Chris Martin Says He Struggled with Internalized Homophobia While Questioning Sexuality as a Teen

Bouts with boarding school bullies led a youngChris Martinto rethink his religious outlook on sexuality.In a new interview withRolling Stone, theColdplayfrontman, 42, opened up about the “terrible turmoil” he faced as a teenager who was discovering his own sexuality while grappling with societal and religious pressures — as well as his own internalized homophobia.“When I went to boarding school, I walked a bit funny and I bounced a bit, and I was also very homophobic because I was like, ‘If I’m gay, I’m completely f—ed for eternity,'” Martin said....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 830 words · Stephen Smith

Chris Martin Says He's Excited for Rihanna's Halftime Performance: 'Best Singer of All Time'

Chris Martin of Coldplay; Rihanna.Photo: getty (2)Chris Martinis looking forward toRihanna’s Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show performance!TheColdplayfrontman, 45, caught up with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 on Friday about his excitement for the show, as a former halftime performer himself.“I don’t know Rihanna very well. I’m mainly just a fan, and we have performed with her a few times, and you’re right, it is rarer and rarer for her to just sing, which is what makes it even more special, and in a strange way, it shows that she really, really wants to do it,” he said....

March 16, 2025 · 11 min · 2330 words · James Abbott

Chris Martin Shares Heartwarming Story About Embarrassing His Daughter Apple at Her First Job

Chris Martinis one proud dad — even if he mayembarrass his kidsfrom time to time. The Coldplay frontman, 42, shared a sweet story about his daughter,Apple, during his appearance onTheEllen DeGeneresShowon Wednesday, recounting how the 15-year-old was mortified when he showed up to her work unannounced. “My daughter works in a clothing store. It’s her first job, and she’s about to be 16 and I’m so proud of her,” he began....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Taylor Murphy

Chris Martin Sings About Leonardo DiCaprio's Love of Cargo Shorts - in Front of the Actor!

Photo: The Image Direct Chris Martindebuted a new song Saturday night — aboutLeonardo DiCaprio‘s love of cargo shorts. It all started when Martin, who was performing at theactor’s charity gala in SonomaSaturday, began to tease the host during his set. “I studied him very closely, personally, and on the Daily Mail website…for about five or six years,” Martin said, referencing the Internet’s amusement at the actor’s style. “What became clear to me was his unbelievable service, his commitment to the business of cargo shorts....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Casey Castillo

Chris Martin Touches the Sky in Mexico, Plus, Saniyya Sidney, Michael Bublé, and More

01of 91Hand Full of DreamsMedios y Media/GettyChris Martin gets lost in the music as he performs at Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico, on March 25. 01of 91 Hand Full of Dreams Medios y Media/Getty Chris Martin gets lost in the music as he performs at Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico, on March 25. 02of 91Best DressedLeon Bennett/GettyDavid Oyelowo and Saniyya Sidney pose together at the CAA Pre-Oscar party at the San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood on March 25....

March 16, 2025 · 20 min · 4084 words · David Hoover

Chris Martin's Son Is the Spitting Image of Him as He Poses with Mom Gwyneth Paltrow In New Photo

Photo:Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram;Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram;Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow’sson is looking just like his dad!On Tuesday, theShakespeare in Loveactress, 50, shared a photo on herInstagram Storyof her with sonMoses, 17, while on vacation in Milan.In the photo, the mother-son duo stand together against a wall and look directly at the camera, with Moses wearing a schoolboy outfit and bearing a strong resemblance to his dadChris Martin....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Samantha Bailey

Chris Meloni on Filming 'Law & Order' with Mariska Hargitay: 'She Brought Her Game, I Brought Mine'

After years of costarring as Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson,Christopher MeloniandMariska Hargitayare still bringing their A-game toLaw & Order.The two actors played Stabler and Benson for the first 12 seasons ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit, up until Meloni’s departure in 2011. Last month, however, they reunited onscreen during acrossover eventfor Meloni’s new spinoff,Law & Order: Organized Crime.“We’ve reintroduced two characters that their ‘their-ness’ ended abruptly, very unsatisfactorily, and now they are just as suddenly reunited,” Meloni, 60, told PEOPLE at a virtual press event ahead of the nextSVUandOrganized Crimecrossover, airing Thursday on NBC....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 841 words · Malik Hampton

Chris Mortensen, Longtime NFL Reporter at ESPN, Dead at 72: 'Sad Day for Everyone'

Chris Mortensen at Legion Field on February 16, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama.Photo:Kevin C. Cox/AAF/Getty Kevin C. Cox/AAF/Getty Award-winning journalistChris Mortensen, who spent over three decades at ESPN, has died at the age of 72. The networkannounced the newsof Mortensen’s death on Sunday, referring to him as an “industry pioneer” and a “hard-working teammate.” A cause of death has not been revealed. Mortensen, whoESPNnoted was diagnosed with Stage 4 throat cancer in January 2016, announced that he was stepping away from the network in 2023 to focus on his “health, family and faith....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Justin Humphrey

Chris Noth 'Will No Longer Film' Episodes of 'The Equalizer' After Multiple Sexual Assault Allegations

“Chris Noth will no longer film additional episodes ofThe Equalizer, effective immediately,” Universal Television and CBS said in a joint statement on Monday. Noth will be seen in one upcoming episode that has already been filmed, as well as future repeats of episodes that have already aired. A rep for Noth did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Noth has denied the allegations, claiming that the past encounters “were consensual....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · Kelly Jones

Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Third Woman, Actor Denies Allegation as 'Bad Fiction'

Chris Noth.Photo: Michael Loccisano/WireImage The actor denied the woman’s account. “The story is a complete fabrication, and the alleged accounts detailed throughout read like a piece of bad fiction,” a rep for Noth told PEOPLE Friday. “As Chris stated yesterday, he has and would never cross that line.” For more on the sexual assault allegations against Chris Noth and other top stories, listen below toour daily podcast on PEOPLE Every Day....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Connie Sherman

Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Two Women, He Claims Encounters Were 'Consensual'

Two women have accusedChris Nothof sexually assaulting them in a new report fromThe Hollywood Reporter. The alleged incidents occurred in 2004 and 2015. The first woman, using the pseudonym Zoe, toldTHRthat seeing the actor, 67, reprise hisSex and the Cityrole for the new revival,And Just Like That…“set off something in me.” “For so many years, I buried it,” she said, adding that she thought it was time “to try to go public with who he is....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 937 words · Eric Ross

Chris Noth Calls Sexual Assault Allegations 'Completely Ridiculous,' Admits He 'Strayed' on His Wife

Chris Nothis addressing themultiple sexual assault allegationsbrought against him more than a year later. In his first interview since the December 2021 accusations, the 68-year-oldSex and the Cityalum maintained that his only transgression was cheating on his wife,Tara Wilson. Noth denied the other allegations, calling what he termed the “add-ons” to the women’s stories “completely ridiculous” with “absolutely no basis in fact.” “I strayed on my wife, and it’s devastating to her and not a very pretty picture,” he claimed while speaking toUSA Today....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 608 words · Yvonne Wells

Chris Noth Does Not Appear in 'And Just Like That' ... Documentary amid Sexual Assault Allegations

Chris Nothdid not appear in theAnd Just Like That…documentary specialamid the multiple allegations of sexual assault against him. And Just Like That… The Documentary, which dropped Thursday alongside thefinale, followed the making of theSex and the Cityrevival’s first season. There was no mention of Noth, 67, who played John James Preston (a.k.a. Mr. Big) in the original series and briefly reprised his role for the new HBO Max series. And Just Like That…director and executive producer Michael Patrick King confirmed toVarietyon Wednesday that Big was also originally set to appear in a scene in the season finale, but thefootage was cutafter the sexual assault scandal broke....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Gina Moore