Princess Diana and author Wendy Holden.Photo:Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty; Laurie Fletcher Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty; Laurie Fletcher Like millions of other people around the world, author Wendy Holden says she was “transfixed” when she watched the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer to the then-Prince Charles. Now, following in-depth research into the latePrincess Diana’s life as she drew her own picture of the late royal for a new novelization of her extraordinary life,Holdensays she has been surprised at how “extreme” real royal life actually was behind the palace gates....

The family of Houston firefighter Wayne Davis, whose battle with COVID-19 has left him in urgent need of a lung transplant, hopes their story will encourage others to get vaccinated. Wayne, a firefighter with the Houston Fire Department and father of three, was hospitalized last month after contracting the virus on the job, according to CBS affiliateKHOU. His wife Caitlin told the outlet that although she repeatedly told her husband to get vaccinated, he “kept putting it off....

Photo: Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office A Texas man who prosecutors contend abused his wife for years before strangling her to death in 2016 accepted a plea deal this week that’ll see him serve 35 years behind prison bars. Jonathan Allee, 31, was in court in Texas’ Harris County on Tuesday to plead guilty to murdering his wife, Elizabeth Ferrell, who was 28 at the time of her death, according to multiple outlets....

Photo: Leon Bennett/Getty Will Smithmade a surprise appearance at Thursday’s Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards to present a very special honoree. The actor, 53, became emotional while introducing hisKing RichardcostarAunjanue Ellis, who was one of the award recipients at the event. “I’m so excited to be here for my friend Aunjanue Ellis,” Smith said of Ellis, also 53. “I’m over 50 now — once you get over 50 you don’t get a whole lot of new friends....

BeforeFelicity Huffmanfaced fraud charges for allegedly participating in a college cheating scheme, her husbandWilliam H. Macyspoke out about how lying is “never” worth it in the long run. In a February interview withMen’s Journal, theShamelessstar, 69, said that the best advice he’d ever received was to “never lie.” “It’s the cheapest way to go. Lies cost you a lot, and they’re never worth what they cost,” he said. “Like the flu — you let it run its course,” he remarked....

Willie Garson.Photo: Phillip Faraone/WireImage Fans will not have to mourn Stanford Blatch in the upcomingSex and the CityrevivalAnd Just Like That… Willie Garson, who starred as Carrie Bradshaw’s best friend on the original series,diedin September at age 57 frompancreatic cancer. Prior to his death, the actor hadalready filmed scenesfor the revival. In a new interview withThe New York Times,And Just Like That…showrunner Michael Patrick King spoke about how the revival plans to address Garson’s absence....

Willie Garson and Nathen in 2019.Photo: Tommaso Boddi/Getty In the photo, a young Nathen is seen next to Willie taking anoath in court. Willie posted that same photo in 2019, on the nine-year anniversary of Nathen’s adoption day. At the time, he wrote on Twitter, “January 27, 2010. Adoption Day. Happy Anniversary, my son. We’ll celebrate when Dad comes home from work. You’re buying.” The charitable organization You Gotta Believe!...

Jennifer Garneris often called “the girl next door” — the celeb everyone would love to count as a friend. In her own relationships, this year’sThe Beautiful Issue cover starknows what’s important when it comes to the girlfriends in her life. “Sense of humor,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “And a lack of guilt. I do not believe friendship should or can come with guilt. Like a friend who says, ‘You haven’t called me,’ or ‘I saw you out with someone else....

Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty; Steven Ferdman/Getty Wiz Khalifahas packed on about 35 lbs. of muscle! In an interview with theBleacher Report, the “See You Again” rapper, 30, opened up about how his passion for mixed martial arts training transformed his physique. “I just got tired of getting my ass whooped, so I figured I would learn how to fight,” he remarked, adding that while he used to be “a practice dummy” for the pair, “it’s not as easy to beat me up anymore....

Photo: Getty ImagesA third person has been cured of HIV through an umbilical cord stem cell transplant, a new method of treatment.The patient, a mixed-race woman, is now in remission after being diagnosed with the virus in 2013, according toThe New York Times. The previous patients — two men named Timothy Ray Brown and Adam Castillejo — were curved of HIV through bone marrow or adult stem cell transplant.The woman had been diagnosed with leukemia as well as HIV, and was given cord blood to help treat her cancer, perThe Times....

Carlo Secondino.Photo: Carlo Secondino/FacebookA 22-year-old aspiring model is accused of stabbing her father to death — and then pretending he’d died in a botched home invasion, according to multiple news outlets.Nikki Secondino, 22, allegedly stabbed her 61-year-old father, Carlo Secondino, to death in their Bensonhurst, Brooklyn apartment early Thursday morning, according to a statement from the New York City Police Department.Nikki Secondino is also accused of trying to kill her 19-year-old sister....

Photo: Kailey Clymer/Stillborn Still Strong WARNING: Article Below Contains Graphic Content The death proved to be the start of an emotional journey for the couple. “It was scary. The entire time I was delivering [Cayden], I was praying that I would hear him cry,” Kailey tells PEOPLE of the birth. “I wanted to hear a noise, that maybe the doctors were wrong. But it was complete silence. That was the worst part....

Yasmine Hider; Adam Simjee and Mikayla Paulus.Photo:Clay County Sheriff’s Office; GoFundMe Clay County Sheriff’s Office; GoFundMe A woman pleaded guilty tokilling a man inside Talladega National Forestafter she tried to rob him at gunpoint, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Alabama. Yasmine Marie Hider of Edmond, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to murder, kidnapping and robbery before U.S. District Court R. David Proctor, the U.S. Attorney’s Office saidin a press releaseon Wednesday....