Couple Ditches Wedding Flowers for Bouquets of Adoptable Puppies

Photo: Courtesy Partners 4 Pets Flowers are so last wedding season. As a touching nod to how their love first bloomed and to help needy pooches, newlyweds Kyle Morris and Brian Seals had their wedding party carry adoptable puppies instead of bouquets of peonies. Courtesy Partners 4 Pets According to theWichita Eagle, Morris and Seals first met while working on projects for Illinois-based animal rescuePartners 4 Pets. After the pair became engaged in July 2017, they knew that animals deserved a special spot in their wedding....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Elizabeth Woods

Courteney Cox Celebrates Johnny McDaid's 45th Birthday on 'Friends' Set: 'My Best Friend and Love'

Photo: George Pimentel/Getty Courteney CoxandJohnny McDaidare celebrating theSnow Patrolsinger’s birthday together for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. The 57-year-oldFriendsstar wished her partner a happy 45th birthday on Saturday with a sweet photo of the couple snuggled up on her couch from the hit sitcom’s iconic set. “Happy Birthday to my best friend and love. He’s the kindest, most patient, best listener, curious, caring, not to mention talented and gorgeous partner....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Tracy Lee

Craig Melvin Talks Dad's Alcoholism, Gambling Addiction — and How Close He Came to Same Dark Path

WhenToday’sCraig Melvinwas growing up in Columbia, South Carolina, family and friends always knew he would someday be something of a star. “When he was young, he talked a lot, but he had something to say,” the NBC newsman’s father, Lawrence Melvin, tells PEOPLE exclusively in an interview for this week’s new issue. “There was a lady at church who said Craig was going to be a minister, or find some other way of running his mouth....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 696 words · Hayley Thomas

Cressida Bonas — Prince Harry's Ex — Is Engaged to Boyfriend Harry Wentworth-Stanley

Cressida Bonasis heading to the altar! “We getting married 😁🥰,” he captioned the post. Harry Wentworth-Stanley, Cressida Bonas.Harry Wentworth-Stanley Instagram According to multiple outlets, Bonas and Wentworth-Stanley, who are very low-key about their relationship, are rumored to have been dating for about two years. A source close toPrince Harry, 34, and Bonasconfirmed their split to PEOPLEin late April 2014 after two years of dating, saying that it was “amicable” and adding that Bonas was hoping to concentrate on her career....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Emily Alexander

Cubs Player Ben Zobrist and Singer Wife Julianna Split After 14 Years as He Claims 'Inappropriate Marital Conduct'

Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Chicago Cubs playerBen Zobristand his wife, singerJulianna Zobrist, have split after nearly 14 years of marriage, according to multiple news reports. The couple each moved on Monday to end to their relationship: He filed for a separation in Tennessee, where they have a home in Nashville; she filed for divorce in Chicago, according to theChicago TribuneandTennessean. Ben, 37, claimed in his filing that Julianna has been “guilty of inappropriate marital conduct which render further cohabitation impossible,” theTennesseanreports....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Janice James

CultureCon 2023 Unites Young Creatives in L.A.: It's About 'Reimagining Community,' Says Founder Imani Ellis

Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Emma McIntyre/Getty Images This Saturday, CultureCon had its first full summit in Los Angeles. “I never could have imagined that it would scale like this. We really thought it would stay very intimate, very small,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively. “But I think it just goes to show when people feel seen, they want to tell other people about it and it’s just grown so quickly.” “I think there’s so much that you can extract [at CultureCon] and I think one of [those things] is really reimagining community and reimagining networking,” Ellis explains of her goals for CultureCon....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 583 words · Jodi Woodard

Dad & Toddler Who Drowned Trying to Enter U.S. Left a Country Where He Made Only $350/Month: 'They Wanted a Better Future'

From left: Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter, Valeria.Photo: North Texas Dream Team “Don’t go,” shetold her son. Do not go to America. But whatever was ahead for him and his young family,Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírezalready knew what was behind: Working at a pizzeria in El Salvador he made approximately $350 a month. His wife, Tania Vanessa Ávalos, had worked at a Chinese restaurant but returned home to care for their daughter, Valeria, then on the verge of her second birthday....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1217 words · Patrick Robinson

Dad with Alzheimer's Moved to Tears by Daughter's Surprise Tattoo in Viral TikTok

Getty (2) A college student’sTikTokvideo about the sweet tattoo she got for her father, who has Alzheimer’s, is going viral. The TikTok user, who gives her name asIsabel, captions the viral video “showing my dad the tattoo i got for him after his alzheimer’s diagnosis.” The video, tagged #endalz, has gotten nearly 3 million likes in a week. The video opens with Isabel standing in front of her father with her arms crossed to cover the tattoo on her right bicep....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Stacy Greene

Dairy Queen Makes 'Difficult Decision' to Cancel Free Cone Day 2021 Due to COVID-19 Concerns

Sorry Dairy Queen lovers, you’re going to have to wait yet another year to get your free cone. For the second year in a row, Dairy Queen has cancelled its annual Free Cone Day to avoid large crowds amid the ongoingcoronavirus pandemic, the company announced last week. The chain traditionally gives out free small vanilla soft-serve cones to customers every year on the first day of spring. “As spring approaches, we all look forward to Free Cone Day, an event that attracts long lines at our restaurants....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Mary Turner

Damar Hamlin Celebrates Buffalo Bills' Wild Card Win with Simple, but Touching Emojis Message

Damar Hamlin.Photo: Timothy T Ludwig/Getty AlthoughDamar Hamlincouldn’t be on the field with his team, he’s still celebrating with them in spirit. The 24-year-old Bills safety shared a celebratory social media post following his team’s win against the Miami Dolphins during their AFC Wild Card matchup on Sunday. The Buffalo player posted “W 🫶🏾💙❤️"on Twitter, and prior to the game, Hamiln tweeted that his “heart is with my guys as they compete today!...

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Anthony Jordan

Damar Hamlin Released from Hospital and Will 'Continue His Rehabilitation at Home'

The good news keeps coming forDamar Hamlin!The Buffalo Bills safety has been discharged from the hospital and is headed home, according to astatement from the teamshared on Wednesday.The Bills shared that Hamlin, 24, went through “a comprehensive medical evaluation” and a “series of cardiac, neurological, and vascular testing” on Tuesday after being transferred to the Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute on Monday.Hamlin’s lead critical care physician Dr. Jamie Nadler said, “We have completed a series of tests and evaluations, and in consultation with the team physicians, we are confident that Damar can be safely discharged to continue his rehabilitation at home and with the Bills,” according to the team’s statement....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 810 words · Phillip Silva

Dan + Shay on Debuting New Song '10,000 Hours' at Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin's Wedding

Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage Country duoDan + Shaywere both on board with serving as impromptu wedding singers for their collaboratorJustin Bieberlast month. Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney were guests at Bieber’s wedding to Hailey Baldwin in Bluffton, South Carolina, where they performed theirnew song “10,000 Hours”— which Bieber cowrote and lends vocals to — for the first time in front of a live audience. “We had never rehearsed it,” SmyerstoldEntertainment Tonightat an event in Nashville on Wednesday....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Jeanette Johnson

Dan + Shay Savor Special Moments at Aflac's Pre-CMA Listening Lounge Before Their Big Night

AsDan + Shayget ready forthe CMA Awardson Wednesday, the duet partners are savoring their nominations and all the special moments that lead up to the big night. “Win or lose, seriously, it’s just an honor to be nominated,”Dan Smyerstells PEOPLE. Come on.Seriously? Smyers, 31, offers a wide grin. “We want to win, obviously!” he amends. And with three nominations, the dynamic duo has never had a better chance than this week to take home their first-ever CMA Award....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 634 words · Jose Garza