Taylor Swift.Photo: Raymond Hall/GCTaylor Swifthas big dreams as a filmmaker.During a screening ofAll Too Well: The Short Filmheld at the Beacon Theater in New York City as part of the2022 Tribeca Festival, Swift spoke about overcoming “imposter syndrome” as a music video director and revealed she’d like to write and direct a full-length feature film in the future.Speaking to filmmaker Mike Mills, the 32-year-old singer-songwriter opened up about her experience venturing into directing with music videos like “The Man,” “Cardigan,” and “Willow,” and how it led to the creation ofAll Too Well: The Short Film, which she wrote and directed....

Sen. Ted Cruz watches President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday.Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Bloomberg via GettyYes, exactly.That was Sen.Ted Cruz’s response after video widely circulated thatseemed to show him nodding offduring PresidentJoe Biden’s first joint address to Congress, on Wednesday night.The Texas Republican, 50, had beenseen on cameraopening and closing his eyes slowly — as though actually falling into a doze — near the end ofBiden’s hour-long speech, in which the president touted his response to theCOVID-19pandemic and urged support for trillion-dollar spending on education, healthcare and more....

Teddi Mellencamp.Photo:Ella Hovsepian/Getty Ella Hovsepian/Getty Teddi Mellencamphas begun a new treatment plan after her recent melanoma diagnosis. On Sept. 13, theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsalum shared onInstagramthat she had beendiagnosed with her thirteenth melanomain the past year. Since then, Mellencamp shared on Saturday that she is beginning an immunotherapy cream as a part of her treatment plan. The 42-year-old posted onInstagramsharing the update with her followers as a means to continue to help her followers keep up with their personal health....

Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Images/Getty “He offered his condolences, he seemed warm and he was welcoming, which was nice, but it didn’t take long for him to then drop into the conversation that Anne Sacoolas was in the building,” Charlotte Charles, the mother of Harry Dunn, said in a joint interview with Harry’s fatheronCBS This Morningon Wednesday. Tim Dunn, Harry’s dad, described the offer as something that “took your breath away....

Teresa Giudicehasn’t had the easiest experience planning her dream wedding with fiancéLuis “Louie” Ruelas. Teasing the big day, Giudice, 49, tells PEOPLE exclusively that the pair have had to adjust their vision due to theCOVID-19pandemic. “We wanted to go get married in Italy. We wanted to do it [there] because originally, we were supposed to get engaged in Capri,” saysReal Housewives of New Jerseystar. “But then he had to change it because of COVID....

A terminally ill California man won a milestone case against agricultural giant Monsanto after he claimed the company’s weed killer, Roundup, gave him cancer. Dewayne Johnson, 46, wasawarded $289 million in damageson Friday after a jury ruled the company’s product was the reason he developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to the Associated Press. Monsanto denies the claims their product causes cancer and told the wire they plan to appeal the verdict....

Nevaeh Hall and her mother Clara Clark.Photo:Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP Jefferson did not call 911 for more than five hours while the child continued to seizure, experiencing three in total during the incident. Jefferson instead gave the 4-year-old a Halcion pill that is intended to treat insomnia and medical experts say should not be given to a child, according to the Chronicle’s court report....

Photo: Fox 26 Houston Adogswam several miles to shore after she fell out the back of a shrimp boat in San Leon, Texas. The canine — named Monster — regularly joins her owner Captain Keith “Kiwi” Soffes on his shrimp boat but fell overboard on a recent outing. “We just headed back to the dock. Monster was doing her regular old thing that she’s always done,” Soffes toldKRIV. “Goes back there are barks at the birds, does the Monster thing....

Zachary Kent Mills.Photo: Harris County A Texas man is accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman for five days after meeting her on the popular dating app Bumble. Zachary Kent Mills, 21, was arrested and charged with felony aggravated kidnapping last week after the woman escaped his Harris County apartment and reported him to police. “…he immediately began to physically assault her and would not let her leave the residence,” the affidavit states....

Melissa Lucio.Photo: Texas Department of Criminal Justice/AP/Shutterstock A Texas woman on death row after her controversial murder conviction in her daughter’s death was granted a stay of execution today, and a lower court was ordered to consider new evidence in her case, her attorneys with the Innocence Project announced. Prosecutors also have said Lucio confessed to hitting Mariah during her police interrogation. But many critics have said the confession, in which she merely admits spanking the child but not abusing her, was coerced after many hours of interrogation....

01of 82Real-LifeFriendsGregg DeGuire/GettyArtists Inspiration Award winnerJennifer Anistongets some support from her on- and off-screen BFFs Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s 4th annual Patron of the Artists Awards on Thursday in Beverly Hills. 01of 82 Real-LifeFriends Gregg DeGuire/Getty Artists Inspiration Award winnerJennifer Anistongets some support from her on- and off-screen BFFs Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s 4th annual Patron of the Artists Awards on Thursday in Beverly Hills....

Dr. Elana McDonald, left, and Dr. Delana Wardlaw.Photo: Courtesy Dr. Delana Wardlaw Each are married moms of two; Wardlaw has 13-year-old twins — Amira and Khalif — while McDonald is the mother of Ryan, 15 and Roman, 17. Everyone in both families was eager to become fully vaccinated and boosted. They tell their story aboutwhy they and their kids got vaccinatedin their own words to PEOPLE. Delana Wardlaw:Dr. McDonald and I come from a community that has social challenges and economic challenges....

As 2019 draws to a close, PEOPLE’s critic Tom Gliatto reveals his picks for the 10 best movies of the year. Read on for the full list, a mix of horror, comedy, Oscar favorites and one beloved animated film. 1.Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood Sony Pictures Writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s best movie since the twoKill Bills (2003-04),Hollywoodis a work so confounding of expectations it feels like cinematic magic — and what more could you want of a movie?...