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If you thought you were finished crying over that shocking death in the season 8 premiere of Chicago Fire, think again. Yuriy Sardarov, the actor who plays Brian “Otis” Zvonecek, posted to Instagrama touching farewellto the character he’s played since the show premiered in 2012. “Thank you for the greatest 7 years of my life… #ChicagoFireForever,” Sardarov, 31, wrote beside a poem he titled “Adieu” for the fallen fictional firefighter....

Everyday Midwesterners who happen to also be part of the LGBTQ+ community are stepping into the spotlight. PEOPLE has the exclusive first glimpse ofWe Live Here: The Midwest, which premieres on Hulu Dec. 6, amid atime of uncertaintyfor queer people in America. Part of the documentary’s purpose, as director Melinda Maerker tells PEOPLE, is to prove that withanti-LGBTQ+ policiesandhatecrimeson the rise, “these are not just issues, these are people.” “We found [interview subjects] not just who were facing discrimination, but who have stories to tell,” says Maerker, who identifies as lesbian....

Vincent Rodriguez III completely revamped his eating habitsin 2017 when he had to film aMagic Mike-inspired scene forCrazy Ex-Girlfriend, and he’s kept up that diet — which helped him drop 25 lbs. and add major muscle — ever since.The CW star, 36, has his meals for the day planned out to the minute, what he calls a “structured” eating plan with “seven hand-sized meals” spread across 12 hours.“People have been asking me, ‘How did you do it, what’s the secret?...

Photo: Joshua KissiWhenMichael B. Jordanwas named one of PEOPLE’s Ones to Watch for its inaugural portfolio in 2013, he had a clear idea of what he wanted his future to look like. “In 10 years, I’ll be 36. Hopefully my career has continued to be successful… All the clichés, happy, healthy,” he said. “I don’t know, I’ll be curious to see what kind of man I’ll be.“A decade later on his 36th birthday, Jordan officially added director to his long list of accomplishments....

Darcey Silvahas her sights set on a new man. In PEOPLE’s exclusive clip from Monday’s premiere ofDarcey & Stacey, Darcey’s friend Leslie plays matchmaker for the90 Day Fiancéalum, following her split from fiancé Georgi Rusev. Leslie introduces Darcey, 48, to Mike and tells her that he “is Israeli, he owns an anti-aging skin company” and leaves the pair to chat. The duo waste no time getting to know each other, and Darcey reveals that she andher twin sisterStacey Silvarecently moved to Miami for work....

Photo: Aubrey Taiese Photography Shea McGeeis celebrating her little one the way! “Life has felt a little busy recently, but I’ll never say no to a good celebration — especially when it’s with some of the people I love most,” she wrote on the Studio McGee Instagram account. Aubrey Taiese Photography Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday....

Alexis Ren suffered a mini wardrobe malfunction on week two ofDancing with the Stars.During Monday’s episode of the reality dance competition series, the model performed a ballet-inspired Argentine Tango to Swan Lake for New York Night with pro partner Alan Bersten.“This is going to be the first time that I’m doing ballet in like eight years,” Ren, 21, explained in her video package.“I know so many little girls that their dream is to be a ballerina and I was definitely one of those little girls,” she explained....

ForQueen Latifah, growing up meant the freedom to pursue every interest and be her full self. “I think my parents really tried to make me strong at a young age. I was very fortunate to have both sides of the coin,” the star, 50, says during her interview for this week’s PEOPLE cover story, celebrating the lives and legacies of Black trailblazers. Opening up on thePEOPLE Every Daypodcast, Queen Latifah, born Dana Owens, shares how her parents — beloved school teacher Rita Owens, and police tactical officer Lancelot Owens, Sr....

Russia has hit Kyiv, Ukraine, with another wave of drone strikes, causing five explosions in the capital city, according to officials. As NBC News reported,Russia attacked Kyiv early Monday morningwith Iranian-made “kamikaze” drones, which carried explosives and hit a residential building in the central Shevchenkivskyi district, Kyiv MayorVitali Klitschkosaid. “Terror must lose and will lose,” Zelenskyy said on his official Telegram channel in response to the latest attack, per NBC. “And Ukraine will prevail and will bring to justice every Russian terrorist — from commanders to privates who carried out criminal orders....

COVID-19 testing.Photo: GettyLast week,an Israeli newspaper reportedthat two women had tested positive for both COVID-19 and influenza, leading to a flurry of concern. Other outlets quickly dubbed the condition “flurona,” a portmanteau of the two viruses, and people fretted that there was an entirely new infection to worry about.But whilethe dual infectionsare certainly something to avoid, getting them at the same time is not new — nor is it a new type of virus, explains infectious disease clinical researcherLaurel Bristow....

The nearly two millionGame of Thronesfans who signed apetitionfor the Emmy-winning series’ final season to be remade might be excited to hear that the cast shot a different ending — but equally disappointed to know that they’ll probably never see it.Kristofer Hivju, who played Tormund Giantsbane in the series, recently revealed that there is an alternate ending to the controversial finale, which saw Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) named King of the (now) Six Kingdoms....

Jackson Odell was found deadin a sober living home, PEOPLE has confirmed.The Goldbergs actor was found unresponsive in a Los Angeles sober living home on Friday, the L.A. County Coroner’s Office tells PEOPLE.“There was no paraphernalia or legal drugs found on the scene,”s Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter tells PEOPLE. “He was found unresponsive.”Odell’s cause of death is pending an autopsy. He was 20.“The Odell family has lost our beloved son and brother, Jackson Odell, on Friday,” his family said in a statement posted to hisTwitter page....

Photo: AP/Shutterstock A group of four Black men accused and convicted of raping a white woman in 1949 have been posthumously exonerated, 72 years later. While the four men have since died, their families celebrated the news on Monday. “For 72 years the families have been living with this and traveling with this journey waiting for today,” State Attorney Bill Gladson said on Monday following the hearing, per CNN....