A real estate CEO in California is drawing ire for offering to pay “any amount” to private firefighters to protect his home from the fire that devastated the Pacific Palisades.
https://people.com/la-businessman-slammed-for-offering-any-amount-to-pr…

Stephen 'tWitch' Boss' mom is speaking out amid backlash toward his widow, Allison Holker, and more top stories
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/twitchs-mom-speaks-out-c…

PEOPLE spoke to Carolina Cadmilema, who Farrell said "kept the whole crew going" in a heartfelt moment from his Golden Globes acceptance speech
https://people.com/colin-farrell-thanked-craft-service-in-surprising-go…

Kelly Clarkson brought her two children, River and Remy, on her talk show for an adorable family sit down
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/kelly-clarksons-kids-riv…

Normani says that she wants to collaborate with Janet Jackson in a new interview. "I saw the Velvet Rope Tour at a young age and I probably wasn’t supposed to," the former Fifth Harmony singer joked.
https://people.com/normani-wants-to-collaborate-with-janet-jackson-8771…

Jenna Bush Hager founded her book club, Read with Jenna, in 2019 — see all of her 2025 selections here.
https://people.com/jenna-bush-hagers-2025-read-with-jenna-book-club-pic…

Along with her mother, boyfriend and another person, Yvette Anderson was forced to evacuate her Altadena home that was destroyed from the Eaton Fire.
https://people.com/nurse-who-raced-to-flee-the-la-fires-thought-her-hom…

George W. Bush's unlikely friendship with the Obamas once again on display on Jan. 9, when the Republican gave Barack Obama a friendly greeting at the state funeral for Jimmy Carter
https://people.com/george-w-bush-belly-taps-barack-obama-jimmy-carter-f…

On Thursday, Jan. 9, musician Zach Bryan shared a series of Instagram Stories where he clapped back at trolls for coming after his friends online. "You do not know me. You never will know me. Stop acting like you do," he wrote.
https://people.com/zach-bryan-claps-back-trolls-instagram-rant-brianna-…

‘Schitt’s Creek’ alum Eugene Levy previously described the “intense smoke” he saw while evacuating his home in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7
https://people.com/eugene-levy-s-home-destroyed-in-l-a-fires-8771491