Bradley Cooper feels his ‘most important job’ is fatherhood as his 50th birthday approaches, and more of Us Weekly’s top stories
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bradley-coopers-private-…

Faith Paige Goynes is charged with murder and arson after allegedly being found with burns and the victim's ID.
https://people.com/texas-woman-allegedly-killed-husband-burned-truck-fl…

When an individual got engaged three days after their brother's wedding, they were met with hostility. 'He could've absolutely planned around it. Hellishly stupid and selfish,' the former groom told his sibling of the proposal, according to a post on Reddit.
https://people.com/man-angry-after-his-sibling-got-engaged-3-days-after…

Lauren, on TikTok @the_stayathomemomma, tells PEOPLE about the surprising backlash on her journey to get her daughter an axolotl for Christmas.
https://people.com/mom-surprises-6-year-old-with-dream-pet-an-axolotl-f…

In celebration of our 50th year, we're looking back at some of our favorite reads over the decades
https://people.com/best-books-1970s-people-50th-anniversary-8698435

The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo two weeks before Christmas. The Virginia zoo wrote that the birth is significant to conservation efforts for the endangered species.
https://people.com/virginia-zoo-gets-hippopotamus-for-christmas-with-py…

Andrew Ashurst faces multiple charges
https://people.com/pregnant-woman-allegedly-attacked-went-into-labor-87…

Kim Zolciak-Biermann's 23-year-old daughter Ariana, who was legally adopted by Kroy Biermann, gave a tour of her family’s empty Georgia mansion as she celebrated her “last Christmas” there
https://people.com/ariana-biermann-gets-emotional-while-saying-goodbye-…

Tim Miller, director of the first Ryan Reynolds-led ‘Deadpool,’ is revealing his surprising paycheck for the hit 2016 film: 'It's not really a profitable thing to be a first-time director in Hollywood, and I'll tell you exactly,' he said. 'I got $225,000 to direct 'Deadpool.''
https://people.com/deadpool-2016-director-paid-less-than-walking-dead-e…

Mark Spain, a popular local television news journalist in Virginia, has died just three weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 64.
https://people.com/local-news-anchor-mark-spain-dies-weeks-after-pancre…