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Sen. Cory Booker.Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images It’s a lofty goal, he knows. Speaking with PEOPLE, Booker says he’s taking a piecemeal approach, aware that change won’t come overnight — or even in a year or two. In short, he’s in it for the long haul. “Americans don’t realize: The hope of farming and really our food system … is so broken right now. But the solution to it lies within our decisions we make about farming,” says Booker, who wasappointed to the Senate Agriculture Committeein early February....

Bradley Coopermade sure to honor previous iterations ofA Star Is Bornin his upcoming film. The first-time director, 43, spoke to FilmStruck to discuss his reimagining of the film in a PEOPLE exclusive clip from the interview. Cooper plays musician Jackson Maine, who struggles with personal issues while helping an up-and-coming artist, Ally (Lady Gaga), to fulfill her dreams of a music career. Maine’s name comes from the first two versions of the film — the 1937 film with Fredric March as Norman Maine and in the 1954 version with Judy Garland in which actor James Mason picked up the mantle of Norman....

Photo: Art Streiber/NBC America’s Got Talentjudge Howie Mandel gave a deserving group of singing nurses his Golden Buzzer. Speaking with PEOPLE about his reaction to the 18 choir members' performance, Mandel looks back on the “heroes” of 2020 belting out a song with so much meaning and relevance after an unprecedented year due to COVID-19. “Because of what we’ve gone through — and I mean the collective, everybody in the world — when you’re traumatized, it makes you more emotional and I think as a planet, we’ve been traumatized and the reason that it’s not totally devastating was because of [the nurses],” he says....

Amid theongoing scandalover at the originalAGTfollowing former judgeGabrielle Union‘s exit, the British star tells PEOPLE that she feels privileged to be a part of the spinoff. Dixon is specifically the only judge of color alongside Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel. “When I got my first job as a judge onStrictly Come Dancingin 2009, I was very aware of the role I was taking on,” Dixon, 41, recalls of being the only woman of color on that judges’ panel with Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman....

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Thursday’s episode ofAnd Just Like That…Charlotte York might just receive 2023’s Mother of the Year Award.In Thursday’s episode ofAnd Just Like That…, Charlotte (Kristin Davis) played it cool when daughter Lily (Cathy Ang) announced nonchalantly that she planned to lose her virginity when her boyfriend’s parents went out of town. That happened to coincide with a huge snowstorm hitting New York City.But Lily and her boyfriend each assumed the other brought the condoms, so when they wound up without any protection, Lily called her sex-positive mom to supply some....

Billy Browngot to spend some treasured time with his youngest grandchild before his death.TheAlaskan Bush Peoplestar and family patriarchdiedon Feb. 7 after suffering a seizure. He was 68. On Wednesday,Bear Brown, one of Billy’s seven children, paid tribute to his late father with a sweet post onInstagram.“I’m glad my Dad got to meet my son, his grandson,” Bear captioned two photos of Billy with Bear’s11-month-old son, River, whom he shares withsoon-to-be wife Raiven Adams....

Once, they divided America. But this holiday season, they unite us all. Fifteen years after going head-to-head in the season 2 finale ofAmerican Idol,champ Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aikenwill share a stage again in a new holiday-themed Broadway show. The pair will co-headlineRuben & Clay’s First Annual Christmas Carole Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show,a three-week limited engagement holiday spectacular that promises classic holiday tunes as well as comedic scenes and sketches....

Photo: Courtesy Alvin Independent School DistrictAn elementary school custodian in Texas is being called an “angel” after she comforted an upset elementary school student who has autism in an extra special way last week.Esther McCool, who works at Melba Passmore Elementary in Alvin, went above and beyond on Sept. 10 when she saw Kenlee, a 4th grader, having an “exceptionally difficult morning,” Rachel Moore, a spokesperson for the Alvin Independent School District, tells PEOPLE in a statement....

Demi BurnettchoseKristian HaggertyoverDerek Pethonlast week’sBachelor in Paradise. Peth, 32,handled the breakup with grace, and Burnett, 24, assures PEOPLE that the two have remained “really good friends” since filming wrapped earlier this summer.“I talk to him all the time,” Burnett says. “He proves it more and more how amazing of a guy he is.”After seeing Peth — who’d gottenengaged to Taylor NolanonBachelor in Paradiseseason 4 — get his heart broken again in Mexico, fans threw their support behind him to be the next Bachelor....

Photo: Bachelor In ParadiseTime to pack your baggage!It looks like Bachelor Nation is in for another very dramatic summer, as ABC released a teaser for the upcoming season ofBachelor in Paradiseon Monday.In the clip, hostChris Harrisonasks Demi Burnett — who appeared onColton Underwood‘s season ofThe Bachelor— if she’s ready.“Oh, I’m more than ready,” Burnett says.The teaser then launches into series of scenes from the upcoming season, featuring several fan favorite contestants from previous seasons of bothThe BachelorandThe Bachelorette....

Photo: Megan Marx Instagram Bachelor AustraliastarMegan Marxis giving her fans insight on her neurological disorder as well as her upcoming plastic surgery plans. On Monday, the 33-year-old gave a few health updates on her Instagram Story after posting a Q&A for her followers. One person asked if she had gotten her breast augmentation redone after she originally got the procedure done at 18. “Not yet,” she responded, noting that her doctor was concerned about her suddenly losing weight during a consultation....

Tyler Cameron’s mother Andrea has died, a source confirms to PEOPLE. The Bachelorettealumnus’s mother, a Florida realtor, died after being taken to the hospital on Thursday,Us Weeklyfirst reported. On Thursday afternoon, Tyler, 27, announced that asudden family emergencyinvolving his mom had caused him to cancel a group run he was hosting withGood Morning America, which he had been excitedly promoting on social media earlier in the day. “Have to cancel GMA group run tomorrow....

Maria Bakalova on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.Photo: Warner Bros. Maria Bakalovais opening up aboutthatscene withRudy GiulianiinBorat 2. Appearing virtually onThe Ellen DeGeneres ShowWednesday, the 24-year-old Bulgarian actress admitted that it “was nerve-racking” filming theSacha Baron Cohenmovie’s most controversial scene with the former New York City mayor. In the scene, Bakalova, who plays Borat’s daughter Tutar Sagdiyev in the film, poses as a journalist interviewing Giuliani, 76. After their interview, Bakalova invites the politician into a hotel bedroom for a drink, and then tries to take off Giuliani’s microphone....