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twins with hubby Lizzo’s in love! A
Michael Turchin. source spills on
what’s next for
the singer and
her beau.
On the Cover
28 SUPER SURPRISE
After welcoming her
first child last May,
Rihanna went to great
lengths to keep her second
pregnancy a secret, says
a source.
36 FAMILY MATTERS
Heather Rae and Tarek
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Hot mama
Rihanna
performed
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Showtime!
the rapper on how to
take the perfect photo
of her on the field.
“I can’t believe
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superfan Paul
Rudd — who
attended with
son Jack, 17 —
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game.”
“We’re not done!” MVP
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daughter Sterling, inset)
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“I’ll never forget
this night,” said
Michael B. Jordan
as he celebrated
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and Jamaican
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Kamini Chin
Loy arrived
in style at the
Grammy Awards.
L.A., FEB. 5
Lindsay Lohan
supported her
model siblings,
Ali and Cody,
when they walked
the runway at
Christian Siriano’s
fashion show.
NYC, FEB. 9
Model family!
Heidi Klum and
18-year-old
Leni puckered
up in pj’s for an
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partners! when she and Monroe, 11,
Serena Williams donned $2,055 Moncler
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Bowl, where he served as the
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“I’ve been a long-
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Rachel Smith joined Puss
in Boots: The Last Wish
stars Salma Hayek Pinault
and Antonio Banderas
for some feline fun.
NYC, DEC. 16
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Cuddly
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THEY READ
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THEY PICK
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S t a r s
THEY’RE JUST LIKE
US!
“Big event
tonight… gotta
look my best!”
said the Today
show’s Dylan
Dreyer of her
beauty regimen.
NYC, FEB. 1
THEY THEY
WEAR SOMETHING
SKINCARE LIKE THIS
MASKS!
Melanie Griffith
delivered
for her mom
Tippi Hedren’s
93rd birthday
celebration.
L.A., JAN. 20
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A DA I N M Y L I F E Kamie Crawford
shares her daily
routine with Us!
8:00 A.M.
FITNESS BUFF Crawford
jump-starts her mornings
by hitting the gym. “My
trainer, Six, transformed my
body and my life!” the TV
personality tells Us. “But
don’t get it twisted —
I still hate sweating.”
8:00 P.M.
SIP BACK & RELAX
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24 | F E B R U A R Y 2 7, 2 0 2 3 By Leanne Aciz Stanton / With reporting by Christina Garibaldi & Hannah Kahn
THE FOODIE BUSINESS
According to Guy Fieri, both his year driving a vehicle that he has to
sons, Hunter, 26, and Ryder, 17, be responsible for.’” Fieri, who’s
have embraced the art of cuisine. partnered with King’s Hawaiian, also
(Mom is wife Lori Fieri.) “Hunter’s has advice for parents of picky eat-
got a contract with the Food Network ers: Push them to try new things.
and does a bunch of shows,” the “When you open a kid’s palate, you
Tournament of Champions IV host, open their mind,” he says. “My kids
55, tells Us. “Ryder’s in a culinary
program, so I always look to
love everything. We eat eclectically.”
Tough Critics
him. He’s got great knife skills.” Cole Hauser’s daughter, Steely,
Though his youngest can show 10, didn’t exactly approve of
him a few tricks, Fieri is still his sexy Yellowstone scenes.
imparting his own wisdom “Especially at first, she was like,
when it involves financial re- what the hell is that?” the actor,
sponsibility. “Ryder got his 47 — who also shares sons Colt,
license when he was 16, and 14 (with Steely, above), and Ry-
everybody asked — because I’m land, 18, with wife Cynthia Daniel,
a big car collector — ‘What is he 46 — tells Us. “She’d run out of
going to drive to school?’” he the room pissed off.” Still, his kids
explains. “He drove my parents’ respect his role as Rip Wheeler:
old 269,000-mile minivan. “They’ve grown up in the last
Everybody’s like, ‘You got six five years watching [the show]
Corvettes in your garage!’ I said, and seen the build of it and
‘No, he’s going to spend one acknowledgment I’ve gotten.”
Precious
Moments
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LIZ ZO & MY KE
About DaDLm n Tim e
for more than a year,
After dating on the
Instagram-official
Lizzo and Myke Wright went
t at pre-Grammy
a
on Feb. 4, following a date nigh
tionship very private so they
party. “They kept their rela
out of the spotlight,” a
could get to know each other
t fans speculating
source tells Us. “They didn’t wan
t a solid foundation.” The
about them until they buil
The singer, 34, and
decision seems to have paid off.
ous ,” adds the source.
the comedian, 35, “are very seri ing.”
eng age me nt is com
“Pals think that an
JO RDA N & DE M I
In Perfect Harmo
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Friends say Demi Lo
vato and her beau
y
six months, Jordan of
“Demi loves being Lu tes, are the real de
with someone who al.
source tells Us, ad ‘gets’ her,” a
ding
the music business, that on top of both being in
Lo
a similar take on life vato, 30, and Lutes, 25, share
. “They’re a very go
on each other,” the od influence
source continues.
in the honeymoon “They’re still
phase, but this is th
Demi’s been in a ve e happiest
ry long time.”
Moving on Up
Gus Kenworthy and his partner
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RIHANNA
Whoa,
Baby!
RiRi revealed that
she’s pregnant again
in spectacular fashion
J
aws dropped on Feb. 12, when
Rihanna took center stage for her
highly anticipated Super Bowl
LVII halftime performance —
flaunting an unmistakable baby bump.
“This pregnancy was something she
and A$AP Rocky wanted to announce
in a special way, and they both agreed
that nothing could be more special
than at the Super Bowl,” a source tells
Us of why the singer and the rapper,
both 34, opted to keep the news on the
DL. “She’s relieved it’s finally out there,
and she doesn’t have to tiptoe around
anymore.” According to an insider,
the Fenty founder went to great
lengths to keep her pregnancy a
secret. “She’d been wearing baggy
clothes in public and at rehears-
als,” says the insider, noting that
baby No. 2 came as a surprise to
Rihanna and Rocky. (They wel-
comed their son in May.) “They
wanted another child and were
trying, but it happened sooner
than expected.” Much to the “I’m more excited
than everybody else,
delight of the couple, adds the honestly,” Rocky said
source: “They’re thrilled.” in January of Rihanna’s
halftime show.
28 | F E B R U A R Y 2 7, 2 0 2 3
J.LO & BEN
Trouble in
Paradise
C KEEPING UP
racks are starting to show in
Jennifer Lopez and Ben
Affleck’s seven-month
marriage. “They try to play it
down, but the tension’s plain for all
WITH US
l New addition: Ryan
to see,” an insider tells Us, pointing
Reynolds and Blake Lively
to Affleck’s miserable energy at the (above) have reportedly
Feb. 5 Grammys (inset). “The con- welcomed baby No. 4! The
sensus is that she’s tough on Ben actress seemingly con
con-
and intense in ways that he’s find- firmed the news on Feb. 12,
ing difficult to take,” the insider her
sharing an Insta pic of her-
explains. “Ben likes to be low-key self sans a bump, quipping
and subdued; he’s not nearly as into that she’s “been busy.”
the showboating or flashy stuff l Megan Fox and fiancé
as she is.” While the insider notes Machine Gun Kelly sparked
split rumors on Feb. 11
the actor, 50, “definitely loves” his
after Fox shared a cryptic
wife, 53, and “wants it to work,” quote on Instagram and
their differences are taking a major deleted many of her photos
toll. “Ben was calling with the rocker — before
the shots for a long time deactivating her account
before she slowly took entirely. A source told Us
control,” says the insider. that the two seemed “dis-
connected” at a Super Bowl
“He wants more space to
event one day earlier.
be himself and won’t tol-
“Ben has this browbeaten l It’s a girl! Brody Jenner
erate being henpecked. energy a lot of the time, revealed on Feb. 11 that he
But J.Lo is J.Lo, so it’s a and that’s a big concern and girlfriend Tia Blanco
real power struggle they to the folks who love will welcome a daughter
seem to have going on.” him,” says an insider. later this year.
l Little People, Big World’s
Zach Roloff is recovering
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KEEPING UP
WITH US
l Baby joy! Maria
Menounos and husband
Keven Undergaro (above)
PAMELA & TOMMY
The Ex Factor
are expecting their first
child later this year via
surrogate. “After a decade
of trying everything, we are
T
so grateful to the beautiful
family helping us conceive rue love never dies — just ask to Lee in 1998 — meant what she said.
our baby,” gushed the Pamela Anderson. The Baywatch “Pam’s been reaching out to Tommy and
mom-to-be. alum, 55, didn’t hold back her trying to get back with him,” the source
l RHOC alum Slade feelings when talking about her tells Us, insisting that the Mötley Crüe
Smiley’s son Grayson, ex-husband Tommy Lee in her Netflix drummer, 60, doesn’t respond to any of
22, passed away on Feb. 5 documentary, Pamela, a Love Story, her advances. “He’s happily married now
following a long battle with confessing that she was with the mu- to Brittany [Furlan] and feels like it’s really
brain cancer. “We are be- sician “for all of the right reasons” and disrespectful of Pam to reach out to him,”
yond devastated,” shared that she hasn’t “ever loved anyone else.” notes the source. “Tommy wants Pam to
Grayson’s stepmom,
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Gretchen Rossi.
ended her explosive three-year marriage It’s a sad situation.”
l Back on dry land: Captain
Lee Rosbach is leaving
Bravo’s Below Deck ahead
of season 11, sources tell
Us, adding that Below Deck
Looking Ahead “Everyone
Adventure’s Captain Kerry Nearly two months after the unex- is still
Titheradge will step in. pected death of her husband, heartbroken,”
Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Allison Holker says an insider.
l On Feb. 8, Disney CEO
has filed for control of their joint estate.
Bob Iger announced that
“Anyone who knew Stephen would tell
sequels to the hit film
you his wife and their kids were his top
franchises Toy Story and
priority. There’s every confidence the
Frozen are in the works.
courts will agree to do the right thing,”
l What’s in a name? an insider assures Us. (Per legal docs
DWTS pros Jenna Johnson obtained by Us, Boss died at age 40
and Val Chmerkovskiy without a will, forcing Holker, 35, to
took to Instagram on file a California Spousal Property
Feb. 7 to reveal their Petition.) “It’s all still so raw,” adds
1-month-old son’s the insider. “But Allison and the
moniker: Rome Valentin. kids know he’d want them to
move forward and rebuild their
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fonder — kind of. After spend- tells Us. (Though Bullock’s rep denied markets — recently
drew in the likes of
ing some time apart, Sandra it, an insider told Us in October that Brooke Shields.
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“Sam just
s news began to spread that people close to Britney wants the best
for her,” an
Spears had planned a lifesaving intervention over insider tells Us.
concerns about her health and mental state, the pop
star took to social media to set the record straight.
“This week in the news it said that I almost died,” she
wrote in a Feb. 10 Instagram post, referencing reports that
loved ones were rallying together because they were worried
she was in crisis. “I’m very much alive and well,” she said in
an accompanying video, in which she wore a cropped pink
blouse, white miniskirt, matching boots and a fur cape.
“I’m happy, and I’m well, and that’s it.”
ON
— removed as conservator; she later
testified that Jamie wouldn’t let her
THE
loved ones are worried she’s headed for another
breakdown BY JAIME HARKIN
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Boys Feel
the one on the receiving end of her suffered a miscarriage in May 2022,
moods most of the time,” says the one month before their wedding.
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“Britney is constantly saying that
she shouldn’t have married Sam and
that she lost the baby because he is
never home,” shares the source, who
notes Spears keeps Asghari on a tight
leash. “Sam is young and wants to
hang out with his buddies and his
family,” explains the source, adding
that a volatile Spears is like a ticking
time bomb. “She’s gone through
about 12 bodyguards who have either
quit or been fired since the conserva-
torship ended.” “She typically spends her
Despite the chaos, sources say days at home with various
Asghari won’t leave Spears. “He team members,” a source says
stands behind Britney no matter of Spears, who often posts
videos from her Thousand
what and will always take her side,”
Oaks, Calif., mansion.
says the first source. “He takes his
vow to stand by her in sickness and
in health seriously.” with a doctor. “She had some tests to goes back and forth about making
figure out what’s going on,” explains music again,” adds the source.
LAST-DITCH EFFORT the first source. “People just want Loved ones may need to force an-
Loved ones are hoping she’ll get the to understand what’s going on with other intervention soon. “They want
help she desperately needs. The first her.” For now, the second source Britney to face her demons and get
source says Spears was “very angry” says her forthcoming memoir is better,” continues the second source.
when she found out about the inter- “in limbo” while she’s considering “Something drastic needs to occur
vention — but she did agree to meet getting back into the studio. “She — quickly — for that to happen.”
LASHING OUT
In August, the pop star posted
a scathing message to her mom,
Lynne, in which she accused her
of withholding caffeine and forcing her
to go to A.A. meetings. “You abused
me,” read the note.
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GETTING MESSY
WACKY WEDDING
In a December video clip set to
She and Asghari said “I do” last June the song “Santa Baby” by Eartha
at her Thousand Oaks home in front Kitt, Spears stuck her face in cake,
of a hodgepodge of celebs, including rubbed frosting on her body and
Madonna, Selena Gomez, Ansel Elgort flashed the middle finger to
and Drew Barrymore. the camera.
He’s
Here!
Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa
introduce their son, Tristan Jay,
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H
eather Rae and “You can’t take your eyes
Tarek El Moussa off of him. He’s the cutest
will never forget the thing.” Tarek couldn’t agree
moment their baby more: “We’re really settling
boy, Tristan Jay, entered the in and excited for what’s
world. “They put him on my to come.” Here, the proud
chest, and it was a surreal parents open up
moment,” the Selling about their new
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was such a beautiful thing.” sively to Us.
The little one’s Jan. 31 birth
— which nearly involved Congrats to
an emergency C-section — you both!
was “a little dicey,” the real What can
estate investor, 41, admits. you tell Us
But luckily, he adds, “it all about the push; let’s see if we
turned out great, and he’s delivery? can make it happen.
doing fantastic.” HEATHER She did, and our son
Welcoming their first Tarek and came out.
child together wasn’t an I went in for my final
easy road (in 2022, the doctor’s appointment. We Heather, how does it
couple learned they were did a stress test almost What happened next? feel to be a mom?
expecting while in the every time I went for the HEATHER Everything sped HEATHER I have this
middle of IVF treatments), last few weeks [but] at that up very fast. I had really whole new appreciation
which is why they’re point, [Tristan] wasn’t low blood pressure, which for moms. It’s obviously
cherishing every moment. moving as much as he usu- was affecting the baby’s something I’ve never expe-
“We watch him sleep, we ally did. My doctor told me, heart rate. rienced being a stepmom
watch him open and close you’re going to the hospital TAREK [Then, when] — it’s such a beautiful thing
his eyes, we watch his little right now. I was like, wait, Heather started pushing, I [seeing] what the female
smiles,” Heather gushes can I go home and grab saw the doctor’s face getting body can do.
about her little boy, who my bag that I’ve been nervous. I thought we’d end
joins half-siblings Taylor, prepping for months? up doing an emergency Tarek, you’ve been
12, and Brayden, 7 (mom is And she said, no, you C-section. The doctor told through this twice
Tarek’s ex, Christina Hall). need to get monitored. Heather to give one last big before. How is it different
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falls for an actress (Monica Barba-
ro) who’s filming at his property in
Mexico. Here, the actor dishes on
the romantic comedy with Us.
Opposites
Q: How would you describe your
character, Alejandro?
He’s a guy who’s really career-driv-
en and focused on his job. He’s
Attract
friends with everyone at the
hotel. He takes care of them. He’s
someone who’s afraid of falling in
love, commitment, getting hurt and
opening his own hotel. It’s kind of Diego Boneta
hard for him to take that next step. brings viewers
Q: Any behind-the-scenes along for a romantic
moments you can share? journey in his new
The whole dance sequence was
a lot of fun. That was all Monica.
film, At Midnight
There was a dancing scene written
in the script, and Monica was like,
“No, we should make this into a
special moment between these
characters.” I can kind of dance, but
I was going with the flow. I was like,
“Monica, you take the lead.”
Q: What do you hope people take
away from At Midnight?
I love the fact that I can’t think of
another Hollywood rom-com that’s
been shot in Mexico, so I hope
people around the world [get] an
authentic portrayal of Mexico. I
also hope it makes them feel good, At Midnight is the
first film Boneta has
makes them laugh and feel a little produced under his
bit of magic. production company,
Three Amigos.
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n Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man
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Here, the actress dishes on the su- such a physical role? I’ve been talking about the dream of
perhero film with Us. I did a lot of training. Being athletic being in a Marvel movie my whole
Q: How would you describe Cassie? gives me a lot of stamina. On set, we’d life. The movie is a dream come true
I think Cassie Lang is a lot like me. be filming 12 hours a day, but I’m run- — and then it was way bigger than
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of a mess but wants to be like how to take a punch so that see what audiences think, but I know
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love grow. The heart of this filming. Marvel in general.
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Gremlin.
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Streisand. 18. My favorite snacks are
cheeses!
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portraying Roseanne [Connor
on Roseanne] was writing the
jokes that everyone would
repeat at work on Monday.
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comedy special in 16 years
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7. My favorite meal to
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to the most was Lenny Bruce.
He was my dad’s favorite.
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8. The most starstruck I’ve bother.”
ever been was the night I
23.
Roseanne sang for four presidents with
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on Fox wardrobe is my vintage profession
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