, 2022 Photographs by SAM COMEN

A t first Nathalie Vanderstay Forever thought she was hearing Changed firecrackers. Then came the screams rising above the Vanderstay music at the Route 91 Harvest has learned to festival in Las Vegas, where accept her scar (left) and got a she and her friends had been tattoo (right) with Route 91 enjoying headliner Jason and the date of the shooting. Aldean in a crowd of more than 20,000. Again: Both are daily reminders she pop, pop, pop. “I’m seeing people drop in front is a survivor. of me,” she recalls. “I’m trying to cover my head, it finally closed, I put a bikini on and said, ‘I’m going to appreciate this, that I’m alive.’ ” but I’m getting trampled on by boots and people Vanderstay has nerve damage and extensive trying to escape.” scar tissue and lives with a bullet lodged near her pelvis that’s too dangerous to remove. She’s Flat on the ground, she glanced down and saw had to give up her plans of becoming pregnant— she was seeing a fertility doctor before she was she’d been shot in the leg. As a licensed voca- shot—because of her injuries, she says. “I blame the shooter for taking that away from me. Try- tional nurse, she knew to grab her flannel shirt ing to move forward knowing I never will bear my own children is something I struggle with.” and tie a tourniquet. But as she finished, a bullet Despite her wounds, Vanderstay sometimes hit her stomach, and pain seared through her. In battles survivor’s guilt, and her thoughts turn to those who died. Therapy has helped “heal that moment, she says, “I realized, if I don’t get my mind,” she says. “Each day I get stronger.” And in the past year, she bought her first home, out of here, I’m going to die.” which she shares with fiancé Rob Lilly, and has been studying for her bachelor’s degree in Separated from her friends and bleeding from ‘I have a nursing. On difficult days fellow festival survi- bullet in vors, who have become “a huge family,” give her two bullet wounds, Vanderstay stumbled onto me. I have support. “We all have scars, visible or not. You scars, but have to learn to accept it and love it,” she says. “I Las Vegas Boulevard and climbed into a cab— I’m alive. I want to •believe there’s a purpose for me to be here.” three passengers were inside—and collapsed give back’ Embracing Life on the back seat. A passenger kept pressure —NATHALIE VANDERSTAY “I’m grateful for the people I have on her stomach wound, and the cabdriver ran in my life,” says Vanderstay (with fiancé red lights and jumped curbs racing to a trauma Rob Lilly). “It keeps me going.” center. “I could barely talk,” she says. “My body was shutting down.” Before being rushed into surgery, she made a final request to everyone in the room: “I said, ‘Please don’t let me die.’ ” Sixty people lost their lives that night, Oct. 1, 2017, in a spray of bullets from a heavily armed shooter, who died by suicide. Vanderstay, 48, is one of more than 400 concertgoers who were injured and survived. Now, five years later, she is sharing the details of her experience and pain- ful journey of recovery. “I feel like Route 91 has been swept under the rug,” she says. “We feel HAIR & MAKEUP: MORGAN MARINOFF; INSETS, CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: GREGORY BULL/ like we’ve been forgotten. It was so horrific. But AP: DAVID BECKER/GETTY IMAGES; COURTESY NATHALIE VANDERSTAY I’ve grown so much. We’re survivors.” When Vanderstay came out of surgery, the three strangers from the cab were at her bedside. The intensity of the experience they shared bonded them—and that bond continues to this day. “We’ve become so close,” she says. “They didn’t have to stay at the hospital, but they did.” She’s repeatedly searched for the cabdriver with no success. “He could be an angel that appeared,” she says. “Hope- fully he knows he saved my life.” Recovery has been grueling. She’s had 15 sur- geries: Doctors removed parts of her ruptured colon and small intestine. And for months her stomach wound was raw and gaping: “When

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1993 THEN & NOW 2022 THE HOCUS POCUS STARS ON THEIR C U LT M OV I E ’S NEW SEQUEL, FAMILY LIFE AND THEIR FAVORITE H O L I D AY (HINT: NOT HALLOWEEN!) By E R I C ANDERSSON October 10, 2022 47

In Hocus Pocus Center Stage MIDLER Not one shred. I showed it to my daughter at least 20 years ago. the Sanderson sisters can be summoned when Broderick and PARKER My daughters started watching this mov- a virgin lights the magical black flame candle on Parker (at ie, I’m going to say, about three years ago. They Halloween during a full moon. In real life, assem- were so excited to meet Bette and Kathy. Loretta bling the film’s famous trio, Bette Midler, Sarah the March 28 kept asking me, “But wait, are we going to meet Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, who now star in opening of their them as Winnie and Mary? Or are we going to the sequel to the 1993 hit, is almost as complicated. Broadway play meet them as Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy?” Ahead of People’s planned interview, Najimy gave [My daughters] came up to Providence, where we word she couldn’t participate because of a sched- Plaza Suite) were shooting, and [Midler and Najimy] were in ule conflict. Then Midler faced all-too-relatable celebrated their full costume, but they were themselves, which was Zoom challenges for several minutes as she tried to 25th anniversary confounding in some ways. join Parker. “The link I got didn’t work,” she apol- ogized with a sigh. in May. Did you ham it up for them, Bette? When Midler, 76, and Parker, 57, did finally con- MIDLER One always hams. One hams it up as often nect, it was pure, ahem, magic. The two women have as one possibly can. Isn’t that what life is about? been friends since first meeting on the set of the orig- PARKER They were super excited. inal comedy about colonial-era witches Winifred (Midler), Sarah (Parker) and Mary (Najimy), who There are drag-queen Sanderson sisters in this wreak havoc in modern-day Salem, Mass. In the movie. You’ve both had plenty of drag years since, they’ve worked together in The First impersonators through the years. Is it old hat Wives Club (Parker played Midler’s husband’s mis- seeing them by now? tress in the 1996 comedy) and now Hocus Pocus 2 (streaming on Disney+ Sept. 30). PARKER I think Bette’s seen far more than me. MIDLER I would say so. Fifty years’ worth, hon! Midler, who has daughter Sophie, 35, with her hus- PARKER I haven’t built up the canon of roles that band, Martin Von Haselberg, 73, and Parker, mom might inspire as many people dressing up. to James Wilkie, 19, and 13-year-old twins Tabitha MIDLER I think I’m flattered [by your comment], and Loretta, with husband Matthew Broderick, 60, but I’m not sure. talked about drag-queen impersonators and Thanks- PARKER You should be flattered. You’ve got the giving leftovers while casting a spell on People. body of work that I don’t have yet. MIDLER Time will tell. When did you know Hocus Pocus had become such a cult hit? Their Devoted Families BETTE MIDLER When it came out, it got fair to mid- dling reviews. It didn’t do much at the box office. Kid Approved And we were very disappointed because we thought it was hilarious. But when it migrat- Loretta (left), ed to TV, it suddenly found its footing and James Wilkie and became something thatpeople really, real- Tabitha cheered on ly adored. It’s had a life of its own. Mom and Dad at the SARAH JESSICA PARKER Like Bette said, I Plaza Suite debut. didn’trealize its placein people’slivesfor many years. Until it became abundantly FROM LEFT: LEV RADIN/PACIFIC PRESS/ clear that people had this relationship SHUTTERSTOCK; BRUCE GLIKAS/WIREIMAGE with it that wasn’t a passing fancy. It was a standing date every year. Then it was their kids. Then it was the gay commu- nity. And it just kept growing. This movie has developed a cool factor. When did you show it to your kids, and did it give you any cred with them? 48 October 10, 2022

Laughing First Together for Wives Club 30 Years Midler says “it broke my heart” there wasn’t a sequel to the 1996 comedy, her second movie with Parker. PARKER I like the winter holidays. I like Christmas Living in the because we’re all together, and the kids have time Moment off from school, and it just gets very quiet and, strangely enough, calm and peaceful. And I love “Everybody’s the music, I love the food, I really love watching busy,” says people unwrap presents. Halloween I’ve never Parker (with dressed up for. Never wanted to, didn’t get into Midler in 2004). it that way. But I do love sitting on the stoop and “As much as passing out candy. you want to MIDLER I will say this about Sarah Jessica: She is see people, life doesn’t always allow it.” a holiday fanatic. I will tell you that on Thanks- This movie is all about Halloween. What are your giving we had a minute off [from filming], and favorite holidays? CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: ‘One hams she was going to have to drive four KEVIN WOLF/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK; M. MIDLER My best holiday is Mother’s Day. My fam- it up as hours to get home. And instead of VON HOLDEN/FILMMAGIC; EVERETT ily are Mother’s Day fanatics because I force them that, this girl is so inventive and so to be Mother’s Day fanatics. It’s beyond brunch. often as one creative. She hired a fishing boat in It’s the whole nine yards, and every year is a dif- possibly the middle of the night, right after ferent country [theme]. One year is Mexican, with can. Isn’t we shot, and she made it home homemade tortillas and pulled this and pulled that what [across the Long Island Sound] to that. Father’s Day is also very big, but Mother’s life is her house in two hours. Day is huge. about?’ PARKER An hour and a half. Yeah, it was going to be a six- or seven-hour Midler’s Loves —BETTE drive. There are no ferries at that MIDLER time. It wasn’t a big fancy boat. Daughter Sophie and husband Martin Von I sent Bette and Kathy pictures. Haselberg joined MIDLER I’m thinking, “This girl, how smart is the Oscar nominee at the 2021 Kennedy she?” I was so impressed. I was expecting left- Center Honors. overs, but no. PARKER No, we ate them all. How do you keep in touch when you’re not together? Is there a Hocus Pocus group text? PARKER I got an iPhone recently, so I’m easier to text with now. I never had one before. MIDLER Well, that’s so good for you. Congratu- lations. That Blackberry took a nosedive, huh? I think you were the last Blackberry user standing. You have such a fun dynamic together. What bonds you two? PARKER Books and food, and books and food, and books and food. And travel. MIDLER We all really love gossip, and we all really •love to have a good time. October 10, 2022 49

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