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Singer Cher during an interview on Monday, November 18, 2024
Cher Says She Was 'Shocked' to Find Out Her Legal Name After Birth Certificate Mix-Up
Kirsten Miller
Author Kirsten Miller Has Some Advice for Fighting Book Bans: ‘Find Your Posse’ (Exclusive)
Thankful authors
Here's What Your Favorite Authors Are Thankful For This Season (Exclusive)
wicked
Does the Wicked Movie Follow the Book? Barely. Here Are the Biggest Differences
Aisha Muharrar Author Loved One Book
Parks and Rec Writer Aisha Muharrar — and the Woman Behind Leslie Knope! — Reveals the Cover for Her Debut Novel (Exclusive)
Dua Lipa Service 95 bookclub Patti Smith Just Kids
Dua Lipa's Book Club: See What the Star Is Reading
Matthew McConaughey speaks during the 2024 Texas Book Festival at the First Baptist Church on November 17, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
Matthew McConaughey Reveals What His Mom Said After His 1999 Naked Bongo Arrest
Rebecca Yarros
Why Rebecca Yarros Is Anti-Book Ban: ‘I’m Not a Librarian’ (Exclusive)
Brooke Shields, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush
Brooke Shields Once Thought She Flooded George H.W. and Barbara Bush’s House: ‘None of This Looks Good’
Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Gary Marshall, Marion Ross, Don Most, Anson Williams, Rob Reiner, Clint Howard, Tom Bosley, Al Molinaro, cast of the ABC tv series 'Happy Days' playing in a charity softball game.
The Happy Days Cast Had a Baseball Team — and They Were Really Good, New Book Reveals (Exclusive)
Kate McKinnon, Percival Everett
Kate McKinnon Hosts 2024 National Book Awards: 'Writing a Book Is Nothing Short of an Act of Kindness'
Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo and the cover of 'My Grandma and Grandpa Rock!'
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo Pen Kids Book Inspired by Being Grandparents: ‘Our Dream on Steroids!’  (Exclusive)
People Pics books
These PEOPLE Book Picks Made Both TIME and Amazon's Top 100 Book Lists
Malcolm Gladwell and Emily in Paris Split
Malcolm Gladwell Enjoys Watching 'Gossipy Stuff' Like Emily in Paris — Plus What Books He’s Been Loving (Exclusive)
I'll have What She's Having by Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler Talks Sexting, Psychedelics and Starting a 'Spiked' Lemonade Stand in 'Surprisingly Vulnerable' Book (Exclusive)
Tina Turner and SInger Cher at the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the Staples Center on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
Cher Says a Bruised Tina Turner Once Asked for Advice on How to ‘Leave’ Abusive Husband Ike
Cher and Sonny Bono in 1966
Cher Says She Was ‘Manhandled’ by Sonny Bono Early in Their Relationship. She Told Him ‘I Will Leave Your Ass’
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by V.E. Schwab;
V.E. Schwab Reveals Cover of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: 'This Novel Is a Reckoning' (Exclusive)
Susan Choi and the cover of her novel 'Flashlight'
Susan Choi’s Flashlight Is an Ode to Her ‘Alternate-Universe Family’ — See the Cover Here (Exclusive)
Zarna Garg new book
From Escaping an Arranged Marriage to Stand-Up Comedy: Zarna Garg Tells All in New Memoir (Exclusive)
Rebecca Yarros
How Rebecca Yarros Learned to Log Off — and Why You Should, Too (Exclusive)
Elle Macpherson
Elle Macpherson Says She Once Drank Vodka from Shattered Bottle as She Reveals Past Struggles with Alcohol and Bulimia
Riley Keough attends the premiere of Hulu's "Under The Bridge" at DGA Theater Complex on April 15, 2024
Riley Keough Reflects on the Presley Family 'Curse' and What It's Like to Now Be the Sole Heir of Graceland
Cher and Gregg Allman at the Georgetown Inn on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown
Cher Says Gregg Allman Broke Up with Her in a Note Because He Felt 'a Fool' When She Reunited with Ex Sonny Bono for Work
Claire Messud in 2024
Author Claire Messud Calls Timothée Chalamet Her Dream Cast For ‘Books That Feel Humanly True’ (Exclusive)
Singer Cher during an interview on Monday, November 18, 2024
Cher Recalls Taking a Stranger's Horse and Hopping a Freight Train at Age 9: 'Could've Gotten Killed'
Cher, Warren Beatty
Cher Reveals 'Unbelievably Handsome' Warren Beatty, Then 25, Kissed Her the First Time They Met When She Was 15
Slash Electric Alexander Edwards, Alexander “AE” Edwards and Cher attend the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony streaming on Disney+ at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Cher Gives Boyfriend Alexander 'AE' Edwards' Son Slash, 5, a Surprise Mention in New Memoir — See the Cute Shout-Out!
Split photo of Julia Roberts and Ruuman Alam
Julia Roberts Thought Leave the World Behind Was 'Too Scary,' Recalls Author Rumaan Alam
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
The Compound Asks 'How Far We're Willing to Go to Have Nice Things' (Exclusive)
HAPPY DAYS Welcome Home episode Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Don Most
Happy Days Writers Recall Ron Howard's Return for Show's 250th Episode: 'The Crowd Went Wild' (Exclusive)
Cher and Julia Roberts
Cher Reveals She Had a Real-Life Pretty Woman Shopping Moment. The Bill Was 'Worth It to See the Look on That Bitch’s Face'
Cher Drops F-Bomb Live on TODAY show
Cher Drops F-Bomb Live on Today While Recounting Advice She Got from Lucille Ball: 'You Said You Would Bleep It!'
Gregory Maguire's 'Wicked' universe novels
Love Wicked? Learn More About the Novel That Inspired the Movie — And Gregory Maguire’s Other Oz Books
The cover of 'Zomromcom' by Olivia Dade
A Vampire Battles Zombies in Olivia Dade’s Paranormal Romance Zomromcom — Here’s a Sneak Peek! (Exclusive)
Josh Brolin attends the World Premiere of "Dune: Part Two"; From Under the Truck by Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin's 12-Hour Acid Trip, Missing Son and An Expletive-Filled Awards Speech: It's All in From Under the Truck
Bill Clinton and his new book 'Citizen'
Bill Clinton’s Memoir Citizen Centers Our Common Humanity: ‘Live in the Present, for the Future’ (Exclusive)
Sonny Bono Cher
Cher Says She Once Considered Jumping Off a Balcony When She Felt 'Trapped' in 'Loveless Marriage' to Sonny Bono
JALEEL WHITE on FAMILY MATTERS, Jaleel White attends Cool Comedy Hot Cuisine Benefitting The Scleroderma Research Foundation at Fairmont Century Plaza on October 29, 2024 in Los Angeles, California
Jaleel White Says Family Matters Execs Made Him Adjust Urkel Costume Due to Visible Bulge
Laura Dave, cornbread recipe
The Night We Lost Him Author Laura Dave Went on a 20-Year Hunt for the Best Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe (Exclusive)
Heartbreak is the National Anthem Taylor Swift by Rob Sheffield
Why Taylor Swift's Career Trajectory Mirrors the Beatles, Explains Author of New Book on the Pop Star (Exclusive)
Rage: On Being Queer, Black, Brilliant . . . and Completely Over It written by Lester Fabian Brathwaite.
Rage Offers a Sardonic Take on Modern Life: 'I'm Mad at Injustice in All Its Forms' (Exclusive)
Rebecca Yarros headshot Variation by Rebecca Yarros
Rebecca Yarros' New Book Saved Her: 'If I Hadn't Written Variation, I Wouldn't Have Written Onyx Storm' (Exclusive)
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Josh Brolin Recalls Barbra Streisand's Response When He Once Asked Her for a Glass of Wine: 'Aren't You a Drunk?'
Florenzer
Phil Melanson's Florenzer Explores "A Boldly Queer Life" for Leonardo da Vinci — See The Cover! (Exclusive)
Author Juhea Kim, writer of City Of Night Birds.
City of Night Birds Author Found Freedom in Ballet as an Adult: 'After a Lifetime of Unrequited Love, That Is Enough' (Exclusive)
PEOPLE's picks for the best books of November 2024
PEOPLE’s Best Books of November 2024: Cher’s Long-Awaited Memoir, New Haruki Murakami and More
'If We Were Villains' by M.L. Rio; 'Zodiac Academy: The Awakening' by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti; 'Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe' by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Don’t Know What to Read in November? Try These Fall Book Recommendations, From Dark Academia to Cozy Fantasy
PEOPLE's picks for the best books of Oct. 2024
PEOPLE’s Best Books of October 2024: New Suspense from Paula Hawkins and More
Jean Hanff Korelitz's reading reccomendations
Need a New Book Recommendation? See What The Sequel Author Jean Hanff Korelitz Is Reading (Exclusive)
Rosemary-Wells-Gallery: Little Chefs Rosemary Wells I Am a Little Chef Professionals Bread Pet Sourdough Story Mamas Roti Raakhee Mirchandani Every Cake Story Christina Tosi
Festive Fun for Little Chefs: Six Heartwarming Books to Spark Holiday Cooking Magic
Attica Locke attends TheWrap's 2022 Annual Changemakers List VIP Dinner at Santa Monica Proper Hotel on December 13, 2022 in Santa Monica, California; Guide Me Home by Attica Locke
Attica Locke Says She's a 'Pretty Political Writer' — Especially This Character (Exclusive)
Bill Clinton attends the annual Charity Day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald and The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund on September 11, 2023 in New York City. Citizen: My Life After the White House
Bill Clinton Reveals 12 Simple Rules for Surviving Politics: Read Them Here (Exclusive)
Elvis Presley and Lisa Marie Presley
Why the Celebrity Memoir Book Club Hosts Found Lisa Marie Presley's Memoir 'Stressful'
Rax King Portrait; Sloppy: Essays by Rax King
Rax King Hopes New Book Sloppy Will Tell 'Someone What They Need to Hear, When They Need to Hear It' (Exclusive)
Martha Stewart during an interview on The Tonight Show
Martha Stewart Says Her Autobiography Will 'Be Even More Revealing' Than Her Documentary: 'Watch Out'
Ruth Ware and the cover of 'The Woman in Suite 11'
Ruth Ware's Thriller The Woman in Cabin 10 Is Getting 'A Fresh Perspective' in Upcoming Sequel (Exclusive)
Kaira Rouda and the cover of 'Jill is Not Happy'
Author Kaira Rouda Sends a Couple on a Thrilling 'Cat-and-Mouse' Game in Jill Is Not Happy — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Jaleel White Portrait; Growing Up Urkel: A Memoir by Jaleel White
Jaleel White's Professor Got This Wrong About Family Matters: 'Like Comparing Seinfeld to Full House' (Exclusive)
The Art of the SNL Portrait
SNL Photographer Mary Ellen Matthews' Iconic 'Bumper' Photos Collected in New Book for Show's 50th Anniversary (Exclusive)
Misty Copeland Portrait; Letters to Misty: How to Move Through Life with Confidence and Grace by Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland Reveals Cover for Letters to Misty: How to Move Through Life with Confidence and Grace (Exclusive)
Tim Matheson as Fred Moran on Madam Secretary; MACGYVER - "Harry's Will" (a.k.a. "Mad, Mad, Mad Nomad") - Airdate: November 5, 1990.
Tim Matheson Says Henry Winkler Offered Him a Role in MacGyver: 'Sounded Silly to Me at the Time'
Aldis Hodge attends "Cross" Exclusive HBCU Screening at Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College on October 16, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.James Patterson attends the Prime Video x Crime Com Present An Advance Screening Of "Cross" at Florence Gould Hall Theater on October 24, 2024 in New York City.
Cross Star Aldis Hodge Reacts to James Patterson Saying Series Is His Favorite Adaptation of His Work
Robbie Parker and his daughter Emilie
Inside a Sandy Hook Father's Fight to Help Bring Down Alex Jones and Reclaim His Daughter's Memory (Exclusive)
Secret Service police car
Secret Service Agent Took Lover to Former President Barack Obama’s Beach House, New Memoir Says
Samantha Harvey author of Orbital
Orbital by Samantha Harvey Wins 2024 Booker Prize
Tim Matheson in Virgin River
Tim Matheson Was Worried About Being Typecast When He Was Scouted for Virgin River