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NEED TO KNOW Paige O’Hara, the voice of Belle in 1991’s Beauty and the Beast, revealed the advice she got from lyricist Howard AshmanO’Hara, 69, spoke to PEOPLE exclusively at the World Princess Week Celebration in Anaheim, Calif, on Aug. 26O’Hara also shared why she appreciates the character of Belle even more now — over three decades after the film’s release Paige O’Hara, the actress who voiced Belle in 1991’s Beauty and the Beast, revealed the game-changing advice she received from legendary lyricist Howard Ashman while recording the movie. O’Hara caught up with PEOPLE while attending the World Princess Week…

NEED TO KNOW Rachel Platten revealed that she has taken a page out of Taylor Swift’s playbook and re-recorded some of her songsThe 44-year-old singer said that her re-recorded songs — including “Fight Song” and “Stand By You,” — “are infused with the voice I have now” and “the wisdom I’ve gained”The songs will be compiled into a new album titled Fight Song (Rachel’s Version), which comes out on Sept. 26 Rachel Platten is taking her “fight song” back. The 44-year-old singer announced on social media that she has taken inspiration from Taylor Swift and re-recorded some of her songs…

NEED TO KNOW Nikki DeLoach is opening up about her time on the Mickey Mouse Club and the years that followedDeLoach joined the cast of the Mickey Mouse Club in 1993 when she was 14, alongside stars such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and more”I came out of the Mickey Mouse Club and my peers became the most famous people in the world when I was struggling to buy produce,” she shared Mickey Mouse Club alum Nikki DeLoach is getting candid about what it was like to see her costars shoot into superstardom — while she was struggling…

Richard Gere is 76 today! The actor, who had us all swooning with his roles in Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Chicago and more, lives a rather quiet life when he’s not working. Gere has been married to Spanish activist Alejandra Silva since 2018. The couple knew each other for years before dating, as Gere had been a family friend. Things turned romantic in 2014, and though they did long distance early in their relationship, Silva ultimately moved to New York to be closer to the actor. The couple has since welcomed two kids together, sons Alexander, 5, and James, 4,…

NEED TO KNOW Abby Lee Miller starred on Lifetime’s Dance Moms from 2011 until 2019She went to prison for bankruptcy fraud in 2017The dance coach was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma in 2018 and was declared cancer-free in 2019 Abby Lee Miller has experienced her fair share of ups and downs since Dance Moms went off the air. The Lifetime reality series — which ran for nine seasons from 2011 to 2019 — gave viewers an inside look at the world of competitive youth dance. It centered on Miller’s often controversial coaching style and the drama between her and the dancers’ moms. The…

She may have been the “people’s princess,” but everyone knows the role Princess Diana treasured most was being mom to her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The late Princess of Wales wed Prince Charles in a grand ceremony in 1981. The pair welcomed their first child, William Arthur Philip Louis, the following year on June 21, 1982. They then expanded their family with the addition of Henry Charles Albert David on Sept. 15, 1984, before Diana and Charles’ tumultuous relationship ended in 1996. On Aug. 31, 1997, Princess Diana died following a high-speed car accident in the Place de…

NEED TO KNOW Richard Gere sold his New Canaan, Conn., home for $11 million in 2024 after revealing he was leaving the U.S. for Spain The buyers of the property scheduled the home for demolition in order to make room for a nine-property development on the siteThe historic home has now been torn down, but many of the architectural gems inside were able to be saved  Richard Gere’s former Connecticut home has officially been demolished, PEOPLE can confirm.  The Pretty Woman star, 75, and his wife Alejandra Gere, 42, sold the New Canaan, Conn., property for $10.75 million in October 2024…

So, Diana took her friend, Egyptian business magnate and Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, up on his longstanding invitation to host her, along with William and Harry, at his vacation home in Saint-Tropez. Dodi Fayed, Mohamed’s eldest son, showed up on July 14, a few days into the princess’ stay, docking his boat near his father’s yacht, the Jonikal. The 42-year-old movie producer was accompanied by his model fiancée Kelly Fisher, though Dodi would later deny that they were engaged. Mohamed, who used to arrange private shopping excursions for the princess at his famed London department store after it had closed for the evening, was excited by the…

Camila Cabello surprised fans with a piano-ballad rendition of “Torn,” the single that became Natalie Imbruglia’s breakthrough hit on U.S. radio in 1998, at a pair of shows in Australia this week (Aug. 27 and 30). Explore See latest videos, charts and news Melbourne and Sydney, two of the final stops on Cabello’s Yours, C Tour — the C,XOXO singer has a Sept. 14 concert slated for São Paulo, Brazil — were a fitting setting to cover “Torn,” recorded by the Australian-born Imbruglia for her 1997 debut studio album, Left of the Middle. Seated at the piano at both gigs,…

NEED TO KNOW Jesse Tyler Ferguson tells PEOPLE that his Modern Family costar Sofía Vergara flew to New York City to see him perform in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth NightFerguson reveals Vergara “texted me out of the blue, saying, ‘I think I’m going to be in New York, can I get a ticket?’ ”At the Twelfth Night preview show on Aug. 16, Vergara joined Ferguson’s husband, Justin Mikita, and 5-year-old son, Beckett Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sofía Vergara are BFFs! Vergara, 53 — who starred alongside Ferguson, 49, in Modern Family — flew to New York City…