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Every word ofSouthall’s new single “Scared Money” has a way of reverberating within the soul of singer/songwriter Read Southall.“Maybe it’s the blue-collar Oklahoman that’s instilled in me,” jokes Southall, 31, during an interview with PEOPLE. “I mean, that’s the way I was raised. ‘Scared Money’ is a whistle while you work, feel good song for the working man. It doesn’t matter where you’re at in your journey. It’s about the journey itself and about getting after it....

Photo: Facebook A Washington man ended the lives of both himself and his wife this week after expressing his concerns in a note about being unable to pay the medical expenses for her ongoing health conditions. Shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, deputies responded to the residence near Ferndale after receiving a 911 call from Jones who told the dispatcher, “I am going to shoot myself,” Elfo said. While on the phone, Jones explained that he had written a “note for the sheriff with information and instructions....

Photo: Courtesy Douglas Simmons On Douglas Simmons' wedding day, eight of his invited guests were nowhere to be found. While the Aug. 18 ceremony in Negril, Jamaica, went off without a hitch, Simmons tells PEOPLE he and his newlywed wife, Dedra, wondered why their no-shows couldn’t have let them know before the event. “People might be unable to make it, which is fine,” Simmons says. “But when we got to the actual, final headcount, and we had 109 people total, we asked everyone, will you be able to make it?...

Photo: Paul Jaconi Biery In 2005, Sean and Kiley Hanish went from being excited parents-to-be to enduring the most devastating loss. The couple felt alone in their pain. Sean, a television commercial director, would go on to write and direct the 2014 film, Return to Zero, starringMinnie Driverand Paul Adelstein. The film centers around a couple mourning the loss of their stillborn son. “That was my way of dealing with my grief,” says Sean....

Courtney B. Vance’s win at the Creative Arts Emmys is bittersweet amid the sudden death of hisLovecraft CountrycostarMichael K. Williamsand the HBO series' unexpected cancellation. After winning for outstanding guest actor in a drama series on Sunday, Vance — who played George Freeman onLovecraft Country— told PEOPLE and other news outlets how Williams both inspired and moved him. “I love him,” he said. “I’ve been following him and he had been following me for a number of years....

Photo: Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldowill not stand trial for a 2009 sexual assault allegation against him. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey of Las Vegas dismissed a rape lawsuit Friday against the Portuguese soccer star, 37, due to the actions of his accuser Kathryn Mayorga’s attorney Leslie Mark Stovall. The judge said stolen and leaked documents detailing Ronaldo’s attorney-client discussions were used in their case. “And because the record shows that he and Mayorga have extensively reviewed these documents and used them to fashion the very basis of Mayorga’s claims,” Dorsey continued....

Johnny Depp inJeanne du Barry(2023).Photo: Stéphanie Branchu Critics are weighing in onJohnny Depp’s new movie after it opened the 2023Cannes Film Festivalon Tuesday. Then, “they fall madly in love. Against all propriety and etiquette, Jeanne moves to Versailles, where her arrival scandalizes the court.” The first reviews arrived Tuesday afternoon.The Hollywood Reportercritic Jordan Mintzer said Depp’s casting “offers a few early thrills and then mostly yawns, with Depp dishing out what feels like a total of a dozen lines in respectable French, while otherwise remaining mute....

Photo: Alec Tabak/AP/Shutterstock In the Oscar winner’s guilty plea, Gooding, 54, admitted that he “kissed the waitress on her lips” inside the LAVO New York restaurant and nightclub without consent. The plea deal, made Wednesday, is for no jail time, according to theAssociated PressandThe New York Times. Additionally, provided he attends six months of counseling, he can instead plead guilty to harassment at a lower level than misdemeanor. “I apologize for ever making anybody feel inappropriately touched,” Gooding told the courtroom, per theTimes....

Cynthia Albritton a.k.a Cynthia Plaster Caster, who was famous for her plaster casts of rock stars’s penises and other body parts, has died. She was 74. The artist and self-proclaimed “recovering groupie” died Thursday in her hometown of Chicago following “a long illness,” her rep shared in a statement toStereogumand other outlets. Born on May 24, 1947, in Chicago, she got her nickname after she launched her iconic art series in 1968, when she created a cast of the member ofJimi Hendrix, according toDeadline....

Dairy Queen just upped their Blizzard game.The popular soft serve ice cream and fast-food restaurant chain has been releasing limited-edition Blizzard flavors each month for well over a decade now (as over 4 million of its members in itsBlizzard of the Month fan clubsurely know), offering unique versions of their signature upside-downright thick treat.April’s debut, dubbed theOreo Cookie Jar Blizzard, blends vanilla soft serve with Oreo cookies, chocolate chip cookie dough balls and fudge, creating what the company joked on Instagram was a “cookie cartwheel....

Danica Patrickis about to check off perhaps the only item on her bucket list. The retired pro race car driver, 39, will run her first-ever marathon on Oct. 11 when she competes in the 125th running of the historic Boston Marathon. “The fact that I have a good foundation of running made me think to myself, ‘I think I’d like to run a marathon someday.’ And it’s really the only bucket list item I have,” Patrick tells PEOPLE....

Photo:ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Daniel Radcliffeis soaking up all the magical moments of fatherhood. Ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Radcliffe spoke withExtraabout his experience delving into fatherhood while promoting season 4 of his comedy seriesMiracle Workers. “It’s been a crazy few months, as anyone who’s been through parenthood would attest,” Radcliffe continued. “But it’s also the literal best thing that’s ever happened, so it’s great....

Photo: getty (2) Daniel Radcliffeis venturing into new — and “weird” — territory! TitledWEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, “The biopic holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle,” a hilarious press release shares. TheRoku Originalpromises to take “audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time....