‘Dancing with the Stars’ pros and their families celebrate Thanksgiving together.Photo:Emma Slater/Instagram Emma Slater/Instagram TheDancing with the Starscrew is doing a little less dancing and a little more eating this holiday season. Several members of the popular ABC competition show had a get together on Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving — complete with a ham meal with mashed potatoes. Dancing with the Starsprofessional dancerEmma Slatershared a series of photos of the cast making funny faces and smiling at the camera....

Danica McKellar at her 50th birthday party with her husband, Scott Sveslosky.Photo:Amy Schromm Photography Amy Schromm Photography It may be difficult to believe, butDanica McKellaris 50! “I don’t feel 50, whatever that means," she told PEOPLE via email. “Or maybe I do feel 50, and it’s just better than I thought!” After greeting her guests, McKellar heated up the dance floor with a costume change and a surprise ballroom dance number....

Lars von Trier.Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Director Lars von Trier has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a statement from his production company Zentropa, confirmed. Deadlinereported that the Danish director’s long-time producer at the company, Louise Vesth, confirmed the news Monday in a statement saying that he had been diagnosed “just before the summer holidays.” While Vesth said von Trier is in “good spirits and ​​is being treated for his symptoms,” the diagnosis will mean he will take part in less press for the upcoming release....

Dave Portnoy and Grace O’Malley.Photo:Johnny Louis/Getty; Monica Schipper/Getty Johnny Louis/Getty; Monica Schipper/Getty Dave Portnoyis speaking out followingGrace O’Malley’s departure from Barstool Sports amid her falling out withBrianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia. The Barstool Sports founder shared his thoughts in a video posted onX (formerly known as Twitter)on Dec. 17 and clarified that he did not play a part in O’Malley’s decision to leave the company, despite rumors circulating online. Dave Portnoy....

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.Photo:Anna Moneymaker/Getty Anna Moneymaker/Getty Defense Secretary Lloyd Austinis recovering from complications after surgery for early prostate cancer, the Pentagon has confirmed. Austin, 70, was admitted into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Dec. 22 for a “minimally invasive surgical procedure” after being diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier in the month, the Pentagon shared in astatementon Tuesday. “As part of Secretary Austin’s routinely recommended health screening, he has undergone regular prostate specific antigen (PSA) surveillance....

Devon Allman still can’t quite believe his life turned out this way. “I lost mom [Shelley Kay Jefts] when she was 66 and dad [Gregg Allman] when he was 69. I lost them within five months of each other, and it was excruciating,” says Allman, 50, to PEOPLE. “I’ve had grandparents that lived into their mid and late ’90s, and you just always are hoping that you’re going to get that....

Leo Woodall and Meghann Fahy.Photo:Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage Leo Woodall, who is now starring inBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy(streaming on Peacock), has mostly kept his relationship with his girlfriend,White LotuscostarMeghann Fahy, private. “Harry Potter movies are my ultimate comfort films,” Woodall, 28, recently told PEOPLE while promotingMad About the Boy. Indeed, the movie playing in the back of Fahy’s post was one of theHarry Pottermovies — and she was doing a Harry Potter puzzle at the same time!...

Home Alone house.Photo:Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty A golden television Easter egg may have been discovered, linking the fictional McCallister family fromHome Aloneand the cast ofFriends. Earlier this week, anInstagramuser named Scott Westwood posted an explainer on the platform with a theory that “Chandler and Monica fromFriendsmoved into the McAllister’s house fromHome Alone.” In the clip, he combined footage from the 1990 film about a family who went away for the holidays, only to realize a bit too late that they’d forgotten one of their children back home, with a video of “Mondler” in their house — showing theHome Aloneresidence visible through their window....

Photo:Paras Griffin/Getty Paras Griffin/Getty Sean “Diddy” Combsis being accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday. The allegations come just days after Diddysettled a different lawsuitaccusing him of rape and abuse. Diddy is denying the allegations, claiming Dickerson-Neal fabricated the story. “This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head. Ms. Dickerson’s 32-year-old story is made up and not credible....

Photo:FDA FDA CertainCoca-Cola productshave beenrecalled. Per theFood and Drug Administration, nearly 2,000 cases of Diet Coke, Sprite and Fanta have been taken off shelves in three states — Florida, Alabama and Mississippi — due to “potential foreign material.” The FDA has not identified what the unknown material is. Though they were pulled from shelves starting in early November, customers in affected states are urged to check their homes and discard the products....

Dog Grin Photography Though the venue — aptly called the Boneyard — was covered with snow, it was still a beautiful day in Madison, Wisconsin, for Shiba Inu dog pals Suki and Ron, who “married” in a ceremony on March 23, National Puppy Day. “It was a wonderful, happy, funny experience,” says Suki’s owner Erika Nowlan, 45. “Both dogs said, ‘I Roo!’ ” The pups met online during the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing each other on aShiba PromZoom....

Kevin Bubolz and his dog snap a selfie.Photo:@elliegoldenlife8BIM @elliegoldenlife8BIM On a trip to Prague, Kevin and Katie Bubolz had people recognizing them from their social channels@elliegoldenlife. They did stand out, walking the streets with their golden retrievers Ellie, 7, and Emma, 1, who have becomefamous for videos in whichthey snap smiley selfies on their owners’ shoulders. “You have this ability to connect with people around the world that don’t even speak the same language,” Kevin, 33, tells PEOPLE of the family’s capacity to spread joy through the clips....

Badger the dog has developed an affectionate mealtime ritual. In each clip, the pooch patiently waits for a peck from Jha, before consuming his food. “Pov: The dog you’re dog sitting only eats once he gets a forehead kiss,” reads the text on the video. Jha, who lives with Badger’s owners and was watching him while they were away, toldStoryful,“When they got Badger he was sometimes having a hard time with people and strangers getting in his personal space and close to his face, so in order to make that go away his owners trained him to sit, wait, and get a kiss on his forehead before he ate dinner....