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The music icon sent the world into mourning after succumbing to a lengthy —and very private—battle with pancreatic cancer at age 76, but hernephew Tim Franklinsays her global fame paled next to her enormous heart. “The Queen of Soul — we didn’t know her,” Tim says of Franklin’s role as the family matriarch. “She was able to keep that separate from her personal life, so we never knew the Queen of Soul....

01of 97Many HellosMichael Kovac/GettyAriana DeBose and Steven Spielberg celebrate theirWest Side Storyacclaim at the AFI Awards Luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills on March 11. 01of 97 Many Hellos Michael Kovac/Getty Ariana DeBose and Steven Spielberg celebrate theirWest Side Storyacclaim at the AFI Awards Luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills on March 11. 02of 97Gym, Tan, GymDenise Truscello/GettyVinny Guadagnino shows off his dance moves as the host of Chippendales' 20th anniversary event at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on March 11....

But sources close to the couple tell PEOPLE exclusively the engaged stars just needed abreak from the negativitythey’ve been receiving from fans since their whirlwind engagement. “They’re justtired of being attacked,” says a Grande insider. “They don’t get why there’s backlash when it’s supposed to be a really happy time for them. Pete especially has been getting a lot of hate from fans. It’s been hurtful, andhe’s actually pretty sensitive.”...

Wickedis getting a double order! On Tuesday, director Jon M. Chu revealed that hisupcoming big-screen adaptation ofWicked, starringAriana Grandeand Cynthia Erivo, will now be told across two films that bring “even more depth and surprise” to the famous Broadway musical’s story. “Here’s what happened,” Chuwrote in a lettershared on social media. “As we prepared this production over the last year, it became increasingly clear that it would be impossible to wrestle the story of Wicked into a single film without doing some real damage to it....

Ariana Grandemay beback to workjust days after breaking off her engagement toPete Davidson, but it hasn’t been easy. The newly single pop star, 25, shared a since-deleted selfie on Instagram Tuesday after sources tell PEOPLE she missed the final dress rehearsal forWicked‘s 15th-anniversary special, which will air on NBC later this month. Though she skipped the rehearsal, Grande is expected to attend the final taping. “Can’t believe I almost let my anxiety ruin this for me today!...

Photo: Paul Zimmerman/WireImage Ariana Grandedid not have awhite dressor afancy cakeready to go when she and ex-fiancéPete Davidsoncalled it quits. “Ariana never got to the wedding planning stage,” a source tells PEOPLE of the“God Is a Woman”singer, 25. “It was all way too soon.” In August, Grande said onGood Morning Americathat shewas batting around ideasfor a 2019 wedding. “My friends and I — and my mom and everybody — have been brainstorming and sharing ideas,” she explained....

Photo: Elizabeth Gillies/Instagram Ariana Grandefound the ultimate Halloween costume muse inJennifer Coolidge. “This is f***ing great,” Coolidge wrote. “I was gonna go as the young boy’s pet weasel fromThe Watcher, but now I think I’m gonna go as @arianagrande’s dog,Toulouse.” Grande responded: “@theofficialjencoolidge we thank you, we love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and miss you so.” Grande dressed as Coolidge’s Sherri Ann Cabot, while her longtime friend and fellowVictoriousalumLiz GillieschanneledJane Lynch’s character Christy Cummings from the movie about a group of eccentric people competing with their pets in a prestigious dog show....

Leave it to the Grammys to bring everyone together — just askAriana Grandeand BTS. Late Wednesday night, the “Thank U Next” singer, 26, shared a black and white Instagram photo of herself posing with the chart-topping Korean pop band — a snapshot that appeared to be taken backstage at the Staples Center, as both groups get ready for the 2020Grammy Awardson Sunday in Los Angeles. “Look who I bumped into at rehearsal,” Grande captioned the shot with a smiling face emoji....

Photo: Nicole Weingart/Bravo TheVanderpump Rulesstar turned heads when she showed up to the season 10 reunion of the hit reality show in a red-hot ensemble that was presumed to be a big dose of revenge for her ex-boyfriendTom Sandoval. The reason for revenge? Sandoval was recently exposed for cheating on her with theirVPRco-starRaquel Levissfor “upwards of 6 months — all the while, Tom was sleeping next to Ariana in bed,” a source close to the show’s starstold PEOPLE in March....

Photo: Rich Fury/Getty Ariel Winteropened up about two fraught topics at once on Wednesday:weight loss and mental health. The 21-year-oldModern Familystar answered questions from her fans on Instagram, andafter getting tons of questionsabout her noticeable weight loss over the last year,she explained that it was the result of switching antidepressants. “For years I had been on antidepressants that caused me to gain weight that I couldn’t lose no matter what I did,” she said....

After his run on Broadway in Young Jean Lee’s playStraight White Menlast fall,Armie Hammeris well-versed on the topic of “straight white male privilege” — something he admits to exploiting in his own life from time to time. In a new profile withThe Independentpublished Wednesday, the 32-year-oldOn the Basis of Sexactor opened up about how growing up in a wealthy family (his grandfather is oil tycoon Armanda Hammer) made him blind to his own advantages....

Arnold Schwarzeneggeris one proud patriarch! Thanking hostJimmy Kimmelfor sharing his congratulations on the news, Schwarzenegger said, “It’s the easiest thing to be a grandfather.” “They come over to the house, you play with Lyla for around an hour or two, put her on the horse, put her with the dog. And after two hours, they leave,” he joked, clapping his hands. “It’s fantastic! I have a great time when they come over to the house....

Ender ’s Game star Asa Butterfield will also play the hint in the challenging plastic film Out of This World , where he ’ll wager a kid who was raise in secret on Mars . Out of This World is a Relativity picture show based on the idea of a female astronaut discovering she is significant while on a mission to colonize Mars . She drop dead in childbirth , and he ’s raised in secret on Mars ....