Natasha Rothwell Reveals Pinch-Me Moment That Gayle King Repeated a Line fromHow to Die AloneBackto Her (Exclusive)

Natasha Rothwell (left); Gayle King.Photo:Araya Doheny/WireImage; John Nacion/Variety via Getty Araya Doheny/WireImage; John Nacion/Variety via Getty Natasha Rothwellis admittedly feeling “very exposed” as the show she’s pored over for nearly eight years finally premieres.How to Die Alone, which the actress wrote, produced and stars in, sees Rothwell, 43, as Mel, a broke, fat, Black JFK airport employee who’s “never been in love and forgotten how to dream,” and it’s a story that she’s been trying to tell since 2016.

Nate Berkus Lost His Photographer Boyfriend in 2004 Tsunami and Is Now Curating a Show of His Work (Exclusive)

Nate Berkus.Photo:Ashley Burns Photography Ashley Burns Photography Nate Berkus' life changed forever on Dec. 26, 2004. “This show was really hard for me to curate and really hard for me to be a part of, to be honest. It brought up so much, [but] I’m really grateful to Marcelo for asking me to pursue this,” Berkus tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week’s issue. “Woven Together: Reflections” is on display at the Cristina Grajales Galleryin New York City through the end of January, but Berkus says that opening night was really the most impactful moment for him.

Nathan Lane Says Menéndez Brothers 'Deserve' a Retrial Despite Not GivingMonsters'2 Thumbs Up from Prison' (Exclusive)

Nathan Lane as Dominick Dunne in ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story’ on Netflix.Photo:Courtesy Of Netflix Courtesy Of Netflix Nathan Lanejokes that he hasn’t heard about the controversy surroundingMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story, in which he plays journalistDominick Dunne. “I’m not on social media, you’ll have to tell me,” Lane, 68, quips to PEOPLE. “It’s a dramatization, it’s not a documentary,” Lane says ofMonsters. “Not everyone is going to agree with every single point of view, but that’s what makes horse races.

Nathan Lane, Viola Davis and More Stars React to Gene Hackman’s Death: ‘He Was One of Our Greatest’

Gene Hackman’s Hollywood peers remember him fondly. The actor,who was found dead at age 95at his home in New Mexico on Weds., Feb. 26, worked with countless stars during his decades-long career. Many paid tribute to the California native and two-time Oscar-winner — who starred in films such asThe French Connection,Superman,HoosiersandUnforgiven— after the news of his death. “Getting to watch him up close it was easy to see why he was one of our greatest.

National Book Critics Circle Awards Announces First-Ever Longlist

There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension; Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders; and The Blue Period: Black Writing in the Early Cold War.Photo:Random House; Tiny Reparations Books; University of Chicago Press Random House; Tiny Reparations Books; University of Chicago Press TheNational Book Critics Circle Awardsfirst-ever longlist is here! The NBCC announced on Dec. 16 its first longlist of six — the criticism genre longlist. In honor of the organization’s 50th anniversary, six more longlists will be announced throughout the week — for fiction, autobiography, biography, nonfiction and poetry, and for the NBCC’s Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.