How a Quiet Flight to Iceland 'Became Something Magical' for One Pilot (Exclusive)

The northern lights.Photo:Play Airlines First Officer Una Gisladottir Play Airlines First Officer Una Gisladottir Una Gísladóttir, a first officer with Play Airlines, currently flies routes for the Icelandic airline between Iceland, North America and Europe. Through her travels, she’s been able to experience the auroras, a rare luminous glow seen around the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. She writes here about what encountering the lights from the sky is like, as well as provides tips for photographing the northern lights if you have the opportunity.

How Adam Sandler’s 'The Thanksgiving Song' Went from aSaturday Night LiveBit to a Yearly Tradition

Adam Sandler singing ‘The Thanksgiving Song’ in 1992.Photo:Saturday Night Live/NBC Saturday Night Live/NBC In November 1992,Adam Sandlersat behindSaturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” desk and changed his life. Seated next to anchorKevin Nealon, he sang, for the first time “The Thanksgiving Song,” accompanying himself on guitar. Sandler’s song included lyrics like “Love to eat turkey / Cause it’s good / Love to eat turkey / Like a good boy should” and “Turkey for me / Turkey for you / Let’s eat the turkey / In my big brown shoe.

How Ali Truwit Qualified for the Paralympics One Year After Surviving Shark Attack (Exclusive)

Ali Truwit.Photo:Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Just over one year after losing part of her leg in a shark attack, former D1 athlete Ali Truwit will represent Team USA at the Paralympics.In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the 23-year-old Yale alum says she’s feeling “really grateful” before she goes for the gold in Paris.Truwit was on vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands on May 24, 2023 with friends, including her former Yale swim team captain Sophie Pilkinton, when a shark bit her, forcing an amputation of her foot and part of her lower leg.

How an Identical Twin Saved His Dying Brother and Made History in the Process (Exclusive)

The Herrick twins.Photo:courtesy Robert B. Charles courtesy Robert B. Charles Six years have passed since Robert Charles, a former assistant secretary of state under Colin Powell, realized that he’d spent a lifetime rubbing shoulders with an amazing cast of characters whose personal stories often possessed an uncanny power to inspire others. Running the gamut from an eighth-grade math teacher’s selfless act of organ donation for his twin brother to Buzz Aldrin’s journey to the stars — some of these people were household names, others were not.

How André Holland Used His New Movie to Process Grief Over His Father's Death (Exclusive)

André Holland and Andra Day in ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’.Photo:Roadside Attractions Roadside Attractions In playing a character grappling with trauma,André Hollandachieved catharsis both on and off screen. “There were a lot of ways in which my life and this part lined up,” says the actor, 44, ofExhibiting Forgiveness. Artist-turned-director Titus Kaphar’s new movie stars Holland as Tarrell, a painter and family man forced to reckon with his past. “It was easy for me to relate to the discipline, I think, that comes with being a painter,” theMoonlightstar tells PEOPLE.