Whoopi Goldberg and Tony Gonzalez.Photo:ABC;Getty ABC;Getty Whoopi Goldbergkicked off 2024 with a shock. On Tuesday’s episode ofThe View, the EGOT winner was left speechless when she learned that she and former NFL starTony Gonzalezare actually cousins, according to a new DNA finding. Goldberg appeared in an earlier season of the show when it was calledAfrican American Lives.But a decade after that series, Gates, Jr. discovered her connection to Gonzalez....

Rocking a red lacquered lip for PEOPLE’s2022 Beautiful Issue, actressDenée Bentonsays she’s reconsidering her approach to makeup.“I am never brave enough to walk around with this lip,” theGilded Agestar, 30, admits. “And now that I have it, I don’t think I’m ever going to take it off. It’s such a power boost.“Benton also received a boost in confidence when she chopped her hair off before her sophomore year of college at Carnegie Mellon University....

Jeff Goldblum.Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Much ofJeff Goldblum’s work is in Los Angeles, but New York City has always had a big piece of his heart. “I’ve always been romantic about New York,” the actor tells PEOPLE. It’s part of why he wanted to be part ofRiseNY, a new simulation attraction in the Big Apple that takes visitors on “a soaring ride,” allowing them to experience N.Y.C. “from a bird’s-eye view, paired with museum exhibit galleries saluting iconic aspects of the city,” according to a press release....

Jon Bon Joviand his wifeDorotheahave officially opened a third location of their volunteer-run restaurant,JBJ Soul Kitchen, at Rutgers University. The New Jersey school and Grammy Award-winning rock star joined forces to open the restaurant on campus in an effort to cater to students who face food insecurity. According to theuniversity’s website, more than 75% of the 36,000 undergraduate students receive financial aid, in addition to the graduate students who also receive help from the school....

Photo: Joe Scarnici/WireImage Mindy Kalingis getting comfortable in navigating the waters of new motherhood as a working mom. The actress and writer chatted with PEOPLE Thursday at Caruso’s Palisades Village Opening Gala in Pacific Palisades, California, opening up about her experience with ageism and sexism in her industry and how that has played into her life as a mother to daughterKatherine Swati, 9 months. “There’s more mature people working on shows,” she adds....

Photo: Miami-Dade Police Department Wealthy Miami businessman Joseph Dimare was shot dead on March 24, 1961 at the age of 53. His wife, Frances Dimare, had been a suspect but was never charged before her 2006 death. This week, more than six decades later, Miami-Dade County police released a statement saying that Frances was indeed “responsible” for the death of her husband, whom she was divorcing at the time....

Photo: Ray Mickshaw/FOX Lego isn’t just for kids. The winning team each week will receive the Golden Brick, which gives them immunity from being eliminated down the line. The losing pair gets sent home. Will Arnett (far right) with judges Jamie and Amy.Ray Mickshaw/FOX On Wednesday’s premiere, the 10 duos had 15 hours to build an amusement park with a discernable theme and at least one ride that moves....

Ted Lassofans are rooting for more! Although the sports-centric show was always intended to be a three-season long series, there have been conflicting answers from theTed Lassocast and production team regarding more seasons. Sudeikis, the series creator and titular star, hasnotably stayed vague aboutTed Lasso’s future— telling reporters afterits consecutive Emmy Award winsin September 2022, “I don’t know, it’s up to more factors than myself.” However, executive producer and Sudeikis' costarBrett Goldstein(who plays Roy Kent in the show)teased in Junewhat fans could expect of the potentialTed Lassoexpansion — even putting forth pitches for what a season 4 could look like, should there be one....

Derrick Van Orden.Photo: Joe Scarnici/FilmMagic A Republican congressional candidate in Wisconsin allegedly confronted a teenage library worker over a book display marking Pride Month in June, creating a “very uncomfortable, threatening” situation. Library staff said the candidate, Derrick Van Orden, demanded that the display books celebrating gay Pride Month be taken down. “His voice was loud, he was aggressive, he had his finger jabbing into (the book) constantly,” Kerrigan Trautsch told theLa Crosse Tribuneabout the June incident....

A woman in Virginia is recovering after shecontracted a flesh-eating bacteriathat required emergency surgery.Amanda Edwards swam for just ten minutes at Norfolk’s Ocean View Beach, but during that time she got a flesh-eating staph infection thatquickly moved through her body, likely through an open cut, doctors said.Edwards said that shewent to beachlast week to get some relief from the hot weather in Virginia, and went for a brief swim. A day later, her leg already showed signs of the infection....

Photo: Otis U. Warren, M.D.; Benjamin Blackwood, M.D./Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI A 25-year-old woman was recently diagnosed with a rare medical-reaction after experiencing symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath and a “rare case” of turning blue. “She reported having used large amounts of topical benzocaine the night before for a toothache,” the doctors wrote in astudypublished in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday. The two added that the woman looked physically “cyanotic” — the medical term for turning blue — which was something Warren, an emergency medicine physician at Miriam Hospital in Providence, told CNN he had only seen once before....

Ina Gartenlikely won’t forget sharing drinks withSeth Meyers, but same may not be true for the late night host. In ahilarious segmentthat aired on Wednesday’sLate Night with Seth Meyers, the Barefoot Contessa joins Meyers for lots of cocktails and drinking games at the famed Corner Bistro restaurant in New York City. “We are going to have a refined afternoon of good conversations and some libations,” says Meyers, before quickly chugging down a full Pimm’s Cup....

On Wednesday’s episode of theTamron Hall Show, theAll Thatalum, 45, was asked about the docuseries, which offers a disturbing look behind some of the most iconic children’s shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s. “It’s tough for me because I can’t really speak on things that I’ve never witnessed,” he shared, noting that many of the allegations occurred after his tenure on Nickelodeon and his experience with producerDan Schneiderwas limited....