Bill Nye Says He'd Fly to Space 'In a Heartbeat' — 'As Long as I Can Come Back'

Photo: Amanda Edwards/Getty Bill Nyeis totally open to traveling into outer space, so long as he has a guaranteed return ticket. While chatting with PEOPLE about partnering withCoca-Colato create ananimated, stop-motion short filmbreaking down theplastic recycling process, theBill Nye the Science Guystar, 66, also opens up about what he would do if he was given the chance to travel outside Earth. Noting that he “applied to be an astronaut four times,” Nye says the NASA teams who go to space “are just amazing,” but that following mishaps like the Space ShuttleChallenger explosion, “nobody was going to let some yahoo like me fly around....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 618 words · Anna Rangel

Billie Eilish Explains Why She Covers Her Chest — and Why She Might Not Once She Turns 18

Billie Eilishis opening up about her signature baggy style — and how it might change when she turns 18 in three months. In her cover story forELLE’sWomen in Music-themed October issue, which also featuresCamila CabelloandLizzoon separate covers, the “Bad Guy” singer said that people who theorize that she wears over-sized shorts and T-shirts as a way to desexualize herself are “missing the point.” “The point is not: Hey, let’s go slut-shame all these girls for not dressing like Billie Eilish,” Eilish told the publication....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 728 words · Nicholas Parks

Billie Jean King Calls Coco Gauff 'the Reason We Fought So Hard' for Equal Pay on 50th Anniversary (Exclusive)

Billie Jean King (R), Coco Gauff (L).Photo:Sarah Stier/Getty; Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Sarah Stier/Getty; Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Greatness recognizes greatness. On the 50th anniversary of equal pay at the US Open,Billie Jean Kingsays watchingCoco Gauffwin the 2023 US Open is “the reason” she and other women athletes advocated for equal compensation in 1973. “Coco winning was just fantastic,” King, 79, tells PEOPLE. “When I see her, she’s the reason we fought so hard 50 years ago....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 823 words · Kimberly Curtis

Billie Lourd Honors Late Mother Carrie Fisher in 'Star Wars' Day Tribute

May the force be with you,Carrie Fisher. On Saturday, May 4th, Fisher’s daughterBillie Lourdpaid tribute to her late mother with an Instagram post on what many fans have dubbed “Star WarsDay.” The date of May 4th has long had significance forStar Warsfans as a pun on the franchise’s popular line, “May the force be with you.” In honor of the occasion, Lourd, 26, shared a photo of herself with her mother, who died in December 2016 at the age of 60....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Janet Evans

Bindi Irwin Shares Photos from 'Extra Special' Trip to Tasmania with Baby Grace: 'Grateful'

Photo: Bindi Irwin/Instagram Bindi Irwinis documenting her “extra special” family trip. Sharing a gallery ofsnapshots on her InstagramThursday, theCrikey! It’s the Irwinsstar, 23, showcased moments from avacation in Tasmania, bringing along mom Terri Irwin, brother Robert Irwin, husband Chandler Powell and their 7-month-old daughter Grace Warrior. “I’m tremendously grateful that we were able to share the wild beauty of Tasmania with Grace,” Bindi wrote. “She had the best time hiking with us and exploring Cradle Mountain National Park....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Denise Martin

Blake Lively Pokes Fun at Husband Ryan Reynolds' Parenting Skills: 'He Just Left' Our Kids

One thing’s for sure:Ryan Reynoldsisn’t afraid to fully commit to a character. Ina hilarious promo videofor his upcoming animated featurePokémon: Detective Pikachu, dubbedOutside the Actors Studio, the father of two describes his process of “vanish[ing] into my roles.” “I was on my way to pick up my daughters from school when I heard that I got the role,” Reynolds says ofInez, 2, andJames, 4. “I didn’t show up at school because Detective Pikachu, he doesn’t know who those two little girls are....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Mrs. Janice Gonzales

Blake Shelton Misses Adam Levine on The Voice — but Says Girlfriend Gwen Stefani Helps Make It 'Fun'

Having girlfriendGwen Stefanion the coaches’ panel ofThe Voiceis helpingBlake Sheltoncope with not having his budAdam Levine.PEOPLE caught up with coachesKelly Clarksonand Shelton ahead of the season premiere ofThe VoiceMonday night — and Shelton says “it feels normal” and “exciting” to have his longtime girlfriend on the coaches’ panel, even though it’s “strange” to not to have theMaroon 5frontman on this season.“It kinda helps with the weirdness of Adam not being here,” Shelton says....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 746 words · April Ford

Bode Miller's Wife Says She Cried as Her Baby Son Learned to Swim After Daughter's Drowning Death

Morgan Milleris opening up about the emotional moment she watched her youngest son’s swim lessons. Nearly one year after Morgan and her husbandBode Miller‘s 19-month-old daughterEmeline Griertragically drowned in a backyard pool, the couple brought their 6-month-old sonEaston Vaughn Rekto a class to learn how to swim. While Easton was in the pool on Monday, Morgan, 32, snapped some photos and videos and shared them to her Instagram Stories. In the post featuring her youngest child, who looked rather content in his black and yellow swim shirt and trunks, she explained that Easton was getting in some water time each weekday for ten minutes....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Jordan Phillips

Body Found in Illinois Identified as Missing 25-Year-Old Jelani Day

Jelani Day.Photo: Bloomington Police Department A body discovered earlier this month near the south bank of the Illinois River has been identified asJelani Day, who has been missing for nearly a month. Day, a 25-year-old graduate student at Illinois State University, was last seen on campus Aug. 24. His family reported him missing the next day, and search efforts began. Now, nearly a month to the day later, his body has been identified, according to anews releasefrom the agencies involved in the search....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Linda Riggs

Bowen Yang Says He Will Be Stepping Away from His Podcast Due to 'Bad Bouts of Depersonalization'

Photo:Bruce Glikas/Getty Bruce Glikas/Getty Bowen Yangis taking a step back from his podcast to prioritize his mental health. Over the weekend, theSaturday Night Livestar, 32, announced that he will take a brief pause from hisLas Culturistaspodcast due to “bad bouts of depersonalization.” “Taking a very short break from [Las Culturistas]. Bad bouts of depersonalization are f—ing me up bad, but I am doing my best to get better! Please take care, be soon,” Yang wrote on his Instagram Story....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Rhonda French

Boy Bullied Over His Homemade University of Tennessee T-Shirt Gets Scholarship to School

Photo: University of Tennesee Knoxville A Florida elementary school student’s heartbreak has been turned into victory all thanks to the University of Tennessee. Two weeks ago, the fourth-grader found himself in tears after his classmatesbullied himfor the homemade UT t-shirt he designed for college colors day at his school, his teacher Laura Snyder revealed on Facebook. The university has since offered the young boy a full scholarship. “I told my students about this day a week before, this particular child came to me and told me that he wanted to wear a University of Tennessee shirt, but he didn’t have one....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Donna Murray

Boy, 4, Traveled Cross Country in Donated RV to Undergo Heart Surgery: 'It's an Amazing Gift'

Photo: Noah the Brave/Facebook Hitting the road to travel across the country in an RV from his home in Spokane, Washington, wasn’t just a trip of a lifetime for Noah Alderson. It was a trip to save his life. The 4-year-old was born with several life-threatening heart defects and was recently in need of a third open-heart operation, his mother, Tanasha Alderson, explained toGMA. But the family soon found out that the the hospital near their home was unable to offer the needed surgery, a biventricular repair....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Benjamin Rogers

Boy, 9, Is Killed After Being Lured Into Alley by 2 Men Who Were Retaliating Against His Dad

Jurors in Illinois have convicted two gang members of murder inthe execution-style killing of a 9-year-old boy, who was shot in 2015 in an act of retaliation against his father. Late last week, following separate trials that lasted three weeks, 25-year-old Dwight Boone-Doty and 31-year-old Corey Morgan were found guilty in connection with the death of Tyshawn Lee. Two juries determined thatBoone-Doty and Morgan deliberately targeted Tyshawnas he was making his way home from school,luring him into a Chicago alleywaywith a promise to buy him a snack before killing him....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Daniel Lee