Erin Strecker

Milo Ventimiglia won generations of hearts playing fan favorite characters on shows like This Is Us and Gilmore Girls. With his new partnership with financial services firm Edward Jones, the actor — and new dad! — tells Us all about the money advice he’s learned along the way. These days, he says, it’s all about […]

Swimsuit. Talent. Pratfalls. Sandra Bullock nailed every category in the Dec. 14, 2000, comedy Miss Congeniality, about a scrappy fed who infiltrates a beauty pageant. The inspiration? An Ellen DeGeneres interview, cowriter Marc Lawrence recalls to Us. “They asked her what the most difficult part [of hosting the Emmys] was going to be, and she […]

Milo Ventimiglia can’t believe Gilmore Girls has endured for over 25 years — but he has some idea why the iconic dramedy, which premiered October 5, 2000, remains so popular. “I think that show in particular is just evergreen,” he exclusively told Us. “The writing on it, it’s the same today. I think just the […]

Not only is Ego Nwodim a talented actress and comedian, but she also has another skill to add to her resume — one that’s especially useful during the holiday season. “I think I am good at picking out gifts for friends, because I’ll listen intently to someone speak,” Nwodim, 37, exclusively told Us Weekly on […]

Erin and Ben Napier, stars of HGTV’s Home Town, are giving Us Weekly an exclusive look into the show’s tenth season. “We’re almost finished filming this season, and it’ll start airing in January,” Ben, 42, told Us on November 7. “There are some really cool episodes coming up. We’re going to be doing the maternity […]

Home Town stars Ben and Erin Napier love the holidays — and their favorite traditions may give you an idea for your family. After musing about what their daughters, Helen, 7, and Mae, 4, will remember about the holidays, Ben shared his current favorite family holiday activity: riding around in a car looking at Christmas lights. […]

To infinity and beyond! Toy Story, the first fully computer-generated full-length film as well as the first movie from upstart studio Pixar, flew in on terillium carbonic alloy space wings on Nov. 22, 1995. “A lot of people think these movies just come out fully formed,” Pete Docter, then a barely-out-of-college animation supervisor for the […]

Boxing powerhouse Christy Martin is opening up about her initial reactions to seeing actor Ben Foster fully in character on the set of her biopic, Christy. “I basically freaked out, and I told them, ‘Do not let that man near me,’” Martin, 57, shared during an exclusive interview with Us Weekly on Wednesday, November 5. “We were never in the same area during the […]

To Kathy Griffin’s great surprise, she’s a new award winner. “I’m so used to being a bit of a rebel outsider in Hollywood,” she tells Us of her recent honor from the cancer charity WeSpark. “They gave me an award, and it’s about resilience. I’m laughing because now I’m the face of resilience because I’ve […]

Legendary chef and former television host Rachael Ray exclusively shared with Us Weekly why she prefers living in Tuscany over the Big Apple as of late. “My husband [John Cusimano] loves being in New York. And I tell him, ‘Hey, go as often as you like, stay as long as you want.’ I come to […]

Adam Lambert is opening up about his queer identity and the people who helped him become the outspoken LGBTGQ+ advocate he is today. “I come from a household of very opinionated people,” Lambert, 43, exclusively told Us Weekly on September 27 while attending the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park. “My brother’s opinionated, I’m opinionated, […]

It’s been 25 years since the world was first introduced to Gilmore Girls and its fast-talking, coffee-stalking mother and daughter — but you wouldn’t know it given the passion of old fans and the slew of eager new ones. Within an hour of my September arrival at the A Weekend in the Life convention in […]

Selma Blair is nothing but iconic thanks to her roles in films like Cruel Intentions and Legally Blonde — but her 14-year-old son, Arthur, has a bit of a different opinion. On Instagram, Blair recently shared that her son had recently watched 1999’s Cruel Intentions, where she portrays the devious Cecile, for the first time. […]

Luca Guadagnino‘s anticipated After the Hunt was the premiere movie at the New York Film Festival Friday, September 26. Following a screening of the psychological thriller, which stars Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri, there was a panel discussion about the controversial movie. During the Q&A an audience member asked Edebiri, 29, about a […]

Selma Blair may be best known for starring in classics like Cruel Intentions and Legally Blonde, but she’s recently added another impressive gig to her résumé. The actress just teamed up with the doctor-developed Australian cosmeceutical skincare brand ESK to launch their latest product, Ultimate A Gold. The night cream is infused with clinically-backed agents […]

When it comes to fighting illness, your friend group is critical. And for Clea Shearer, that crucial support during her breast cancer diagnosis in 2022 came from longtime pal Christina Applegate. “Christina has been my friend for a very, very long time,” Shearer, cofounder of The Home Edit, tells Us Weekly. “I’ve known [her] forever, […]

For more than three decades, Andrea Bocelli has captivated audiences with his soaring voice. But beyond the concert halls, the acclaimed singer is just as passionate about quiet family life. In a new documentary, Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe (in theaters September 21), fans will get to see him not just as an artist, but […]

Katherine Schwarzenegger is always trying to be the best parent she can be to her three children, and that starts with getting “back to the roots” of how she grew up in the ’90s. “I would say storytime is a really great part of our parenting journey,” Schwarzenegger, 35, exclusively told Us Weekly of her […]

Late Night host David Letterman had already put on a suit covered in Alka-Seltzers and lowered himself into a vat of water. Really, how do you top that? On September 18, 1985, he debuted a future classic, the Top Ten List. (The surprisingly mundane topic? “Top Ten Words That Almost Rhyme with ‘Peas.’”) Working in […]

Wendell Pierce thinks he made the right call by not reaching out to Laurence Fishburne ahead of playing Perry White in the new Superman movie. “I didn’t want to be influenced by anyone else,” Pierce, 61, exclusively told Us Weekly while attending Shakespeare in the Park last month. “I watched it. I had seen it. […]

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale earns 3 stars (out of 4) from Us Weekly’s Erin Strecker. After six seasons and two films, this period gem has reached the 1930s — but not much else has changed at Downton since the show began: There is still the upstairs/downstairs divide; Robert (Hugh Bonneville) longs for the good […]