ing in Love With AMERICA’S SNARKY SWEETHEART BILLY EICHNER TURNS ON THE CHARM WITH HIS GROUNDBREAKING SAME-SEX ROMANTIC COMEDY BROS By E R I C A N D E R S S O N Photographs by ARI & LOUISE October 10, 2022 51
Billy Eichner first made a name for himself fran- Becoming ficult People. But Bros takes his stardom to a whole CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM RIGHT: NICOLE RIVELLI/UNIVERSAL tically running around New York City, catching a Man new level. Eichner plays a high-strung museum PICTURES; EVERETT; COURTESY BILLY EICHNER pedestrians off guard by shouting questions like director who falls for a hot but relationship-averse “Who’s better: Katy Perry or Lady Gaga?” on “Growing up in lawyer (Hallmark movie staple Luke Macfarlane) his unscripted series Billy on the Street, which New York City, in the film, which skewers the well-worn tropes of debuted in 2011. But he first became obsessed with you’re thrown romantic comedies like You’ve Got Mail while also pop culture as a kid in Queens, when his mother, following those same tropes with a big wink to the Debbie, who worked for a phone company, and into the mix audience. Add in the envelope-pushing humor of father, Jay, a tax auditor, took him to see Barbra with everyone,” director andcowriter Nick Stoller (Forgetting Sar- Streisand and Tina Turner in concert and let him ah Marshall) and producer Judd Apatow (Brides- have a Broadway-meets-pop-stars theme for his says Eichner maids) along with send-ups of gay culture, and the bar mitzvah. The kids’ tables were named after (at his 1991 result is a unique comedy with wide appeal. singers like Madonna; the adults’ tables were bar mitzvah). named after shows like Miss Saigon. “That was, as “It’s really funny,” says Eichner pal Debra Mess- a gay person, ing, who pokes fun at her Will & Grace persona in As he talks about how his mom and dad, who a huge gift.” a side-splitting cameo. “But it’s also a very earnest suspected early on that he was gay and who both died more than a decade ago, nurtured his inter- ests without any sort of judgment, Eichner bears no trace of his snarky, sarcastic TV alter ego. “The way they encouraged me and just believed in me, that gave me a confidence to feel like I could go after my dreams,” he says. Eichner’s new movie Bros is a major dream come true—and a trailblazing moment: It’s the first gay romantic comedy to be released in the- aters by a major Hollywood studio. “It’s such a big deal for me,” says Eichner, who cowrote the mov- ie and stars in it. “It’s a big deal for LGBTQ folks in Hollywood, for viewers and also for straight [people], who still make up the majority of the audience.” The 44-year-old actor’s career has slowly but steadily been on the rise, thanks to roles on Parks & Recreation and his own biting Hulu comedy Dif- The Street to Hollywood Billy on Bros the Street Almost all of “I was hyperfocused the stars in the on every detail,” movie, including Eichner (with guest Eichner and Julianne Moore in Macfarlane (far 2015) says of his series, right), are from which has found new the LGBTQ+ fans on TikTok. community. 52 October 10, 2022
romantic comedy between two gay men.” Eichner, B i l l y ’ s To p R o m - C o m s who is single, incorporated his own headaches with dating apps and ghosting. “Everyone acts Broadcast News like there isn’t a human being on the other end of that text,” he notes. Apatow was impressed with Even though Eichner’s perspective and work ethic. “Billy had a Holly Hunter’s lot to say,” he tells People. “And I’ve never worked producer character with anybody who grinds harder on every detail.” in the 1987 hit is smart, she falls ‘Dating on Eichner is used to hustling to make things happen. for a “charismatic Moonstruck apps can be idiot” played by frustrating. For years after he graduated from Northwestern William Hurt, says Nicolas Cage and I’d rather University in 2000, he poured his energy into Eichner, “and that Cher star in what “Creation Nation,” an edgy live show with sketch stuck with me.” Eichner calls “a great meet comedy and musical numbers he created with col- story about not someone in lege pal Robin Lord Taylor. He was told more than Working Girl settling.” Bonus: The once (even by his then manager) to tone down his Oscar-winning 1987 person’ larger-than-life act or make the content “less gay.” Rom-coms “live and crowd-pleaser is set die based on the in Brooklyn, the New —BILLY He refused, much to his benefit. One of the pre- York City borough EICHNER taped segments from “Creation Nation” was the chemistry between next to Eichner’s precursor to Billy on the Street. Clips that Eichner the leads,” says native Queens. posted on the Internet caught the attention of execs at Funny or Die, which produced Billy on Eichner, who roots My Best Friend’s the Street for cable channel Fuse (before it moved for Harrison Ford Wedding to TruTV). Early segments went viral, and celeb- and Melanie Griffith rities like Maya Rudolph and Will Arnett took (with Sigourney In the 1997 hit, Julia notice. “One of the first industry parties I went Weaver, far right) Roberts aims to to, we met and they started to quote Billy on the in the 1988 Mike Street videos,” Eichner says. “And I was like, ‘What Nichols favorite. sabotage the nuptials is happening?’ ” of her BFF (Dermot Bridesmaids Mulroney) and his In the years since, Eichner has earned four fiancée (Cameron Emmy nominations for the series (“and four loss- “One of the funniest es, so let’s acknowledge that,” he quips), racked movies of all time,” Diaz, far right). up more famous fans (including Mariah Carey, “As much as you love whose number is in Eichner’s phone) and land- Eichner says of ed high-profile roles (including Matt Drudge, on the 2011 ensemble her, what she’s Ryan Murphy’s Clinton scandal series Impeach- starring (from left) doing is terrible!” ment: American Crime Story). As his movie is set Wendi McLendon- to roll out, he feels the same sense of awe he had Covey, Rose Byrne, October 10, 2022 53 when he met Arnett and Rudolph. “It’s a cliché to say it’s surreal, but it really does feel surreal,” says Kristen Wiig, Eichner. “When [the studio] green-lit the movie, I Melissa McCarthy, couldn’t believe it. But then I thought, ‘Oh, they’re never actually going to make it.’ Then they decid- Maya Rudolph ed to make it. Then we were walking around Man- and Ellie Kemper. hattan shooting a romantic comedy like all those romantic comedies I grew up loving.” It was a pinch-me moment. Just like when he was at a party and met the star of one of those movies: Working Girl’s Sigourney Weaver. “I tried to keep it cool,” he recalls. “And I did for the most part.” They exchanged pleasantries, and Eichner walked away. Then his inner fan emerged. “I turned back,” he continues, “and I was just like, ‘And you’re a god- dess!’ ” For a pop-culture-loving kid from Queens, •it doesn’t get any better than that. FROM TOP: ALAMY; SHUTTERSTOCK(2); ALAMY; EVERETT
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A MISSED DIAGNOSIS ‘I WAS TOLD I WAS TOO YOUNG TO HAVE BREAST CANCER’ Long Road Ahead “I have to deal with this for the rest of my life,” says La’Bounty (at home in Huntington Beach, Calif.). Inset: Before surgery for egg retrieval in 2018. COURTESY BRENT MAGGARD; INSET: COURTESY PHILECIA LA’BOUNTY AT 30, PHILECIA LA’BOUNTY FOUND A LUMP IN HER BREAST—BUT WAS DENIED A MAMMOGRAM BECAUSE OF HER AGE AND FAMILY HISTORY. JUST MONTHS LATER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 4 BREAST CANCER By S T E P H A N I E E M M A P F E F F E R October 10, 2022 55
It was a night in early 2018 that Philecia La’Bounty will never forget. After working a long week as an administra- tive assistant at a family med- A Difficult Journey ical practice near her home in Before & After Huntington Beach, Calif., the Painful Reality Staying Positive part-time model was heading Within two weeks of out to the movies with her starting her chemo, In January 2019, Shortly before boyfriend, Brent Maggard. La’Bounty had to have she started chemo, They’d just settled into their La’Bounty says, her ovaries and fallopian La’Bounty took a seats when La’Bounty adjust- “I was bald from head brief “chemo moon” tubes removed: “I’ll to toe. Below my never be able to carry vacation in Palm chin, it was awesome. my own children. Cancer Springs, Calif., with took that from me.” The rest sucked.” Maggard. ed her sports bra and felt a “marble-size” lump at the bottom of her left breast. “It was not normal for me,” she says. The next day she checked in with physicians at work, who referred her to a free program to have it examined—since, as a per diem employee, she wasn’t covered by the practice’s health insurance. The results from a subsequent ultrasound indicated it was likely a benign cyst. But when La’Bounty asked for a mammogram just to be sure, the program denied her request. Twice. “I was told, ‘You’re 30, you’re healthy. You have no other symptoms, no family history of breast can- cer. Just come back if it bothers you.’ ” For the next several months La’Bounty, who was born in Sandy, Utah, tried to convince herself that the lump wasn’t anything serious. But it continued to grow dramatically and began showing through her clothes. “So I went back in and said, ‘Hey, it’s Chemo Prep bothering me. I don’t really want my boyfriend to touch me, and I don’t want to touch it,’ ” she says. La’Bounty had a “ ‘It’s freaking me out.’ ” Another ultrasound, a chemo port put in mammogram, an MRI, a CT scan, a PT scan and not long after her eight biopsies revealed that La’Bounty had stage 4 diagnosis. “I didn’t breast cancer that had metastasized to her lungs, want to tell anybody until I absolutely had to,” she says. one of her lymph nodes and sternum. “I was being poked and prodded and touched and A Long Haul scanned and seeing 10 doctors “It’s just been an do—and I was failed by the system,” she says. Deter- endless cycle of not mined to help other young women avoid a similar ‘FOR RIGHT in a week,” she says. “I’m trying feeling well,” says ordeal, she started sharing her story on TikTok (@ COURTESY PHILECIA LA’BOUNTY(5) NOW, I’M to figure out how I’m going to La’Bounty (at Hoag philecialabounty) in September 2020 and now has ON CHEMO tell my family and is my mod- Memorial Hospital more than 40,000 followers. “Had I seen someone FOR THE eling career over? I haven’t my age going through anything remotely close to REST OF MY even done big things yet. What Presbyterian in what I was dealing with, I would have fought hard- was I going to look like? It was Newport Beach, er,” she says. “If you feel something’s not right, don’t LIFE’ one of the most traumatic Calif., after a 2019 settle until you find out what it is.” weeks of my life.” surgery). “I’m stage —PHILECIA 4, which is classified According to the CDC, about 9 percent of all L A’ B O U N T Y La’Bounty was also angry. new cases of breast cancer in the U.S. are found “I did what you’re supposed to as terminal.” 56 October 10, 2022
How to Be Your Own Advocate COURTESY PHILECIA LA’BOUNTY(2) in women under the age of 45. Love & Support “It’s still fairly uncommon “Rates have gone up somewhat to have breast cancer if because obesity rates have “He keeps our life you’re under 40,” says been increasing [and] women active and happy,” Dr. Marleen Meyers, are having children later,” says a clinical professor of Dr. Marleen Meyers, a clinical says La’Bounty medicine at NYU Langone. professor of medicine at NYU (with boyfriend While the American Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Brent Maggard, top, Cancer Society strongly Center. “But hearing ‘You’re in Trabuco Canyon, recommends that women too young for breast cancer’ is Calif., in 2018 and, ages 45 to 54 have annual something that women should inset, in August mammograms, Meyers never accept. And if you have a says, “If something feels lump anywhere, not just your 2022). wrong, be doggedly breast, you can’t ever give up on that.” persistent.” She suggests: ‘I WANT TO • Ask your doctor Within a few weeks of her diagnosis, La’Boun- GIVE HOPE questions such as “When ty started a grueling regimen of chemotherapy— TO OTHERS should I come back?” including an infusion of a powerful drug called THAT YOU “Are you going to check doxorubicin, known as the Red Devil. “It’s the CAN STILL this again?” “How do strongest one you can have,” she recalls. “I couldn’t LIVE YOUR you know for sure this even swallow my own spit without vomiting.” Over isn’t breast cancer?” the next few months she endured six rounds of LIFE’ • If your concerns aren’t chemo, then, as a preventative measure, under- addressed, ask for went surgery to remove her fallopian tubes and —PHILECIA a referral to a breast ovaries, which threw her body into menopause. L A’ B O U N T Y surgeon who can perform “It all happens so fast that you don’t really have a biopsy. time to process it,” she says. Now 35, she must • If you don’t have undergo intensive treatment for the rest of her life, insurance, says Meyers, though fortunately her latest scans show no signs “a city hospital will give of active cancer. She is currently on a regimen of you what you need.” oral chemo, which involves taking one pill nightly for three weeks, with two weeks off. “By the end of but then I get two weeks of feeling okay.” each round, I’m depleted,” says La’Bounty, whose She works out every day that she’s up to it and ordeal at one point left her $80,000 in debt; a friend started a GoFundMe account that raised more than is determined to make the most of every minute. $39,000. “I have chemo brain, depression, anxiety, “I never say no to anything, because I need to do hot flashes, fatigue, muscle pain, joint pain. I feel everything,” she says. “And if I do something big, like I got hit by a bus. That lasts about two weeks, like take a vacation, I just know the days after are going to be rough.” Through it all, she says, Maggard, 38, who works in the off-road industry, has been her champi- on. “Our life has been put on hold, from buying a house to having a family. But he’s stood by my side and gone to every appointment,” she says. And, since La’Bounty was able to freeze some of her eggs, the couple, who have been together nine years, hope to find a surrogate. “When I do pass away, I want my kids to be like, ‘Wow, my mom did that—she took her situation and made something of it,’ ” she says. “I won’t lay down and die. I have to fight every day to stay healthy. I just keep pushing, •trying to keep living the best I can.” October 10, 2022 59
As an actress and producer ( her next film, Asteroid City, is getting tons of buzz), a mother of two (daughter Rose, 8, and son Cosmo, 1) and half of a power couple (she’s married to Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost), Scarlett Johansson hardly has time to wash her face let alone launch a skin-care brand. But she made it happen, debuting The Outset, a “clean, effective, and simple” collection of prod- ucts she co-created with beauty execu- tive Kate Foster in March. “We made this line out of our own passion for skin care,”she says. With seven months under her beauty belt, Johansson, 37, is opening up about start-up life, social media and how she manages her many roles. SCARLETT COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: STEVE GRANITZ/WIREIMAGE; ANAIRAM JOHANSSON Mom, Movie Star, Beauty Mogul THE SKIN-CARE ENTREPRENEUR TALKS BUSINESS AND FINDING BALANCE: ‘I’M TRYING TO LET GO OF SOME CONTROL’ By A N D R E A L AV I N T H A L 60 October 10, 2022
Was it challenging to create a brand during the pandemic? Chic Couple Shout out to FedEx! Kate and I would Between the pandemic and her send products back and forth. And any last pregnancy, person that we did see, it was like, “Do Johansson says it’s been “so long” you want to try this?” My husband’s like, since she’s done a red carpet look. “I’m using a night cream?” I was like, One of her past faves: the 2020 “Just try it! It’s going to look great.” Golden Globes (shown here with What makes The Outset Jost). “I loved this hair and makeup.” Behind the different from other celebrity Brand skin-care lines? intimidating because it’s very curated. “Because it’s I always anticipate that there’s How are you juggling everything on a start-up, we going to be some level of skepti- your plate right now? don’t have to play cism becauseI’veexperienced it by anybody else’s in my movie life too. But I feel In order for me to not feel like the bot- rules,” Johansson confident about our products— tom’s going to fall out, I’ve learned that says of building they’re just so reliable. The I have to have people help me. You have The Outset from transparency of what’s in the line to build a strong team because you can- scratch (it took not do it by yourself. It’s impossible to her five years!). do without a village. and what it’s doing sets it apart. You’re low-maintenance with your skin. What are you high-maintenance about? You’ve been open about your past I’m very organized. I tend to organize struggles with acne. How did it affect other people’s belongings, which my daughter and my husband have told me your self-confidence? multiple times to stop doing. [Editor’s Note: Her cofounder Kate says Scarlett I still look back at photos of me on the also organizes The Outset office.] red carpet, in my 20s, and I’m like, “I ‘Skin is the What’s next for the brand? Storage foundation solutions, maybe? remember that pimple.” I would cover of my own •Ha! Sky’s the limit! my acne before I got in the makeup beauty story’ chair so I didn’t feel so exposed. It real- —SCARLETT ly does affect how you feel about your- JOHANSSON self. Being able to create something that helps people feel like the best ver- sion of themself is fantastic. After staying away from social media for years, you’ve been popping up on The Outset’s accounts! TikTok is different from Instagram, be- cause it’s just so silly and playful. It’s been surprisingly enjoyable. Instagram is still SCARLETT’S FAVORITE FINDS The star loves Soft Scrub Fresh Scent Gentle Deo Sparkly Liner The Outset night cream “We wanted “Their fragrances “Every other “I’m obsessed with something that felt are perfectly layered formula bothers glitter liner right so much, like it melted away she even and wasn’t harmful and complex. The my sensitive now. This one uses it during name of this one skin except stays on and packs the day. for the planet.” speaks for itself!” this one.” a big punch.” The Outset Exfoliating D.S. & Durga Kopari Natural Caffeine Micro Polish, Cowboy Grass, $190; Coconut Deodorant, Urban Decay Heavy $34; theoutset.com Metal Glitter Eyeliner, dsanddurga.com $14; sephora.com $22; sephora.com October 10, 2022 61
In partnership with P&G, People celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. For more, go to peopleenespanol.com Bonus Section! Gina Rodriguez THE ACTRESS AND PHILANTHROPIST IS BLAZING NEW TRAILS IN HOLLYWOOD AND PREPARING FOR HER GREATEST ROLE YET—MOM By KARLA MONTALVÁN
fake pregnant.” The picture, taken on the set of her breakout CW series Jane the Virgin, showed Rodriguez wearing a small prosthetic belly. “When I saw it, I thought, ‘Boy, do I not look like that now.’ On Jane I used to think, ‘Oh, I look cute!’ But now I’m like, ‘Girl, your body is vastly different.’ It was really interesting to go down memory lane and see my fake pregnant self—and now I’m going to be shooting a TV show really pregnant!” T hatshow is the ABC sitcom Not Dead Yet, about a single woman starting over. And that’s only the beginning. Rodri- guez, who is also the face of Anne Klein’s fall holiday 2022 cam- paign, has a lot on her plate. She’s planning to star in Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego—a live-action film based on the popu- lar children’s adventure franchise—as well as in a television adapta- tion of director Pedro Almodóvar’s 1988 black comedy Wom- en on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown for Apple TV+. She’s producing both of those projects through her company I Can and I Will, which aims Shortly to elevate stories that after promote diversity and sharing the joyful news to establish spaces for in a July 30 Instagram post that she creators from under- is expecting her first child with her actor husband, Joe LoCicero, Gina represented communities to gain experience—a mission that’s Rodriguez was sorting through old photos when she found one that made intensely personal to her. “Pursuing a creative career was so her pause. “I was pregnant,” recalls the 38-year-old actress with a laugh. “Like foreign to my parents,” explains Rodriguez, the youngest of four siblings raised in Chicago by her mom, Magali, and her dad, Genaro Rodriguez, a boxing referee, who moved to the U.S. from Puerto Rico. “Their vision for a better life for me was a safe one,” she says. “I completely empathize with their perspective of the American Dream. They’d never seen any of those creative careers with ‘us’ in them. But the more opportu- nities we’re able to give, the more these people will be inspired and unafraid to go after what they want.” MARK SELIGER(2) Her goal for I Can and I Will is to funnel a “pipeline” of new talent—including Latinas and Asian and Black women—into the entertainment industry, to allow them the opportunity for that first step and to foster a “brave space” where they can October 10, 2022 63
dream big—and, on occasion, screw up big too. “It’s important to me to allow room to fail,” Rodriguez explains. “It’s only in failure that we grow—that we learn what we need to know. It’s through failure that we get better.” Impending motherhood has made Rodriguez want to do as much as she can to better the world around her. Together with her sisters Ivelisse and Rebecca, she runs the We Will Foundation, a nonprofit they launched in 2016 to empower Hispanic youth through the arts and education. Dreams Come True ‘IT’S IMPORTANT TO CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: MARK SELIGER; PAUL DRINKWATER/NBCUNIVERSAL/GETTY IMAGES OPEN THE DOOR FOR 1. Happy Family Rodriguez and her husband, actor Joe LoCicero OTHERS WHEN THE DOOR HAS BEEN OPENED (seen here in July 2017), are expecting their first child together. FOR YOU’ —Gina Rodriguez The couple met on an episode of Jane the Virgin and ran into Recently she also decided to do each other six months later at a boxing gym. 2. Golden Moment more “inner work” in an effort to be a better global citizen. “I’m working Rodriguez said in her 2015 Golden Globes acceptance speech on growing within myself and trying for best actress in a TV comedy that her win “represents to shed habits, behaviors and patterns a culture that wants to see themselves as heroes.” that don’t serve me,” she explains. 1 To that end, she has become active in the Isha Foundation, an international 2 nonprofit—founded by the yogi and spiritual leader Sadhguru—focusing on 64 October 10, 2022 physical, mental and spiritual well- being. Specifically, she is interested in the organization’s Save Soil initiative, which urges world leaders to institute national policies that will increase the organic content in cultivable land to conserve topsoil and increase food production. “I have been so blessed and feel extremely privileged to have more than I ever thought I could,” she says. “I can’t imagine my family eating and another family not. It’s hard for me now with a child inside of me to even fathom that.”
W hen it comes to 2 Shining Moments parenting, Rodriguez looks to her sisters 1. Filly Brown (2013) Rodriguez won an ALMA Award and her role as tia to their children. for her role as an L.A. street poet turned hip-hopper. “All the mamas out there know I’d be a fool to think any of my acting 2. Jane the Virgin (2014-2019) Her portrayal of a devout jobs prepared me for what I’m going through,” says Rodriguez, laughing. Catholic who becomes pregnant in a medical mix-up “But watching them...They have seven children between them. My sisters catapulted the actress to stardom. 3. Carmen Sandiego know how to have babies!” (2019-2021) Rodriguez voiced the iconic thief in this Rodriguez and LoCicero hope to raise their child to see diversity as a strength. animated series—and plans to star in a live-action film. “We’ve been talking about how we are such a multicultural, multi-religious 4. Lost Ollie (2022) Playing the mother of a boy searching family—from Catholicism to Judaism to Buddhism,” she says. “Our families for his cherished bunny in this Netflix miniseries forced celebrate so many different traditions, Rodriguez to contemplate “grief, loss, love and joy.” and they’re all so beautiful. I want to impart all the ways I was 4 raised, and the way my partner was raised, but also the way their cousins are raised, the way their neighbors are going to be raised. So they don’t feel alienated or unable to step inside someone’s beautiful world, so they’re able to enjoy, embrace, learn and understand someone else’s culture.” She’ll also make sure to honor her own. Rodriguez is insistent her “very 1 3 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: MARK SELIGER; DIYAH PERA/NETFLIX; NETFLIX; EVERETT(2) Puerto Rican” child will open gifts on Christmas Eve, not Christmas morning, per tradition. “My sisters might laugh at me and say, ‘All right, girl, do all of that.’ But that’s what I want to do,” says Rodriguez. “I definitely want my child—and, God willing, children—to feel one with the world. Understanding and education brings tolerance and love and healing.” 66 October 10, 2022
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The Nueva Generation Winning awards. Championing representation. Advocating for change. These chicas are ushering in a new era of influential Latinas in Hollywood. By MIRTLE PEÑA-CALDERÓN Selena Gomez The Multi-Hyphenate From recording bilingual anthems like “Lose You to Love Me” and “Baila Con migo” to producing and star ring in streaming shows like Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, Gomez is a hitmaker. The 30yearold Texas native is also an outspoken suppor ter of Latina voices; with her company July Moon Produc tions, she spotlights untold stories, like the upcoming In the Shadow of the Mountain, a biopic of gay Peruvian clim ber Silvia VasquezLavado. Camila CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: TRISTAN FEWINGS/DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE/GETTY IMAGES; PRESLEY ANN/GETTY IMAGES; DANIELE VENTURELLI/WIREIMAGE Cabello The Self-Care Queen In 2021 the Cubanborn singer, 25, helped launch The Healing Justice Project, which offers funding and mental health support to frontline activists. “Not everybody has the resources I have access to because of where I am now,” Cabello told People. “So I want to help.” Ariana DeBose The Trailblazer The 31yearold has starred on Broadway in Hamilton and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and even hosted the 2022 Tonys. This year DeBose made history as the first queer woman of color to win an Oscar, for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. “I’ve chosen to hold tight to the belief I have something to offer,” she says. 68 October 10, 2022
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Yalitza Becky G Aparicio The Beauty Industry Advocate The “Mamiii” singer, who became the youngestever CoverGirl ambassador at 15 in 2013, recognizes that Latinas need representation within the beauty industry. Last year the now25yearold, born Rebbeca Marie Gomez, launched Treslúce Beauty, a cosmetics line that honors her Mexican heritage. “Being Latina is a part of who I am,” she told People in August. “It’s a culture I’ve been so blessed to experience.” The Indigenous Community Crusader CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: LAWRENCE BUSACCA/GETTY IMAGES; MATT WINKELMEYER/GETTY IMAGES; MARIANO REGIDOR/REDFERNS/GETTY IMAGES With her 2018 Oscarnominated role as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, Aparicio, 28, proved there is room for everyone at the table—specifically IndigenousLatino talent. The Oaxaca, Mexicoborn actress continues to speak out for underrepresented communities. Through her work as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, she shines a light on gender equality, access to education and the rights of domestic workers. Rosalía The Boundary- Breaker The Catalan singersongwri ter, 30, first introduced the world to her melodic fusion of flamencopop with the 2018 album El Mal Querer. She has since amassed an array of hits, like “Con Altura” with J Balvin, “La Noche de Anoche” with Bad Bunny and “Despechá” off of her latest release, Moto- mami. In 2019 she made his tory as the first Spanishborn performer to be nominated for Best New Artist at the Gram mys. “If the music has soul,” she told Ryan Seacrest, “then it doesn’t matter what language you’re using.” 70 October 10, 2022
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: VINNIE ZUFFANTE/GETTY IMAGES; ALEXANDER TAMARGO/GETTY IMAGES(2); AMY The Icon The Icon The Icon HARRIS/INVISION/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK; AXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN/FILMMAGIC; FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAGES) Selena Ivy Alejandra Quintanilla Guzmán Queen The Rising The Rising Star The Rising Star Jenna Star Karol Xóchitl Ortega G Gomez Timeless Beauty Rebel, Rebel Rock-Star Chic Although the world lost the beloved singer In a male-dominated field, reggaeton pioneer Alejandra Guzmán has never lost sight of her when she was just 23, Selena became a fashion Ivy Queen uses her style as a form of empower- rock and roll roots, leaning into punk and alter- icon for her effortless red carpet style. We ment and self-expression. Colombian native styles regardless of trends. Marvel actress still see elements of her classic looks on young singer Karol G follows in La Diva’s footsteps, Xóchitl Gomez shows off the same tough yet celebs like actress Jenna Ortega. embracing edgy looks on and off the stage. feminine sensibilities and fearless attitude. October 10, 2022 73
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MELISSA CLARK 1∕2 cup dry white wine or stock food 1∕2 tsp. black pepper Skillet Shrimp 1∕8 tsp. crushed red pepper, about 2 minutes. Add shrimp; cook, stirring Scampi With Orzo occasionally, until shrimp just turn pink, 2 to plus more for serving 4 minutes, depending on their size. Using a ‘I love the way the orzo absorbs all the 13∕4 tsp. kosher salt, divided slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to a plate; tent flavors of the sauce,’ says the author of with foil to keep warm. Dinner in One, a cookbook of recipes 1 lb. large or extra-large peeled, 2. Add water to remaining mixture in that can be made in a single pot or pan. deveined raw shrimp skillet; bring to a simmer over medium ‘There’s not a drop lost, and everything high. Stir in orzo and 1 teaspoon of the comes out so flavorful, with less work 2 cups water kosher salt. Cover; simmer over medium 1 cup uncooked orzo low until orzo is just tender and most of the than the usual version served over 4 cups chopped fresh baby spinach liquid is absorbed, 12 to 15 minutes, stirring pasta. And it’s one less pot to clean!’ once or twice, folding in spinach after (about 4 oz.) about 9 minutes of cook time and adding 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes more water if skillet looks dry. 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, 3. Add shrimp, tomatoes and remaining (about 5 oz.) 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt to skillet; cook, plus more for serving 1∕2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes. Stir in 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 lemon, halved, divided parsley. Squeeze juice from 1 lemon half Flaky sea salt into mixture; gently toss to combine. Remove from heat. Cut remaining lemon 1. Cook butter and oil in a large skillet or sauté half into wedges. Sprinkle mixture with flaky pan over medium high, swirling occasionally, sea salt and crushed red pepper; drizzle until butter melts. Add garlic; cook, stirring with olive oil and serve with lemon wedges. often, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add Serves: 4 Active time: 35 minutes wine, black pepper, crushed red pepper and Total time: 35 minutes 1⁄2 teaspoon of the kosher salt; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Simmer, undisturbed, until wine reduces by half, FOOD STYLIST: MARGARET MONROE DICKEY; PROP STYLIST: LINDSEY LOWER; INSET: AMY DICKERSON quick tip! When cooking shrimp, “watch them carefully,” says Clark. “They should turn pink, but take them out of the pan before they start to curl. That’s when they begin to overcook.” Photograph by JENNIFER CAUSEY For more celebrity recipes, visit PEOPLE.COM/FOOD B y S A B R I N A W E I S S 77
puzzler 1 23 4567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 31 Across 46 47 48 49 Mrs. 50 51 52 Affleck 53 54 55 across 34 “Sun” in Spanish down 26 Lorne Michaels’s Answers to last show (abbr.) week’s Puzzler 1 The Caribbean, 35 Veto 1 Fiona of Killing Eve for example 27 Supervillain B A R B F OG G L A D 36 Greek 2 Relaxation ___ Luthor 4 Professor in Clue philosopher A L OE AGA ROT A ANDREW H. WALKER/SHUTTERSTOCK 3 As dry as the desert 28 Antipollution org. 8 Baseball hat 37 Ice ___: Collision (abbr.) S E L F R E L A B OY Course 4 Sam played it in 11 “No ___, no foul” Casablanca 29 N.Y.C.’s ___ Gala GEORGE LOP E Z 38 Advanced degree 13 Paul Simon’s (abbr.) 5 “Auld ___ Syne” 30 Actress ___ Aduba R I O OL E “___ Rock” (3 wds.) 39 Biblical trio 6 Actress ___ 32 “___ on Goodness!” TY P ED AND L I S 14 1∕ 2 + 1∕ 2 Thurman 42 Aladdin princess 33 Gary of Slow Horses R OO AL S AM P 15 The largest 7 ___ and cheese continent 46 31 Across was 37 Broadcast Y UM OV A E S S A Y a judge on 8 N.Y. neighbor to 16 31 Across starred in five seasons the east (abbr.) 38 Kung Fu ___ A PO T I P this scary jungle film of ___ Idol about a big snake between 2011 9 Lady Gaga’s 39 31 Across starred in JES S I CAB I E L and 2016 “You ___” (2 wds.) ___ in Manhattan 18 31 Across starred SOA P DAM DR EW in The ___ Planner 49 Elvis’s given 10 Black-eyed ___ 40 Friedrich Nietzsche’s middle name book Why I ___ E S S E EVE E I NE 20 Sea urchin roe 12 Jon Hamm series Clever (2 wds.) 50 Tel Aviv’s country (2 wds.) TE EN DE R REDS 21 Alphabetic trio (abbr.) 41 31 Across’s Shall 17 31 Across starred We Dance? costar 22 The A-Team 51 South African in ___ of Sight Richard ___ muscleman (2 wds.) currency 19 One-ninth of most 42 Actress ___ Fonda 24 Mary-Kate or Ashley 52 Little Fockers actor baseball games Robert De ___ 43 Stanley & ___ 27 Glee actress 22 1 Across, in French Michele 53 Female deer 44 Director ___ Ephron 23 Lauren and Fiennes 28 Second-tallest bird 54 Length x width 45 Actress Mireille ___ 24 Breakfast drink 31 Star of 2022’s 55 Swedish airline (plural) 47 Gershwin or Glass Marry Me (2 wds.) 25 DiCaprio’s nickname 48 Matchbox toy 78 October 10, 2022 By STEPHANIE SPADACCINI
1. The traffic light in the background, left, is now red. 2. The plaque leaning against the red carpet backdrop is closer to Kellysecond lookFREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES(2) Clarkson. 3. The “tag us” and “www” of the URL printed on the poster behind Clarkson are missing. 4. “Walk” and “of” are swapped in the poster’s Hollywood Walk of Fame logo. 5. One of the crowd members behind Clarkson, right foreground,See if you can find the differences in these two pictures disappeared. 6. Clarkson is wearing two necklaces. 7. A silver pole has been added to the scene, right. 8. Clarkson’s shoe is brown. 9. The wall of the building in the background, top right, extends farther out. 10. The awning, top right, turned blue.A star was born . . . and now is set in stone! Kelly Clarkson celebrated her Hollywood Walk of Fame induction on Sept. 19 in Los Angeles. The singer and daytime TV host, 40, brought her kids River, 8, and Remington, 6, to the event, where she was honored by O.G. American Idol judges Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul—20 years after Clarkson became the singing- competition series’ very first winner. 10 changes to keep score! October 10, 2022 79
one last thing GABE SACHS Kal Penn THE ACTOR, 45, STARS IN THE NEW HORROR FILM SMILE AND THE UPCOMING DISNEY+ LIMITED SERIES THE SANTA CLAUSES Last time I danced Two weeks ago at the Harry Styles concert. This woman in front of us was in a strawberry costume, and by the end I was like, “I’m dancing with you.” There might have been two vodkas involved. Last time I cried I popped into Dunkin’ Donuts, and there was an English bull- dog in there. I pet her, and my hand on her face felt exactly like it did when I’d pet our bulldog, who passed away last year. I started walking home and totally lost it. Last game I played Carrom. It’s a board with four pockets, and you flick these discs into them. I’m not competitive. Well, I am at mini golf, but that’s just because I get angry, like Happy Gilmore-style. Last time I stayed up too late I’m a nerd for astronomy. You can sign up to get a text when the space station is passing overhead. I’ve set the alarm for 3:30 in the morning to go look. Last fashion disaster In college, like post- Nirvana, Pearl Jam era, everything was oversize, and it wasn’t flattering. I was never guilty of jorts, but I do stand by my cargo pants. Reporting by JULIE JORDAN PEOPLE (ISSN 0093-7673) (October 10, 2022) (Volume 98/Issue 15) is published weekly by TI Gotham Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Meredith Operations Corporation, Principal Office: 225 Liberty St., New York, NY 10281-1008. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send all UAA to CFS. (See DMM 507.1.5.2); Non-Postal and Military Facilities: Send address corrections to People Magazine PO BOX 37508 Boone, IA 50037-0508. Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement # 40069223. BN# 888381621RT0001. People Weekly, Star Tracks, Picks & Pans and Chatter are trademarks of TI Gotham Inc. © 2022–TI Gotham Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUBSCRIPTIONS: For 24/7 service, please use our website: people.com/ myaccount. You can also call 1-800-541-9000 or write People Magazine PO Box 37508 Boone, IA 50037-0508. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is strictly prohibited. Your bank may provide updates to the card information we have on file. You may opt out of this service at any time. ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ 80
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