Bradley Cooperis gearing up for his big moment.TheA Star Is Borndirector, writer and actor, 44, is set to make his Oscars performance debut alongsideLady Gagato sing their nominated hit song “Shallow.”Cooper joked he still can’t believe he’s going to take the stage as a singer.“That’s so surreal that I said yes we will be performing tonight,” he said while walking the red carpet on Sunday night. “I’m very excited.”Along with Best Original Song, Cooper and Gaga are both up forawards for their performances at the Oscars....

Photo: Peter Kramer/NBC The West Order? Law & Wing? While there may be no real plans (or name) for a crossover event betweenLaw & OrderandThe West Wing,Bradley Whitfordis absolutely interested. “I’m ready,” Whitford, 63, shares exclusively with PEOPLE. “Any time. Let’s do it. We’ll get[Allison] Janney. We’ll getMartin [Sheen]in there. I was just texting with Martin. Not texting, emailing.” Whitford, who guest-starred oppositeMariska Hargitayin this week’s episode ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitas asuspected murderer suffering from dementia, played White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman onThe West Wingfrom 1999 to 2006....

Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty, Paul Archuleta/GettyBradley Whitfordis singingMariska Hargitay’spraises.The West Wingalum, 63, is set to appear in Thursday night’s episode ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitas a man suffering from dementia while also under investigation for killing his wife. Titled “King of the Moon,” the episode saw Hargitay pulling double-duty as both actoranddirector.“Everybody loves Mariska,” Whitford exclusively tells PEOPLE, “and for a very good reason. She takes the work really seriously and just does not take herself seriously at all....

Photo: Paul Archuleta/Getty Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thursday’s episode ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit. This week’sLaw & Order: SVUfeatured a special guest star:The West WingalumBradley Whitfordin the role of Pence Humphreys, a man suffering from dementia who believes he killed his beloved wife Winnie (Nancy Travis). For Whitford, 63, getting the role right meant starting with the internet. “You Google the condition and learn what you can about it,” he tells PEOPLE — but he also drew on personal experience....

Bradley Whitfordhas been around long enough, in life and in Hollywood, to know that men and women are not treated the same when it comes to aging. “Honestly, men are lucky as hell,” Whitford, 62, tells PEOPLE in the latest issue. “We get celebrated for aging. It’s unfair and it’s crazy. I remember my mom, who had absolutely nothing to do with show business, would talk about how unfair that is, that men become distinguished and women become invisible....

Ryan Lahiff for Eklund/Gomes Trahan clarified in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE that she feels the home wasn’t a “bad investment” for her, but she didn’t buy theBrady Bunchhome as a property investment. Instead, she bought it as a piece of artwork. “When I was buying it, I wasn’t thinking, ‘Oh, it was a great investment,'” Trahan says. “When I buy art, it’s because I love the art. It’s not because, ‘Oh, I’m going to make money on this....

Photo: Shawn Scallen Twenty-five years ago, Champaign, Illinois rockers Braid would record their third studio albumFrame & Canvasand would help to mold the signature Midwest emo sound spreading across the country. Fast forward to 2021 — Inner Ear Studios, where the album was originally recorded, was slated for eviction and the original master tapes from theFrame & Canvasrecording were salvaged and made their way back to original engineer, J. Robbins, and the band....

Photo: Santa Cruz County Jail It is believed thatdisgraced brain surgeon James Kohut, 59, took his own life on Sunday morning inside his jail cell, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s office. Kohut was awaiting trial on dozens of child sexual abuse counts. PEOPLE was unable to ascertain when his trial was set to begin. Kohut had been in custody since his arrest in May 2017. An autopsy will be performed on his remains later this week to determine an exact cause of death....

A brain surgery patient sang her way through the operation — and it was all captured on video. New Jersey resident Krystina Vied, 30, who was diagnosed with epilepsy at 21, underwent surgery in June to remove a tumor from a “high risk” part of her brain — which had been found after she experienced breakthrough seizures despite being on epilepsy medication. “The location of the tumor was high risk as it was within the part of her brain that controls her speech,”Nitesh V Patel, M....

Naegleria fowleri, known as the brain-eating amoeba.Photo:Getty Getty One person is dead after contracting Naegleria fowleri — often called the “brain-eating amoeba” — at an Arkansas splash pad. The rare but deadly amoeba was confirmed to be present at the splash pad at the Little Rock Country Club, according to a statement from theArkansas Department of Health. The agency did not release the age or gender of the person who died from exposure to the amoeba....

Photo: Braison Cyrus/Instagram The Cyrus family is about to get a new member! “Extremely blessed and grateful to say that @stellamcyrus and I are expecting our first child. This is our son and he’s due in June. Love this little dude so much already,“writesBraison alongside the photo of the pair smiling in front of a Christmas tree. Sharing the same picture, McBride adds that Braison will “be the best dad ever....

Braison Cyrus and his son.Photo: BRAISON CYRUS/INSTAGRAM The Cyrus family has expanded! “Bear Chance Cyrus was born June 8th, 2021 at 10:05 PM. He is 9 lbs and 22 inches of pure joy. God poured every bit of his mercy, tenderness, beauty and strength into Bear and @stellamcyrus during her herculean feat of birthing him,“the new dad wrote in his postalong with a photo of him holding the newborn. BRAISON CYRUS/Instagram...

The Cyrus family just added one blushing bride to the tribe! Braison Cyrus, the younger brother ofMiley Cyrus, married Stella McBride in a romantic Tennessee ceremony on Sunday, just under a year afterannouncing their engagement. In a sweet tribute post, the “Mother’s Daughter” singer, 26, shared how happy she was for the couple. Alongside the message, the pop star shared several photos from the family affair, including one of their mother Tish Cyrus helping Braison, 25, get dressed before walking down the aisle....