Rita Moreno 'Probably Would Have Left' Her 'Controlling' Late Husband If Not for Their Daughter (Exclusive)

Rita Moreno and daughter Fernanda Luisa Gordon, April 2021.Photo: Chris Pizzello-Pool/GettyRita Morenois reflecting on past relationships and the lessons she learned.Before speaking at a live panel held at the Dotdash Meredith offices in New York City Wednesday, Moreno, 92, told PEOPLE she “probably” would’ve left her “very controlling” late husband,Leonard Gordon.Moreno and Gordon were married from 1965 until his death in 2010, and she hasn’t remarried since.“Things began to get very tense....

March 15, 2025 · 7 min · 1425 words · Angelica Medina

Rita Moreno Hopes to Celebrate 92nd Birthday with Two or Three Parties: It's 'a Very Big Deal' (Exclusive)

Rita Moreno.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Rita Morenois ready to let loose for a special occasion. TheEGOT winner, who turns 92 on Dec. 11, tells PEOPLE she is considering having multiple birthday celebrations. But the festivities are not out of vanity — Moreno says her new home simply can’t hold the number of invitees she’d like to host. “Here’s the problem now: I have a condo that I absolutely adore. It’s beautiful, but it won’t hold all of the people that I have for my birthday, because I always have fabulous birthdays,” says theWest Side Storyactress, who recently moved froma private home in California’s Berkeley Hillsarea to a condominium building....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 505 words · Tiffany Waller

River Phoenix's Mom, Sister Pay Tribute to Late Actor on His Birthday: 'He Remains a Guiding Light'

River Phoenix in 1988.Photo: George Rose/Getty River Phoenix’s family members are remembering him on what would’ve been his 52nd birthday. On Tuesday, the late actor’s mother Arlyn “Heart” Phoenix shared a throwbackblack-and-white photoof herself and River alongside a heartfelt caption that began, “On August 23, 1970, at 12:03 PM in a little town called Madras in Oregon, I became a mother.” She continued, “52 years ago I experienced a LOVE beyond all of my understanding which transformed my life and multiplied in and out of my being....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 493 words · Rebecca Torres

Robert Irwin Hopes to Keep Late Father Steve Irwin's Legacy Alive by Living 'Every Day to the Fullest'

Steve Irwin (left) and Robert Irwin.Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Marc Grimwade/WireImage Robert Irwinis continuing to follow in his late dadSteve Irwin’s footsteps — and hoping to make him proud along the way. In a recent conversation withE! News, the 18-year-old conservationist opened up about his late father’s legacy and what parts continue to inspire his life today. “I thinkwhat dad really showed the worldwas, of course, to have that appreciation for the natural world and to treat every living being on this planet as you would wish to be treated,” he said....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Melissa Bernard

Robert Irwin Shares ‘Special’ Earliest Memory of Late Dad Steve: Eating Early Morning Ice Cream on His Motorbike

Robert Irwin; Steve Irwin.Photo:Don Arnold/WireImage; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Don Arnold/WireImage; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Robert Irwinis remembering his dad. “Every morning, it didn’t matter rain, hail or shine, he’d load upBindi [Irwin, Robert’s sister] and I on the front of his motorbike and we’d go rip around the Zoo and get ice cream," Robert said. He continued, “So I just remember being on the front of the motorbike covered in ice creamjust loving life....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Kevin Page

Robert Pattinson Recalls 'Very Sweet Moment' He Met Fiancée Suki Waterhouse at at a Starry House Party

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse in Los Angeles on Oct. 21, 2023.Photo:Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty It was love at first bite forRobert PattinsonandSuki Waterhouse. “She was sitting opposite me,” said Pattinson, 38, of Waterhouse, 32, whomhe got engaged toin December 2023 afterfive years of dating. They shareone child: a daughter, born in March. “Suki and I kept making each other laugh, to the point where someone told us we weren’t taking the game seriously enough," he continued of their first meeting....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Jeff Franco

Robert Ri'chard Says He's Never Watched Any of the Shows and Movies He Was in Back in the Day (Exclusive)

Robert Ri’chard.Photo:Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic Robert Ri’chard prefers to leave his acting work for the fans to enjoy. “I’ve never seen anything that I’ve done,” he admits. “I’ve never seenCoach Carter, notCousin Skeeter, notOne on One.” Explaining why, he says: “I’m just in it for the love. Yeah. The face that I get from people saying, ‘I watch your show. Popcorn, the theater, chocolate, the television, the lights off....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Michael Williams

Robyn Lively Had 'the Best Time' Working with Husband Bart Johnson on 'Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters'

Photo: Noam Galai/WireImage “I can’t imagine doing that role without having those maternal instincts and having those experiences,” the mom of three and sister toBlake Lively, 50, tells PEOPLE. “The take on the role would be so different. I think it’s a crucial element to the role understand this kind of dynamic.” Lively and Johnson, 51, star as parents of a recent college grad who decides that instead of taking a job with dad, she wants to work for a mission in Africa with her fiancé who she’s known for seven months....

March 15, 2025 · 4 min · 752 words · Kristen Moore

Rogue Wave Kills Passenger, Injures 4 on Antarctic Cruise Ship: 'We Wondered if We Hit an Iceberg'

Photo: ALEXIS DELELISI/AFP via Getty One person is dead and four others were injured after a rogue wave crashed into a Antarctic cruise ship on Tuesday. The incident happened on theViking Polarisas it was sailing toward Ushuaia, Argentina, at the southernmost tip of the continent during a voyage to Antarctica, according to a statement on thecompany’s website. Suzie Gooding, a North Carolina woman who was on the cruise, told local news station WRAL that they felt the impact of the huge wave on the ship....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Donald Jones DVM

Ron DeSantis' Campaign Ad Says He Was Sent by God to 'Take the Arrows'

It continues, “God said, ‘I need somebody who will take the arrows, stand firm in the wake of unrelenting attacks, look a mother in the eyes and tell her that her childwillbe in school…'” The ad never says DeSantis’ name out loud, but includes a montage of his public and private life. Former President Donald Trump, stumping in Pennsylvania ahead of the midterms, mocked the Florida governor and his much buzzed-about future presidential rival as “Ron DeSanctimonious” after the ad aired....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Rebecca Martinez

Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels Is Getting Vulnerable About His Mental Health: 'It's a Sign of Strength' (Exclusive)

DMC.Photo:Noam Galai/Getty Noam Galai/Getty Run-DMCwas one of the highest-selling hip-hop groups of the ’80s, butDarryl “DMC” McDanielscouldn’t cope with the fame at that time. In Run-DMC’s newly-released Peacock documentary,Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story, DMC opens up about struggling with celebrity, dealing with substance abuse and being on the brink of taking his own life. Speaking to PEOPLE about why he wanted to go public with his mental health struggles, DMC, 59, says that showing fans that he’s vulnerable “isn’t a sign of weakness....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Jason Maddox

RustArmorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Halyna Hutchins

Hannah Gutierrez Reedhas been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. After less than three hours of deliberations, a jury at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico, found that the 26-year-oldRustarmorer was liable, in part, for theon-set fatal shootingof cinematographerHalyna Hutchins. Gutierrez Reed was acquitted of a separate charge of tampering with evidence. In her closing argument on Wednesday, prosecutor Kari Morrissey said, “The astonishing lack of diligence with regard to gun safety is without question a significant cause of the death of Halyna Hutchins,“per ABC News....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 594 words · James Johnson

Ruth Buzzi Jokes About Riding in an ATV and 'Day Drinking' Less Than 2 Months After Strokes

Ruth Buzziis still making jokes. “That’s a Corona Premier in my hand at our neighbors' (Jack and Juanita Bragg’s) ranch,” she continued. “And shoot… I was going on 18 hours of sobriety.” “Still a couple of hours until wine-thirty,” she added. “Oh, well, Que-Syrah, Syrah.” facebook Last month, Buzzi gave her fans afunny and uplifting updateon her health. Alongside a picture of her and her cat, she wrote on Twitter, “Some people have strokes of luck; I had the other kind....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Dawn Johnson