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One Year Later: Life Without the Queen. As the first anniversary ofQueen Elizabeth’s death approaches on Sept. 8, the royal family is still adjusting to life without their matriarch. King CharlesandQueen Camillakept his mother’s tradition ofspending the late summer at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where Queen Elizabeth spent her final weeks and died last year. While a former palace staffer describes the royal residence as having a chance to “leave your crown on the gatepost and put your raincoat on,” there’s no doubt that the King, Queen and other members of the royal familyvisiting the estate— includingPrince WilliamandKate Middleton— have bittersweet feeling about this return to the Scottish Highlands....

Photo: Zoo Atlanta Every birthday is a blessing when you belong to a once endangered species. Ya Lun and Xi Lun, the only set of giant panda twins in the United States, celebrated their 5th birthday on Friday, and everyone was invited. Footage of the celebration streamed on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, from their festive habitat atZoo Atlanta’s Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Giant Conservation Center. Earlier this week, the Panda Care Team decorated the habitat with a birthday banner, banana-topped ice “cakes” and colorful cardboard boxes filled with leaf eater biscuits....

Ayer, 53, penned a letter about directing 2016’sSuicide Squadin response to movie critic Tim Grierson’s tweet about watching Gunn’s version of the famous comic book story. “Many times while watching the new movie, I thought, ‘Yeah, David Ayer should just abandon the idea of that director’s cut,’ " Griersontweetedon Thursday. Ayerresponded in a tweetthat read, “My Turn,” writing, “I put my life intoSuicide Squad. I made something amazing. My cut is [an] intricate and emotional journey with some bad people who are s— on and discarded (a theme that resonates in my soul)....

Photo: Orlando Police Department Reserve officer Dennis Turner was officially fired from the Orlando Police Department on Monday after he arrested two 6-year-old children without approval from a commanding officer last week. Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolónannounced Turner’s terminationon Monday in a press conference — regardless of an ongoing investigation into the incident — after he failed to follow departmental policy that requires officers to obtain approval from a supervisor before arresting anyone younger than 12 years old....

Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Brad Pitt’s producer credits are just as impressive as his acting ones, especially when it comes to the diverse films he’s backed over the years. The actor and producer, 57, has had a hand in many Oscar-winning movies, and his commitment to diversifying Hollywood didn’t just start withMinari. TheFight Clubactor has a total of 60 producing credits to his name, includingVice(2018),The Last Black Man in San Francisco(2019) andBong Joon-ho’sOkja(2017)....

Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Mila Kunisand theAcademy Awardsare making a statement againstRussia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. “One cannot help but be in awe of those who find strength to keep fighting through unimaginable darkness,” she added. “While film is an important avenue to express our humanity in times of conflict, the reality is millions of families in Ukraine need food, medical care, clean water and emergency services,” the statement read, calling on viewers to #StandWithUkraine and donate funds and supplies....

Dr. Laura Berman and her husband Samuel Chapman are speaking out, just two days after theirson’s death, in the hopes of helping other parents. Berman, who hostsIn the Bedroomon OWN, theOprah WinfreyNetwork, first shared the tragic news Sunday on Instagram, telling her followers that her 16-year-old son Sammy died after buying fentanyl-laced Xanax from a drug dealer on Snapchat. “I didn’t intend for us to be on the news, I just felt helpless,” she told NBC News' Kate Snow onTodayTuesday....

O’Shae Sibley.Photo:gofundme gofundme In the days afterO’Shae Sibleywas stabbed to death after voguing to Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” album at a gas station in Brooklyn late Saturday night, the death of the gay dancer has sparked outrage,gaining attention from Beyoncé herself, as police investigate “a possible biased incident.” “O’Shae said ‘I’m going to be famous,’” his maternal aunt, Tondra Sibley recalled to PEOPLE. “I’m like, ‘shoot he probably is at this point,’ but he didn’t mean this way....

Photo: ap/shutterstock. inset Saugerties Police Department A 6-year-old girl who has been missing since 2019 has been found alive under a basement staircase in her grandfather’s home in upstate New York, according to authorities. Cooper and Paislee’s father, Kirk Shultis Jr., 32, were believed to have abducted their daughter in central New York state at the time of her disappearance, according to the Saugerties Police Department.The Daily Freemanreported that police obtained a warrant after receiving information that the girl was being hidden in a home in Saugerties....

Many couples celebrate milestones like welcoming children, marriage, and significant birthdays. But one Mississippi couple is jumping for joy as their 22-year-old daughter moves out of their home.Haley Jones, a photographer in Oxford, Mississippi, recently signed the lease for her own apartment and wanted to snap a few photos at her new complex, she tells PEOPLE. But her mom, 43-year-old Amy English, wanted to hold off and take more professional pictures....

It’s all good betweenParis HiltonandLindsay Lohan.While appearing onWatch What Happens LiveWednesday with her momKathy Hilton, the 40-year-old star ofParis In Loveopened up about where she stands with her old friend.Smiling, Paris said, “I just feel like we’re grown-ups now. I just got married. She just got engaged. We’re not in high school. I think it was just very immature and now everything is all good.“Of their recent reconciliation, Paris said she reached out to the Lohan, 35, after shegot engagedto fiancé Bader Shammas in late November 2021....

From the dairy farms of Arkansas to the glitz and glam of Hollywood,Paris HiltonandNicole Richie’s lifelong friendship is going strong. The pair, who were seen laughing and smiling, posed together for a photo on the dance floor. Richie, 40, complemented Hilton’sGhalia Lav white bridal gownin a sheer black tiered sleeveless dress. For more on Paris Hilton’s wedding to Carter Reum and other top stories, listen below toour daily podcast on PEOPLE Every Day....

Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty; Ari Perilstein/GettyParis Jacksonwants the world to know she is healthy and happy and is not returning to rehab followingDemi Lovato’srecent overdose.After areport surfacedclaiming the 20-year-old daughter of the lateMichael Jacksontook Lovato’s hospitalization as a “big trigger for Paris to get healthy,” Jackson hopped on Instagram to defend herself and deny the rumor.“ummm no?? I haven’t gone to a clinic.. someone doesn’t have to almost die for me to know to be healthy, I’ve already had friends OD and die....