Marsha Masondidn’t plan on a career in Hollywood. “I only thought about the theater,” the actress, 76, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I never planned a movie career. It was totally serendipitous and it was destiny.” She alsomarried and split fromwriter and producer Neil Simon in that time. “Neil didn’t really want me to work, at least away from him, so we wound up doing movies together,” says Mason, who worked with her ex-husband on five films during their 10-year marriage....

Photo: Heidi Gutman/ABC/Getty Appearing onSunday Nighton Australia’s Channel 7, Letourneau bristled as she defended her relationship. Reporter Matt Doran pointed out that Letourneau’s relationship with husbandVili Fualaaubegan when she was 34 and he was 12. Doran asked Letourneau if entering the relationship was the right thing to do. “You know what, I’m not going to continue with you trying to have me answer that question,” Letourneau replied. “I did my best every single day and I live that way and I did....

Photo: Getty Maryland has become the second U.S. state to ban the declawing ofcatsunless it is medically necessary, following the lead of New York, whichpassedsimilar legislation in 2019. Veterinarians will be fined up to $1,000 if they violate the act and face discipline from the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. The law takes effect on Oct. 1, 2022. The advocacy ofThe Paw Project— an animal protection nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about the inhumane effects of cat declawing — helped inspire Maryland to consider a declawing ban....

Joyce Melvin arrives with a hand from driver Patrick Ramsey.Photo:Jamey Simpson Jamey Simpson Giving new meaning to the words “senior prom,” the Atrium Senior Living Community in Owing Mills, Maryland, threw a prom for its residents, complete with a limo, red carpet and makeovers for the attendees. The event, which took place on May 16, was a hit with its elderly residents — some of whom had never been to a prom before —who turned up in their finest evening wear and danced the night away....

Mason Disickhas made his debut as a talking head onKeeping Up with the Kardashians.On Sunday’s two-hour birthday special dedicated toKourtney Kardashian,Kourtney’s Pop-Up Birthday!, the star’s 9-year-old son appeared in his very first confessional. Sitting on auntKhloé Kardashian‘s lap, Mason delivered a sweet shout-out to celebrate his mom’s birthday. (She’llturn 40on Thursday.)“I love you, Mom,” he said. “Thank you for everything you’ve done for us.”“Do you have the coolest mom?” asked Khloé, 34....

Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and Solange, smiles on stage during a speech.Photo: Carol Rose/Getty Images The 71-year-old motivational speaker and father ofBeyoncéandSolangeposted a throwback image of himself standing alongside his parents to Instagram over the weekend — which he wrote fills him “with mixed emotions.” “In my black roots is where I find my strength,” Knowles captioned the image, before detailing how he was “laughed at,” “made to feel less than,” “spit on,” “electric-prodded” and “beaten” while growing up in Alabama in the ’50s and ’60s....

Photo: MGM/Everett CollectionWarner and Vivian — for real!In a new oral history ofLegally Blonde, celebrating the hit’s 20th anniversary, one of the film’s stars revealed Matthew Davis, who played Warner, had a real-life crush on onscreen girlfriend Selma Blair, who played Vivian.Alanna Ubach, who played Reese Witherspoon’s Elle’s friend in the 2001 film,toldThe New York Timesshe sussed out the crush during the film’s big climatic ending.“I discovered that [Matthew had a crush on Selma] during the trial scene,” she said....

When it comes to parenting their three kids,Matthew McConaugheyand wifeCamilatake a blended approach. “We mix the ‘alright, alright, alright’ into the discipline,” theWhite Boy Rickactor —dad to sonsLivingston, 5½, and Levi, 10, plus daughterVida, 8½ — joked toSavannah Guthrieof his signature catchphrase on Wednesday’s episode of theTodayshow. He explained, “The main thing is that my wife and I, Camila, we havea similar moral bottom line. And as you learn, if you have kids, every day they get older, you realize how much more it’s really DNA....

Richard Schifflooks back fondly on his time working withMatthew Perryon the set ofThe West Wing. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Schiff, 68, recalls the late actor’s unflagging commitment to playing Republican attorney Joe Quincy on the political drama. In just a few episodes ofAaron Sorkin’s series, Perry’s performance earned him two Emmy nominations in 2003 and 2004. “He [Matthew] was very, very much into doing well and meeting the challenge of working in something so different from theFriendsset, which was just an alleyway or two down the way fromThe West Wingset,” Schiff says....

Matthew Perrysays his new memoir probably won’t hold any interest for hisFriendspals.InFriends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, the 53-year-old actordetails of his struggle with substance abusewhile he was starring as Chandler Bing in one of the most successful sitcoms of all time.Decades after the show was on the air, Perry says the deeply personal, sometimes harrowing story is not “for” his former costars, and most of them haven’t read the book....

Zac Efron, Matthew Perry.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; John Lamparski/Getty Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; John Lamparski/Getty Matthew Perryhad hoped to reunite with his17 AgaincostarZac Efronfor a very special project. The model and actress adds that Perry “wanted Zac Efron, who’s played him already to play him again because he said he did such a good job.” Matthew Perry and Zac Efron in ‘17 Again’.Offspring Entertainment/Kobal/Shutterstock Offspring Entertainment/Kobal/Shutterstock Perry, 54, wasfound deadat his Los Angeles home on Saturday after anapparent drowning....

Photo: Jen Causey"This recipe is straightforward and easy to replicate," says registered dietician nutritionistMaya Feller, who includes this recipe in her newEating From Our Rootscookbook. “So many of my patients say they don’t want to spend long periods of time in the kitchen and this dish solves that.““The marinade is really what makes the dish, so allot enough time for your lamb to bathe in the flavorful goodness,“Felleradds, noting that the “herbaceous” seasoning balances the flavor of lamb....

McDonald’s customers are likely familiar with the restaurant’s drive-thru windows — but have they ever heard of a float-thru?One would have to go to Hamburg, Germany to experience it. There, on a little canal off the Elbe river in Germany, sits the McBoat — the world’s first and only paddle-through McDonald’s.YouTuber Tom Scott, who’s known for visiting unusual places, took a trip there recently on his kayak, documenting his travels in a video posted to the social media site this week....