Lupita Nyong’o.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty “I would get lost in the tulip with Thumbelina and imagine visiting the bears' house with Goldilocks,” the Oscar-winning actress says. “I envisioned braiding my hair as long and blonde as Rapunzel. I dreamed of being Hansel and Gretel’s little sister with the wisdom to tell them not to trust that old woman.” “I traveled to all the places and learned all the lessons and was all the people my storybooks introduced me to,” she continues, “and it was glorious....

Photo: Erik Pendzich/REX/ShutterstockNot even the bitter cold can stop themagic of Macy’s.TheMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Paradehas its balloons flying high despite concerns ahead of time that the record-breaking chill in the Northeast would force the annual event to pull the plug on its eye-catching inflatables.Sustained winds at 23 mph or blasts of wind at 34 mph would have prevented the parade from using its iconic balloons,NBC Newsreported. Police can still call off the balloons if conditions change during the parade, according toNBC New York....

The Queen of Pop made it to the Grammys! All eyes were onMadonna, 64, as she celebrated “all of the little rebels” at 2023Grammy Awardswhile introducing Sam Smith and Kim Petras' performance of their Grammy-winning single, “Unholy.” “Here’s what I’ve learned after four decades in music: If they call you shocking, scandalous problematic, provocative or dangerous, you are definitely onto something,” said the iconic singer, who continues to push boundaries 40 years into her own career....

Magic Johnsonhas “no regrets” aboutleaving the Los Angeles Lakers, according to his wifeCookie Johnson. On Wednesday,TMZcaught up with Cookie, 60, as she was leaving a restaurant with the couple’s son,EJ Johnson. “We’re just happy,” she told the outlet. “We’re just happy for him. No regrets.” On Tuesday, Johnson, 59, abruptly stepped down as the Lakers’ president of basketball operations. When asked about what her husband plans to do next, Cookie stayed mum....

Magic Johnsonis livingla dolce vitain Europe! “Tonight we enjoyed an incredible dinner at the world-famous Da Paolino Ristorante aka the lemon tree restaurant in Capri, Italy!”Johnson wrote. “AND I got to hang out with my great friend and the greatest basketball player to ever live, Michael Jordan, and his wife Yvette, Sam and LaTanya Jackson, Judge Greg and Linda Mathis, and John and Vicki Palmer.” Earvin “Magic” Johnson/Instagram In a carousel of photos, the seemingly relaxed friends posed for a group shot....

One person who was hopingArya Starkcould have punchedCersei Lannister‘s life clock was Arya, herself –Game of Thronesactress,Maisie Williams. In an interview this week withEntertainment Weekly, the 22-year-old actress revealed that she, like many fans of the recently wrapped HBO saga, wishesGame of Throneswould’ve ended a little differently for her character. “I just wanted to be on set withLena [Headey]again, she’s good fun,” Williams said of the actress who played Cersei, the conniving queen whom Arya has had it out for since season 1 of the series....

Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda.Photo: Bloomington Police Department The suspect accused ofthrowing a 5-year-old boy over a third-floor railing at the Mall of Americain Minnesota was allegedly there Thursday “looking for someone to kill” — and when that did not “work out,” he returned on Friday and grabbed the boy instead, a criminal complaint alleges. “This crime has shocked the community,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Monday in a statementannouncing a charge of attempted premeditated first-degree murderagainst the suspect, 24-year-old Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda....

Leticia Martinez-Cosman and Brett Gitchel. The man arrested in connection with the disappearance of aWashington mom last seen at a Seattle Mariners baseball gameallegedly tried to kill her son days after she vanished, multiple outlets report. Brett Gitchel remains jailed on charges of murder, kidnapping, unlawful possession of a firearm, theft and arson since his April 5 arrest, jail records show. He is being held on a $5 million bail....

A man has been arrested in connection with thebrutal death of tech CEO Pava LaPere, according to reports fromThe New York Times,USA Today, andCBS News. Jason Billingsley, 32, was apprehended at MARC Train Station in Bowie, Maryland, on Wednesday, sources toldFOX 45 Baltimore. Baltimore police will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. local time on Thursday, per the outlet. The Baltimore Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment....

Update: The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says they have referred the case of Isaiah Lee, 23, to the city attorney’s office for consideration for misdemeanor filing. Initially, police had said Lee would be charged with assault with a deadly weapon, a felony. The man accused of attackingDave ChappelleTuesday night during theNetflix Is a Joke Festivalhas been arrested, PEOPLE confirms. The LAPD confirms to PEOPLE that Isaiah Lee, 23, is being held in the custody of the LAPD’s Hollywood Division on a $30,000 bond....

Photo: MerroirTalk aboutfine dining!A man eating at the Grand Central Oyster Bar inside New York City’s Grand Central Terminal was surprised to find a valuable pearl after biting into his oyster pan roast lunch.Richard Antosh, 66, struck his luck in early December while out to lunch with a friend at the famed restaurant. The New Jersey man found the hidden gem just moments into his miraculous meal.“I just all of the sudden felt something like a tooth or a filling and it’s terrifying,” Antosh toldWPIXNew York....

Davido and Karen Koep are now believed to be dead, authorities say.Photo:Thurston County Sheriff/Facebook Thurston County Sheriff/Facebook Police have arrested and charged a man in connection withthe Washington couple who has been missing since Monday. “Working with our local, state and federal partners, we have gathered evidence to identify a suspect in their disappearance,” the office wrote. The suspect will be held at Thurston County Jail on one count of first-degree murder and one count of ​​first-degree kidnapping....

Dale Holloway in an undated booking photo.Photo:Pelham Police Department via AP Pelham Police Department via AP The bishop was pronouncing Claire McMullen and Mark Castiglione husband and wife whenshots rang out— one bullet hitting the bride in the arm, another piercing Bishop Stanley Choate in the chest. But the October 2019 shooting wasn’t the first involving the New England Pentecostal Ministries in Pelham, N.H. Just 11 days earlier, the church’s pastor, Luis Garcia, was fatally shot inside his home, in a case that prosecutors told a jury at the start of trial yesterday was connected to the nuptial gunfire,the Associated Press reports....