Photo: Jessica Simpson/Instagram; Taylor Hill/WireImage; Jeremy Bustos Though the follow-up year to a tough 2020 wasn’t exactly the “normal” one many hoped for, it did give us headlines that didn’t have to do with COVID-19, thanks in large part to the daily, and often dramatic, happenings of celebrities. As the end of 2021 nears, look back on the 10 PEOPLE stories that compelled us all. 10. Kim Kardashian Fluffs Paris Hilton’s Wedding Dress at the Heiress' Nuptials to Carter Reum Steve Granitz/FilmMagic...

Photo: Getty Period tracking apps have allegedly shared their users’ personal data — about everything from the last time they had sex or masturbated to thetype of birth control they use— with Facebook, according to a new report. Within the apps, users input information like the start of their last menstrual cycle, any symptoms like cramping, and when they have sex, in order to track their periods and ovulation. According to Privacy International’s report, the apps were then sending that information to Facebook through the social media company’s Software Development Kit, a Facebook-created program to help app developers update their product, track usage and set up advertising....

Pete Buttigiegspends most — if not all — of his work day talking about planes, trains, automobiles, you name it. To hear him tell it, he wouldn’t have it any other way. While there he took questions from the crowd on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure investment bill passed last year. He addressed the environment, finding jobs for oil and gas workers and electric cars. (Buttigieg admits thatwith fatherhood, he has succumbed to buying a minivan — albeit an electric hybrid — with husbandChasten....

Kim Kardashian WestandPete Davidson’s budding romance doesn’t seem to be slowing down.After spending more time together in Los Angeles over the weekend, a source tells PEOPLE that Kardashian West is enjoying the ease of her relationship with theSaturday Night Live star, 28, after her split fromKanye West.“He’s exactly what Kim needed after her divorce — someone to make her laugh and just have a fun time with,” the source tells PEOPLE....

Pete Davidsonis more than ready for his mom Amy to find love ⁠— or at the very least a hook-up! TheSaturday Night Livecomedian, 25, joked he’s on the hunt to find his mother ⁠— and roommate ⁠— a suitor in order to get her “off [his] back.” “I’m trying to get her to [date],” Davidson told Tan France on theQueer Eyestar’s Netflix web series,Dressing Funny. “Someone should slam her. Seriously, she’s been not with anybody since like, my dad died....

Photo: Will Heath/NBC Pete Davidsonwon’t be making his triumphant return toSaturday Night Liveas soon as expected. On Tuesday, NBC announced the cancellation of Saturday’s episode, in which Davidson was slated to make his hosting debut alongside musical guestLil Uzi Vert. News of the 29-year-old comedian’sdeparturefrom the long-running sketch show broke last May after Davidson appeared onSNLfor eight seasons. Several of his costars, includingKate McKinnon,Aidy Bryant,Chris ReddandKyle Mooney, also exited ahead of season 48....

Peter Dinklageplays an opera composer struggling to find inspiration in his latest role. On Thursday, Vertical released the trailer forShe Came to Me, a new romantic comedy starring Dinklage, 54, as New York City composer Steven Lauddem, who is struggling to complete work on a new opera. As Steven takes his dog for a walk — and Patricia deals with a bizarre therapy client — he eventually meets a tugboat operator named Katrina (Marisa Tomei), who invites him on her boat and seduces him after admitting she is “addicted to romance....

Actor Peter Spellos poses for a Facebook photo.Photo:Peter Spellos/Facebook Peter Spellos/Facebook The actor died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to Smith. Producer and director Fred Olen Ray also confirmed the news on hisFacebook page, writing that Spellos died at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday. The fundraiser was last updated on Nov. 1, when Spellos posed for a Halloween selfie. More than 250 people had donated roughly $22,000 to assist Spellos with his medical care....

Photo: Greg Gayne/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images Peyton ManningandTom Bradyare enjoying retirement in very different ways! OnThe Pat McAfee ShowThursday, Manning entertained the host Pat McAfee and co-host A.J. Hawk with a hilarious story about flying back from Hawaii recently on Delta Airlines — and sitting in coach at the back of the plane — in contrast to Brady’s recent luxurious vacation in the Bahamason his $6 million yacht....

Photo: Felicia Saunders Photography PhotographerFelicia Saundersset out to photograph moms and babies for National Breastfeeding Month in August. But she had no idea the moving photos would touch parents everywhere. In the photos, the mothers — Courtney Espejo, Mykel Cooper, and Tiffiny Grace — are wrapped in loose-fitting garments, with their babies wrapped in the fabric too. The photos have been shared more than 5,000 times on Facebook. “I went to bed and the next morning, my inbox was flooded with messages of gratitude,” Saunders, 31, tells PEOPLE....

In November 2018, a string of wildfires burned through hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Southern and Northern California, killing more than 80 people and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. Marc and Mary Taylor lost everything in the wildfire, according toKCRA. The couple, who have been married for nearly 20 years, lost countless mementos, one of them being their priceless wedding album. With their anniversary approaching on Aug....

Photo: TheHollywoodFix.net/BACKGRID. Inset: Allen Berezovsky/Getty Mohamed Hadid’s controversial Bel-Air mansion is being demolished. Photos taken this week show the beginnings of the process of dismantling the illegally constructed 30,000-square-foot behemoth, following a judge’s 2019 ruling the cliffside structure was a “danger to the public.” The 73-year-old real estate developer and father of supermodelsGigiandBellapurchased the property in 2011 and gained approval to build a smaller house on the site. Instead, he began illegally constructing a 30,000-square-foot mansion without the correct permits, according toDirt....

Pilot Brian Depauw.Photo:Nick Monro/Pool Photo via AP Nick Monro/Pool Photo via AP A helicopter pilot relived the moment he and two of his passengers ran from an erupting New Zealand volcano and jumped into the ocean. Brian Depauw testified at the Auckland District Court in Australia on Thursday, during the 16 week trial of three tourism companies and three directors. While on the witness stand, he recalled the harrowing day, according to theAssociated Press....