Barry Michael Cooper, the influential screenwriter and filmmaker who wrote movies like 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died, the Maryland Chief Examiner's Office confirmed to PEOPLE. He was 66.
https://people.com/new-jack-city-writer-barry-michael-cooper-dies-at-66…

"That's the dream, that your music can resonate with people of all ages," frontman Matt Scannell tells PEOPLE of still spotting teens in the front row of Vertical Horizon shows, 25 years in.
https://people.com/vertical-horizon-everything-you-want-turns-25-exclus…

The 37-year-old was fighting to clear her name after being convicted of falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner of murdering her British roommate in 2007.
https://people.com/amanda-knox-appeal-slander-conviction-italy-8779204

Former Bachelor Clayton Echard reacted to ex Susie Evans’ comments about his character during his paternity trial
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/clayton-echard-reacts-to…

A Wisconsin tow-truck driver is being hailed a hero after he braved sub-zero temperatures to rescue a husband and wife following a fiery car crash.
https://people.com/tow-truck-driver-rushed-to-scene-of-fiery-accident-i…

Lili Reinhart recalled developing an eating disorder while filming The CW's hit series 'Riverdale,' saying her ‘entire inner dialogue’ was about her body
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/lili-reinhart-developed-…

Guy Fieri's dad, Jim Ferry, died on Jan. 27, 2024 at the age of 81
https://people.com/guy-fieri-marks-his-first-birthday-without-his-dad-8…

"When I was little, the first image I saw was that gorgeous golden gramophone," says "Escapism" singer RAYE, who's up for three Grammy Awards, in a new interview with PEOPLE.
https://people.com/raye-2025-grammy-awards-exclusive-8779170

Love Is Blind's Tyler Francis broke his silence one day after wife Ashley Adionser announced they decided to end their marriage after they met on the show.
https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/love-is-blinds-tyler-francis-brea…

Josselin Corea Escalante, 16, played soccer and got good grades, her family says.
https://people.com/tenn-school-shooting-victim-identified-16-year-old-g…