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Simone Bilesagain proved she is the ultimate gymnastics cheerleader during the first day of the women’s individual event finals at theTokyo Summer Olympics. Hours after news of herwithdrawal from Monday’s floor final, the decorated athlete, 24, was in the stands for the vault final with Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum cheering on fellow Team USA gymnasts Jade Carey and MyKayla Skinner, who stepped in for Biles after earning a high enough score in the qualifying round....

Simone Bilesdominated at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on Tuesday, winning her 21st medal and breaking the female record for most world gymnastics championships medals. “Every year it feels better and better just because we’re adding to the legacy,” Biles, 22, said of herself and the U.S. team,according to the Associated Press. “I feel like I never think of records. I just go out there and do what I came to do, which is compete for the country....

Photo: Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock Gary Numan is “devastated” after his tour bus ran over and killed a pedestrian. While in Cleveland on Monday afternoon, Numan’s bus was making a right turn when it struck a 91-year-old man pushing a cart while crossing the road, reportsNews 5 Cleveland. The elderly man — whose name has not been released — was pronounced dead at the scene. The musician — best known for his 1979 hit “Cars” — was set to play at The House of Blues in Cleveland on Monday night, as part of his six-month international tour....

Photo: Richard Shotwell/REX Joy Villamade a statement on the red carpet at the 2019 DaytimeEmmy Awardson Sunday. The 28-year-old singer, known primarily for making conservative political points with radical styles at award shows, arrived at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium wearing Desi Designs Couture gown festooned with silhouettes of storks carrying babies. The train of the skirt featured letters that spelled out: “Pro-life is pro-woman.” Villa elaborated on her fashion choice in a post shared to Instagram Sunday night....

Tate McRaeis getting the best of both worlds. Despite having more than three million followers on TikTok and a Top 20 single under her belt, the 18-year-old alt-pop star — who is featured as one of PEOPLE’s 2021Ones to Watchin this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday — says she still feels and lives life “like a normal teenager.” “I go through regular problems,” she says. “It’s funny — there’s still two sides to me: the normal one and the work one....

The second time was the charm forAmerican Idolcontestant Fire Wilmore! Wilmore, a 22-year-old single mom, made it through to Hollywood on this week’s episode ofIdolafterKaty Perrygave her a second chance to wow the judges following a failed audition. Though the judges felt she needed to be pushed a bit further before advancing, her life story moved the trio. Wilmore was born in Oklahoma to a drug-addicted mother, and was in state custody as a child....

Edward Morgan.Photo: Dallas County district attorney’s office In February 1984, the body of 21-year-old Mary Jane Thompson was found crumpled behind a warehouse in Dallas, Texas. For decades, authorities searched for the man who sexually assaulted and strangled the aspiring model with her own leg warmers as her family waited for answers. Nearly 38 years to the day that Thompson’s body was found behind the warehouse on Irving Boulevard, a suspect has been arrested in connection with her murder, the Dallas County Criminal District Attorney’s Officeannounced Friday....

Janelle and Christine Brown.Photo:Christine Brown/ Instagram Christine Brown/ Instagram ChristineandJanelle Brownare hoping their exKodycan make amends with their children. TheSister Wivesstars exclusively tell PEOPLE that they remain hopeful their kids will reconcile with their ex amid the ongoing family rift. “I believe it will come around and eventually they’ll have [a] good relationship with their dad again,” Christine, 51, says. “I have to believe that.” Ethan Miller/Getty Janelle — who shares six kids with Kody includingLogan, 29;Maddie, 27;Hunter, 26;Garrison, 25;Gabriel, 22, andSavanah, 18 — recalls her children telling her that they felt there was “an inequality in the relationship” with Kody as he paid more attention to the other kids in the polygamous family....

Kody Brown (L), Janelle Brown (R).Photo:TLCJanelle Brownis worried about how her son’s estrangement from their dad is going to impact them in the long run.On the latest episode ofSister Wives, the 54-year-old mom shared her concerns about how sons Gabe, 21, and Garrison, 24, are handling their strained relationship withKody Brown.“Me and Garrison are at odds with my dad, because when we expressed our discontent at how things were going with COVID, I was met with just a wall,” Gabriel said early on in Sunday’s episode....

The last timeBenjamin “B.J.” Eastman Jr.saw his son,Benjamin Eastman III, alive, the two were kicking back around a fire on a cool summer night in rural Randle, Washington, less than a week after celebrating the boy’s 16th birthday. After laughing together over B.J.’s lackluster performance while playing one of Ben’s favorite video games,Rocket League, B.J. decided to call it a night around midnight or so. As he headed to bed, he told his son he loved him, like he always did....

Heidi Gardner in 2024.Photo:Brianne Wills Brianne Wills Heidi Gardnerwasn’t ready to let go. “This has probably been the one thing in my life that I’ve been in the most denial of that could end,” she says of her relationship with Marshall. “There’s a bodega cat down the street from me who’s 24, and Marshall was 17, so I was like, ‘Okay, I have seven more years.'” But the actress knew she had to be there when the time came....

Ellie, a British snowboarder tipped to compete for Team GB in the 2022 Winter Olympics,died July 25 — her 18th birthday —in the forests of Les Gets in the French Alps. During Thursday’s service at the 19th century Eglise de la Nativité de Marie in Les Gets,Ellie’s mother, Lorraine Denman, paid tribute to her little girl, saying, “No matter where the future takes us, I will always be there beside you....

Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty “I’ve had an amazing run, and I think being able to choose when to retire really set me up to have other things going in my life that I wanted to,” the 35-year-old tells PEOPLE. Now, the California-native is focusing on what’s ahead, including a turn to fashion with his new athletic lifestyle brand,Whitespace, and his continued partnership withRalph Lauren. “It’s been great to have time to work on my company, Whitespace, and be traveling, and now, here working with Ralph Lauren,” he says....