Drew Barrymore Recalls Her Childhood Drug Abuse: Cocaine Is 'My Worst Nightmare Right Now'

Photo: Jim Spellman/WireImage Drew Barrymoreisn’t craving a taste of her old lifestyle. TheSanta Clarita Dietactress, 43, opened up about her childhood drug abuse during an interview on Netflix’sNorm Macdonald Has a Showwhich began streaming Friday. “No. Oh, God. It’s been a very long time, but no,” Barrymore said. “Nothing would make me have a panic attack and seem like a bigger nightmare.” The actress revealed she “never did hallucinogenics,” adding “that’s like a water bucket being thrown in your face but for hours....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Anthony Williams

Drew Barrymore Says She Moved to NYC to Be Close to Her Ex-Husband for Their Kids: 'We're Very Close'

Drew Barrymoreis opening up about being a mother and what home means to her.In aninterviewwithOprah Winfreyfor Winfrey’sYour Life in Focusvirtual series, hosted in partnership with WW (formerly Weight Watchers), Barrymore, 46, talked about her family and how she moved to New York City so her childrenOlive, 8, andFrankie, 7 could be closer to their father, her ex-husbandWill Kopelman.“I thought when I had kids, I wanted this really stable home,” the talk show host said....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 754 words · Gary Gutierrez

Drew Barrymore's Daughters 'Love' 'Ever After' and '50 First Dates' : 'They Call It a "Mom Movie" '

Drew Barrymore‘s daughters might just be the biggest fans of her work. “They loveEver After,50 First Dates— and it’s weird, if anyone comes over and my movie’s playing I’m like, ‘I swear to God, I’m not that [egotistical] jerk that’s like, “Here, kids, we’re watching [my films],” ‘ ” joked Barrymore, 44. “But they call it a ‘mom movie’ and they just enjoy watching it, and I’m proud of who I am and what I’ve done and especially the messages,” she added of her storied film-role history....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Christian Duffy

Drunk Driver Accused of Killing Sarah Hyland's Cousin, 14, in Crash Pleads No Contest to Homicide

Jeffrey Eggeling, the man accused of killingSarah Hyland’steenage cousin in analleged drunk driving accident, will soon face prison time. More than six months after Trevor Canaday’s death, Eggeling, 37, has entered a plea. On July 2, Eggeling pleaded no contest to motor vehicle homicide, driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury, Douglas County Attorney Donald W. Kleine confirmed to PEOPLE on Thursday. Eggeling will be sentenced Sept. 19 and faces up to 53 years in prison....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Sarah Crawford

Dwayne Johnson Ignites the Olympic Spirit for Team USA: 'They Really Are the Best of Us'

Team USA had a very special guest introducing them at theTokyo Olympics. “Right now some of the very best athletes in all of America are gathered underneath the stadium where the show you’ve been watching has been taking place,” Johnson began. “But in a matter of moments, everything changes. The longest wait of their lives is over and the culmination of their blood, sweat, and tears finally arrives.” He continued, “It’s not easy to bring the entire planet together, and it certainly wasn’t easy tonight, but here we are....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Patricia Lewis

Dwayne Johnson Says His Mom Is 'OK' After Late-Night Car Accident, Will 'Continue to Get Evaluated'

Photo: David Livingston/Getty Dwayne Johnsonsaid he is counting his blessings after his mother survived a car accident. The 50-year-old actor and former WWF icon shared a photo to his Instagram account Thursday, displaying a badly wrecked red car. He said that his mother, Ata Johnson, 74, had been in the vehicle. “Angels of mercy watched over my mom as she was in a car crash late last night,” Johnson wrote in the caption....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Lindsay Leach

DWTSPro Sharna Burgess Opens Up About Smoking Meth as a Teen, Overcoming Drug Abuse Through Dance

Sharna Burgess.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Sharna Burgessis getting candid about her past drug addiction. TheDancing with the Starspro, 38, opened up about her heavy drug use as a teen on Monday’s episode of her iHeartPodcastOld-ishwithfiancéBrian Austin GreenandRandy Spelling. She said started experimenting with drugs when she was 15, and that dance ultimately helped her find sobriety. Prefacing her story with the notion that “the universe gives you signs and cues to check in and see if you’re ready,” the Australia native shared her “moment of clarity” at age 17 when she realized she didn’t want to continue on her destructive path....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 775 words · Willie Nichols

Dwyane Wade Says LGBTQ People 'Are Normal': 'The Ones That Don't Get It' Are Different

Dwyane Wadeis speaking out in support of the LGBTQ community just weeks after responding to “hate” over a photo of his 12-year-old child Zion. In an interviewwith a new video podcast from Showtime Sports calledAll the Smoke with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Wade opened up about the LGBTQ community, stating, “They’re normal, they’re not even different … everybody get used to it.” He continued, “Everybody get used to it, this is the new normal....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 612 words · Ricky Alvarez

Dylan O'Brien and Ike Barinholtz Fumble for Answers in Trailer for 'Maximum Truth' (Exclusive)

Ike Barinholtz is a politician on a mission. According to an official synopsis,Maximum Truthis about a “documentary film crew following political grifter Rick Klingman (Barinholtz) as he teams up with fellow ‘operative’ Simon (O’Brien) to take down a rival congressional candidate.” “Together they skirt around the fringes of polite society and protests anything in an effort to make money and a name for themselves.” The hilarious trailer opens with Barinholtz introducing his character Rick, “an attorney and a political consultant” who assures his audience he is not, despite what many may think, “a con artist or a fraud or a dirty trickster, or he can’t name all three branches of government....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Steven Stanley

Eco-Friendly Couple Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost Pick Up Litter on Their Beachside Stroll

Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson are doing their part to keep their community clean.The couple, who got engaged earlier this year, were spotted on a stroll along the beach in Montauk, New York on Thursday. Johansson, 34, and Jost, 37, were seen picking up litter along their route, with Johansson holding the trash in a plastic bag as they walked.The outing comes just days after they were seen on the beach in the Hamptons town....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 540 words · Greg Gray

Editor Scheduled to Go on Canceled 'Titan' Sub Expedition Says There Were a 'Lot' of 'Problems'

Photo:Cindy Ord/Getty Images for NYC & Company; EyePress News/Shutterstock Cindy Ord/Getty Images for NYC & Company; EyePress News/Shutterstock The editor of a travel-industry publication whoseTitanexpedition was canceled last month is opening up about his experience. “They were just working on the sub the whole day,” Weissmann recalls. “I did go out on an inflatable dinghy just to see the inside of the sub. The whole time, I had actually not been into the sub....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 681 words · Emily Taylor

Editors' Picks: See Our Favorite 'Camp' Looks from the 2019 Met Gala

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala always brings out themost outrageous outfits from its A-list attendees, and this year, stars definitely did not hold back. Just about every single guest arrived in their brightest, boldest, most feathered camp-inspired outfits to honor thenight’s theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion,”but a few hold a special place in our hearts. Scroll to see which looks PEOPLE editors could not stop talking about (and click to see all 150+ looks to pick a favorite of your own!...

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 244 words · Alyssa Lopez

Edward Norton Learns Pocahontas Is His 12th Great Grandmother — Actor's Family Lore Is 'Absolutely True'

Photo: Three Lions/Getty, Pablo Cuadra/WireImageEdward Norton’s family roots go back further than he imagined.On Tuesday’s season premiere of the PBS programFinding Your Roots, Norton, 53, appeared with hostHenry Louis Gates Jr.to dive into his family’s ancestry and discovered that the 17th century Powhatan woman Pocahontas is his 12th great grandmother.In the episode, host Gates Jr. revealed that Norton’s ancestry — which includes a Civil War soldier who wrote to Abraham Lincoln and a late 19th century pro-union labor activist — can be traced directly back to the earliest days of colonial America in Virginia, when Pocahontas married English settler John Rolfe in 1614....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1458 words · Diane Smith