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Photo: getty (2) Reese Witherspoonput in a good word for her sonDeacon Phillippebefore he joined the cast ofNever Have I Ever. The show’s executive producer and co-creatorMindy Kalingopened up about casting Deacon, 18, in hisdebut acting roleafter having a conversation with the Oscar winner about her son’s ambitions. For more on Mindy Kaling, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. “He came to set, he really wanted to learn from our cast and I just love that energy,” she continued....

Photo:CBS Pittsburgh CBS Pittsburgh Rescuers are no longer sending manned crews into the 30-foot sinkhole where a Pennsylvania grandmother, who has been missing for more than 36 hours, is believed to have fallen. Citing the safety of the ground near where 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard disappeared, crews transitioned to using K-9 units, cameras and other electronic devices on Wednesday, Dec. 4,according to thePittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We’re just to a point where we can’t send rescuers to an area where they can be injured or killed,” Pleasant Unity Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Bacha said....

After more than a year since she was hospitalized due to COVID-19, a Texas mother of three has finally returned home. Jazmin Kirkland reunited with her family this month for the first time since she was admitted to the hospital after contracting COVID-19 last summer, NBC affiliateKXASreported. The 34-year-old and her husband, Kody, were on a family vacation when they both became sick with the disease. While Kody’s condition improved, Jazmin was taken to Texoma Medical Center and placed on a ventilator about two weeks later....

Photo:Courtesy of Jill Kakoske Courtesy of Jill Kakoske Evie received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, which Kakoske says brought her “relief” and “validation” after more than a year of seeing her daughter’s differences in learning and watching her “extraordinary gifts” at such a young age. “One of her earliest signswas that she counted to 11 before she was 11 months old. She hadn’t really said any words yet and she just counted out of nowhere,” the Canadian mom says....

Tateona Williams,whose two young children diedearlier this week after spending the night in a van at a casino parking garage in Detroit, says that when her kids went to sleep she thought they were “going to be okay.” Williams, a 29-year-old who is homeless and was previously unsuccessful in getting housing help from city officials, tells PEOPLE that the parking garage at the Hollywood Casino is somewhere the family “normally” goes at night “because it’s safe....

Monica Lewinsky; Beyoncé.Photo: getty (2) Monica Lewinskyis taking issue with one ofBeyoncé’shit songs. On Monday, the advocate, speaker and producer replied to a headline fromVarietyaboutBeyoncé pulling a wordthat was deemed “ableist” from the song “Heated” on her latest album,Renaissance. In response, Lewinsky, 49,tweeted, “uhmm, while we’re at it…#Partition,” referencing Beyoncé’s 2013 single which contains the lyric “he Monica Lewinsky’d all on my gown” — a nod to Lewinsky’shigh-profile affairwith former PresidentBill Clinton....

Morgan Wallenwill spend seven days at a DUI education center, months after he was arrestedfor throwing a chair from the roof of a Nashville bar. A judge in Nashville sentenced the country star, 31, to one week of incarceration, to be served at a DUI education center, as well as two years' probation — one year for each of his misdemeanor charges for reckless endangerment — on Thursday, Dec. 12. The star must also pay a $350 fine and court fees....

Morgan Wallenis ending 2024 with a smile. The “Last Night” singer released a surprise single on Monday, Dec. 30 titled “Smile,” which serves as a continuation of a theme seen in his 2024 releases “Lies Lies Lies” and “Love Somebody,” per a press release. Wallen, 31, sings about life’s little moments and longings in his new single, as he focuses on a troubled relationship through “filtered snapshots.” “It was good to see you smile / Girl you know it’s been a while / It was good to see you smile / Even if it was just for the picture,” he croons on the chorus....

Emily Pike.Photo:Mesa Police Department Mesa Police Department A mother is remembering her late teenage daughter as “very happy and kind,” days after authorities discovered and identified her remains in Arizona. On Thursday, Feb. 27, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office shared anews release on Facebookannouncing that the remains of an “unidentified female” were discovered on Feb. 14 off the Hwy 60 N. Mile post 277 on Forest Service Road. The MPD later updated a missing-person flyer on social media for 14-year-old Emily Pike, noting that the teen was “located deceased” and the GCSO was “actively investigating....

Noah LaLonde as Cole and Nikki Rodriguez as Jackie in season 1, episode 10 of ‘My Life with the Walter Boys’.Photo:Courtesy of Netflix Courtesy of Netflix Warning: This post contains spoilers from all 10 episodes ofMy Life with the Walter Boys. As showrunner Melanie Halsall toldTheWrap, she was always planning on leading viewers down a winding road with the series. “I wanted to blow all that up. That was always my intention, to lead the audience down a certain path and then blow it all up....

Nara Smith at the Fashion Awards on Dec. 2.Photo:Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Nara Smithhas a job, honey.The 23-year-old model and TikTok influencer appeared onTODAY with Hoda & Jennaon Dec. 5 for one of her famous recipe demonstrations where cohostJenna Bush Hagerasked her about receiving the “tradwife” label thanks to her viral home cooking videos.“Does that bother you or do you lean into it?” Bush Hager, 43, asked Smith of the label....

NASA’s latest space mission will have to wait for another day.The agency’s launch directorhalted its planned launch of the Artemis I rocket— themost powerful rocketthe space agency has ever built — at 8:34 a.m. Eastern time Monday, citing an unsuccessful bleed test in anews releaseissued just before 9 a.m.“The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft remain in a safe and stable configuration,” NASA’s news release reads. “Launch controllers were continuing to evaluate why a bleed test to get the RS-25 engines on the bottom of the core stage to the proper temperature range for liftoff was not successful, and ran out of time in the two-hour launch window....

Mars simulation habitat.Photo:Kyodo via AP Images Kyodo via AP Images NASAis searching for a second round of volunteers to take part in a project aimed at discovering what it will be like to live on Mars. Earlier this month, the space company announced in areleasethat it is seeking more participants who would be willing to live on a fake version of Mars at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for one year, ahead of human exploration of the actual planet in the future....