Turns out winning a SAG Award doubles as an upper body workout.

Triumphant actors at the awards show on Sunday, February 23, couldn’t stop commenting on how heavy their trophies were during their acceptance speeches.

“Thank you SAG-AFTRA for this incredibly heavy award,” Kieran Culkin said upon accepting his trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in A Real Pain. “I don’t think there’s any way anyone can hold this for 45 seconds.”

Shōgun actors Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada agreed with Culkin during their respective acceptance speeches for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor and Male Actor in a Drama Series.

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“It is very heavy!” Sawai, 32, exclaimed right before she exited the stage with her award.

When Sanada, 64, was first handed his award, he pretended he was going to drop it due to its weight.

Colin Farrell concurred.

“Jesus, Kieran was right!” he exclaimed while accepting his award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television movie for his performance in The Penguin.

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Well, just how heavy is that trophy?!

According to SAG, the statuette, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and tragedy called “The Actor,” weighs in at over 12 pounds. At 16 inches tall, the trophy is solid bronze and produced by the American Fine Arts Foundry, where 10 craftspeople use heat and cupric acid to give the statuettes their green patina each year.

In contrast, the Oscar statuette given at the Academy Awards weighs in at eight and a half pounds, an Emmy weighs just over six pounds and a Golden Globe weighs just under eight pounds.

The Guild reports that it takes three to four months for the artists to create all of the SAG statuettes each year and 1,233 individually numbered Actor statuettes have been awarded since the inaugural show in 1995.

The SAG Awards honor outstanding performances in both film and television, and this year, films like Emilia Pérez, Anora, Wicked and A Complete Unknown led the way, while Shōgun, The Penguin, The Diplomat, Nobody Wants This and Baby Reindeer led the TV categories.

Kieran Culkin is no stranger to unfiltered comments at awards shows — and his acceptance speech at the 2025 SAG Awards is no exception.

“Thank you SAG-AFTRA for this incredibly heavy award,” Culkin, 42, said upon accepting his trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in A Real Pain at the Sunday, February 23, awards show. “I don’t think there’s any way anyone can hold this for 45 seconds. Which is the allotted time, Adrien Brody, 45 seconds.”

After Culkin’s jab at The Brutalist actor, who is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, he immediately clarified it was said in jest and there are no hard feelings between the two men.

“There was no reason to take that shot,” Culkin said. “I love you, it’s a joke. You take your time. Lord knows I will because I didn’t think of anything.”

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The camera then panned to Brody, 51, who was seen laughing at Culkin’s comment.

Despite calling out the length of his fellow actor’s awards show speeches, Culkin went on to go over his own allotted time.

“It is funny that the heaviest of all awards is the one that’s given by actors. It’s, like, you know, ‘Us, what we do means so much,’” he joked as he carried on, sporadically counting down how much time he had left throughout his speech. “Anyway, sorry moving on. I see the clock ticking. Moving on.”

Culkin continued: “Believe it or not, this actually means a lot to me. It does. It’s hard to be sincere after that. Or in general. But yeah, thanks — it actually is a huge honor. Thirteen, 12, 11. I haven’t said anything.”

The Succession alum went on to thank Jesse Eisenberg, his costar and the writer and director of A Real Pain, whom Culkin claims had never seen any of his work prior to casting him in the film.

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“I do want to talk about one actor. Five seconds. Jesse Eisenberg, who’s a great actor, great director, brilliant scene partner,” Culkin said. “For those of you who don’t know, he cast me in this movie without auditioning me, or seeing my work in anything ever … He cast me because his sister told him to and he puts a lot of faith in her which is really sweet but dumb. So yes thank you Jesse for putting me in this movie but I want to take a moment to thank your sister Hallie. Thank you Hallie for thinking of me and putting my name in your stupid brother’s ear.”

He wrapped up his speech by rapidly expressing gratitude for those in his life, including his team, his wife, Jazz Charton, and his mom, who was in attendance at the award show.

Both Culkin and Brody have had immensely successful awards seasons thus far, with both actors racking up trophies at the BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Critics’ Choice Awards. They are also both nominated for Academy Awards for their respective performances.

From international travel and diamond jewelry to movie premieres and magazine covers, some celeb pets live more luxe lifestyles than most people thanks to their A-list owners, who’ve turned them into Tinseltown’s hottest new accessory.

Well, semi-new. In the early aughts, stars like Paris Hilton would often parade around their tiny furry friends. From her OG Chihuahua Harajuku Bitch (who lived to 23!) to her current canine roster, Hilton has always been a connoisseur of small dogs. She now runs an Instagram account, @hiltonpets, for all of her fur babies — and like many early 2000s trends, petite pooches are back in fashion.

Yet the nepo pups of 2025 are more spoiled than ever, and their appearances on press tours (think: The Substance and Twisters) only bring more attention to their humans and their projects.

Keep scrolling for a breakdown of the luxurious lives of the dogs that truly are their star’s best friend:

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Sitcom icon Patricia Heaton hides her Emmys in a surprising place she likens to Harry Potter’s cupboard under the stairs.

“I like to keep my career separate from my home,” the actress, 66, explains in her 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “So my Emmy awards are in a little Zoom room behind the laundry room, which is behind the kitchen. It’s my version of Harry Potter under the stairs.”

Heaton was nominated for seven Emmy awards for her performance as Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond across nine seasons from 1996 to 2004. She took home the trophy twice, in 2000 and 2001. Her second Emmy was an especially poignant moment for her.

“The actress I [admired] growing up was Mary Tyler Moore, and the proudest moment of my career was when she presented me with my second Emmy,” Heaton shared with Us.

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For more fun stories from Heaton — whose new film, The Unbreakable Boy, is in theaters now — keep scrolling:

1. My favorite memory from being a Delta Gamma is making terrific friends. I’m still in touch with them to this day.

2. The TV show I’m binge-watching right now is the British series Joan, starring Sophie Turner.

3. When Everybody Loves Raymond wrapped, I took home a ceramic bird from Frank and Marie’s house. I love birds — and I couldn’t get the big fork and spoon [from the “Baggage” episode in season 7] in my car.

4. Filming the car scenes with the whole family for The Middle was always fun because I used to play old songs on my phone to educate our younger actors on how my generation grew up.

5. I like to keep my career separate from my home, so my Emmy awards are in a little Zoom room behind the laundry room, which is behind the kitchen. It’s my version of Harry Potter under the stairs.

6. One thing I learned from hosting Patricia Heaton Parties is to relax. People are just so happy that you’ve invited them over and that they don’t have to cook that they will love anything you do.

7. I have so many dream projects, but I’d like to work with Annette Benning. I’m a fan of everything she does.

8. I love my Nashville home. It’s peaceful, welcoming and has enough room for my most valuable possession: my family.

9. I’ve started dabbling in songwriting and it’s working out quite well so far.

10. My favorite book is The Information by Martin Amis.

11. My alternate profession would be a concierge.

12. My celebrity crush growing up was Shirley Temple.

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13. Any song by the Jackson 5 brings back the best memories.

14. Thai or Indian food is my go-to for takeout.

15. My first childhood job was babysitting, my first survival job was working at an empanada shop in Midtown Manhattan and my first acting job was an Anacin commercial.

16. The three items I can’t leave the house without are my phone, lip balm and some kind of platform shoes.

17. I collect ceramics and paintings of female faces and figures.

18. The actress I [admired] growing up was Mary Tyler Moore, and the proudest moment of my career was when she presented me with my second Emmy [in 2001].

19. The childhood memories that make me smile are building forts, drawing, acting out books, putting on plays and singing on the swings with my friends.

20. My most embarrassing moment during filming was when I wet my pants while pregnant on Everybody Loves Raymond.

21. One thing l took away from playing Dr. Carol Kenney in Carol’s Second Act is to learn to pivot — it also inspired my book, Your Second Act: Inspiring Stories of Transformation, a collection of personal accounts of people who learned how to adapt when life threw them a curveball.

22. My favorite comfort meals are a good Sunday roast, a beef stew or a hearty lasagna.

23. A mock old-fashioned — club soda with a splash of bitters and a slice of orange — is my favorite drink.

24. My favorite look of all time was the Monique Lhuillier black lace dress I wore to CBS’ 75th anniversary party [in 2003]. Sadly, it was a loaner.

25. My favorite places to vacation are Montana, Hawaii or London.

Celebrity memoirs captivate readers with tales of glitz, glamour and ultimately, humanity. But how much of that writing is actually done by the star themselves?

This was the exact question Kayla S. from Nashville asked in the most recent installment of Ask Us in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now: How often do celebrities use ghostwriters for their memoirs?

Well, the truth is: often!

“Writing a book is hard! So if a famous person — meaning, famous for anything other than being a writer — puts out a book, the chances are extremely high that they had help,” Lisa Dickey, ghostwriter of over 20 titles including New York Times bestsellers like Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi’s The Time of My Life and Jane Lynch’s Happy Accidents, told Us Weekly. “There are a few celebrities who write their own books with only the help of their editor. But that’s definitely the exception rather than the rule.”

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A few stars, such as Matthew McConaughey, opt to write their memoirs solo — “I think I’ll write a book / A word about my life. / I wonder who would give a damn / About the pleasures and the strife?” read the actor’s future-telling 1989 poem that opens the 2020 novel, titled Greenlights — but most enlist a cowriter and share the byline or call a ghostwriter.

“If you’re curious whether a ghostwriter helped with a particular book, just flip to the acknowledgements,” Dickey added. “Many celebs thank the ghost outright for having helped write it. And even those who don’t spell it out so plainly will often thank someone for helping to ‘find my voice’ or ‘get words on the page.’”

But don’t be mistaken: the process of working with a ghostwriter involves much more than just a diary handoff.

“It’s a bit like falling in love sometimes,” ghostwriter Sarah Tomlinson, who has penned more than 20 books including five NYT bestsellers, told Us of the process of finding the right writer for the job. “It’s really a matter of a particular energetic connection of a shared sense of humor, shared sensibility or even a shared life experience that brings you together.”

Tomlinson brings the typically behind-the-scenes process of ghostwriting to life in her 2024 fiction novel, The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers, which follows ghost Mari as she navigates writing about the legacy of a legendary rock band.

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“I often compare what I do to being an engineer or a producer in the recording studio,” Tomlinson — who began her career as a music journalist — said. “Of course, a band or a songwriter has incredible talent with music, and they might have their whole album written, but they still need someone in the studio with them to help them realize it and make it sound as good as they can. I often think of the ghostwriter like that.”

Tomlinson’s latest title, Dancing on the Edge, was co-written with legendary actor Russ Tamblyn. She believes that “it’s a particular calling to write a book,” and while there are plenty of other ways celebrities can use their influence to make money, those who feel compelled to tell their story “feel it very strongly.”

Whether it’s spending a long weekend or several years together, Tomlinson says she gets to know her celeb clients “very intimately.”

Adds Dickey: “I’ve done all kinds of things with my clients: horseback riding, chanting Buddhist mantras, flying on private planes, going to church, attending court cases, traveling to their hometowns. I’ve read diaries, sifted through photo albums, shared difficult stories over martinis, offered embraces when they’ve cried. It’s an intense, personal, incredibly rewarding relationship — and it’s all in service to writing the best book possible, and telling their stories in their voice, in exactly the way they want them told.”

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While ghosts historically stayed true to their nicknames, hiding in the shadows behind the scenes of bestsellers, the culture is changing. Writers behind zeitgeist-defining books like Prince Harry’s Spare (J.R. Moehringer), Demi Moore’s Inside Out (Ariel Levy) and Britney Spears’ The Woman in Me (reportedly Ada Calhoun, Sam Lansky and Luke Dempsey) are becoming bona fide celebrities in their own right.

“There was a funny moment a few years ago, when my wife was standing in line to board a flight,” Dickey recalled to Us. “A couple of guys were talking about Andre Agassi’s memoir, Open, which was famously written by the most celebrated ghostwriter working today [Moehringer]. One guy says to the other, ‘Man, it’s just not fair! Agassi’s a great tennis player, and he’s a really good writer too?’ She just rolled her eyes.”

She continued: “It has been really nice to see that perception change in recent years. You wouldn’t be embarrassed about hiring an architect if you want to build a house, right? Why should you be embarrassed about hiring a professional writer to help you write a book?”

Barbara Palvin’s most romantic gesture for husband Dylan Sprouse is sweet in more ways than one.

“[I’ll tell the] PG version. When we were early in our dating phase, we were essentially living in two different places, and I was having a tough time not seeing her because our jobs are always taking us away from each other for weeks at a time,” Sprouse, 32, revealed exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “I was working on something and I had a rough day, and literally the roof of the Greenpoint apartment in New York I was living in at the time started to collapse.”

The actor explained that after Palvin, 31, heard what was going on, she booked them a room in a hotel and showed up with a pumpkin pie — Sprouse’s favorite dessert — with a special message on it.

“He opens the door and I’m standing there, and then I open up this box and there’s a pumpkin pie, and there’s a sign on it that says exclusive with a question mark,” Palvin told Us while promoting the couple’s Dress to Express campaign.

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While the pair — who started dating in 2018 — look back fondly on Palvin’s dessert-aided leap of faith, the model told Us that Sprouse’s September 2022 proposal in Big Sur was his most romantic gesture for her.

“We went camping and in Big Sur you can see otters in the wild and otters are my favorite animals,” Palvin recalled. “So we went on a hike … and he proposed. And then when we turned around, there was an otter in the water. And it was the first time the otter came back in months. … We were freaking out.”

Keep scrolling for more fun anecdotes from Sprouse and Palvin as Us puts them to the test with the Mr. and Mrs. Game:

Who is your partner’s celebrity crush?

Palvin: Don’t have any?

Sprouse: Yeah, don’t have any. Mario?

Palvin: Anime characters. And video game characters.

What actor, dead or alive, would play your partner in a movie?

Sprouse: You should probably cast Cole [Sprouse] as me.

Palvin: No, someone dead. I want — what’s his name? Dean.

Sprouse: James Dean?! That’s crazy. No. It’d be really hard casting for Barbara because there’s no one in the world who would meet her level of beauty.

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What’s your partner’s go-to karaoke song?

Palvin: “[No] Scrubs.” Dylan’s is “[No] Scrubs.”

Sprouse: Yeah, I do love “Scrubs.” It’s always a banger. Barbara sings Hungarian karaoke.

Palvin: I don’t sing karaoke. I’m not a big fan of karaoke.

Sprouse: I’ve seen her sing.

Palvin: If I have to, it’s ABBA.

What is your partner’s hidden talent?

Sprouse: Barbara’s a remarkable dancer. She’s really good. Like, offensively good. And it makes it really hard to dance with her.

Palvin: Dylan’s secret talent is that he, uh, it’s not a secret. He is really good with his hands.

Sprouse: [laughs]

Palvin: No, but he’s painting all these little tiny figurines and he’s just so good. I don’t know. He’s an artist.

Who said “I love you” first?

Palvin: I did in Hungarian, but he didn’t know.

Sprouse: Yeah. She did it in Hungarian, I guess. And then I said it, obviously in English, but I thought I said it first.

Palvin: Yeah, I never told him.

Who is the first to fall asleep at night?

Palvin: Me.

Sprouse: Barbara. Hands down.

What is your partner’s favorite TV show?

Sprouse: She has comfort shows. Like right now, her comfort show has been for the last year and a half, Gilmore Girls. She falls asleep to it every night.

Palvin: Because it was fall. But anyway, I don’t have a favorite of anything to be honest. I can’t pick favorites because then I feel like I hurt the feelings of other things and I can’t do that. Dylan loves The Office.

Sprouse: I do love The Office. I think it’s hilarious.

Palvin: Oh, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Sprouse: Always Sunny is my favorite show. It’s the funniest show.

Where was your first date?

Palvin: China.

Sprouse: China. We were both in China at the same time. It’s where we really started dating. And we actually found a Mexican food place in China, which is crazy in Beijing.

Palvin: And he had a burrito.

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Has marriage changed your dynamic at all?

Sprouse: It’s certainly changed. I think the thing is, when you’re dating and you’re not married, you’re always trying to get to the goalpost that is marriage. At least, it’s in the back of your mind, you know?

Palvin: We always knew we were gonna get married.

Sprouse: We always did. But when that’s in the future and it’s not already happened, you’re thinking about how you get there. So when you do get there, now the goalpost is in a completely different location, if you want a goalpost at all. There’s a new set of priorities that you’re confronted with. … But honestly, we’ve acted like a married couple since we started dating. So it hasn’t changed to the point where it’s pretty drastic. Now we’re living together as a married couple.

Palvin: [It’s] a little calmer now. We’re not questioning, like, are we gonna get there? Are we gonna get married? Like, it happened and now we’re a team. Forever!

What is the most romantic gesture you’ve done for your partner?

Sprouse: The pumpkin pie one was pretty good for you. [I’ll share] the PG version. When we were early in our dating phase, we were essentially living in two different places, and I was having a tough time not seeing her because our jobs are always taking us away from each other for weeks at a time. … I was working on something and I had a rough day, and literally the roof of the Greenpoint apartment in New York I was living in at the time started to collapse. Under this rain or something that was happening. And I was going home grumpy because I knew I had a bunch of stuff to do. And then, Barbara was in town for a minute and she was like, “Hey, you know what? I’m gonna get us a staycation hotel.”

Palvin: That’s not how it happened. I already booked a hotel and I just told you to meet me there.

Sprouse: Yeah, but it was nice. It was like a stay-cation for me, right?

Palvin: Yeah, but I didn’t tell you like, “Maybe I’m gonna get a…”

Sprouse: OK. Do you want to tell the rest of it?

Palvin: No.

Sprouse: Yeah, that’s what I thought.

Palvin: I’ll just correct you.

Sprouse: Yeah, that’s what I thought. I ended up going down, I think it was the 1 Hotel in Brooklyn, went down there and she knows I love pumpkin pie. It’s, like, my favorite dessert ever. I wait year round to have it at Thanksgiving. And I get there and we had — there’s so many things I can’t tell about [because] it’s not PG.

Palvin: You’re saying it wrong. So I was already in the hotel. He comes up, opens the door, and I’m standing there.

Sprouse: In a very nice dress.

Palvin: And then I open up this box and there’s a pumpkin pie, and there’s a sign on it that says exclusive with a question mark. And that’s how I asked him to be exclusive. This could have been a much quicker story if I told the story. That was embellishing…

Sprouse: Because it’s romantic, babe.

Palvin: His favorite thing for me was when he proposed to me, obviously. We went to Big Sur. We went camping and then in Big Sur you can see otters in the wild and otters are my favorite animals. We went on a hike to search for otters and then after two hours of hiking, we stopped and he proposed. And then when we turned around, there was an otter in the water. And it was the first time the otters came back in months. It, like, turned around, waved at us, tapped its tummy and then swam away. We were freaking out. It was almost like, “OK, we approve. You guys are good to go.”

Sprouse: The otters gave us the blessing.

With reporting by Kat Pettibone

• My friends and I spent a spring break in college an hour north of the madness of Miami Beach.
• We embraced a "coastal grandmother" aesthetic and hung out with retirees.
• Although untraditional for college students, we had fun relaxing and avoiding the Miami party scene

Bright and early on a Saturday morning in March two years ago, I boarded a flight southbound to Florida with hundreds of other college students.

As a group, we screamed "spring break" — wearing various cuts and colors of college gear and the joyous expressions that can only be attributed to a week away from school stress.

But when we reached the Sunshine State and most of my fellow passengers headed to Miami Beach for drinking and debauchery, my friends and I didn't go with them.

Instead, we headed about an hour north of Miami toward the quiet oceanside community of Hillsboro Beach for our own relaxing spring break.

We'd chosen to skip the ragers and bad behavior associated with spring break, especially spring break in Miami. In the past, Miami Beach has even launched a campaign "breaking up" with spring-break tourists and enforcing new restrictions to crack down on destructive partying.

We went to a party school and saw plenty of that back home. Now, we were ready to relax with retirees on our last spring break before college graduation.

We leaned into the laid-back vibes for our whole trip and made friends with retirees

The small beach town we stayed in seemed mostly populated by retirees in their 60s. Even fellow tourists we saw visiting the local businesses rarely seemed to be under 50 years old.

So, when my friends and I showed up to check into our hotel, we received more than a few confused glances.

We got "Are you sure you're in the right place?" and "Are you heading to Miami?" more than once, but when we explained our plan for a relaxing getaway, we were often met with understanding.

We embraced the "coastal grandmother" aesthetic with our white linen shirts and floppy beach hats and spent hours reading on the beach.

When we weren't soaking up the sun, we played card games and Bananagrams and ventured into the (very tame) downtown area for dinner.

Since we slept steps away from a quiet beach, we traded in late, hungover mornings for early alarms to watch the sunrise.

On many of these mornings, we were joined by a new friend: a retired woman who was traveling alone and missing her grandkids back home.

We enjoyed the sunrises together and watched local conservation workers on ATVs protecting hatching sea turtles as they migrated to the water.

If we were hungover on a crowded Miami Beach, we would've missed out on forming this unlikely friendship that crossed generational divides.

Throughout our trip, we spent time with many kind, older tourists and hospitality workers. Once they realized we weren't obnoxious, havoc-wreaking spring breakers, they were more than willing to share their time and stories with us.

By the time I headed home, I knew we'd made the right choice

After a week in our little slice of heaven, it was time to head back.

In our Uber to the airport at 5 a.m., our driver told us he'd come straight from a night of driving around Miami partygoers — and he had horror stories.

He told us he was surprised we'd opted for an alternative spring break, but he understood. He'd seen many arrests, sick students, and lost young people on spring break throughout his driving career.

When we boarded our plane north, we were reunited with our peers, who had the clammy, tired looks only a hangover can bring.

Reinvigorated from our week of R&R, my friends and I listened to their wild tales from Miami while exchanging knowing glances: We'd made the right choice.

Our spring break perhaps wasn't traditional for college kids, but it was just what we needed.

This story was originally published on March 11, 2024, and most recently updated on February 21, 2025.

William Shatner has been to space — both on TV and in real life — and has over 70 years of experience in the entertainment industry, but at the end of the day, the 93-year-old icon really is just like Us.

“Sometimes I’ll record something during the day [that] I want to watch at night, and by the time I’ve finished watching, it’s two o’clock in the morning,” Shatner reveals exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “I think the trick is, apparently, to get six [or] seven hours of sleep, hopefully at a regular time.”

While Shatner admits that staying up late is one of his many “bad habits,” the actor is certainly doing something right.

He received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd Annual Saturn Awards Showcase on February 2, 2025, which raised funds to benefit those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.

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“It’s an honor that I’m delighted to receive,” he told Us of the recognition. “I’ve watched with delight how the organization has grown [over the years] and for them to go back and do a lifetime achievement award, that’s great.”

Keep scrolling to see how Shatner is just like Us:

Us: When was the last time you did laundry?

Shatner: Well, I had a face cloth yesterday that I washed in the sink.

Us: What is the last thing you waited in line for?

Shatner: I don’t wait. I send people in line to wait for what I’m going to get — from coffee to gold.

Us: What is the last thing you ordered online?

Shatner: My wife, who’s not in town, ordered [me] some breakfast from one of those places that deliver breakfast. It was a frittata that was ice cold. I asked her not to order from there again.

Us: Who was the last famous person you asked to take a photo with?

Shatner: I took a picture with [former Boston Legal costar] Michael J. Fox [at the Fan Expo in New Orleans] and we had a moment. Something meaningful passed between us.

Us: What time do you wake up and go to sleep every night? How many hours of sleep do you need?

Shatner: It varies. Sometimes I’ll record something during the day [that] I want to watch at night, and by the time I’ve finished watching, it’s two o’clock in the morning. I think the trick is, apparently, to get six [or] seven hours of sleep, hopefully at a regular time.

Us: What was your first job and do you remember how much you were paid?

Shatner: My first job was an actor. I didn’t get paid for many, many years as an amateur actor in Montreal. As an adolescent, I joined a group of actors who were on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio, so there were half a dozen actors that could make some money in Montreal. I was one of them, and it continued on through high school and then university, and then I went on to other places that paid even less money. I think I was earning $30 a week. I could either eat or I could pay for the laundry. The definition of success was that I could do both.

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Us: What is one bad habit that you’re currently trying to break?

Shatner: I have so many bad habits. Staying up too late at night.

Us: What’s your family nickname?

Shatner: Papa.

With reporting by Amanda Williams

Gavin Rossdale has a bone to pick with angel hair pasta.

“Angel hair pasta can f— right off,” the rocker, 59, reveals in his My Life in Food feature in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “Angel hair pasta is literally the sign of a restaurant desperately trying to cater for clientele that doesn’t care about food. … Oh man, it annoys me.”

Rossdale — who shows off his skills in the kitchen on his new cooking show, Dinner With Gavin Rossdale, which premieres on Thursday, February 13, via Vizio on WatchFree+ — does have one food item he can’t get enough of, though: chocolate.

“I’m trying to sort my life out because me and chocolate need to sit down and figure this out between us because it’s too obsessive,” he tells Us. “Our relationship is too obsessive. We need to just lighten it up. We’re trying to take a moment apart, but it’s hard.”

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The Bush frontman had one particular obsessive moment over the holiday season where his love of chocolate got the better of him.

“I’ll sit at night, and the kids are asleep, and I’ll be online,” he recalls. “I went ahead and I spent $750 on English candy.”

For more details on his sweet shopping spree and additional stories from his Life in Food, keep scrolling:

If you had to pick a last meal on Earth, what would it be?

A really long, slow meal. I’m a sucker for bacon and eggs and french fries — long thin potatoes in oil. Chips, we call them. And then I really love white truffle, so a white truffle tagliolini with a poached egg. Then I’ve got a really crazy sweet tooth. What else could I have in there? Nothing beats a really great steak, but I don’t know. I don’t plan to be on death row.

Do you remember what you ordered on your very first date?

Well, my first partner was a really sophisticated girl called Lindsay, and so she probably would have ordered for me. She was doing well, I had no money. She was doing well modeling, and she was always so generous, and she always liked French food. So probably going out to eat some French food.

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Did you have a special dinner you would have for your birthday growing up?

Not really. England’s a bit more austere. I mean, I definitely had a couple parties when I was a kid, once at a hotel that was really fancy in London. I don’t have many pictures of my childhood, but I do have a picture of me in a really great silk shirt, and I was ready to rock. I think it was the Westbury Hotel, a super nice hotel. So that was intense, but I think we kind of peaked at that point through childhood.

Do you have a comfort food that you eat when no one is watching?

I’m trying to sort my life out because me and chocolate need to sit down and figure this out between us because it’s too obsessive. Our relationship is too obsessive. We need to just lighten it up. We’re trying to take a moment apart, but it’s hard.

[My favorite is] chocolate candy as in bars of chocolate: Galaxies, or Swiss chocolate. The English are the worst because the candy’s so good. You just want to punch yourself in the face or the stomach. It’s really weird.

I’ll sit at night, and the kids are asleep, and I’ll be online. I went ahead and I spent $750 on English candy. I was like, “You should get mindful chocolate,” and then I got a bunch of healthy chocolate. Then I was like, “Come on, we’ve got to get the Indian sweets.” I love Indian sweets, [which] are made with condensed milk. So I went on a spree of three or four Indian companies. And then I was thinking, just calm down.

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Are there any foods that you didn’t like as a kid that you like now?

I didn’t like marzipan as a kid. It shut me out of a lot of candy. There was a chocolate shop right near me and I was like, “you’ve got to try the candy. It looks so good.” But I’d be like, this is the worst thing because then you eat Christmas cake and you have to take the bit and separate it. So I tried to get into that — I didn’t, but I can do it now.

Sun-dried tomatoes are a no-go. Don’t care about them. Angel hair pasta can f— right off. Terrible. Can’t hold any sauces. The worst. I love spaghetti. Angel hair pasta is literally the sign of a restaurant desperately trying to cater for clientele that doesn’t care about food. … Angel hair pasta, oh man, it annoys me.

Do you have a favorite meal or dish you made while filming ‘Dinner With Gavin Rossdale’?

I didn’t have any kind of crazy mishaps. They all went pretty well. They all came out good. So I really enjoyed the simplicity of the flavor of the basque cheesecake because I liked grilling a cheesecake. But equally, there’s much more work.

There was loads of work that went into making Common’s meal because he’s a vegan, so that was one of the first ones we did. I did almost like a Korean mountain food tasting menu for vegans. But last minute, we found out that the jewel of the meal, which was tempura mushrooms, he didn’t like fried stuff, so we cut that last minute. And then this rice dish, but he didn’t like rice. And I was like, oh no, we had to change it to quinoa.

But I think he was too busy having a good time and stuff. I hope I fed him well enough because I was adjusting at the last minute. I don’t know if it’s quite as sexy, the quinoa, as the rice, but let’s hope so.

Dinner With Gavin Rossdale premieres on Vizio on WatchFree+ Thursday, February 13.

Gone are the days of pitting high-achieving women in the music industry against each other — today’s icons are all about uplifting one another.

From Charli XCX’s Brat Summer to Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Tour and the rise of the Midwest Princess herself, Chappell Roan, women in pop are dominating the airwaves and the culture in a way we haven’t seen since the early aughts. Yet unlike their predecessors in the noughties, these pop gals can stand in solidarity with one another as the toxic, competitive culture of the music industry has relaxed somewhat.

In the late ’90s and early 2000s, it was nearly impossible to be a successful female pop act without being compared to your peers or accused of having a rivalry with someone. From Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera to Lady Gaga vs. Katy Perry, the predominant narrative was that you had to fight your way to the top, where there was only room for one.

At a certain point, the tide began to turn, reaching a peak last summer when some of the top-selling albums — Charli XCX’s Brat, Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft and Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter — were all by women. Most importantly, women who actively support one another’s work. (Those albums, by the way, led this year’s Grammy nominations, including an all-female Best Pop Vocal Album category for the first time in history.)

“What’s so reassuring and so f—ing sick is, like, the pop girls that you and I have loved our whole lives or, like, have been f—ing stans the past two or three years … a lot of them have reached out and are, like, so supportive and girl’s girls,” Roan, who has been open about her mental health struggles in the midst of her sudden rise to superstardom, shared in a 2024 TikTok video.

Perhaps the most poignant example of all came during this year’s Grammys ceremony, during which one of the most celebrated and decorated female musicians of all time, Swift, presented another one of the most celebrated and decorated female musicians of all time, Beyoncé, with a coveted award: Country Album of the Year. With both superstars often competing for the same awards — and even having massive tours and concert films at the same time — one would think there might be some “Bad Blood” between them. But the icons demonstrated only love and support.

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Making history as the first Black woman to win that prize, Beyoncé also walked home with her first Album of the Year award and the Best Country Duo/Group Performance trophy for her duet with yet another woman in music, Miley Cyrus. (“We won, Beyoncé! … Even if it’s not you I might just say it is,” Cyrus joked from the Grammys stage while announcing the award for Record of the Year.)

Other instances of ladies spreading the love: Swift has sung Carpenter’s praises on many occasions, calling her the “pop princess of our dreams,” and last August saw Charli XCX ask Eilish to collab on a remix of her song “Guess,” which quickly broke the record for the biggest remix debut for female artists on Spotify.

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In June, Charli XCX also “worked it out on the remix” with Lorde on “Girl, So Confusing,” putting the rumors of supposed beef between the two dark-haired pop icons to bed. The song sent the internet into a frenzy thanks to its clever lyrics, which encapsulate the theme of solidarity among female artists who were once pitted against each other for clicks and profit. As the ladies sing: “People say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair / It’s you and me on the coin / The industry loves to spend.”

But in today’s age, girlhood is about coming together rather than tearing each other down. So whether you’re a Grammy-nominated singer or a woman navigating friendships in the modern day, there’s so much more power (and fun!) in sticking together.

Gloria Gaynor once was left starstruck by Mark Wahlberg — although she thought she was talking to his brother Donnie Wahlberg at first.

“My most starstruck moment was meeting Mark Wahlberg,” Gaynor, 81, reveals exclusively in her 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “He was personable and friendly, especially after he realized I mistakenly thought he was his brother Donnie Wahlberg.”

The legendary singer — whose biopic Robin Roberts Presents I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story premieres on Lifetime Saturday, February 8, at 8 p.m. ET — has rubbed elbows with more than one movie star in her decades-long career.

“Gerard Butler is the most famous person in my phone book,” she revealed to Us.

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For more fun stories from Gaynor, including her proudest career moment, keep scrolling:

1. Listening to Gospel music is my favorite way to get myself in a good mood because it reminds me of the goodness, mercy and grace of God.

2. My go-to fast food order is two [chicken] thighs, French fries, coleslaw and a biscuit from Popeyes.

3. One thing I’m excited for people to learn from my biopic is that I’m not a one-hit wonder and have recorded 20 albums.

4. My favorite song that I’ve recorded is “I Will Survive” because it blesses my audience.

5. David [Nelson] from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was my celebrity crush growing up.

6. My favorite workout is CrossFit, which entails different muscle strengthening.

7. My favorite book is More Than a Carpenter.

8. To decompress after a long day, I study the Bible. Proverbs Chapter 3, Verses 5 and 6 are my favorite passages.

9. The three singers I looked up to when I was [young] were Nancy Wilson, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.

10. The proudest moment of my career was having “I Will Survive” recognized in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in 2016.

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11. My first job was as a sales auditor at Bamberger’s Department Store.

12. The Long Kiss Goodnight is my favorite movie.

13. I collect teapots that don’t look like teapots and I have one that looks like Santa Claus.

14. Scrabble is the app I use the most. My highest score is 420.

15. My secret talent is sewing. I used to sew all of my stage clothes, and my favorite one that I made is a fuchsia, sequin crepe-backed satin gown.

16. Myrtle Beach is my favorite place to vacation. When I’m there, I love going to Aquino’s Japanese Steakhouse.

17. “Willow Weep for Me” brings back the best memories because my mom asked me to sing it at a time I didn’t even realize she knew I could sing.

18. My favorite way to spend the weekend is by ordering food and binge-watching my favorite series. Right now, I’m watching The Equalizer.

19. My most starstruck moment was meeting Mark Wahlberg. He was personable and friendly, especially after he realized I mistakenly thought he was his brother Donnie Wahlberg.

20. My first car was a Chevrolet Monza. My favorite memory is driving to my inspection and telling my husband that my car doesn’t have a stereo, boom box speakers [or] a CD player — it’s [just] a car, and takes me where I need to go!

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21. Gerard Butler is the most famous person in my phone book.

22. My favorite comfort meal is fried chicken wings, cornbread and Brussels sprouts.

23. Kissing is my favorite Valentine’s Day activity.

24. Math was my best subject in school, and my alternate profession would be a teacher.

25. The one item left on my bucket list is seeing the northern lights.

The White Lotus is headed to Thailand this year, and Coffee mate is giving fans a taste of the lush scenery and lavish lifestyle with new coffee creamers in honor of the hit HBO series.

Available in grocery stores nationwide for a limited time, Coffee mate’s The White Lotus Thai Iced Coffee Flavored Creamer and Piña Colada Flavored Creamer are priced at $4.49 each, making a perfect pairing for pick-me-up just in time for season 3 of the series, which premieres on HBO on Sunday, February 16.

In the latest edition of Us Weekly’s We Tried It, Associate Editor Nicole Massabrook and Assistant Editor Molly McGuigan taste-tested both flavors of the new creamers, and were pleasantly surprised.

Beginning with the Thai Iced Coffee flavor, Molly immediately noted, “It’s not too sweet, which I was a little worried about,” while Nicole gave some context for the Thai coffee tradition.

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“Thai coffee is typically a really strong brewed coffee with sweetened condensed milk,” she said. “It is very much just meant to complement the coffee.”

While the editors sipped on French press-brewed coffee, they noted that this flavor in particular would likely be best paired with an iced coffee — especially if fans are lucky enough to be sipping on it poolside, like the characters in the show.

Next up, Nicole and Molly approached the Piña Colada flavor with some hesitation, but ultimately favored the unique pairing.

“It definitely smells like piña colada, which had me a little fearful for the first sip because you don’t generally want to mix a piña colada into your coffee,” Nicole noted. “But this actually is a very nice complementary flavor.”

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She continued: “I will say, I’m very surprised by these. I was concerned.”

Molly agreed, sharing that while the flavor is present, “it’s definitely not overwhelming you,” and Nicole added that the creamer is definitely “coconut-forward.”

One can definitely conjure up images of the cast of season 3 — which includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Aimee Lou Wood — sipping on these flavored coffees, and Molly notes that it “sounds like they’re going to need it this season.”

Mike White, the creator, writer and director of the HBO series, teased that the third season will be “much, much darker” than the two that preceded it in a January 2025 interview with TIME.

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Sharing that this season is “dealing with these existential tropes of facing into the nothingness of self” and “Buddhist themes that have life and death and ethical aspects,” White describes season 3 as “more heavy.”

“So they’re gonna need some piña coladas,” Molly joked after reviewing the flavored coffee.

“They’re going to need several piña coladas,” Nicole added.

The White Lotus season 3 premieres on HBO and streams on Max Sunday, February 16 at 9 p.m. ET.

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There’s something about the number 7 when it comes to rising singer-songwriters Mason Ramsey and Harper Grace — including the official release date for their duet, “Live Lonely,” which Us Weekly can exclusively debut.

“I’m a big numbers girl,” Harper Grace, 23, told Us. “I’ve got a little number 7 tattoo on my arm, which is the number of completion and achievement.”

In addition to the fact that “Live Lonely” is dropping on Friday, February 7, both she and Ramsey had viral video moments at age 11 before going on to pursue music professionally when they turned 18 — seven years later.

“It’s something we’ve been able to bond over and establish more of a connection with each other, which is really nice,” Harper Grace told Us of their parallel trajectories. “I didn’t put two and two together until we had the show in Dallas where I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, Mace.’”

The duo first performed the song together at the Dallas stop of Ramsey’s tour in the fall when he surprised fans by bringing Harper Grace out on stage to debut “Live Lonely.”

It was there that Harper Grace did the math. While Ramsey, now 18, went viral at age 11 in 2018 for yodeling in the aisles of Walmart, she had her own internet moment at the same age when a video of her singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” took the internet by storm. (It was labeled “the worst national anthem ever” by ABC News.)

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At 18, Ramsey went on to release his debut album, I’ll See You in My Dreams, while Harper Grace made it to the top 50 on American Idol at that age in 2018.

Ramsey now sees his yodeling video as a completely different “era,” though.

“I look at it as two different eras,” he told Us. “You had the meme world, and then of course I went viral on TikTok for a song and all that. So I look at that as one timeline and then I start from 2023 when I did my EP. That was like, ‘Hey, I’m Mason Ramsey and I’m going in this direction.’”

He continued: “So I think just looking at it is almost two different characters, but two different timelines is how I put it.”

Ramsey and Harper Grace first connected in London, but when they met a second time at CMA Fest in 2024, they decided they wanted to try writing together. A month and a half later, “Live Lonely” was born.

“I [had] just recently broken up with my last girlfriend. We dated for about five months, and it was just a lot that was going on at the moment,” Ramsey said of his inspiration for the song. “I used it as an opportunity to write about my experience with this girl and my feelings for her.”

And then: enter Harper Grace.

“She surprised me by writing her own little piece and just kind of throwing it on there,” Ramsey added. “[It was] beautiful. I think it just added to the song and it just made it feel more like the situation I was going through all over again.”

“Live Lonely” is out everywhere Friday, February 7.

Caitlin O’Connor might just be The One for Joe Manganiello — and his elderly chihuahua, Bubbles, approves.

“We definitely have seen that Joe’s beloved rescue chihuahua, Bubbles, loves Caitlin,” an insider reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “Bubbles loves kissing Caitlin on the face and allowing Caitlin to hold her, which is pretty rare since she is protective of Joe.”

The insider continued: “Seems like she has Bubbles’ approval — which is all Joe really needed to see to seal the deal.”

Manganiello, 48, adopted the 11-year-old pup — whom he calls his “little angel” — in 2019, helping her to recover from mammary cancer. Since then, the pair have gone on various adventures around the globe.

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The Deal or No Deal Island host has since added another travel companion after he started dating O’Connor, 35, in August 2023.

“Caitlin and Joe love traveling together and just returned from St. Vincent for Christmas and Las Vegas for New Year’s Eve,” the insider revealed. “Caitlin is very supportive of Joe and traveled with him to the Banker’s Private Island for both seasons of Deal or No Deal Island. They always seem genuinely happy, in love and holding hands. … Their close friends say that Joe really loves her.”

O’Connor shared behind-the-scenes snaps from filming the NBC series with Manganiello and Bubbles, including her surprise birthday party on the island.

“This man flew in a custom Princess Jasmine tiramisu cake (?!) and opened up our favorite restaurant (while it was closed to the public) to celebrate – flying in the owner to cook and party with us,” she wrote via Instagram in January. “Just amazing. … You really surprised me.”

The pair began dating following Manganiello’s separation from Sofia Vergara in 2023. (They finalized their divorce in April 2024 after nearly eight years of marriage.). After initially bonding over their shared Pittsburgh roots, the couple went Instagram official in February 2024, when Manganiello shared a video from their “Best Valentine’s Day ever” at a Tool concert in Los Angeles.

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The year since has been filled with rock concerts, restaurant openings, sports games and Pittsburgh visits for the duo.

O’Connor gushed over the Magic Mike actor — and shared a hilarious video of him giving his best Pittsburgh accent — for his birthday in December 2024.

Calling him “my very handsome, very loyal, intelligent, genuine, fun and funny adventure buddy, protector and Bubbles’ Dada,” O’Connor highlighted his “Pittsburghese” — “I hope you love it as much as I do.”

“You’re the best!!!” Manganiello replied in the comments section.

Fans are calling out red carpet reporters at the 2025 Grammys for snubbing Babyface mid-interview in order to speak to Chappell Roan.

Video from the Associated Press’ red carpet coverage of the Los Angeles awards show on Sunday, February 2, circulated on social media following two reporters’ interview with the producer, 65. The 12-time Grammy winner was mid-sentence when he was cut off by the first reporter, Krysta Fauria, as she noticed Roan, 26, walking by.

“Chappell!” Fauria exclaimed in the video, trying to get the “Good Luck, Babe!” singer’s attention. She said her name one more time while colleague Leslie Ambriz looked on.

“You guys want to do that? Go do that,” Babyface could be seen telling the reporters when he noticed the singer behind him.

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“So sorry, Babyface. I’m so sorry,” Ambriz told him as he walked away and Roan stepped up to take his place.

Fans — including Khloé Kardashian — quickly took to social media to criticize the journalists’ slight of the legendary producer.

“This is so disrespectful how Babyface was treated in this interview,” Kardashian, 40, wrote via X. “Babyface has had such a significant impact on the music industry, in sooo many ways. Its maddening to see a LEGEND not get the respect and attention they deserve. He is a pioneer and deserves so much better than this.”

She continued: “With decades of groundbreaking work as a songwriter, producer and performer, he’s shaped the sound of multiple generations. I love you @babyface and I am a forever fan and thankful for all that you have blessed us with.”

Calling Babyface a “class act,” Kardashian concluded that “you don’t treat people like this. At least not in my eyes. There’s a way to handle this and this was wrong in my opinion.”

Other fans chimed in to share their takes on the video as well.

“Cutting off the musical icon who is babyface and taking his mic abruptly while he was speaking to talk to chappell roan is so incredibly disrespectful and rude,” one user wrote via X. “Especially during black history month.”

Another user added: “Treating THEE Babyface as if he’s some sort of random person off the street?! Wow.. Pathetic…”

Roan is up for six awards at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist for her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, and Record of the Year for her song “Good Luck, Babe!” This is her first time attending the Grammys.

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Roan is up against Benson Boone, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Khruangbin, Raye, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims for the coveted Best New Artist award.

Babyface earned his first Grammy nomination in 1989 when he earned nods for Producer of the Year and Best R&B Song for his work on Bobby Brown’s “Don’t Be Cruel.” Throughout his decades-long career, the music legend has taken home 12 total Grammys from 54 nominations, including Producer of the Year three years in a row from 1995 to 1997.

He most recently took home a Grammy for Best R&B Song for his work on SZA’s “Snooze” at last year’s awards ceremony.

Omari Hardwick has worked with some legends — he even has Denzel Washington, Snoop Dogg and Shaquille O’Neal’s numbers saved in his phone — but the Star Trek: Section 31 star says two celebrity interactions in particular have left him starstruck.

“My most starstruck moments were when Jon Voight and I literally bumped into each other and proceeded to give each other a bearhug,” Hardwick, 51, reveals exclusively in his 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “And when Unc Snoop [Dogg] decided to record a song for me for my birthday.”

The actor has also shared some fun moments with his Star Trek: Section 31 costar Michelle Yeoh. (The series is streaming now on Paramount+.)

“My favorite moment in Star Trek: Section 31 was the ballroom scene where [my character] Alok meets Emperor Philippa Georgiou [Yeoh] for the first time because the whole cast was involved,” he tells Us. “Another fun scene that didn’t make the cut was [this] scene between Michelle and I that involved a cake and a face.”

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For more fun stories from Hardwick — including his childhood celebrity crushes — keep scrolling:

1. I didn’t take any props from the Power set. Unfortunately, I didn’t even take my suits.

2. My favorite moment in Star Trek: Section 31 was the ballroom scene where [my character] Alok meets Emperor Philippa Georgiou [Michelle Yeoh] for the first time because the whole cast was involved. Another fun scene that didn’t make the cut was [this] scene between Michelle and I that involved a cake and a face.

3. My secret talent is that I can imitate Donald Duck very well.

4. The proudest moment in my career is that I’ve been able to stick to my guns of showing my diversity and not handcuffing myself to a particular type of role, which has unlocked many opportunities for me, including becoming Grammy-nominated musically.

5. My first job was a Spike Lee joint called Sucker Free City, and it was shot in 2003.

6. I have two favorite poems: Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley.

7. My dream collaborator is Robert De Niro and my dream project is [making] a groundbreaking trilogy brought to the world by [filmmaker] Zack Snyder and I.

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8. The Alchemist is my favorite book.

9. My most valuable possession is my family. My most valuable non-breathing possession is my ’71 Chevelle.

10. My first car was a ’56 Buick, hence my love of classic cars.

11. In lieu of paying homage to our beloved Los Angeles, my most starstruck moments were when Jon Voight and I literally bumped into each other and proceeded to give each other a bearhug, and when Unc Snoop [Dogg] decided to record a song for me for my birthday.

12. The most famous people I’ve been blessed to be trusted to have in my phone book are Denzel Washington, Snoop and Shaquille O’Neal.

13. The entertainers I looked up to when I was growing up were Michael Jackson and Walter Payton.

14. The TV series I’m binge-watching right now is The Bear.

15. “Popcorn Love” by New Edition is the song that brings back the best memories because my grandpa always begged me to sing it to him.

16. My favorite place to vacation is New Zealand.

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17. I never leave the house without my headphones, my glasses and an apple.

18. My older brother would say the movie I’d watch for the rest of my life is Clash of the Titans, but really it’s a tie between The Shawshank Redemption and The Empire Strikes Back.

19. Bern Nadette Stanis as Thelma and Janet Jackson as Charlene from Good Times and [singer] Vanity were my celebrity crushes when I was younger.

20. The childhood memory that makes me smile the most is when I was 11 years old and both sides of my family went to Martha’s Vineyard together.

21. My favorite way to spend the weekend is [having] time with the family, getting about two hours on the motorcycle and watching a good movie.

22. My comfort meal is chili.

23. My alternate profession would be music, but I’m already doing that, so firefighting.

24. I unwind after a hectic day by hitting the studio for a nice recording session — something about those 808s!

25. Savannah is my favorite place to hang out in Georgia.

With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton

This awards season, Laverne Cox has one movie on her mind.

“The movie I’m obsessed with right now is Maria starring Angelina Jolie,” Cox, 52, reveals exclusively in her What I’m Obsessed With feature in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “I’m an opera girl. I love opera. I love Maria Callas. I love Angelina Jolie. I love that she did her own singing. Brilliant.”

Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight, is a biopic focused on legendary opera singer Maria Callas — particularly, the seven days before her 1977 death as she reflects on her life and career.

The film premiered at Venice International Film Festival in August 2024 and hit Netflix in December 2024. While Jolie, 49, was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance, she was ultimately snubbed an Oscar nomination.

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Yet, Cox is correct: Jolie did all her own singing for the film. Her vocal coach, Eric Vetro, spoke to Us about her training last year.

“Angelina never sang at all, even avoiding singing ‘Happy Birthday’ in a group initially, [which] made it feel like a daunting task,” he said of Jolie’s journey, which included working together for over two hours at a time, several times a week for seven months. “She is a force of nature in the very best way and throws herself fully into whatever it is she is wanting to achieve, so I had no doubt at all that she would be able to pull it off. She also had developed a great love of opera and a deep respect for Maria Callas, and so I think that helped drive her dedication to getting it right.”

Keep scrolling for more of Cox’s latest obsessions, including the album she has on repeat:

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Brené Brown

“[The book I’m obsessed with is] Daring Greatly [How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead] by Brené Brown,” the Clean Slate star told Us. “I mean, really everything by Brené Brown. Her work on shame and vulnerability has changed my life and I think it’s what we all need right now.”

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When you’re a successful multihyphenate like Cox, you can’t be afraid of a little self-promo.

“‘The Laverne Cox Show’ is available everywhere you get your podcasts,” she told Us of the podcast she’s currently obsessed with.

‘Renaissance’

“Who listens to albums anymore?” Cox joked before going on to admit: “I do!”

As for the album she’s obsessed with — there’s a clear winner: “Renaissance by Beyoncé,” she said. “Because it’s Beyoncé. Oh, my God. It’s everything.”

‘Ozark’

Cox is no stranger to a rewatch of a fave.

“I just rewatched Ozark,” she said of her current TV favorite. “Obsessed!”

With reporting by Lexi Carson

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Out of the 142 episodes he shot for Party of Five, Scott Wolf says one episode in particular stands out to him.

“‘The Intervention’ [season 3, episode 20] — where the family confronts Bailey about his drinking — is my favorite Party of Five episode,” Wolf, 56, reveals exclusively in his 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “It was the most demanding and gratifying. It was written perfectly and the culmination of Bailey’s experience up until that point.”

Party of Five, which aired on Fox from 1994 to 2000, follows five siblings navigating young adulthood together after the loss of their parents. Matthew Fox, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert and Jennifer Love Hewitt costarred along with Wolf. The siblings face various struggles throughout the series, including Wolf’s character Bailey’s struggle with alcoholism.

While the show dealt with some difficult subject matter, Wolf says his latest series, Doc, has been his most challenging project thus far: “Dr. Richard Miller is an incredibly complex character,” he told Us.

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Doc — which airs on Fox on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET — follows the fictional Westside Hospital in Minneapolis, where the chief of internal medicine attempts to resume her medical career after a car accident, with the help of her colleagues, including Wolf as Miller.

For more fun facts from Wolf — including his first celebrity crush — keep scrolling:

1. My first car was a 1978 Volkswagen Dasher Wagon. My friends called it The Family Truckster from the Vacation movies. I had just gotten my license and was so eager to drive anything that I bought that piece of crap car and it was almost the end of me. I learned how to be a quasi-auto mechanic because it needed fixing all the time. It was a disaster, [but] I like to think it built character.

2. My favorite book I’ve ever read is One Hundred Years of Solitude. It really felt like you traveled through time with those characters.

3. Math was my best subject in school. I have a decent mind for math. I never loved it, but it came easier to me than most other subjects.

4. My favorite comfort meal is my wife’s chicken noodle soup. It’s homemade, delicious and arrives when you need it most.

5. “The Intervention” [season 3, episode 20] — where the family confronts Bailey about his drinking — is my favorite Party of Five episode. It was the most demanding and gratifying. It was written perfectly and the culmination of Bailey’s experience up until that point.

6. Doc is the most challenging project I’ve been a part of. Dr. Richard Miller is an incredibly complex character.

7. The trend I miss the most from the ’90s is boy bands.

8. My wedding ring is my most valuable possession — though I can’t find it. My wife knows I take it on and off for work. Anytime I’ve played a married character, I’ve worn it, and then invariably I’ll wear it on the set and someone’s like, “Go get Scott’s ring,” and it’s in someone’s pocket. So I can’t find it, but it’s 100 percent invaluable.

9. I play drums and guitar.

10. I’m really good at those puzzle books where you have to find the hidden objects.

11. My most starstruck moment was when Paul Newman came to see a play I was in at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Thank God nobody told me he was there when we did the show, but in the dressing room after, someone tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Paul Newman would like to say hello,” and I don’t remember the next few seconds. He and his wife, Joanne Woodward, were there and they were the most lovely, gracious humans and said how much they enjoyed the play and my performance, and I couldn’t put real words together. He was that kind of genius human who just didn’t want you to feel uncomfortable or starstruck, even though everyone that ever said hello to him probably was.

12. I make a mean French toast.

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13. My go-to takeout order is a McDonald’s Big Mac meal [with] large fries and a Coke.

14. I love every place I’ve gone to in Mexico. I love the food, the people and the beaches.

15. My first job was as a busboy at a pizza restaurant in my hometown. People would put their cigarettes out [on] the plates and I was picking those up. I lasted one night. Thankfully, other jobs have lasted longer.

16. I’m from New Jersey, and my reality-TV guilty pleasure show is The Real Housewives of New Jersey. It’s like going to a reunion.

17. I collect objects from places I’ve gone with my family. I love having a bowl of random shells, stones and things that you may not remember where they’re from, but they tell a story.

18. One of the most meaningful moments in my career was winning the Golden Globe [for Best Television Series — Drama] with the Party
of Five cast. I was so proud to be part of that special group of people and getting that honor was really meaningful.

19. My bucket list isn’t about outside things — it’s become about being more present.

20. To unwind, I have a glass of bourbon and find someone in the house to laugh with.

21. I really looked up to Johnny Carson growing up. He was quick-witted and funny, but also heartfelt. He seemed like the consummate entertainer.

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22. My first celebrity crush was Marcia Brady [Maureen McCormick]. I met her and told her that, and she was lovely and kind.

23. I was lucky enough to work with Jeff Bridges on White Squall, and he was as cool, funny and generous as anybody I’ve ever worked with. I would work with him again every day.

24. My alternate profession would be a lawyer or politician. I love a good argument and I suppose I have a bit of a justice bent in me. Something about the law has always intrigued me.

25. The one movie I could watch for the rest of my life is The Matrix. It feels like an experience more than a movie. It’s like a sensory world. Everytime I see it anywhere, I watch it to the end.

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Turns out Gavin Rossdale can wield more than just a guitar and a microphone — the Bush frontman is a rockstar in the kitchen as well!

“Hey, I’m Gavin Rossdale, welcome to my kitchen,” the rocker, 59, says in the trailer for his new cooking show, Dinner With Gavin Rossdale, which Us Weekly can exclusively debut.

Set against the backdrop of his Hollywood Hills home, Rossdale personally designs, cooks and serves a three-course meal for each of his celebrity guests — including Brooke Shields and Serena Williams — on the series, which premieres on February 13, 2025, via Vizio on WatchFree+.

But for Rossdale, the most important element of the show is the conversation.

“It’s not my nature to, like, pat myself on the back,” Shields, 59, reveals in the trailer. When Rossdale responds, “You’re so mean to yourself. We’ve got to work on that,” Shields jokingly changes the subject: “Can I eat some cheesecake? Jesus, are we getting into life again?”

Rossdale told Us that developing a cooking show was a full circle moment for him, as his first breakout song with Bush, “Everything Zen,” begins, “There must be something we can eat.”

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“The best part about food is that it’s a bit like music in a sense because there’s no particular competition in music or food,” he said. “I’m really happy if I can have three great new records to play, and so it’s really always about the battle itself. If I can make a really fantastic dinner for you, you can make a fantastic one for me tomorrow.”

While he doesn’t consider himself a professional chef by any means, he acknowledged he “has a bit of a knack for this.” But at the end of the day, he says “food was a secondary thing to talking to these great people.”

Among the many topics discussed with his esteemed guests was parenting children with privilege, something he and Williams, 43 — who is mom to Olympia, 7, and Adira, 17 months — could relate on.

“[My kids] have this incredible life, but it’s always a balance with how to keep the values and work for things and not expect things to happen overnight,” Rossdale — who shares sons Kingston, 18, Zuma, 16, and Apollo, 10, with ex-wife Gwen Stefani and is dad of daughter Daisy, 33, from a previous relationship — told Us. “I’m really proud of all my children, all individuals with really good values and very sweet, amenable good people.”

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In fact, his children were part of the reason he pursued the show.

“I wanted to find a way to not have to travel for work and leave my kids all the time,” he told Us. “I love traveling and I love playing. The sacrifice is that I just miss my kids horribly. … [The show] is a great lesson in being tenacious and just holding onto an idea and hoping it works. A bit like my music career, everything takes time.”

In addition to Shields and Williams, Rossdale engages in spirited conversation over dinner with Selma Blair, Tom Jones, Common and Jack McBrayer on the show.

Dinner With Gavin Rossdale premieres February 13, 2025, via Vizio on WatchFree+.

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Just like Us, British pop icon Robbie Williams can’t get enough of The Real Housewives.

“I always love the Housewives franchises,” Williams, 50, reveals exclusively in his 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “Right now, I am into The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”

While he quipped, “They all get fired,” when asked who his favorite Housewife of all time is, Williams did come up with an answer.

“Favorite Housewife of all time… Kathy Hilton doesn’t get enough airtime,” Williams dished to Us.

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For more fun facts from Williams — including why Better Man, a musical fantasy film based on his life and career in theaters now, is the movie he would watch for the rest of his life — keep scrolling:

1. I’ve given all of my awards away for two reasons: I don’t want my success to be constantly reaffirmed every day as something that happened in the past, and I also retain great cynicism when it comes to awards and awards ceremonies. You don’t get to meet the people that nominate you and figure out whether you want them to tell you if you are good or not. Let me also say I’m very grateful to be invited to the party and I’m a very sensitive person that if you don’t tell me I exist, then I don’t exist. So it’s a very interesting conundrum in the industry that I find myself in.

2. My dream collaborator is Dolly Parton.

3. The song I’m most proud of is “Angels” because it gave me my career. It is the song that exists outside of myself that means so much to lots of people. It’s like the national anthem of Robbie. I’ve written nearly a thousand songs now, and I’ve not managed to recreate that.

4. My favorite tattoo that I have is a teddy bear for my eldest daughter, Teddy.

5. I don’t drive — I never learned — and I don’t have a license.

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6. Ryan Reynolds is the most famous person in my phone book.

7. My computer is my most valuable possession.

8. I always get starstruck around comedians — like Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler and Chris Rock — and also Brad Pitt. Movie stars [have] a quality that is unusual, beguiling and magical, but at the same time means nothing. It’s so strange. And it’s not their fault.

9. I’m a good raconteur.

10. If I could watch one movie for the rest of my life, it would be Better Man, genuinely. I’m not just saying that for promo.

11. Lynda Carter and Kylie Minogue were my celebrity crushes growing up.

12. My alternate profession would be an artist, and I’ve actually got a [few] exhibitions.

13. The proudest moment of my career is that I’m still here.

14. All I do is listen to and watch podcasts. Right now, I’m back on the UFO and paranormal trail, so that’s where I get all of my entertainment needs, [including] finding out what the drones are in New Jersey.

15. Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Chuck D were the entertainers I looked up to when I was younger.

16. I love the Housewives franchise. Right now, I’m into The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Kathy Hilton doesn’t get enough airtime.

17. I collect ideas that form in my head, and then I try to draw them and make them funny.

18. The most exciting moment from my time in Take That was being No. 39 on the charts with “Promises.” It was the happiest I’ve been for the shortest amount of time.

19. I sold double glazing — which are windows in the U.K. — door-to-door for two weeks before I joined Take That.

20. The childhood memory that makes me smile is the round of applause that I got when I played the Artful Dodger when I was 12 years old. I got a standing ovation, and it made me believe that I had a future in showing off.

21. My bucket list includes building hotels, building entertainment venues and creating a university of entertainment and writing the syllabus.

22. My favorite comfort meal is sweet and sour chicken or pork Chinese [food].

23. I can’t leave the house without my phone, Mac [laptop] and sunglasses.

24. I’m an introvert and don’t do parties unless I’m paid to or I have to promote something.

25. My favorite place to vacation is Mustique.

With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton