TEEN SUICIDE TEXTING TRAGEDY

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April 4,
2022

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Wi te
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Royal Tour
Controversy
FACING PROTESTS, THE COUPLE MUST
NAVIGATE A CHANGING WORLD
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April 4, 2022

‘I may
suit up
‘The Kim one isn’t a
for the
tattoo. It’s actually XFL and
a branding. . . . show
He wanted to do
something that was those
really different’ guys
—KIM
KARDASHIAN, how it’s
on boyfriend Pete
Davidson branding her
done’
name on his body, on the —DWAYNE
Ellen DeGeneres Show JOHNSON,
on the possibility
of playing
football in the
league he owns,
to USA Today

‘Me and my
girlfriend read
East of Eden
out loud, like
cover to cover.
She had never
read it before,
and it’s kind of
like my Bible’
—KRISTEN
STEWART,
on sharing her love
of John Steinbeck’s
classic 1952 novel
with fiancée
Dylan Meyer, on
Entertainment
Weekly’s The
Awardist podcast
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‘All of
Meryl
Streep’s ‘More
parts’ walks,
—RITA
MORENO, less
on the roles she
still wants to
internet’
play, to People —TREVOR
NOAH,
on things
he wishes
he’d done
in life,
‘I don’t think I would’ve on Twitter
adopted if it hadn’t
been for Joel. Having
a stable relationship in
that moment was really
important’
—HODA KOTB,
on her ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman
influencing her decision to adopt,
to Good Housekeeping

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The Met Gala announces its hosts

Regina King, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Blake Lively and
Ryan Reynolds will cochair fashion’s biggest night in May.
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children’s
book
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kid, I had a busy
brain with a
million ideas and

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the mom of three dumped finalists Gabby Windey (left) and
said of Busy Rachel Recchia in Iceland, but on this summer’s
Betty. installment of The Bachelorette, both ladies will seek
love—a first for a full season of the franchise.

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On the
Cover
40
Prince William &
Kate Middleton
15
Sandra Bullock
46
Teen Suicide
Texting Tragedy

This Week
15
62 Wanda Sykes Scoop
The 2022 Oscars cohost on life, Sandra Bullock steps
love and comedy. away from acting, Tiger
Woods plots his return to
golf, and Kelly Rowland
reunites with her dad
46
Remembering
Conrad Roy
A new TV series forces
his parents to confront
the pain of losing their
son to suicide—and
the girlfriend who urged
him to take his life
50
Joshua Bassett

40
The pop star reveals how
he’s found peace after
childhood abuse and a
near-fatal health crisis
58 Daniel Radcliffe 54
From Harry Potter to The Lost City, Maren Morris
the actor is enjoying the ride. The country star talks
marriage, motherhood Prince William
and her hopes to make
Nashville more inclusive Also in and Princess Kate
This Issue face controversy
64
Anne Tyler as they embark on
3 CHATTER
Still a writer to be their royal tour of
reckoned with at 80, the 8 STAR TRACKS
the Caribbean.
beloved novelist looks 15 SCOOP
back—and ahead 27 PASSAGES
68 29 STORIES TO
Michael Bublé MAKE YOU SMILE
The Canadian crooner
opens up about life—
33 PEOPLE PICKS
and baby No. 4! 78 HOME
70 81 STYLE
Alissa Zingman 83 FOOD
After years of pain, the 86 PUZZLER ON THE COVER
doctor devised a Photographs by
74 Grammy Insider treatment for her own 87 SECOND LOOK
Chris Jackson/
Doja Cat and more stars are ready rare disease. Now she’s 88 ONE LAST Getty Images(2).
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 BEACH
READY
Costa Rica,
March 18
While enjoying
a vacation with
friends, Zac Efron
showed off his
physique as he
went on a shirtless
run by the sea.

MOM-TO-BE
Los Angeles,
March 15
Pregnant and as
stylish as ever,
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Rihanna took a
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Target. “I like it.

I’m enjoying it,”
she told People
last month of
dressing up while
expecting.
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SETTER
London,
March 17
Actor Oscar Isaac
sported a Thom
Browne kilt
for the premiere
of Marvel’s Moon
Knight at the
British Museum.

QUEEN OF COUNTRY
Austin, March 18
Dolly Parton regaled a Texas crowd with
hits including “9 to 5” at the
annual South by Southwest festival.

FAMILY
BOND
Los Angeles,
March 19
Tennis legends
Serena and Venus
Williams joined
Will Smith, who
played their dad,
Richard Williams,
in King Richard,
at the Producers
Guild Awards.

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 Ben Stiller and wife Christine
Taylor—who reconciled during the
pandemic after announcing plans
to split in 2017—attended a tennis
match at the BNP Paribas Open in
Indian Wells, Calif., on March 17.

CUTE
COUPLES

After five years

together Jonathan
Bennett (right) and
Jaymes Vaughan
wed in a ceremony
at the Unico Riviera
Maya Hotel in
Mexico that
featured white
roses, a black-and-
white color scheme
and 104 loved ones.
“It was honestly a
Ewan McGregor dream wedding!”
and girlfriend the Mean Girls actor
Mary Elizabeth said. Added
Winstead Vaughan, a TV host,
matched in black of the March 19
at the 33rd event, “I got to
Producers Guild marry my
Awards at best friend!”
Fairmont
Century Plaza in
Los Angeles on
March 19.

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PRETTY
POP-UP
Los Angeles,
March 18
Yara Shahidi
stopped by
the Miss Dior
Millefiori
Garden party,
Ambulance star Jake Gyllenhaal and
where flowers
girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu exchanged
and perfume
sweet smiles at the Paris premiere of
created a fragrant
the action film on March 20.
experience.

MILEY
BRINGS THE
BLUES
Santiago,
Chile,
March 19
Miley Cyrus
delivered an
energetic
performance at
WEDDING Lollapalooza Chile
that included
E XC LU S I V E hits “Party in
the U.S.A.” and
“Wrecking Ball.”

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 Lady Gaga and her mom,
Cynthia Germanotta,
beamed with pride at
the New York Film Singer Blackbear and partner
Critics Circle awards Michele Maturo celebrated
ceremony, where the their latest addition with a
House of Gucci star took family photo, featuring son

FAMOUS
home the Best Actress Midnight Thomas, 2, and baby
honor, in New York City boy Morrissey Onyx, born
on March 16. March 12. “We did not know

FAMILIES
our hearts could expand this
much,” the couple said.

“ ’Twas a wild weekend,” John

Legend captioned a March 21
Instagram selfie with daughter
Luna, 5, and son Miles, 3.

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Go, Broncos! On March 16 the Denver Broncos

introduced Russell Wilson as the team’s
new quarterback at the training center in
Englewood, Colo. Wife Ciara and their kids—son
Win, 20 months, daughter Sienna, 4, and son
Future Zahir, 7, whom the singer shares with
ex Future—stood by in support.

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HUMP DAY OFF

Henry Winkler took a break
from filming Chanshi in Israel
to tour the area via camel.
“You know what they say ::::
When in Rome (or Israel),”
the actor wrote on
Twitter March 11.

StyleTracks ‘I LOVE SELF-

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EXPRESSION
THROUGH
CLOTHING’
The Tick, Tick … Boom! Oscar nominee gets our vote for best dressed —ANDREW
GARFIELD
this week with these cool looks styled by Warren Alfie Baker
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March 6 March 9 March 11 March 15 March 16 March 19

The Film Worn to the Costume “We like to play Garfield and Baker “fell Baker dressed For the Producers
Independent Spirit Designers Guild with different tones in love” with this pastel the actor in Guild Awards,
Awards, a daytime Awards, this custom of the same color,” blue Paul Smith suit and a Richard they chose a Brioni
event, called for Saint Laurent look’s Baker says of this opted to keep his outfit James suit with outfit. “The mix of
“something colorful,” subtle details are “just head-to-toe Gucci monochromatic with a “vintage flair” velvet colors just
says Baker of this enough to make you look at the AFI a matching shirt for this for a visit to Jimmy felt effortlessly
Valentino ensemble. take notice,” Baker says. Awards Luncheon. Film Independent event. Kimmel Live! chic,” says Baker.

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FROM LEFT: KARWAI TANG/WIREIMAGE; KIMBERLY FRENCH
Her New Master Plan
“I’m not retiring, just
going to not spend time in
front of the camera for a
while,” Bullock (in 2018)
tells People. “I have
beautiful babies. I’d rather
look at them.” Inset (from
left): Brad Pitt, Bullock
and Tatum in The Lost City.
Stepping Away
From Acting
Sandra’s
Bold Move
After an especially busy few years of
acting and producing, Sandra Bul-
lock is taking a break from work to
focus on her family. The actress
recently told Entertainment Tonight
that the acting hiatus stems from
her desire to maximize time with
her kids Louis, 12, and Laila, 10,
whom she’s raising with her long-
time photographer boyfriend Bryan
Randall. “I need to be in the place
that makes me happiest,” Bullock,
57, said. “I take my job very seri-
ously when I’m at work. It’s 24/7,
and I just want to be 24/7 with my
babies and my family.”
Bullock’s time off will commence
after she finishes promoting her
adventure comedy The Lost City
(in theaters March 25; see review on
page 35), costarring Channing
Tatum and Daniel Radcliffe. (She
also has a role in the upcoming
ensemble comedy Bullet Train.)
“We don’t know how long or how
short, but that’s where I’m gonna be
for a while,” she added. The Oscar
winner’s current home base is Los
Angeles, where her daughter Laila
happened to attend school with
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 Scoop SANDRA’S MOVIE MILESTONES

$350 Million
Speed (1994)
Bullock’s breakthrough role was
opposite Keanu Reeves in the
hugely successful action drama.
n n illion
$2 13 Millio $317 Millio $309 M
Miss Congeniality (2000) The Proposal (2009) The Blind Side (2009)
She charmed audiences as Bullock’s chemistry with costar Her performance in this drama
a cop working undercover Ryan Reynolds helped make this based on a true story earned
in a beauty pageant. one of her biggest hits. Bullock a Best Actress Oscar.

Tatum’s 8-year-old daughter Everly (with his ex Bullock’s and executive producer. “She is very nice and
Jenna Dewan). Bullock recently told People that personable and puts you at ease very quickly,”
their girls didn’t get along very well when they
Career he says. “I think she’s aware of the effect she has
first met. “Channing and I were getting called by by the on people, so she’s very good at sort of diffusing
the principal of our preschool because our Numbers them and making everything normal.”
daughters were at each other’s throats,” she Viola Davis, Bullock’s costar in The Unforgiv-
said. “It’s not the case anymore, but, like, one of
them was trying to outdo the other one and take
the other one down. It was hilarious.”
$4.4 BILLION
Money her movies
able, echoed the sentiment in a People interview
last fall, calling Bullock “the ultimate collabora-
tor” and adding: “She knows that the responsi-
have earned worldwide
Laila and Everly are now besties, especially bility of being a leader is to set a tone of respect

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after spending time together with Bullock and and to honor everyone’s talent and the fact that
Tatum in the Dominican Republic on the Lost everybody’s taken time out away from their
City set. “We had a month for them to be quar- families. Kindness and authenticity and com-
Starring roles in
antined while we were filming, and it was a feature films passion go a long way.” Despite being held in
lovefest,” says Bullock. “Sleepovers with [the high esteem by her peers, Bullock is just “the

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girls] in my bed.” Lost City costar Daniel Rad- mom” to her kids. “When I’m gone, I’m missed.
cliffe (see feature on page 58) praised Bullock When I’m there, I’m annoying,” she says. “And
for making life on location fun, even though he that’s exactly the way it should be.”

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says he was initially intimidated by his costar and producer credits —With reporting by Mary Park

Tiger Woods Eyes Return to Golf

Just over a year after he was sidelined by to focus through terrible pain,” the source
a serious car accident, Tiger Woods, 46, says. “And now that the pain is mostly
is making significant strides in his faded, that focus is still there. He’s really
recovery—and plotting a triumphant working on the sport.” Looking ahead, the
return to golf. A source close to the athlete newly minted World Golf Hall of Famer
says that as Woods’s pain from injuries has set his sights on another goal: winning
sustained in the February 2021 crash the Masters Tournament in April 2023. By
decreases, he’s been regaining his strength then he would be 47, and he’d replace Jack
on the links. “Tiger was known for his focus Nicklaus, who was 46 when he won in
Te a m Wo o d s before, but now he’s learned 1986, as the oldest champion. “That’s
The sports star the newest record he’s going for, and he’ll
was inducted into
stop at nothing to accomplish it,” the
the Hall of Fame in
March, with (from source says. “He’s going to be a force when
left) kids Sam, 14, he returns to the game.” — W i t h
and Charlie, 13, reporting by Steve Helling
and girlfriend
Erica Herman, 38,
by his side.

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HEART
MONITOR

Engaged
Zawe Ashton
& To m H i d d l e s t o n
The Velvet Buzzsaw actress, 37,
and the Loki actor, 41, are
engaged, People confirms.
The British pair began dating
after they played a married
couple in the Broadway revival
of Betrayal in 2019.

Plus Ones
Ant Anstead & Renée Zellweger
The Celebrity IOU: Joyride star, 43, and the Oscar
winner, 52, shared a smooch in a March 17 Instagram
from a pal’s wedding. The pair began dating last
June after meeting on the set of his discovery+ show.

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Stepping Out
S h a i l e n e Wo o d l e y &
Aaron Rodgers
The actress, 30,
and the NFL star, 38, are
spending more time
Separating together after ending
their engagement. On
To m S c h w a r t z & K a t i e M a l o n e y March 19 they “were very
After 12 years together (and two as husband and wife), affectionate” during an
Vanderpump Rules stars Schwartz, 39, and Maloney, 35, outing at Demetria
announced their split on March 15. “I love being Winery in Los Olivos,
with him, but ultimately I was just not fulfilled,” Calif., a source says.
Maloney said on her You’re Gonna Love Me podcast.

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Cole Sprouse With Lana

on Love and
Condor in
Moonshot,
premiering
March 31 on

Space Travel
HBO Max.

In the new sci-fi romance

Moonshot, Cole Sprouse’s
character realizes his dream of
traveling to space. As a kid,
Sprouse had a similar fantasy, but With Adam Sandler,
his costar in 1999’s
the Riverdale star, 29, has grown Big Daddy, in 2019.
up a lot since his days playing
Ross’s son Ben on Friends.
Do you still want to months. We were
travel to space? ‘I FEEL LIKE sending handwrit-
The thought of float- I’VE FINALLY GOT ten letters, which
ing around in space
EVERYTHING
TOGETHER IN now seems archaic.
doesn’t hit the same A WAY’ Have you kept in
way it did as a child. —ON TURNING 30 touch with your
What attracted Big Daddy costar
you to Moonshot? It’s a nice Adam Sandler? I saw him at
way to ease my audience into the Uncut Gems premiere [in
narratives in film until I can 2019], and we talked for like an
Viewing carve out more space within hour. I really admire his career.
Habits the film world post-Riverdale He’s got a wonderful balance
“Not to
while not pulling away from between art and commerce.
completely out
myself as an the things people have come How do you feel about
anime dork, but to love about my career. turning 30 in August? I’m
I watch a lot of How far would you be will- very excited. My [twin] brother
that,” Sprouse ing to go for love? When I [Dylan] and I have a really fun
says of his
current binge. was 22, I was in a long-distance little party planned.
relationship for about six —DANA ROSE FALCONE

Kelly Rowland’s Reunion With Dad

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Kelly Rowland is opening up about how she began healing her relationship with
her father, Christopher Lovett, in 2014, after nearly three decades of estrange-
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ment. The singer, 41, was around 8 when her parents split, and she “had all of
those feelings of abandonment” from not seeing her dad, she said during a joint
March 15 interview with Lovett on Today. Her resentment grew as her career
exploded with Destiny’s Child, but she softened after she and husband Tim
Weatherspoon welcomed their first son, Titan, in 2014 (they’re also parents to
Noah, 1). Then, when her mom, Doris, died three weeks
later, “I said, ‘I really need to know him,’ ” Rowland recalled.
She set up a meeting with her dad—who called their reunion
“a dream”—in Atlanta, and they spent two hours reconnect-
ing. “I had to give my dad grace,” said Rowland.
“Forgiveness is always right there.” — B R I A N N E T R A C Y Rowland
and her dad
in a 2020
Instagram.

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Kevin & Danielle Jonas

Parenthood & a
New Passion Project
During 12 years of marriage
Kevin and Danielle Jonas have
experienced a lot together, in-
cluding world tours, reality TV
and parenthood. (They share
two daughters.) And
now the Jonas Broth-
ers singer, 34, and his
jewelry entrepreneur
wife, 35, are breaking
into something new:
On March 29 they’re
releasing a children’s
Keeping Up book, There’s a Rock
With the Concert in My Bedroom,
Jonases inspired by how their oldest,
“They’re reserved Alena, 8, has dealt with stage
in public but fright. “We wanted to make
very silly at home,”
Danielle (with sure there was something kids
Kevin in 2019) says and parents could take away,”
of their daughters Kevin says of basing the book
(inset, in a 2021 on a “huge dance party” they
Instagram photo).
once held for Alena to calm her
nerves before a dance recital.
As he prepares for a
Las Vegas residency with
his brothers Nick and Joe in
June, Kevin is relishing home
life. During the last
tour he and Danielle
“talked on the phone
so much that people
called me KT&T,”
Kevin says. All three
brothers are girl dads
now (Nick and wife
Priyanka Chopra
Jonas welcomed a daughter
in January, while Joe and wife
Sophie Turner have 1-year-old
Willa), and Danielle is looking
forward to more bonding time:
“Knowing we would be there
for each other—it’s good to
have that support.”
—BRIANNE TRACY

Ellen Prepares to Say Goodbye

It’s the final countdown! Nearly two DeGeneres’s wife, Portia de Rossi.
decades after Ellen DeGeneres It’s a wrap that’s been in the works
began hosting her long-running talk since May 2021, when DeGeneres
show, the 64-year-old Emmy winner announced that season 19 would be
is ending this career chapter. the show’s last. “When you’re a Michelle Obama
On March 16 the series—which creative person, you constantly need
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has welcomed more than 4,000 to be challenged—and as great as

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guests and distributed this show is and as fun as it

nearly a half-billion dollars ‘THIS SHOW is, it’s just not a challenge
in giveaways—revealed HAS BEEN THE anymore,” she told The
that its final episode will air GREATEST Hollywood Reporter at the
on May 26. But expect
EXPERIENCE time. The preceding
OF MY LIFE’
more laughter than tears in —ELLEN August, accusations of a Diane Keaton
the run-up to the finale. DEGENERES toxic workplace had
In its last weeks, The Ellen surfaced, tarnishing
DeGeneres Show will welcome back DeGeneres’s image. “I learned that
favorite guests, including former things happened here that never
First Lady Michelle Obama, Jennifer should have happened,” she told
Garner, Channing Tatum, Serena viewers amid the controversy. Now,
Williams, Zac Efron, Adam Levine, as she departs daytime, DeGeneres
Gwen Stefani, David Letterman, is rewarding staffers with finale
Diane Keaton, Kim Kardashian and bonuses. — E M I L Y S T R O H M Adam Levine

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Chace Crawford and Jensen Ackles (The Boys); attendees partied outside; guests chose to enter the party through the Vought Land castle or the
Big Grrrls tunnel
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Gabrielle
Union
Celebrates
Her Blended
Family
After marrying former NBA star Mom Life
Dwyane Wade in 2014, Gabrielle Top: Union
Union, 49, became a stepmom to with Wade, Zaya
and Kaavia on
his three children (Xavier, 8, Zaya, March 16; Right:
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14, and Zaire, 20). She’s using what with Cheaper by the
she’s learned in real life for her role
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Dozen costar Zach

in the new Disney+ comedy
Cheaper by the Dozen, in which
she and Zach Braff play parents in a
blended family of 12. Union tells People (the
TV show!)’s Segun Oduolowu she’s proud
of the multiracial remake of the 2003 Steve
Martin film. “We don’t always get to see
different kinds of families celebrated, and we
wanted to address that. It was time.”
Are you Gabrielle or Mom to
the kids?
I call my stepmother by her first name, so
Braff and their
on-screen kids.
using the same logic, I was like, “Call me that was work. Now she thinks work
what my family calls me.” My family calls is me in our study on Zooms.
me Nickie [a shortened form of her Who’s more romantic—you or
middle name, Monique], so that’s what Dwyane?
the kids call me. It’s him. It’s not even close. For Valentine’s
Does your youngest daughter, Day he rented out this riding arena in
Kaavia, 3, understand your career? Utah—it was just six of us—and had roses
She was on the set of L.A.’s Finest until everywhere and my favorite foods, all the
she was 1, but she was a little young to get pork products. I was in hog heaven.

Wendy Williams Shares Health Update

and Plots Return to TV
Nearly a month after the
announcement that The
Wendy Williams Show
would be coming to an end,
Williams herself, 57, called
Good Morning America on
March 17 to address her
health and her recent finan-
Planning a
Comeback cial battle. “[My] health is
“I’m going to be very well,” Williams (who
back on the has Graves’ disease and a
Wendy show,” thyroid disorder) told cor-
Williams told respondent TJ Holmes,
GMA. “Bigger
and brighter
than ever.”
opting not to appear on
camera. She added that she
is “absolutely” of “sound
mind” despite speculation
about her mental and
physical well-being. “I have
the mind and body of a
25-year-old,” she said.
Williams also spoke
about Wells Fargo bank
freezing her accounts after
a former financial adviser
allegedly said that Williams
was a victim of “financial
exploitation.” Williams told
GMA, “They say that I need
somebody to handle my
account, and I don’t want
that.” As for her return to
work, Williams urged fans
to give her three months:
“There are private things
that I have to deal with and
then I’ll be . . . ready to do
my thing.” — C H R I S T I N A
DUGAN RAMIREZ

April 4, 2022 25
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Nicolas Cage (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent); Sheryl Crow (Sheryl); the cast of The Boys; the cast of Lizzo’s Watch Out for
the Big Grrrls; Rosario Dawson (DMZ); Pedro Pascal (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent); the cast of Undone
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guests . . . ‘Enough Court Justice Clar-

Maury
Povich in
2019 and
(left) on-
set in 1991.
Retirements
Maury, the daytime talk
show hosted by Maury
Povich, 83, will end
production in September
after 31 years on air. “I’m
so proud . . . but as
I occasionally tell my
already!’ ” wrote Povich in
a statement. The show,
which premiered in 1991 as
The Maury Povich Show,
will live on in syndication.
Babies
Grey’s Anatomy actor Chris
Carmack, 41, is expecting a
second child with his wife,
musician Erin Slaver, 34.
The new addition will join
big sister Kai, 5.
Engagements
Love Is Blind season 2
contestant Shaina Hurley,
32, is engaged to her
businessman boyfriend
Christos Lardakis, 39.
Health
Selling Sunset star Heather
Rae Young, 34, underwent
surgery to repair damaged
vocal cords on March 16.
The real estate agent, who
says she’s battled vocal
stress for years, called the
procedure “a huge weight
•
lifted off.” Supreme
ence Thomas, 73,
was hospitalized
with flu-like symp-
toms on March 18
and diagnosed with
an infection. He is
expected to be
discharged in the
coming days. Happy
Birthday!
Deaths Céline Dion, 54
R&B musician Timmy March 30, 1968
Thomas, known for his
Eddie Murphy, 6
1972 Vietnam protest 1
anthem “Why Can’t We April 3, 1961
Live Together,” died of Robert
cancer in Miami on Downey Jr., 57
March 11. He was 77. April 4, 1965
• Photographer Mike
Mora, 37, the husband of
“Milkshake” singer Kelis, 42,
died following a two-year
battle with stomach cancer.
• WWE Hall of Fame
wrestler Scott Hall died on
March 14 in a Georgia
hospital of complications
from hip replacement
surgery. He was 63.
Timmy
Thomas
By RACHEL DeSANTIS

Sanaa Lathan Why

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The actress, 50, serves as a global

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Corps, a first responder nonprofit PERSONAL
I had a seemingly healthy friend who died STORIES ABOUT
suddenly after experiencing some medical GIVING
issues. It was really traumatic, and it made me BACK
think about how the right kind of care is so
important—and how so many people around the world
are in need. That’s why I wanted to be a part of International Medical Corps.
They go to the front lines and provide emergency medical and mental health
care. In 2017 I went with IMC to Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
We went door-to-door delivering hygiene kits and medication. It’s one
thing to watch it on TV, but I got to witness firsthand the devastation
and how helpful this nonprofit is to people experiencing tragedy. From
Ebola outbreaks in West Africa to COVID prevention in Haiti and
Lathan (inset) Syria to supporting Ukrainian refugees in Poland—these men and
visiting Puerto
Rico with women are the real heroes, and, unfortunately, there will never not be
IMC in 2017. a need for them. —R e p o r t e d b y D A N A R O S E F A L C O N E
For more information, go to internationalmedicalcorps.org

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S H R E W S B U RY, E N G L A N D
Joe Whale figures he was around
6 years old when he started to really
like art—and doodling. So much so
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doodling in class. “I just really enjoyed
it, so I carried on,” says Whale, now
12. Lucky he did. After his art club
director posted one of Whale’s
doodles on Instagram in 2019, it
went so viral that Prince William
and Princess Kate commissioned
him to draw a train for the poster
of their December 2020 royal train
tour. “I felt really proud of myself,”
says Whale, who usually sketches
monsters, aliens and food-based
creatures. “I like to bring them to
life in my drawings.” Now known as Whale (who
the Doodle Boy (@thedoodleboy. doodled on
his dad’s
co.uk), Whale had his own gallery solo Nike sneakers)
show at the end of last year, and in also has an
January he signed a deal with Nike to illustrated
children’s book
create aliens, pets and his own avatar series called
for their Nikeland on Roblox online Bad Food.
game. “It’s good that people can look
at my art and smile,” says Whale.

Bismack Biyombo (left) and his

late father, Francois, in a
An NBA star pledges
photo posted in August 2021. his entire $1.3 million
salary to charity
PHOENIX
Phoenix Suns star center Bismack Biyombo considered
his dad to be his best friend. “He was always pushing
me to be better in everything,” says Biyombo, 29.
So after Francois Biyombo, 61, died on Aug. 13, his
son wanted to pay tribute in a meaningful way. On
March 11 Biyombo announced he was donating his
NBA salary to build a hospital in his father’s name in
their home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
There are plans to break ground this summer. Says
Biyombo: “I want to save as many lives as possible.”
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hair piled higher: the ladies and gentlemen of proper from India, she has been chosen by the Queen as a
English society, or what Lady Whistledown refers personal favorite. But Edwina’s older half sister Kate
to in her scandalous newsletter as the ton. Well, (the stunning Simone Ashley) has final say over Edwi-
discerning reader, season 2 of the sexy hit remains a na’s nuptials and keeps putting the kibosh on any stroll
ton of fon—panting with romance and crammed with down the aisle with Anthony—she cares not for his
incident—despite a flaw that, to fans, will probably character. At times you may feel the same: Bailey is
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Yeoh (center), with NETFLIX | Bad Vegan: Fame.

Stephanie Hsu and Fraud. Fugitives
Ke Huy Quan.
DOCUSERIES Sarma Melngailis became a
celebrity when she opened Pure Food
and Wine, a raw-vegan restaurant, in
Manhattan in 2004. But her success
wilted and died like old lettuce—and
Melngailis wound up on the lam—after
she fell in love with oddball con artist
Anthony Strangis. He allegedly con-
vinced her he could make her dog Leon
immortal. Wild! (Streaming now)

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COMEDY Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), a harried laundromat owner, is
beginning to suspect that life has taken her to the cleaners. Dead

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(Jamie Lee Curtis), a kind of cosmic messenger interrupts to tell
her that she’s the heroine of a crisis rippling across multiple uni-
verses. This film is a dazzling, at times exhaustingly inventive
fantasy—hopping from reality to reality, it ends about 10 times—
but Yeoh’s memorable performance has a simple, unshakable
honesty. And that’s everything. (In limited release March 25, R)

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MOVIE | The Lost City
COMEDY Amateur archaeologist-turned-
romance novelist Loretta Sage (Sandra Bul-
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bestsellers, which feature a sexy hero named
Dash. When she’s kidnapped by a quirky bil-
lionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) hunting for lost
treasure in the jungle, her rescue is spear-
headed by Alan (Channing Tatum), the male
model who poses as Dash on book covers. The
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megawatt star power—plus a scene-stealing
dose of Brad Pitt. They’re all clearly having a
ball with the film’s combo of action, comedy
and romance. For more on Daniel Radcliffe,
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picks
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of Reorganization (“the Plan”).
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containing information that will help you decide how to vote Collins and
on the Plan. The Plan proposes to set up a trust to resolve Plemons.
all Asbestos Claims.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS MAY BE AFFECTED IF THE PLAN IS
APPROVED. NETFLIX | Windfall
Only holders of General Asbestos Claims or Indirect Asbestos
Claims, or their attorneys on their behalf, are entitled to THRILLER In this taut little film, a tech CEO and
receive a ballot to vote on the Plan. Holders of Claims and his wife (Jesse Plemons and Lily Collins)
Equity Interests in all other Classes under the Plan are
presumed to accept the Plan and are not entitled to vote. arrive at their remote vacation home while it’s
The voting deadline by which ballots must be actually
being burgled—the not-very-bright thief
received by Paddock’s balloting agent, Prime Clerk LLC, is (Jason Segel), improvising, decides to hold
April 8, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. ET. If you are unsure whether them hostage. The unhappy trio sweat it out to
your attorney is authorized to vote on the Plan and intends
to vote on your behalf, please contact your attorney. a desperate conclusion. (Streaming now)
IF THE PLAN IS APPROVED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT,
all Asbestos Claims (whether or not you voted in favor of
or against the Plan) will be channeled to the Asbestos Trust
and resolved pursuant to the Trust Distribution Procedures.
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(a) you vote to accept the Plan;
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releases by objecting to the releases by the deadline below.
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may not be considered by the Bankruptcy Court and may be
deemed overruled without further notice. DISNEY+ | Cheaper by the Dozen
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information or instructions, review the Plan Documents,
or obtain a solicitation package with a ballot to vote (as
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FAMILY Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union star in
this feel-good movie as Paul and Zoey Baker,
parents of a ginormous blended family.
(“We’re not a cult,” he says, “but we’re definitely
different.”) When Paul makes a fortune market-
ing his special breakfast sauce—he and Zoey run
a diner famous for serving a morning menu all
day—the Bakers leap into an upscale existence
that makes no one happy. Do children not like
money? Anyway, it’s all cheerfully undemand-
ing with no shortage of jokes. (Streaming now)

HULU | Deep Water
THRILLER Ben Affleck wears his Gone Girl
face—eyes dull, lips forming a thin line of
disgust—in this movie directed by Adrian Lyne
(Fatal Attraction). He’s Vic, a passive fellow
who raises snails while his erotically unbridled
wife (Ana de Armas) taunts him with
her affairs. Curiously, though, the lovers keep
turning up dead. The suspense is muted—
what matters is the murky power of Affleck’s
anger, rising like sludge. (Streaming now)
MUSIC | Charli XCX, Crash
POP The iconoclast’s fifth album reconciles
her noisier experiments with her gift for
infectious, groovy synth-pop. Relentless gems
like “Baby” and “New Shapes,” the latter
assisted by Christine and the Queens and
Caroline Polachek, are among the best Charli
has ever released. (Available now)
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Legal Notice
If You had a Lien, Judgment, Landlord Tenant, or
Motor Vehicle Record Entered Against You a Proposed
Class Action Settlement May Affect Your Rights
A Settlement has been reached in a class lawsuit
involving the retrieval and sale of information related
to judgments, liens and landlord tenant records (public
records) by Defendants, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.
(LNRS) and LexisNexis Risk Data Management Inc.
(and their predecessor companies). If you have had a
judgement, lien or landlord tenant record entered against
you, you are probably included in the Settlement.
What Is the Case About?
The lawsuit claims the Defendants failed to timely
retrieve and report disposition updates (such as
satisfactions or releases) to judgment, lien and
landlord tenant records and also reported inaccurate
and older motor vehicle records in violation of the
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February 25, 2022 had: (1) a lien, judgment or landlord
tenant record made publicly available by a government
source; (2) a lien, judgment or landlord tenant related
court record included in a consumer report furnished
by LNRS; or (3) a motor vehicle record included in a
Consumer File Disclosure by LNRS.
What Does the Settlement Provide?
The Defendants have agreed to change certain
business practices regarding their retrieval and
reporting of tax liens, judgments and landlord tenant
records as well as the reporting of motor vehicle
records. No money will be paid to Class Members
as part of this Settlement. A separate proposed
settlement provides payment for Class Members who
disputed public records reported about them.
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arising before the effective date of the settlement.
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sue, the released parties for statutory damages based
on the FCRA or any state laws similar to the FCRA
arising before the effective date of the settlement.
You will also be giving up your right to pursue any
claims pursuant to the FCRA or state laws similar to
the FCRA on a class action or mass action basis that
were or could have been brought in the litigation. If
you do not like the proposed Settlement, you must
object by June 30, 2022 as discussed further at
lienandjudgmentsettlement.com.
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consider any objections, whether to approve the
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The couple landed
in Belize on
March 19 for their
first joint overseas
tour since the start
of the pandemic.

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Protests
Residents of Indian
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signs on March 18
amid an ongoing
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land dispute.

T H E R OYA L
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 Maybe it was Prince
William’s joyful dance
moves. Or Princess
Kate’s admission to one
of the teens guiding
her in the traditional
punta that she “wants
dance classes.” But
when the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge joined locals from the
Gari funa community for a dance party on IN BELIZE
March 20 in Belize, the outing seemed to dispel
some of the clouds that had greeted the start of WITH THE
their eight-day tour of Belize, Jamaica and the
Bahamas. After canceling an earlier stop amid
CAMBRIDGES
anti-colonial protests and an ongoing land-rights
dispute between the Maya people and a charity
supported by Prince William, the couple quick-
Sunny Smiles
ly pivoted—their smiles betraying no hint of the on the Beach
underlying tensions. “I said [to William], ‘I’ll hold “They are an
your hand, and we will dance together,’ ” says Cyn- amazing couple,
and we would love
thia Ellis-Topsey, an ambassador for the Garifuna them to come any
nation who was among those teaching the royals time with their
at the beach party. “It was beautiful. [Kate] was a children,” said local
Laura Cacho.
bit nervous, but she certainly appreciated the chil-
dren.” Acknowledging the protests in the neigh-
boring Maya community, “I said to them, ‘This is

A DIFFERENT ERA: WHEN THE QUEEN VISITED

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Fa c e - t o - Fa c e
The Queen
intently greets
a child in Belize
in 1985. She
T h e R o y a l Wa v e returned to the Greeting the Crowds
“The Queen and Philip really enjoyed their country with “It’s not quite so stiff and formal,”
Caribbean tours,” author Ingrid Seward Prince Philip Seward says of the Queen’s visit to
says of the couple (in the Bahamas in 1966). in 1994. Jamaica (in 1953).

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 Sweet Stop
“Our children
[George, 8;
Charlotte, 6; and
Louis, 3] will be
very jealous,” Kate
said of visiting
Into the
a cacao farm on
Jungle
March 20. The pair took
a trek with a
British Army
Training
Support Unit
on March 21.

K a t e ’s
Connection
Hitting Their The royal mom
Groove bonded with a Historic Site
young fan. “It was The couple visited
“They really know
amazing,” Vkeveen the 140-ft. Maya
how to dance—
Martinez (not Caana, or “sky palace,”
they’re so good at
pictured), 15, on March 21. “The
it!” says Cacho,
says of meeting visit is important,”
who helped host
the couple. said archaeologist and
the event on
guide Allan Moore.
March 20.

a healing opportunity,’ ” says Ellis-Topsey. “The
Maya had difficulty with the visit, but the Gari-
funa welcomed them. The Maya know why they
did what they did, as they have concerns. But we
believe that to deal with [conflict], you should sit
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nations around the world (including Belize, Jamai-
ca and the Bahamas)—an arrangement that critics
say is excruciatingly outdated. “It is important as
we turn 60 years old as an independent nation
that we stand as ‘adults’ on solid ethical, moral

at the table and talk it out. It was a very good atmo- and human justice grounds,” Norah Blake, the ‘We
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sphere right from the beginning.”
The controversy surrounding the tour comes at
a unique moment for the royal family. As Queen
Elizabeth, 95, celebrates her record-breaking
70th year on the throne, the monarchy is in tran-
sition, with William, 39, and Kate, 40, increasing-
ly becoming the modern face of both the family
and the institution. At the same time, a rising
tide of social and economic justice movements—
including calls for reparations for slavery and
indigenous rights expansion—are rapidly reshap-
ing contemporary views of the monarchy. Outside
the U.K., the Queen remains head of state in 14
co-organizer of a planned protest in Jamaica, told believe
The Independent, “to say to Britain, who was once
our ‘parent,’ that you have done wrong in enriching
that to
yourselves off of chattel slavery and colonialism.” deal with
The protests are only the latest evidence of the [conflict],
historic shift underway: Another Caribbean coun- you
try, Barbados, broke ties with the Queen in Novem- should . . .
ber—voting in its first president—and there are
rumblings that Jamaica might follow suit. In his
talk it out’
—CYNTHIA
speech at the ceremony that saw Barbados become ELLIS -TOPSEY
a republic, Prince Charles recognized the “appall-
ing atrocity of slavery, which forever stains our
history,” even as his presence there was criticized

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by some local leaders. Blake said both an apology and Camilla, but there is a sense of a baton also
for such atrocities and reparations are essential to being passed from the Queen to William and Kate.

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something to build a brighter future.”
Of course, few people on the planet have wit-
nessed as much global upheaval as the Queen,
who remains “the Boss” of the family “Firm” and
as such tasked William and Kate with visiting the
Caribbean. Yes, Prince Charles, 73, will reign next
alongside his wife, future Queen Consort Camilla,
Duchess of Cornwall, 74, but “because of the ages
of all the participants, there must be a feeling that
long-term, the future of the British monarchy is
more about William and Kate—spiritually, not in
terms of actual succession,” says historian Sarah
Gristwood, author of Elizabeth: Queen and Crown.
“The baton of the crown has to pass to Charles
Will and The future belongs with the Cambridges.”
Kate With that in mind, William and Kate’s Carib-
bean tour involves undertaking the formal work
‘display of senior royals, such as meeting the prime min-
everything ister in each country, as well as achieving what
the Queen one close source calls “areas of connection” with
stands for younger people. That means, for example, learning
in terms of about Jamaica’s work on childhood development—
which is also Kate’s keystone mission—and meet-
duty . . . and ing with environmentalists in the Bahamas who
service’ were awarded William’s Earthshot Prize last year.
—A ROYAL Yes, the couple continue to mirror much of what
INSIDER
the Queen and Prince Philip did during their visits
in decades past (see box), but they are also estab-
lishing a more modern take on such tours. “The
engagements will look different from engagements

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 that Her Majesty might have done,”
says a royal source. Gone are the
open-top Jeep rides of the late-
stage colonial era, replaced by more
intimate moments, such as William
and Kate’s tour of a family-owned
cacao farm.
Mentoring from the Queen,
extensive preparation and the
tour itself are all part of William
and Kate’s burgeoning role in
exercising “soft power” on Brit-
ain’s behalf. William in particu-
lar impressed insiders with his
visit to the Middle East in 2018,
Glam Night and the couple forged new links
Kate wore a gown in 2019 as the first royals to visit
by U.K. brand the
Vampire’s Wife
Pakistan in 13 years. “The Queen
for a reception at has always been a believer in
the Mayan ruins using her position not to exert
of Cahal Pech on power, which she really doesn’t
March 21.
have, but to influence,” says roy-
al biographer Sally Bedell Smith.
“She does that by example and honoring people
by serving. And Charles and Camilla and William
and Kate are doing that—listening.”
Royal historian Robert Lacey suggests a more
radical approach: “Why not jettison the hereditary
foreign realm concept, securing Elizabeth II’s place
in history as the last ‘Queen of the World’?” he asks.
He points to the success of the Commonwealth
realm, which comprises 54 countries that were
once mostly part of the British Empire and today
remain voluntarily linked to the U.K. The royals,
Lacey offers, should “concentrate on developing the
Commonwealth family as a more cohesive, diverse,
international, open and forward-looking concept.”
Back home, the Cambridges find themselves
increasingly center stage as the only represen-
tatives of their generation. With the departure
of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,
from the working family, and the discrediting of
Prince Andrew, “senior royals are a bit thin on
the ground at the moment,” says historian Grist-
wood. “Britain is never going to drop all its pomp
and ceremony, and it was eventually going to be
slimmer and economical. But it’s doubtful even
Prince Charles wanted it to lose weight so rapidly.”
On their overseas tours, “both [William and
Kate] display everything that the Queen stands for
in terms of duty, of responsibility and dedication
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 Their Son Died
by Suicide, Pressured
by Texts to ‘Do It Now’
MISSING
CONRAD A NEW TV LIMITED SERIES FORCES CONRAD ROY III’S
PA R E N TS TO FAC E T H E I R H E A RT B R E A K O N C E AG A I N
By J E F F T R U E S D E L L
Three memories stick in Lynn St. Denis’s mind from
July 12, 2014, the day her son, 18-year-old Conrad
Roy III, took his life. The first is their long walk on
a Massachusetts beach discussing his bright
‘MY SON WAS
THE KINDEST
future, with his college acceptance letter in hand
and his new sea captain’s license in his pocket.
“There was a bunch of people flying kites, and it PERSON.
was just a beautiful day,” she says. The second is HE DESERVES
when Conrad interrupted their walk to sit in the
TO BE SHOWN
car and check his phone for texts, an action that
made little impact on her at the time but would IN THE
later carry enormous weight. BEST LIGHT’
And the third is when they were back home in — M O T H E R
Fairhaven, Mass., after Conrad had taken his two SL YT .N ND E N I S
younger sisters out for ice cream. Conrad chat-
ted some more with Lynn as she washed the
dishes, then just said goodbye on his way out the
door. Hours later, he was found in his pickup
46 April 4, 2022
truck behind a nearby Kmart, dead from carbon
monoxide poisoning. “Why didn’t he give me a
hug,” says Lynn, “if he knew he was never going
to see me again?”
Only months later did she learn the truth of
those texts—they had urged Conrad toward his
death. They had been sent by Conrad’s girlfriend,
Michelle Carter, then 17, who was later accused
of researching suicide plans for the clinically de-
pressed Conrad, then pushing him to go through
with it. Charged with involuntary manslaughter
in a controversial trial, Michelle was convicted in
2017 and sent to prison. Now almost eight years
after Conrad’s death, the tragedy is the subject of
a new Hulu limited series, The Girl From Plain-
ville, debuting March 29. Lynn hasn’t seen the se-
ries but frets about the focus on Michelle over her
son and that “there may be an attempt to defend

some of her needless and evil actions.” Conrad LINGERING
PAIN
“was just a vulnerable teenager,” she says. But she Conrad III “was a
also hopes the series may draw attention to her sweet boy who lost
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work with lawmakers to make Massachusetts the his way,” says his
dad, Conrad Jr.
43rd state to criminalize suicide coercion, with Inset, opposite:
a penalty of up to five years in prison. The bill is People’s 2017
called Conrad’s Law. “I just want my son to be story on the case.
proud of me,” she says. “I don’t want another fam-
ily to have to deal with what I had to deal with.”
Conrad and Michelle met in 2012 when both were
struggling teenagers. In Florida on separate vaca-
tions with their families, they found that they had
run into similar hurdles. Both had emotional
struggles, and both were later prescribed anti-
depressants. Though Conrad’s friends say he was
someone they could depend on, some knew he’d
PRIDE AND JOY
“I’m so proud
I was able to be
his mom for that
long,” says Lynn
(left, lobbying
for “Conrad’s
Law” in 2019).
Above: Conrad Jr.
(in 2018).
once before tried to kill himself. The teens lived
only an hour apart in Massachusetts, but they
rarely saw each other; their deepening friendship
developed mostly through the fraught filter of
texts, emails and phone calls.
They supported each other through their
struggles: The month before Conrad died, Mi-
chelle encouraged him to join her at a hospi-
tal where she was being treated for anorexia.
It “would be so good for you and we would get
thru our issues together,” she texted him. “Think
about it. You aren’t gonna get better on your own,
you know it no matter how many times you tell
yourself you are. You need professional help like
me, people who know how to treat it and fix it.”
Inevitably their exchanges turned romantic.
“We should be like Romeo and Juliet,” Conrad
later texted. Michelle replied: “I’d love to be your
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 A YOUNG LIFE REMEMBERED
AT THE BALLPARK GRADUATION DAY
“Since he was young, he always A strong student, Conrad III (with his dad
had a baseball in his hand,” says Lynn in 2014) had his sea captain’s license and
(with him in an undated photo). was considering a career in marine salvage.
Juliet.” Conrad then added: “But you know what
happens at the end.”
In more than 1,000 texts she sent the week
before Conrad died, Michelle’s tone took a dark
turn. She saw the chance to paint herself as the
“grieving girlfriend,” a prosecutor noted in the tri-
al. “You’re ready and prepared,” Michelle texted
Conrad in one exchange. “No more pushing it off,
no more waiting.” After Conrad’s body was found,
Michelle texted a friend to confess, “I could have
stopped it. I was on the phone with him and he got
out of the car because it was working and he got
RIPPED FROM
THE HEADLINES
Since Michelle Carter was convicted, Hollywood has tackled
the case several times, in scripted and documentary forms.
The latest, Hulu’s limited series The Girl From Plainview, debuts
March 29 with Elle Fanning (right) as Michelle (left, in 2017).
“I’m nervous they will sensationalize the story like most series
do, even if it’s based on a true story,” says Lynn.
48 April 4, 2022
‘VERY GOOD’ OLDER BROTHER
His younger sisters Camdyn and Morgan
(from left, summer 2013) now have
identical tattoos honoring Conrad III.
scared and I [expletive] told him to get back in.”
Bristol County Juvenile Court judge Law-
rence Moniz cited that very message when
finding Michelle guilty, upending a free-speech
defense waged by attorneys who argued she was
nowhere near Conrad when he took his life. “She
[instructed] Mr. Roy to get back into the truck,
well-knowing of all of the feelings that he [had]
exchanged with her: his ambiguities, his fears,
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his concerns,” Moniz said. “She did not call the
police or Mr. Roy’s family.”
Lynn forced herself to speak at the sentencing,
appealing to the judge to impose a strict sentence.
“I only went to court when I absolutely had to. Can
you imagine the pain that I felt, having to relive it
over and over and over?” she says. Michelle was
sentenced to 15 months in prison but released
early with credit for good behavior. Says Lynn: “I
was surprised she even got 11 months.”
Since the trial, Michelle has not spoken about
the case or her conviction. “There will come a time
for Michelle to speak publicly,” says Joseph P. Cat-
aldo, her attorney, “but now is not that time.”
Neither of Conrad’s parents knew the role Michelle
had assumed in their son’s life—or that he ever
considered her a girlfriend. “It just seemed
almost like a fantasy,” his father, Conrad Jr., says.
The oldest of three, Conrad, who “wanted to be
the best baseball player he could be,” says his dad,
“was just so, so happy until he became
depressed.” The change took hold ahead of Con-
rad’s sophomore year, around the time Conrad’s
parents divorced. “It was just a complete 180,”
says his dad. “It started becoming more and more
apparent he was struggling with depression and
anxiety. He couldn’t concentrate. He couldn’t
sleep. I would lay in bed with him, rub his head,
talk to him all night long, work with him all day.
Then he started losing his way.”
In October 2012, when he was 17, Conrad
swallowed a bottle of over-the-counter pain
reliever. “He swore to me that he would never
do that again,” Lynn says. But he continued to
free- fall. “He kept it inside or wrote in journals,”
says Lynn. His parents took him to a psychiatrist
and enrolled him in residential rehab. “We
thought he was doing better,” Lynn says. “I know
he loved me and he did everything he could to
protect me. I mean, I did see the [early] messages
between him and Michelle, but she was a fam-
ily friend.” After Conrad died, “I told her, ‘I’m
so glad that my son had someone like you in his
life,’ ” she says. “I had no idea.”
Conrad Roy Jr. sees signs of his son everywhere.
“Every time I look at the clock, it seems like it’s
9:12,” he says. (Conrad was born on Sept. 12.) “I see
it on license plates. It’s like a hundred times a day.
Everything reminds me of him.” To distract him-
self as Michelle’s trial approached, he took up run-
ning and completed the 2018 Boston Marathon,
raising more than $30,000 for mental health and
suicide prevention programs. He wore Conrad’s
sweatpants while he trained. The guilty verdict
that sent Michelle to jail “doesn’t matter,” he says.
“Nothing’s going to bring my son back.”
PRISON TIME
Convicted of invol-
untary manslaughter
and sentenced to serve
15 months, Michelle
Carter was released on
Jan. 23, 2020.
SEEKING
SOLACE
“Someone said
exercise might
help, so I started
running,” says
Conrad Jr.
(with daughter
Camdyn at
the 2018 Boston
Marathon).
Lynn also embraces reminders: Daughters
Camdyn, 21, and Morgan, 19, text her hearts al-
‘NO most every day at 9:12. Remarried in 2020, she
PARENT and her husband, Roland St. Denis, chose Sept.
SHOULD 12 as their wedding day. They dated as teens and
GO reunited when Roland saw Lynn on TV talking
THROUGH
about the case. “We feel like Conrad brought us
together,” says Lynn, a hospice nurse now living
THIS’ in Guilford, Conn., where Conrad’s baseball glove
—FATHER and bat sit on a fireplace mantel.
CONRAD Conrad’s father is hoping he’ll soon have an
ROY JR.
another memento to treasure: his son’s hard hat,
which blew into the water off New Bedford, Mass.,
in 2014 when they were working together on a
tugboat. Last Father’s Day, while scrolling through
Facebook, Conrad Jr. saw a story about a woman
in the Azores, off the coast of Portugal, who had
found the hat floating nearby. He immediately
recognized its stickers— and broke down in tears.
“It just felt wonderful. It felt like it was a gift from
him,” says Conrad Jr., who plans to collect it from
the woman soon.
Today both parents are devoted to mental
health issues as well as protecting their daughters
from the lingering notoriety of the case. “My focus
throughout this whole thing was making sure that
they were okay, because they had to listen to what
was happening about their brother,” says Lynn.
And while Conrad’s Law would be his legacy—
“That’s going to be the win for me. My son would
want me to help other people,” says Lynn—it’s not
the only thing he left her. “Love never dies,” she
says. “You just find a way of living your life without
that person.” •
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 H I G H S C H O O L M U S I C A L’S
JOSHUA BASSETT
A Pop Star’s Sur

Bassett in
Bloom
“I’m no longer
governed by
other people’s
opinions of me,”
says Bassett
(on March 6 at
his People photo
shoot in L.A.).

rvival Story
THE ACTOR-SINGER ENDURED CHILD
A B U S E A N D A N E A R - F A T A L H E A LT H C R I S I S .
N O W H E ’ S F I N A L LY F O U N D P E A C E
By B R I A N N E T R A C Y
Photographs by R YA N P F L U G E R
J
Joshua Bassett recently heard a life analogy
that’s stuck with him. “A vacuum is no good
without being plugged in,” the High School
Musical: The Musical: The Series star says as he
sits down in the living room of the hilltop Los
Angeles home rented for his People photo shoot.
“Meditation and yoga, or however you take time
for yourself, is the equivalent to plugging in the
vacuum. Until then—no matter how much you
try—nothing’s going to get any better.”
It’s not surprising, then, that as the photog-
rapher tinkers with the lighting and camera,
Bassett heads to the backyard and plops onto
the grass for a brief meditation session. “If I
look at my last year, the difference between the
good days and the not good days comes down
to whether I took time for myself,” says Bassett,
21, who found himself at the center of intense
public scrutiny last January when his HSMT-
MTS costar Olivia Rodrigo released her viral hit
“Drivers License.” The song is widely believed
to be about their alleged breakup, though nei-
ther has ever confirmed a relationship. Bassett
says the stress from the hate he received—
including death threats on social media—hit
him hard. Then he wound up in the hospital bat-
tling heart failure. “In this last year a lot of my
biggest fears came true,” he says. “But in that, I
found that I’ll always be okay, if not better off.”
In an attempt to take control of his narra-
tive, Bassett dropped a trio of lyrically reveal-
ing songs in December: “Crisis,” “Secret” and
“Set Me Free.” On the last he sings, “Tell my
mom I’m okay while I’m holding back tears/
It’s been a f---ing year.” That same day Bassett,
who confirmed he’s queer in an Instagram
video last May, revealed in an interview that
he had experienced sexual abuse as a child.
“If somebody had talked about all this stuff
when I was a kid, it would’ve made a world of
difference,” he says. “Everything I do aligns
with what I needed when I was 10.”
The younger brother of five sisters, Bassett was
born in Oceanside, Calif., to mom Laura, a real
estate agent, and dad Taylor, a professional
pianist and drummer. The musically gifted
family became fixtures in various regional the-
aters in the San Diego area, and at 16, Bassett
moved to L.A. to pursue acting. His big break
came when he booked the lead role of Ricky in
HSMTMTS, a Disney+ spinoff of the 2006
original High School Musical film that
premiered in 2019. Then last year fame got
April 4, 2022 51
 complicated because of the sudden worldwide
interest in his love life. “You don’t know what
someone is going through,” he says. “A lot of times
they don’t even know what they’re going through.”
In the days leading up to his hospitalization in
January 2021, Bassett was struggling. “Every day I
felt worse and worse. I was sleeping 16 to 20 hours
a day,” he says. “I couldn’t even stand up for longer
than 30 seconds.” Six days after “Drivers License”
debuted, Bassett dropped his song “Lie Lie Lie,”
which he says had long been scheduled for release
on that day despite speculation he had written it
in response to Rodrigo’s hit. But instead of feeling
excitement about his new single, “I felt my heart lit-
erally failing,” says Bassett. “I was like, ‘This isn’t just
anxiety.’ ” At his insistence an HSMTMTS producer
took him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed
with septic shock. “The doctors were like, ‘If you
hadn’t checked in within 12 hours, you would have
died in your apartment,’ ” says Bassett, who was also
told his illness could have been brought on by stress.
Nine days later Bassett left the hospital phys-
ically recovered but mentally adrift. “I was even
more depressed and stressed,” he says. “I had a
panic attack every single day.” He wrote his trio of
songs during this time but says he held off releas-
ing them to avoid fueling rumors. Eleven months
later he finally felt ready to share them publicly.
But when he did, “that week was worse than the
year combined,” he says. “I got what I had to say
off of my chest, but it brought all that stuff back

His Near-Fatal
Health Crisis
Bassett was hospitalized in Utah—where
HSMTMTS films—for septic shock and heart
failure in January 2021. Septic shock begins with
sepsis, which develops when the body responds to
an infection by damaging its own tissues. Accord-
ing to a 2015 study, sepsis can be brought on by
stress, and when it progresses into septic shock,
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lead to severe organ problems and even death. Bassett credits his therapist with helping him
find his footing. He was finally able to process the
Support
System trauma stemming from the sexual abuse he had
His mom, Laura endured as a child and as a teen. (Bassett hasn’t
(right, with his publicly named his abusers but previously said a
dad, Taylor,
and five sisters), relative abused him from ages 5 to 9 and that an
flew to be with older man in one of his theater groups abused him
him when he was when he was a teen.) “What I realized recently is
hospitalized.
“She was so that the reason why I haven’t been able to process
helpful,” says so much of it is because I went into pure shock,”
Bassett (left, in he says. “I’m still very much in the middle of the
January 2021).
whole process, and I think it is a lifelong thing, but

52 April 4, 2022
A Life-Changing Year

The Next Generation

of Wildcats

Living Proudly

Calm After
Chaos

An Inspiring
New Role

—JOSHUA
BASSETT
 COUNTRY STAR
MAREN
MORRIS

‘I’m
Learning
to Be
Fe a r l e s s ’
THE SINGER
TA L K S A B O U T
BECOMING
A MOM,
MANAGING
H E R M E N TA L
H E A LT H
AND USING
HER VOICE
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FOR CHANGE
By J E F F
NELSON
T
Two years ago Maren Morris was in a
deep funk. The country star and her
husband, fellow singer-songwriter Ryan
Hurd, welcomed their son Hayes in
March 2020, just as the coronavirus cri-
sis hit the U.S., and she felt unmoored. “I
was really disconnected from my music
and myself,” Morris, 31, says over a video
call from Nashville. “I had just had my
son and was reclaiming ownership over
my body and my identity as someone
that loves music but couldn’t really do
it professionally [at the time].”
After slipping into a “fog” that was
intensified by postpartum depression,
Morris found solace in song, despite
being unable to perform in public. On
“Circles Around This Town,” the first
single off her new album Humble Quest,
she looks back on her life journey and
“how scrappy I had to be to make some-
thing of myself,” Morris says. Revisiting
her roots reminded the Grammy winner
who she is at her core: an artist blazing
her own trail in Nashville and striving to
make country music more inclusive. “I
think in a lot of ways I had more of my
s--- together back then than I do recent-
ly, because you just have all of that blind
confidence when you don’t know what
you’re doing,” Morris says. “But I’m
learning to be that fearless, no-holds-
barred girl again, and I am getting back
to her in a lot of ways—but also in a more
mature, give-zero-f---s way.”
Morris’s country
roots are planted
in Texas. Raised by
A New Kind of
C o u n t r y Q u e e n salon owners Greg
Morris performed and Kellie in Arling-
her single “Circles ton, she began tour-
Around This
Town” (from her ing locally at age
third major-label 11, performing in
album, Humble honky-tonks and
Quest) at the ACM
Awards in Las at county fairs. A
Vegas on March 7. move to Nashville

April 4, 2022 55
 in 2013 got her on track for stardom. After signing
Humble a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music and
Beginnings writing songs for A-listers like Tim McGraw and
“I’m still that girl Kelly Clarkson, Morris rocketed up the charts in
that just wants to
write country music 2016 with her breakout single “My Church,” which
and connect with earned her a Grammy for Best Country Solo Per-
people,” says Morris formance in 2017. The next year she scored a pop
(with her mom
during her 2013 hit when she sang on Zedd and Grey’s dance track
move to Nashville). “The Middle,” and she cemented herself as a main-
stream mainstay with 2019’s four-times-platinum
Breaking Barriers crossover smash “The Bones.”

in Nashville On the personal front, moving to Nashville also

set up Morris for an introduction to her husband
and frequent collaborator Hurd, whom she met
during a songwriting session shortly after relocat-
ing. “It led us to where we are now,” says Morris,
who wed Hurd, 35, in 2018. “Writing songs with
each other is fun, but it’s not the only thing that
ties us together. It’s a bonus.” The couple have
worked together for almost a decade (most recent-
ly Hurd is credited as a cowriter and background
vocalist on Humble Quest), but they recently
reached a new milestone: Their duet “Chasing
Pop G oes the After You,” which hit No. 1 on the country charts
Country Star last year, is nominated for the Best Country Duo/
Morris and Zedd—
whose collab “The
Group Performance Grammy. “It just feels so
Middle” peaked fateful in a weird, random way,” Morris says. “It’s
at No. 5 on the full-circle, because I met Ryan nine years ago in a
Billboard Hot 100—
performed the hit at
writing room.”
the Billboard Music The pandemic, parenthood and her experience
Awards in 2018. with postpartum depression brought the pair
even closer. “This was the most time we had ever
spent with each other, and we had a kid, so we were
Rocking Mom getting to know each other in a deeper way,” says
Morris headlined the Morris. “We definitely got stronger.” She credits
Houston Rodeo in Hurd with helping her through her struggles with
March 2020, days
before she gave birth
postpartum depression, which began to ease as
to son Hayes. “I’m Hayes turned 6 months old. “I do check-ins all the
going to bring him time [with] therapy, which I’ve done for years, and
out on the road
this year,” she says.
my husband was a huge help diagnosing that too,”
“He’s a good bus she says. “I wouldn’t have made it through with my
bunk sleeper.”
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head this high without him.” For Hurd, the admira-
tion is mutual. “I’m very proud of her. Maren is an
incredible mother and partner, and our quiet little
life at home has just made it incredibly difficult to
leave and go to work,” he says. “I’m really thankful
for our little home bubble.”
Motherhood has made
Morris more comfortable ‘I give
with feeling vulnerable. “I myself a
Speaking Up
have an open heart, but I break &
Morris shone a light on Black female also have a pretty armored don’t take
country artists in her Female Vocalist exterior, so it’s definitely
of the Year speech at the 2020 CMA softened me,” she says. She myself so
Awards: “There are so many amazing
Black women that pioneered and also has a new perspective seriously
continue to pioneer this genre.” on her body. After welcom- now’
56 April 4, 2022
 Partners in
Life & Music
Morris says her
favorite collabor-
ator is her husband,
Hurd (with her
in 2020): “He was
my closest and
best writing partner
during lockdown.”

The Loves of
Her Life

Raising a
Country Boy
“He’s in a very
chatty stage right
now,” Morris says of
son Hayes (getting his
first pair of cowboy
boots in March).
“Not a lot of it makes
any sense, but
he thinks it does.”

more empathy for my fellow humans, having to

ing Hayes via an emergency C-section, “it took
me a few months to feel emotionally like myself
again,” Morris says. “We’re so ingrained as new
mothers to think ‘I need my body to snap back.’
That is so detrimental. Now I feel the most like
myself and as strong as I ever have. I try to eat well
and exercise, but I also can’t erase the fact that I
have a uterus that shows I had a baby. We’ve got to
give ourselves a break.”
As she learns to accept herself as she is, she’s
LEFT: HARPER SMITH
raise one.” In October 2020 Morris released “Bet-
ter Than We Found It,” a protest song inspired by
the Black Lives Matter movement that earned
her a second Grammy nomination this year (and
13th overall), for Best Country Song. It’s evidence
of Morris’s evolution into an outspoken, progres-
sive voice in country music, a traditionally con-
servative industry. “I didn’t start making music
to become an activist,” she says. “I think it was
a by-product of just seeing the inequality in the
genre I happened to come up in. Once you become
aware of it, you can’t really shut your eyes again.”
As country continues to go through “massive
Life Lessons
Morris’s advice to growing pains,” Morris hopes to help make the
her younger self? community she’s dedicated her life to diverse
“I would say, and open to all. “It’s not going to be an overnight
‘Keep doing what
you’re doing. thing to feel like it’s more inclusive, but I am
You’re not trying seeing it change for the better,” she says. “Even
to win every single if I’ve lost fans along the way, I’m truly willing
person over.’ ”
to put my own ass on the line to stand up for
what’s right. When you come to a show of mine,
I want it to feel fun and safe. And anyone from
any walk of life can show up that night and know

learning from Hayes too. “He’s already taught me that they will be accepted. So if I have to slap off
so much about how to be a person,” she says. “It some randos along the way, it’s honestly for the
helped me see things in a deeper way and just feel betterment of country music.” •
April 4, 2022 57
 HIS WILD,
Daniel Radcliffe

MAGICAL
RIDE
HE GREW UP IN THE
SPOTLIGHT AS HARRY
POTTER. NOW HE
REFLECTS ON FINDING
LOV E , N AV I G AT I N G
FAME AND LOVING
‘WEIRD’ ROLES
By K A R A W A R N E R

TIME TO SHINE
“I’m so lucky,” says
Radcliffe of making
The Lost City with
Bullock, who gifted
him one of his
character’s bespoke
suits. (Right: the
two with actors
Thomas Forbes-
Johnson, left, and
Héctor Aníbal.)

58 April 4, 2022
 D
Despite all the places Daniel Radcliffe’s
acting career has taken him—wielding a
wand for a decade as Harry Potter, sing-
ing on Broadway, being animated for
The Simpsons—never did he think he’d
be working alongside Sandra Bullock,
watching crew members hurl nuts and
cheese at her from behind giant wind
machines. But that’s exactly what hap-
pened for a surreal scene in their new
action comedy The Lost City. “When
you’ve grown up watching Sandra’s
movies and then you’re suddenly on-set
watching her get pelted by almonds
and Brie—that was just a cool, weird
moment,” Radcliffe says with a laugh.
Luckily, Radcliffe, 32, says weird
is exactly what he gravitates toward.
After being thrust into the internation-
al spotlight at age 11 via the $25 billion
Potter franchise, the London-born
actor has built a quieter life for him-
self as a grown-up—and a quirky, suc-
cessful career. He has played a corpse
in 2016’s Swiss Army Man, a preacher
(who once vogued in glittery hot pants)
in the TBS comedy series Miracle
Workers and even “Weird Al” Yan-
kovic in an upcoming biopic. Declares
Radcliffe: “I’m very lucky to have the
freedom to do weird stuff.”
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 2 0 Ye a r s A f t e r
Becoming Harry
BOY WIZARD
At 11, Radcliffe joined Rupert Grint
and Emma Watson in Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001.
The Lost City fits right in. Radcliffe plays his
first outright villain—an eccentric, impeccably
dressed billionaire treasure hunter who kidnaps
a romance author (Bullock) because he thinks
one of her books has clues about an undiscovered
fortune. “It was incredibly fun to play,” he says.
Radcliffe also appreciated his character’s stylish,
mature appearance. “This is 100 percent the best
I’ve ever looked on-camera,” he says. “There’s not
even a close second.”
Outside of work, Radcliffe spends most of his
time in New York City, where he says he “feels
more myself than anywhere else.” He lives with
longtime girlfriend Erin Darke, a fellow actor
whom he met while filming 2013’s Kill Your Dar-
lings. “I’ve got a really nice life. I’ve been with my
His Eclectic Career
SCENE-STEALER GETTING ANIMATED
Radcliffe played a In his third visit to
horny teenager on a The Simpsons, he
2007 episode of Extras appeared as himself in
with Ricky Gervais. a 2018 episode.
60 April 4, 2022
girlfriend for a decade. We’re happy,” he says. He’s
thriving professionally too: “The Weird Al movie
was honestly one of the most pleasurable, exciting
experiences in my career,” he says. “I’m doing the
last season of Miracle Workers and then another
Broadway show. So it’s a good year. I’m really hap-
py with my life right now.”
One minor complaint: He didn’t share any Lost
City screen time with Brad Pitt, who has a mem-
orable cameo. “Every woman in my life is furious
that I didn’t meet him!” he says. “However, I can
still say, ‘I’m in a film with Sandra Bullock and Brad
Pitt and Channing Tatum.’ You sometimes step
outside of your body and go, ‘That is cool.’ ”
Radcliffe may have the attitude of a can-do
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character actor, but he was, of course, one of the
most successful child stars of all time. Raised by
mom Marcia, a casting director, and dad Alan, a
literary agent, he knew he wanted to act at an early
COSTAR age. He starred in the 1999 BBC series David Cop-
CONNECTION
Radcliffe perfield at age 9, then the 2001 film The Tailor of
(with Helena Panama with Pierce Brosnan, before landing the
Bonham Carter
in 2011) says he’s life-changing role of Harry Potter in 2002.
“texted with her Radcliffe credits his parents with keeping him
a bit” since the grounded and protected in his early years but
Potter 20th-anni-
versary reunion in admits he really had to learn how to navigate
January. fame on his own. “I haven’t met many people that
have had the same weird combination of starting
young and [becoming] famous immediately,” says
the star, who has acknowledged struggling with
the pressures of the spotlight in his late teens
and early 20s. “There is no blueprint for it, real-
ly. What I come back to is if you enjoy the work
and being on-set and that is always the main focus
of what you’re doing, then the fame stuff at best
SONG AND DANCE MAN GETTING WEIRD
He won acclaim for He learned to play the
the musical How to accordion for a biopic
Succeed in Business of song parodist
Without Really Trying. “Weird Al” Yankovic.
 should be a byproduct of other work that you do.”
‘HE WAS
PERFECT.
Radcliffe is also grateful for the advice he
received from his acclaimed Potter costars such
as Imelda Staunton, Gary Oldman and Helena PEOPLE
Bonham Carter. “There are so many people that ARE NOT
I’ve met at the right time in my life,” he says. “Peo- GOING TO
ple who take their job seriously but also know that
RECOGNIZE
HIM’
we’re there to have fun.”
He took their words to heart—and now Rad-
cliffe’s coworkers see him as mature beyond his —SANDRA
BULLOCK ON
years. “He is so professional. Unflappable. Abso- RADCLIFFE
lutely committed,” says Bullock. “You could give IN THE
him license to have been a bit of a mess given how LOST CITY
he started in this business and the load that he
had to carry. He’s extraordinary and such a team
player.” Lost City producer Liza Chasin agrees.
“He’s the nicest human being,” she says. “He was
so excited to do something new and different and
just play with us.”
Despite his years of cultivating a career beyond
the eight Potter movies, Radcliffe doesn’t mind
that he’ll always be “Harry” to some people. “If
you’ve done something that can help somebody
through a bad moment, that is really all art is for.
That is the highest, noblest thing that a film can
do, to provide escape or catharsis,” he says. “And
so it genuinely doesn’t get old when people come

Lasting
Love
GOING STRONG
Radcliffe and Darke up and are like, ‘These films mean a huge amount
(at a New York to me.’ It’s a very lovely, gratifying thing. Maybe
City screening of
The Lost City on one day I’ll be horrible and jaded, but it hasn’t
March 14) have been happened yet.”
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dating since 2013. Radcliffe would like to someday write and

ACTING TOGETHER direct, possibly with his girlfriend. “We met
Darke (with Radcliffe on a film, we also both write, so maybe we’d
and Tim Meadows) write something together at some point,”
made a guest
appearance on a 2021
he says. (In a sign of true love he’s even
episode of Miracle become a fan of American football: “Erin’s
Workers. “It was from Michigan, just outside Detroit. So the
incredibly special and
felt lovely,” he says.
Lions are my team.”) Whatever the future
brings, Radcliffe says he is grateful for the
journey he has been on so far.
“I’m incredibly lucky to be able to do
things that make me happy,” he says. “That
may not always be the case. I might develop a
huge gambling problem and all the Potter money
will go, and then I’ll have to do stuff that I don’t
want to do,” he jokes. “But until that happens, I’m
just going to keep it strange.” •
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 Oscars Cohost
Wa n d a S y k e s
‘We’re
2 0
OSC
2
A RS
2

Going
to Have
Fun!’
THE COMEDIAN ON MARRIAGE,
MOTHERHOOD AND HER MISSIONS
F O R T H E B I G N I G H T— S P R E A D I N G

A
GOOD HUMOR AND FINDING
CO M F O RTA B L E S H O E S
By N I G E L S M I T H

After Wanda Sykes got a call from her

agent about potentially hosting the
Oscars, the stand-up comedian and ac-
tress kept the discussion a secret from
Alex, her wife of 13 years. “I can’t tell
her stuff until it’s a done deal because
she would drive me nuts asking about it
every day,” says Sykes. “Like I’ll tell her,
‘Oh, guess what? I’m shooting a movie in
Hawaii,’ as I’m heading to the airport.”
When the Emmy-winning veteran of
shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, Black-
ish and The Upshaws booked the coveted
gig alongside cohosts Amy Schumer and
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Regina Hall, she was excited but kept her

cool. Her wife’s reaction? “She’s working
out, doing way too much,” jokes Sykes.
“Me? I’m just looking for some com-
fortable shoes.” Sykes, 58, who’s mom
to 12-year-old twins Olivia and Lucas,
explains why Hollywood’s biggest night
doesn’t intimidate her.

62 April 4, 2022
 Fearlessly Funny

Stage Presence
“I just stay true to myself,”
Sykes (in 2016) says of
her approach to stand-
up. “I don’t walk onstage
thinking, ‘Oh boy, if I say
this, I might be canceled.’
That’s just not who I am.”

GOING FOR GOLD Powerful D r e a m Te a m

The Oscars air live on Performance Sykes says she,
ABC on March 27 Sykes was nominated Schumer and Hall will
at 8 p.m. ET. for an Emmy in 2020 for make a “nice little trio”
And before the awards, playing her comedy icon as the Oscars emcees
watch People & Moms Mabley on The on March 27: “We
Entertainment Weekly Marvelous Mrs. Maisel each have different
Red Carpet Live, (with Rachel Brosnahan). sensibilities.”
starting at 5:30 p.m. ET
on people.com,
ew.com and PeopleTV.
What tone do you want to strike when in that room. At the Correspondents’
you take the stage at the Oscars? dinner, I shushed the First Lady. Mi-
My take is it’s not about me, it’s not chelle Obama was sitting right next to
about the host—it’s about the movies. me, and I’m going over my material,
I want the audience in the my jokes, and I’m focused
room to be at ease. I don’t ‘Right now, on prep, and she’s trying to
want anyone to be nervous we need make conversation. And
and like, “Oh my God, what I just gave her a look like,
are they going to say?”
a hug. We “Woman, I’m working over
They don’t need that. Of need to be here! What are you doing?
course we’re going to have able to laugh’ Pipe down.” So I don’t fake. I
fun. But as far as singling think I’ll be okay in this role.
people out and bashing people, I’m Speaking of tough jobs, what’s your
not there to do that. best advice for raising preteens?
Are you nervous about locking eyes All my friends tell me, “Do not watch
with any A-listers in the audience? Euphoria. Whatever you do, don’t
I think from doing the watch Euphoria.” So that’s how I’m
White House Corre- getting through it.
spondents’ Associa- How do you find a work-life balance?
tion dinner [in 2009], You have to have that balance. The kids
I was just thrown into are off school during the summer, so I
the fire. I had no idea try to say, “Okay, look, July, August, I’m
the magnitude of not doing anything.” I block time off as
people who would be much as possible. And then when I am
home, I try to be present. We talk about
it. I ask my kids if I’m working too much.
Proud of
Their Love Your wife is from France. What have
Sykes feels it’s you learned about French culture?
“important” to I love French cooking. I’m learning
share her love for
her wife, Alex, how to prepare different meals. And
with the world. I didn’t know you actually can eat
“It makes a huge cheese and drink wine every day, but
difference.”
apparently it’s a-okay. •
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 IN A RARE
INTERVIEW, THE
BELOVED AUTHOR
REFLECTS ON
F A M I LY, H E R N E W
NOVEL (NO. 24)
AND HER NIGGLING
F E A R T H AT P EO P L E
THINK, ‘THE
WOMAN DOESN’T
KNOW WHEN
TO QUIT!’
By K I M H U B B A R D

Photographs by
CANDACE DANE
CHAMBERS
 NOVELIST
ANNE TYLER AT 80

‘I Wouldn’t
Want to
Be Younger
for a Million
Bucks’

T
There’s an aphorism often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt
that Anne Tyler has never much liked: Great minds discuss
ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss
people. “I’ve heard it a million times,” Tyler says during a
phone interview from her home in Baltimore. “And every
time I get cross. You can have amazingly rich conversations
when you start with what sounds like gossip but goes into
‘Why do people behave this way? What is it all about?’ ” (Her
interviewer—from, well, People—couldn’t agree more.) “May-
be,” she adds with a laugh, Eleanor Roosevelt “just never got
around to being a good conversationalist about people.”
Tyler herself has perfected the art. In 23 novels (her
24th, French Braid, is out this month) she’s depicted ordi- “Family is the
ultimate test of
nary-yet-quirky families in all their maddening, lovable endurance,” says
complexity. She’s not much for plot or topicality—though Tyler (at home on
the pandemic is in her latest (“I couldn’t avoid it!”). “If you March 7), whose
new novel features
love a good war story, you won’t be remotely interested in generations who’ve
my books,” she says. “Nothing’s going on in them except drifted apart.

April 4, 2022 65
time passing, and people being who they are.” no,” she says. “For several years I thought,
Her readers—and the critics—are fully on board: ‘The world does not need another of my
Her books, most of which are bestsellers, have sold books.’ What if people are saying, ‘The
more than 13 million copies since her first novel, If woman doesn’t know when to quit?’ ”
Morning Ever Comes, in 1964. She won a Pulitzer Not that she plans to. “I write in order
in 1989 for Breathing Lessons and continues “just to feel what it would be like to be some-
churning them out, as my next-door neighbor body else,” says Tyler, who’s lived alone
once said.” Now 80, she’s still on top of her game in Baltimore, her home of more than 50
but doesn’t see herself as a role model. “Oh gosh, years, since her husband died in 1997, and
has two grown daughters. “Maybe my
A LUCKY readers are the kind of people
who want to sink into another
LIFE life in the same way.”

Country Tyler first began escaping into

Roots her own stories as a child,
Growing up, says
Tyler (at 7), “we had inventing tales, she says, per-
a goat farm. To this haps partly in response to her
day I just fall apart if “much too emotional, much too
I see a goat.”
unpredictable” mother. “I don’t
mean to throw her under the bus
O n H e r Wa y here, but she just had a very bad
Tyler (in Montreal temper. My brother remembers
in 1964, the year his childhood as, every morning
her first novel was
published, at 22) he would tiptoe to the door of her
says, “My readers bedroom and peek in to see what
don’t want a bunch kind of day it was going to be.”
of adventure.”
The family spent Anne’s early
years in a Quaker commune in the hills of North
Carolina, where her mom homeschooled her
and her three younger brothers while her father,
a chemist, provided a “stable, kind” counterpart.
Mothering “He knew how things worked—I love that kind
Daughters of man.” Tyler’s brothers grew up to be scientists,
“It’s so much
easier with
and her male characters often keep emotion at a
girls,” says Tyler distance while bringing the physical world to heel.
(with Taghi Think Macon in The Accidental Tourist—William
and Tezh, left,
and Mitra in
Hurt in the 1988 film—who launders his clothing
1970). “We An Ideal Match in the tub while he showers, for efficiency’s sake.
always liked to She married Taghi (in 1963) when Tyler inherited some of that craving for order. “I
talk about the she was just 21. “I was stunned when
same things.” he asked. I said, ‘Well, why not?’ ” don’t have even a tinge of OCD,” she says, “but I love
organizing. Of course I alphabetize my spices. How
H o m e g r o w n Fa n s else would you know what you have?”
Mitra (left) and Tezh At 21, she chose a man of science 10 years old-
(in 1988 with their er as her husband. Taghi Modarressi, an Iranian
parents) “are my
first readers after my
immigrant and child psychiatrist, shared her
agent,” Tyler says. interest in human beings’ inner lives. “It’s just
pure blind luck that I married exactly, exactly
the right person for me,” she says. She earned a
degree in Russian studies from Duke, but profes-
sors there had encouraged her writing, and she
COURTESY ANNE TYLER (5)

chose that path. Her first big hit was Dinner at

the Homesick Restaurant in 1982, and—with the
exception of a five-year hiatus when her daugh-
ters were young—the books kept coming. She
 ESSENTIAL
TYLER
Joys of Dinner at
Consistency the Homesick
“I wear the Restaurant
same clothes Tyler’s mom wor-
over and over. ried that the 1982
Hair in a knot, bestseller’s difficult
two bobby mother, Pearl, was
pins. I’m the based on her. “My
only one of my brother said, ‘Pearl
friends who is much nicer.’ ”
sailed through
the pandemic Breathing
without Lessons
a thought to The story of a long-
my hair.” married polar-
opposites couple
reconnecting
on a daylong road
trip won the
Pulitzer Prize for
fiction in 1989.

A Spool of
Blue Thread
Nominated for
the prestigious
Booker Prize,
Tyler’s 2015 novel
is a nuanced,
intergenerational
family saga
set in Baltimore.

‘I’d be found motherhood suited her Waters, whom she adores. “The Clock Dance
as much as writing did. “My gender-neutral bathrooms at In this 2018
very upset concern when I had children the Baltimore Museum of Art bestseller, a wife
casting about for
if I got was, how am I going to stop have just been dedicated to meaning leaves home
horrible myself from, you know, flail- him!” she exclaims. “So very to care for a woman
she’s never met,
reviews, ing out and slapping people proud of him.” the woman’s
and stuff?” she says. “It’s like I Her daughters (Tezh, 56, a Phil-
which didn’t have that gene after all. adelphia-based artist, and Mitra,
daughter and a dog
named Airplane.
is why I It was such a relief. Oh, I loved 54, a San Francisco-based
don’t read motherhood. I really did.” children’s book writer and The Accidental
reviews’ The life she made with Taghi illustrator) and two grand- To u r i s t
Geena Davis won
and their girls was a quiet one. children recently visited, a an Oscar for her role
“I think I had such an isolated childhood that I lovely respite from her pan- opposite William
always feel a little bit inept in the outside world,” demic isolation. And while Hurt in the 1988
film of Tyler’s novel
she says. There was infrequent travel (“I don’t like she declines that role-mod- about a grieving
the uprootedness”), almost no interviews (“I get el mantle, she’s inspiring in travel writer
self-conscious—I don’t want to ruin my writing by spite of herself. “I think old and the dog trainer
who saves him.
talking about it”) but plenty of joy. Then Taghi died people are the most interest-
of lymphoma at age 65, and it leveled her. “There ing in many ways—how they’ve
never will be anything that hard again,” she says, coped, how they’ve come to
her voice tightening even now. “I never thought I terms,” she says. “I actually
would have to go 25 years without Taghi.” have to ration the use of them
BOTTOM RIGHT: EVERETT (2)

Yet she has managed. She spends most of her
time writing, seeing a couple of friends “for a hot
cider every Tuesday” now that COVID num-
bers are lower. Soon she may return to her pre-
pandemic dinners with Hairspray director John
in my work. ‘Let’s see, my last book
had an old person . . .’ Not that there
aren’t problems with age. But
I wouldn’t want to be younger for
a million bucks.” •
 MICHAEL
BUBLÉ
‘It’s Been a
Beautiful,
Scary,
Wonderful
Journey’
IT’S A NEW DAWN. IT’S A
N E W D AY. W I T H H I S L AT E S T
ALBUM ABOUT TO DROP
A N D A B A B Y O N T H E WAY,
THE CANADIAN SINGER IS IN
HIS HAPPIEST PLACE
By J E F F N E L S O N

After years of uncertainty and heartache, Michael

Bublé is feeling good—and grateful. “We’ve been
through a lot,” says the Canadian crooner, 46, whose
son with wife Luisana Lopilato, 34, was diagnosed
with liver cancer six years ago. Now 8, Noah has been
cancer-free since 2017. Bublé’s family, which also
includes son Elias, 6, and daughter Vida, 3, were his
muses for his new LP Higher, a collection of original
songs and covers, out March 25. “This album is a cel-
ebration of what it took to just survive,” he says. “Per-
‘None of
spective has given us real clarity. We’re able to really us will escape
enjoy what we do because I think we’ve taken care of life without
what we consider to be the most important things in hardships . . .
life—and that’s our family and our mental health.” but sometimes
These days Bublé has even more reason to celebrate:
He and Lopilato, an actress, are expecting another it makes
baby, they revealed in February in his “I’ll Never Not us better’
Love You” music video. “We’re just so grateful,” he
says. “It’s been a beautiful, scary, wonderful journey.”

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 Th e i r
Onscreen
L ov e
Story

Then . . .
After Bublé met
Lopilato in 2008,
she appeared in
his video for
“Haven’t Met
You Yet,” which
she inspired. They
wed in 2011.
How did this album come together?
I was inspired by my wife and my kids and what
we’d been through. It’s just based on being in love . . . and Now the fan. I think my wife found out who I am, and
“I got to make
with my life. I truly came at it with an attitude a video for and I think I found out who she is. She brings me so
of gratitude. And I was really ready to leave my with my very best much joy. I married a force of nature. She is just
comfort zone and make an album that was fresh friend, and I’m a substantially wonderful human being.
so proud of it,”
for my audience. I’ve been waiting for people to Bublé says of “I’ll What gave you strength through the dark times?
hear it. I’d meet people on the street or I’d be at Never Not Love We were both there for each other when we
Costco, and someone would come up and say, You,” which stars needed to be. I think I was the one who got us
his wife and their
“Oh, what are you working on?” I would say, “Oh three kids. through [initially]. I tried my damnedest to be
my God, I just can’t wait for you to hear this.” strong and to help us through. And once we got
You got to work with icons and reimagine some through and my son was okay, I completely fell
of their songs. What was that like? apart. My wife just lifted me up and pulled me
I had people who had been my heroes all my to this place.
life—Sir Paul McCartney and Willie Nelson— Now that you’ll soon be welcoming another
who trusted me with their art, not just trusted me child, are your kids excited that they’re going
by covering it, but Paul in producing and Willie to have a new sibling?
singing and playing. They taught me so much. We told them on Christmas Eve, and my son Eli was
Why did you decide to add a nod to Taylor A Fa t h e r a n d very upset and very hurt. We said, “What’s wrong,
Swift’s All Too Well short film in your “I’ll Never Husband First Eli?” And he said, “I just don’t understand why I
Not Love You” video? “I hope my kids are wasn’t invited to be there when you fell in love and
proud of me. I hope
She’s an incredible artist and one of our greatest my wife is proud made the baby.” I don’t think either of us knew how
writers. I loved that I got to hit something that for of me,” says Bublé to even answer that—we just
me was so modern and contemporary. And, yes:
Once a Swiftie, always a Swiftie!
(with his family in
a 2021 Instagram).
both laughed! •
The “I’ll Never Not Love You” music video was
also a sequel to your 2009 video “Haven’t Met His
You Yet,” and your wife stars in both. How G r ow i n g
special is that to you? Fa m i l y
I’m so sentimental. Fourteen years ago I was just
dating her. I had written that song for her at the
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time. I loved that I could ask her to do this with

me, and I love more that it ended up becoming a
part of the cinematic universe of our life. At the
end of the video, there’s a little Easter egg: We
are expecting our fourth [child]. It’s just pretty
cool for me to be able to celebrate the journey Paternal
Wisdom
that we’ve been on. “I always tell my kids,
You and Luisana will mark your 11th wedding ‘Count your blessings
anniversary in March. How has your relationship and the world will
come to you,’ ” Bublé
changed over the years? (with daughter Vida
You find out who someone is when the s--- hits in January) says.

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 Relief and Compassion
“On average, most of my patients
see a 50 percent improvement over
18 months,” says Dr. Alissa Zingman
(in her Silver Spring, Md., clinic), who
uses Chinese cups and other adaptive
tools to spare the small joints of her

They called her hands while performing muscle and

skeletal manipulations. “Lifestyle
modification is huge.”

a hypochondriac.
But after years
of struggling with
constant pain,
Dr. Alissa Zingman
was finally
diagnosed with a
rare connective
tissue disease.
Now she’s devised
a treatment
to bring hope and
relief to others

A Force
for Hea
By K . C . B A K E R
and W E N D Y
GROSSMAN
KANTOR
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Alissa Zingman was 18
years old when she was
accepted into the esteemed
Mason Gross School of the
Arts in New Brunswick,
N.J. “It was my dream,”
she says. Then, in January
2001, Zingman jumped off
her loft bed to get ready for
dance class and slipped on
a pillow on her dorm room
floor. “My ankle rolled, and
my kneecap went all the
way around the side of my
knee,” she recalls. Despite
the agonizing pain, Zing-
man popped her kneecap
back into place, wrapped
it with tape and limped off
to class. “It sounds crazy,
but it never occurred to me
to miss ballet. I was young,
and if something hurt, you
just kept going.”
But that painful epi-
sode was the beginning of
what would be a 16-year
struggle with debilitating
injuries and confounding
ailments—and a frustrat-
ing search for answers.
Finally, in 2017, after
years of inconclusive
tests and doctors writ-
ing off her symptoms to
stress or her imagination,
Zingman was diagnosed
with a rare, incurable
connective-tissue disor-
der called Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome. Affecting an
estimated one in 3,500
people, EDS is caused by
abnormalities in the body’s
collagen—a protein found
in cartilage, muscles and

ling
other tissue—and leads to
a range of symptoms, from
dislocated joints and herni-
ated discs to severe gastro-
intestinal issues and heart
problems. All of which
makes the disease difficult
to diagnose. Motivated by

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 Easing the Pain
Zingman (with a patient) started
her Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Research Foundation in July 2020
to train other doctors to treat EDS.
Continuing Care
“I have some pain every day,” says
Zingman (being treated with muscle-
activation techniques), “but I can usually
resolve it almost instantaneously.”

A Labor
of Love—
and
Devotion

her own pain and struggle, Zingman, now 39 and
a physician herself, has since developed a form of
treatment for EDS that combines diet with mus-
cular and skeletal manipulations. She now runs
her own clinic for EDS patients near her home in
Silver Spring, Md. “One of the blessings of all this is
that it gave me a lot of perspective,” says Zingman.
“It’s a privilege that I’m able to use what I’ve gone
through to help other people.”
Growing up in Columbia, Md., where her father,
Ben, was in public relations and her mother,
Doris, was a high school English teacher, Zing-
man started dancing when she was 3. She was
Finding Solutions
exceptionally flexible, which initially seemed like Zingman’s prescrip-
an asset, but over time she was plagued with joint tions (above) include
problems in her ankles and knees. “I would go to ones for abdominal
pain, heart rate and
do a pirouette, and my knee would pop out—and dizziness, among other
I’d just put it back in,” she says. “I didn’t appreci- things. “We take this
ate what a significant problem it was.” whole-body approach.”
Eventually the chronic dislocations put an
end to her dreams of a professional dance career,
and Zingman headed to medical school at the
University of Maryland in 2005. But there her
problems worsened. Beleaguered by stiff joints,
strained ligaments and chronic neck issues
exacerbated by long hours of studying, Zing-
man struggled to find relief for her persistent
pain. “My mother and I went from specialist to

Living a Full Life

Longtime Passion
“I was very, very serious
about dancing,” says
Zingman (in 2006), who
started ballet at age 3.

Fa m i l y S u p p o r t
“There are a million
things Adam’s done for
me every single day,”
says Zingman (in 2014,
with husband Adam
and daughter Serena).

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specialist,” says Zingman, “but I was always told,
Ehlers-Danlos
‘There’s nothing wrong with you.’ ”
It was during her second year of medical
school that Zingman first heard about EDS in a
class lecture. Believing that she may have solved
her own medical mystery, she inquired about
testing at the campus clinic—only to be told that
medical students often think they have the same
tendons, the intes-
rare disease they’ve just learned about. “They
said, ‘Look at you, you’re healthy,’ ” says Zing-
man. “I said, ‘I know, but I’m always in pain.’ ” connective tissues.
As Zingman started her orthopedic surgery
residency at the University of Rochester Medi-
cal Center in New York, her condition deterio-
rated further. She was working 100-hour weeks
that involved tasks such as pushing heavy X-ray
machines and performing strenuous manipu-
lations on patients. “By the time I left that res- weakened arteries.
idency, I was certain I’d be dead within a year,”
says Zingman, who suffered a herniated disc
after fixing a patient’s dislocated hip. “I was ‘EDS is treatable.’ ”
so sick. But I didn’t tell anybody because [I’d
always been told] that things were in my head.”
What is Fortunately, during that time she’d also met
syndrome? her husband, Adam Kelly, 39, a financial consul-
EDS is a group tant, whom she wed in 2013. With his support,
of rare, incurable she left Rochester and moved back to Baltimore
disorders caused in the spring of 2015 to begin a residency in
by a defect in the
body’s collagen, the preventive medicine department at Johns
which provides Hopkins University. “It was during that period
elasticity to between orthopedics and starting at Hopkins
tinal lining, blood when I started feeling like I have to figure this
vessels and other out myself,” says Zingman. “I began sitting with
my anatomy books. And I realized my neck was
Patients with EDS
are often overly completely out of alignment. And my bones had
flexible and prone shifted, and it was causing all this tension.”
to dislocating Still, her troubles were far from over, and
fingers, jaws and
other joints. The through the next two years, she was in and out
disorder can also of the ER for a variety of debilitating issues
cause digestive including intense hot flashes, bouts of con-
issues and lead to
stant vomiting, bloating (“I looked like I was six
Still, there’s hope, months pregnant”) and severe acid reflux. “My
says Zingman. “I vocal cords were so raw [from the acid reflux],”
tell my patients,
she says, “that they were spasming to a point
where I sometimes couldn’t talk at all.”
Finally, in September 2017, a specialist diag-
nosed her with EDS—but offered her only a 10
to 15 percent chance of improvement. Unhappy
with that prognosis, Zingman took matters into
her own hands. She discovered that she could
manipulate her joints and vertebrae back into
place to relieve her pain, and that eliminating glu-
ten, among other things,
‘I said, “I’m from her diet helped
dramatically with the
going to figure inflammation. “Once I
this out.” knew what I was dealing
That’s when with I was able to devel-
everything op a treatment plan for
changed’ myself,” says Zingman,
—DR. ALISSA
who saw an 85 percent
ZINGMAN improvement in her con-
dition over two years.
Realizing that she could also help others with
EDS, Zingman opened her P.R.I.S.M. Spine and
Joint Clinic in July 2019. “Alissa is remarkably
accomplished,” says Dr. Claire Francomano, a
leading EDS specialist and professor of medical
and molecular genetics at Indiana University
School of Medicine, who has worked with Zing-
man. “I’m in awe of her dedication to improv-
ing her patients’ health.” While she experienc-
es some pain every day, Zingman says, “I know
exactly what to do.” She stays active swimming
and loves family dinners with her daughter
Serena, 7. She’s also pleased to share what she’s
learned: “Most people don’t have the opportuni-
ty—when they go through something difficult—
•
to feel like there was a purpose for all of it.”
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‘I was inspired by how simple and
flavorful the breakfast tacos were,
so I created this recipe to be able to
enjoy them when I returned home’
4 bunches scallions
1∕ 2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. canola oil, divided
3∕ 4 tsp. kosher salt, divided
3∕ 4 tsp. black pepper, divided
1∕ 2 cup roughly chopped cilantro stems

and leaves
2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice (from 1 lime)
4 tsp. red wine vinegar
4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
1 jalapeño, seeded and chopped
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
8 large eggs
2 Tbsp. milk or water
16 (5-in.) corn tortillas
2 small avocados, thinly sliced
Toppings: crumbled Cotija or feta
cheese, cilantro, sliced radishes,
chopped onion and lime wedges

1. Preheat grill or grill pan to medium high

(400° to 450°). Toss scallions with
2 tablespoons oil and 1⁄4 teaspoon each of the
salt and pepper in a large bowl. Place scallions
on oiled grates; grill, uncovered, turning
occasionally, until lightly charred, about
5 minutes. Let cool, and then coarsely chop.
2. Reserve 2 tablespoons scallions for later.
Place remaining scallions, cilantro stems and
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leaves, lime juice, vinegar, garlic, jalapeño

and 1⁄4 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper
in a food processor. Pulse until a chunky
paste forms, 6 to 7 pulses. Transfer to a bowl;
stir in 1⁄ 2 cup oil and reserved scallions.
3. Whisk together eggs, milk and 1⁄4 teaspoon
salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Melt
butter in a nonstick skillet over medium low.
Add eggs; cook, stirring constantly, until just
cooked through but moist, about 1 minute.
4. Warm tortillas directly over an element on
stove top to lightly char, about 15 seconds
per side. Lay out tortillas in double layers
(2 per taco); divide eggs among them. Top
each with avocado and scallion salsa. Add
toppings; serve with extra salsa on the side.
Serves: 4 Active time: 25 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes

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ZOË FRANÇOIS
Banana Bread
With Chocolate-
Hazelnut Swirls
‘I’ve created many banana bread
recipes over the years but this is my
FOOD STYLIST: ALI RAMEE; PROP STYLIST: CHRISTINE KEELY; INSET: MAGNOLIA NETWORK
hands-down favorite,’ says the pastry
chef and star of Magnolia Network’s
Zoë Bakes. ‘The butter and brown
sugar add to the richness, which makes
it dessert-worthy but not so sweet that
you can’t also eat it for breakfast’
1∕
2 cup (4 oz.) unsalted butter, melted,
plus more for greasing pans
2 cups mashed very ripe bananas
(4 large bananas)
1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1∕
2 cup whole milk
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
31∕ 3 cups (about 141∕ 4 oz.) all-purpose
flour
2 tsp. baking powder
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11∕ 2 tsp. baking soda
11∕ 2 tsp. kosher salt
1∕ 2 cup chocolate-hazelnut spread
(like Nutella)
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Generously
grease 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans with butter;
line with parchment paper, and grease
parchment with butter.
2. Combine bananas, brown sugar, butter,
milk, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl, and stir
well with a wooden spoon. Whisk together
flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in
a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to
banana mixture; stir just until smooth.
3. Heat chocolate-hazelnut spread in a
By SONAL DUTT and SABRINA WEISS
food
quick
tip!
‘The riper the
banana, the more
intense the flavor and
sweetness’ says François.
‘I always keep ripe
bananas in my freezer
so they are ready
when I want a loaf
of banana
bread’
small microwaveable bowl in the microwave
until just softened, about 30 seconds.
4. Divide half of the banana batter evenly
between the prepared pans. Dollop half
of the chocolate-hazelnut spread over the
2 pans, and run a knife through batter in
a zigzag pattern to distribute. Top each
with remaining banana batter, and then
remaining chocolate-hazelnut spread;
swirl into batter with knife again.
5. Bake in oven until a wooden pick inserted
in center comes out clean, about 50 minutes.
Let cakes cool in pans 10 minutes; transfer
from pans to a wire rack to cool completely.
Serves: 16 Active time: 20 minutes
Total time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
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1. The “L” in the Ireland banner is upside down. 2. There’s another box on the stack behind the group, far right.
3. Part of the design behind John C. Reilly’s right hip is now red. 4. Reilly’s pocket square is gone. 5. The emblem on the
sleeve of the band member, right, disappeared. 6. The white plume on the hat worn by the band member, left, is taller.
7. The jacket worn by the band member, right, is extended. 8. The Irish flag on the Ireland banner is no longer there.
9. The bystander in the background, far left, now has a blue shirt. 10. The sash worn by the band member, left, is thicker.
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changes to
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for me here.”
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Ireland: “Things
reporters he loves
Dynasty—told local
Rise of the Lakers
Winning Time: The
Buss in HBO’s
Lakers’ owner Jerry
actor—who plays
The 56-year-old
parade participants.
beer and met
when he sipped
Reilly on March 16,
of honor John C.
international guest
Dubliners welcomed
festivities are back!
St. Patrick’s Day
pandemic, Dublin’s
the COVID-19
hiatus because of
After a two-year
See if you can find the differences in these two pictures
second look
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Jared Leto
T H E AC TO R , 5 0 , S TA R S I N T H E
NEW MARVEL MOVIE MORBIUS
AND THE APPLE TV+ SERIES
WECRASHED, NOW STREAMING

Last text that made me laugh

It was a GIF on a chain for
someone’s birthday. It was of
the older woman who blows
out the candles and spits her
teeth out. By the way, if she
had a penny for every time that
was sent around, my lord!
Last road trip
I’m a rock climber, so I love to
go to Joshua Tree, Yosemite,
Red Rock. The last one was
probably in Red Rock the other
day. It was a classic climb, a
600- or 700-ft. route, and
it was quite beautiful.
Last game I played
I tried to play Monopoly over the
holidays, and then we all just got
distracted. It always ends up a
long game, and then everyone
tries to make side deals. When I
was a kid, you never made side
deals and trades. You just played
the dang game!
Last time I stayed up late
Last night. I was kind of wound
up, and we worked really late.
I’ve been a bit of a night owl
these days. I guess I have
Morbius in my veins.
Last thing I took from a set
On WeCrashed, there was a
surfboard in the office that I took.
There was a papier-mâché pig
that we tried to get. And I try and
get at least one of my costumes.
I always try and steal as much as
GAVIN BOND/AUGUST

I can from movie sets, but I do tell

them I’m going to steal it.
Reporting by
ELIZABETH LEONARD

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