Joanna Powell

The holiday season is in full swing, and for some of our favorite celebrities, celebrating this joyful time of year comes with plenty of sparkle and sentiment. And like most things in Hollywood, the holidays are all about creating magic — often on a grand scale. From fabulous traditions out West — like Mariah Carey’s […]

It’s well before dawn in China when we ping Mickey Guyton, who’s there to compete on Singer 2025, a popular vocal competition airing on Hunan television. But the Nashville dynamo appears unfazed by the 13-hour time difference. Speaking by phone, she’s positively upbeat about her stint in Asia, raving about the climate’s glowy effect on […]

Drew Carey has a joke he likes to tell studio audiences at The Price Is Right. “I’m just a regular guy from Cleveland,” he’ll deadpan. “My girlfriend ties me to the bed one leg at a time, just like everyone else.” There’s a grain of truth in there: Carey, 66, is from Cleveland. But with […]

On January 14, Princess Kate Middleton reached a major milestone with her emotional return to London’s Royal Marsden Hospital, where she was treated for cancer last year. The surprise (and very personal) visit marked her first solo public engagement in a year, signaling that she’s back on the radar as an active royal after completing […]

On the cool morning of December 20, 2009, actress Brittany Murphy collapsed unconscious in the primary bathroom of her Hollywood Hills home, where she lived with her mother, Sharon Murphy, and husband of two years, Simon Monjack. “My daughter’s passed out,” her mother sobbed in the disturbing 911 call. “She was dizzy, she couldn’t walk […]

With 60 top 10 hits, a boatload of prestigious awards and plenty of hard-earned wisdom under her big-buckled belt, Reba McEntire is having a major moment. She’s mad about her partner of more than four years, actor Rex Linn. She’s a kick-ass mega mentor on The Voice. And, this month, she makes a triumphant return […]

Despite playing the Man of Steel in four movies, Christopher Reeve never considered himself a hero. The strikingly handsome, larger-than-life actor believed he was simply doing work that needed to be done, living with purpose and passion, both before and after a horrific equestrian accident left him paralyzed. But as we mark the 20th anniversary […]