Naomi Osaka.Photo: Annie Leibovitz/ Vogue Using her platform to highlight issues that matter to her helped Naomi Osaka secure a victory at the 2020 U.S. Open, she says inVogue’s January 2021 cover story. Among those she highlighted were Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Trayvon Martin. “I was just thinking that I had this opportunity to raise awareness,” Osaka toldVogue. “Tennis is watched all around the world, so people who might not know these names can Google them and learn their stories....

Photo: naomi osaka/InstagramNaomi Osakais proud of all her accomplishments – on and off the court!The four-time Grand Slam champion, 24, visited the Nike House of Innovation in Paris recently to see hernew collectionin person for the first time, posing for a few selfies in the store while sporting a few bright and bold printed pieces from the line.“First time seeing my collection in person 🤯😖😭!!! Such a cool experience, so grateful@nike,” she captioned a series of photos and a videoon Instagram....

Photo:Naomi Watts/Instagram Naomi Watts/Instagram Naomi Watts' friends are thrilled about her marriage toBilly Crudup! After sheconfirmed her nuptialsto Crudup last week on Instagram, a source close to Watts tells PEOPLE that the actress has never been happier. “Their relationship is a love story. They have the most amazing chemistry," says the source, adding, “It’s also a very fun relationship. He makes Naomi laugh like no one else.” “Hitched! 🕊️🪢♥️,” Watts simplycaptioned the photo....

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake afterhis terrifying car crashduring the Daytona 500 on Monday. “Ryan Newman remains under the care of doctors at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. He is awake and speaking with family and doctors,” Newman’s racing team, Roush Fenway Racing,shared in a statement on Tuesday,one day after the fiery crash. “Ryan and his family have expressed their appreciation for the concern and heartfelt messages from across the country,” the statement continued....

Natalie Portmanand her husbandBenjamin Millepiedwere photographed together in Paris, three months after a report revealed trouble in their marriage.. Portman waslater seenstill without her wedding ring in Germany on Tuesday as she attended the the IAA Conference on Affordable Sustainable Mobility in Munich. In June, FrenchoutletVoicipublished an article claiming Millepied had an extramarital affair. Since then, Portman has beenspotted in public without her wedding ringa number of times. “He knows he made an enormous mistakeand he is doing all he can to get Natalie to forgive him and keep their family together,” a source told PEOPLE of Millepied and Portman in June....

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied at the Hollywood premiere ofThor: Love and Thunderon June 23, 2022.Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Natalie PortmanandBenjamin Millepiedattended the final match of theWomen’s World Cupin Sydney together on Sunday. The Oscar winner, 42, and her French dancer husband’s outing comes two months after a June report that emerged in FrenchoutletVoiciclaimed Millepied, 46, had an extramarital affair. At the time, a source told PEOPLE, “He knowshe made an enormous mistakeand he is doing all he can to get Natalie to forgive him and keep their family together....

Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic “Stop the rhetoric that a woman is crazy or difficult,” Portman said. “If a man says to you that a woman is crazy or difficult, ask him, ‘What bad thing did you do to her?’ … That’s a code word. He’s trying to discredit her reputation. Make efforts to hire people who’ve had their reputations smeared in retaliation.” The mother of twoalso talked about the importance of diversity in every aspect of activism....

Naya Rivera’s family is remembering the star one year after her death.TheGleeactresstragically drownedon July 8, 2020, at age 33. Her body was found in the waters of Lake Piru, 60 miles north of Los Angeles, five days after going missing during an afternoon excursion in a rented pontoon boat with her son Josey, who was 4½ years old at the time.Naya’s younger sister NickaylatoldGood Morning Americathis week about grieving her in the year since: “Taking that one day at a time and living it to the fullest, loving each other to the fullest, and not regretting anything....

After years of working as a child actress,Naya Rivera shot to fame with a major role in the hit showGlee, gaining acclaim for her performance as an openly gay cheerleader with a love for a capella. On July 8, 2020, tragedy struck when Rivera, 33,disappeared from a rented boat on a Southern California lake. On July 13,her body was recovered;authorities called the incident a tragic drowning accident, with no signs of suicide or foul play....

Damian Lillard and Wife Kay’La Lillard.Photo:Ethan Miller/GettyOne week afterDamian Lillardwas traded from the Portland Trailblazers to the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA All-Star filed for divorce from his wife of two years,Kay’La Hanson, according to multiple outlets.Lillard, 33, filed in Clackamas County Circuit Court, according toWillamette Week, citing “irreconcilable differences” in the relationship that led to “the irremediable breakdown of their marriage.“The divorce filing alleges that Hanson, 31, moved out of the family’s Portland home in Dec....

Photo: Fabio Teixeira/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Mudslides that barreled through a Brazilian city Tuesday have left nearly 100 people dead, while many more are still missing. The New York TimesandNPRreport that 94 people have died after over 10 inches of rain fell in Petropolis, Brazil in just three hours on Tuesday night. The rains led to floods and mudslides, which carried away homes and cars with their force....

A California community is banding together to protect one of their own after a local Asian-American family fell victim to a series of hateful attacks. Haijun Si moved his family to the United States from China four years ago, and in September, settled into a home in Ladera Ranch, an upscale Orange County neighborhood, theLos Angeles Timesreported. But almost immediately, Si, his wife, and their two young children became the targets of harassment from a group of about 20 neighborhood teenagers, who repeatedly rang the doorbell late at night, threw rocks at the home and hurled racial slurs....

Christmastime is here at theHarris-Burtka household— and the family go all out decorating their stunning five-story brownstone in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Neil Patrick Harris, 46, and his husband, chef David Burtka, 44, whohave been married since 2014, recently opened up their family home toarchdigest.comto show offtheir magical holiday decor, which they take great care in setting up themselves ahead oftheir annual Christmas party. According to Burtka, Harris is best at building the trees and trimming them with lights — they switched to artificial trees a few years ago, claiming it’s hard to findfresh ones in the city big enough for their high ceilings— whilethe cookbook authoris in charge of “the garlands, the tablescapes and the flowers....