Simu Liu with his dad Zhenning and mom Zheng.Photo: courtesy Simu Liu For nearly all his life,Simu Liu has been chasinghappiness and the feeling of security. “With my grandparents, I felt completely safe. To me that’s what home is,” Liu, who writes about his experience growing up in an immigrant household inhis new memoirWe Were Dreamers, tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week’s issue. While his parents, dad Zhenning and mom Zheng, were thrilled to reunite with their son, “it was very clear to me early on that [they] wouldn’t be able to provide that environment,” says Liu, whose favorite childhood memories include snuggling every night between his grandparents, who both died in 2021....

Teaming up withRobert Redfordfor the first time on the silver screen,Academy Award-winning actress Sissy Spacekadmits she succumbed to the actor’s legendary movie star charm and good looks during filming.Speaking about her role as the sweet, grounded love interest of Redford’s character, Forrest Tucker, in the crime-comedy-dramaThe Old Man & the GunatTheNew York Times’TimesTalksFriday, Spacek revealed that writer-director David Lowery had to nudge her back to reality in one scene.Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix/REX/Shutterstock“I thought it was easy from the beginning, but when we were doing the scene in the café, I was apparently so enamored with Mr....

Photo: Kim Kardashian/Instagram Girl time! Kim Kardashian Westfawned over her daughtersChicago, 13 months, andNorth, 5½, in a Sunday photo posted to her Instagram account, where the siblings spent some sweet time together. North — whose dark hair hangs loose in gorgeous curls — is barefootand dressed in a pink nightgowncovered in a lips pattern as she reaches out toward her little sister, who sits on the stairs next to North while wearing an adorable star-patterned footie pajama set....

Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson in 1965.Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/GettySmokey Robinson’s still got it.The legendary music man, alongside best friend and longtime collaborator Berry Gordy, helped change the course of entertainment and American society with Motown Records. Now he’s back withhis 24th album,Gasms.“I have never lost my zeal for music,” the star, 86, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, sharing stories and pictures from throughout his iconic career. Of the suggestive new album title, “I did that because I wanted the controversy,” he says with a laugh....

Photo: Prince William County Police DepartmentA large snake was the culprit behind an unusual traffic jam inPrince WilliamCounty, Virginia.The wild reptile was discovered inside an electrical panel controlling the power to the stoplights of an intersection at Prince William Parkway and Sudley Manor Drive on Monday,according to Prince William County Police Department.Because of the snake’s substantial size, it was large enough to trip the breaker switch inside the electrical panel, which turned off the stoplights and brought cars to a halt, officialstold the Associated Press....

Photo: getty Snoop Dogg’s spokesperson has denied a woman’s claims that the rapper sexually assaulted her. A rep for the artist said the claims were “simply meritless,“Reutersreports. “They appear to be part of a self-enrichment shakedown scheme to extort Snoop Dogg right before he performs during this Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show,” they added. In the complaint filed in California on Thursday, the woman (identified as Jane Doe) said Dogg sexually assaulted her in 2013 at a recording studio where he was taping the television seriesSnoop Dogg’s Double G News Network....

Photo: JNI/Star Max/GC Images Sofia Richieis working on her bride-to-be glow. The model, social media star and daughter of singerLionel Richieis set to marry fiancé Elliot Grainge this year, and she’s teasing her prep on social media. On Wednesday, the star posted a picture to her Instagram story of the entrance to the luxury spa, laser hair removal and cosmetic surgery center SEV with the caption, “pre wedding touch up@sevlaseraesthetics....

Photo: John Salangsang/Shutterstock Sophie Turneris red-hot for her husband,Joe Jonas! The actress, 26, sported an eye-catching, bright and bold red ensemble Monday to cheer on Joe, 33, along with his brothersNickandKevin, as the Grammy-nominated pop trio received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Turner — who was there to support the JoBros along with fellow wives Danielle Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas— could be seen in the crowd snapping photos like a true fan, with an adorably excited look on her face....

A bear removed from the Waccatee Zoo.Photo:PETA PETA In a press statement Thursday, the animal rights organization said the Waccatee Zoo in Horry County will be permanently closed. Additionally, as part of the settlement, per PETA, the operators of the South Carolina facility are banned from owning or exhibiting wild or exotic animals, breeding domestic animals, exploiting domestic animals for profit, and working or volunteering at other roadside zoos....

Photo: Rob Foldy/Miami Marlins In late July, a man who referred to himself as “just a guy” purchased $375 worth of groceries for Therra Gwyn Jaramillo, a freelance writer down on her luck. Jaramillo, who in her time of need had received a Whole Foods gift card from a sympathetic friend, went to the grocery store dreaming of “hummus and fresh food,”she wrote on Facebook. In line to check out, a gracious individual in front of her footed the bill, sending her into a fit of tears....

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant recently crawled into the overhead bin of a plane in Nashville, Tennessee — shocking some passengers.The attendant had boarding passengers do a do double-take as they looked for a spot to stow their bags.On Monday, passenger Veronica Lloyd shared a video of the unusual moment to Twitter and questioned the attendant’s antics.“Is this a dream @SouthwestAir ?,” she wrote. “I can’t get over how weird I find this....

Photo: Courtesy Avalo Cat Sanctuary “I wanted to make her feel like she’s included, and with the backpack, she can see everywhere, which is really great. When we were wandering around the Charleston Market, everyone stopped and asked us a ton of questions,” the pet parent tells PEOPLE. Sarge, short for Sargenta, hascerebellar hypoplasia, a developmental condition where the cerebellum fails to develop properly — that’s the part of the brain that controls motor skills, balance, and coordination....

Nathaniel Hendren, 30, faced charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action, the Associated Press reported. In a statement, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner that Hendren had acted recklessly in a game using a revolver, resulting in 24-year-old Katlyn Alix’s accidental death. “The reckless behavior that took place that early morning has left an unfillable void for her grieving husband, her parents, and a host of loving family and friends,” Gardner said....