As incoming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their oaths of office on Wednesday on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, veteranPEOPLEcorrespondent Alexandra Rockey Fleming watched from just feet away, among the gathered lawmakers and other guests. Below, she describes what she saw while reporting on this unprecedented inauguration for the magazine. Unusual as anything else about the day, Wednesday’s Inauguration Day was actually as nearly as perfect as any other, first rattling with anticipation and then sighing with relief....

Taylor Swift; Stevie Nicks.Photo:Neilson Barnard/Getty, Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Neilson Barnard/Getty, Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Stevie NicksbelievesTaylor Swifthas learned a great deal from her own songwriting. Inan interview with TODAY.comabout her newBarbie, theFleetwood Macbandleader opened up about what she believes Swift has gained from her own music. “I never don’t tell the truth. And I think that’s something that if Taylor Swift, who is my friend, if Taylor got anything from me, that’s what she got,” Nicks told the outlet....

TheGolden Globesare right around the corner — and so is the rest of the Hollywood award season. The first award show kicks off this Sunday and a slew of A-listers are expected to attend — which is sure to bring fans a glimpse of their favorite stars. Among them areJennifer AnistonandJennifer Lopezwho are both nominated for strong performances that were favorably reviewed last year. Lopez, 50, is nominated for best supporting actress in a motion picture for her turn as a stripper inHustlers....

Sharon Tatewas 26 in 1969 and about to begin a new chapter of her life: The successful actress was married to directorRoman Polanskiand was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with their first child. The murders occurred on August 9, 1969 — 50 years ago today. Manson, whose name became synonymous with evil after his arrest in connection with the 1969 murders of Tate and the others,died in 2017. He was 83 and serving a life sentence in California’s Corcoran State Prison at the time of his death....

Roy Wood Jr., Don Lemon, Tucker Carlson.Photo: Noam Galai/Getty, Taylor Hill/WireImage, AP/REX/Shutterstock Roy Wood Jr.joked that he will return to the drawing board for his comedy set as host of the 2023 White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner followingTucker Carlson’s exit from FOX News andDon Lemon’s exit from CNN. TheDaily Showcorrespondent responded to MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan’s tweet about having to change his jokes for the upcoming event given the recent shakeup in the news cycle....

Photo: Miya Dickey Instagram It didn’t take long forMarques Houstonto realize his wife, Miya, was “the one.” The pair met in 2018 at a Jehovah’s Witness event andgot engagedin March 2019 — just five months after they started dating. They were married on Aug. 24, 2020, in California in front of a small number of guests, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Marques and Miya welcomed their first child, daughter Zara Denise, in December 2021....

Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (2) The rise and fall of the Silicon Valley darling is now the subject of the HBO documentaryThe Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valleyas well as the John Carreyrou’s bookBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. Theranos was once valued at about $9 billion and Holmes was named one ofForbes’s richest women in America— all with the help of Balwani, who allegedly kept her ruse going, according to Carreyrou’s reporting inThe Wall Street Journal....

Photo: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImageIn this week’s episode ofSouthern Charmthings got downright volatile during Thomas Ravenel‘s dinner party.The 53-year-old playboy invited the whole gang (Kathryn Dennis included!) to celebrate the birth of his son,St. Julien Rembert Ravenel, but before the main course was even served, insults were flying and guests were fleeing on golf carts!PEOPLE caught up withShep Rose, one of the show’s voices of reasons, to understand whatexactlycaused Ravenel’s party to completely unravel....

It was 2023, and life almost looked picture perfect forChase Wright.The country music singer/songwriter was enjoying somemuch-deserved successcourtesy of songs such as “Hurt No More,” “Why Should We” and “Why Can’t It Be Over.” He embarked on his very first headlining tour that took him to places he had never been. And from the looks of it, his personal life was thriving too.But looks can be deceiving.“We tried to make it work as much as we could, but we just had differences we couldn’t get past, so we thought it was better just to go our separate ways,” admits Wright, 27, to PEOPLE about his 2023 breakup with fiancée Brittany Norris....

Prison policy forcedFelicity Huffmanto be released three days early from her 14-day sentence. According to the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons’program statement, Huffman was released Friday as is normal policy for inmates who are set to be released on weekends. Her initial release was scheduled for Sunday, October 27. The 56-year-old actress left the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California on Friday after reporting for her sentence on Oct....

Photo: Beretta/Sims/REX/ShutterstockWhen it comes to her glam squad,Meghan Markleis a one-woman show.Thenew Duchess of Sussexcould easily sit in the makeup chair before each royal outing and have her makeup professionally done, but she chooses to do it all on her own.“She’s gotten more comfortable doing her own makeup. She loves makeup and she’s good at it!” Meghan’s friend and wedding makeup artist,Daniel Martin, tells PEOPLE.“She’s been doing her makeup herself. She’s not fussy — she’s just trying to get it on and get out the door....

Queen Camillatook some time for herself on the eve of her crowning at King Charles’coronation. She was not at the official welcome for the Prime Minister of the other realms of which Charles is King at Buckingham Palace or theevening receptionfor visiting heads of state and otherhigh profile guestslike First LadyDr. Jill Bideneither. She was never actually expected at the events, a royal source says. She went to the final rehearsals atWestminster Abbeyon Friday morning and then she headed to the London home she shares with Charles, Clarence House, to prepare for today, PEOPLE understands....

Photo: Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images It took 18 years for Rebecca Gayheart to finally feel ready to open up about her 2001 car accident, which resulted in the death of 9-year-old Jorge Cruz Jr. While attending the 18th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball on Saturday, Gayheart, 47, told PEOPLE that although it hadn’t been easy todiscuss the tragic accident for the first timelast month, it was something she “needed to do.”...