Vanessa Bryant celebrated daughter Natalia graduating cum laude from the University of Southern California on May 16. The model, 22, honored her late father, Kobe, by including his Nike sheath logo on her sash.
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles told grads at Washington University in St. Louis on May 12, “The world doesn’t need you to be perfect. It needs you to be bold.”
“Today each of you hit a grand-slam home run in Yankee Stadium,” New York University alum Molly Shannon told grads assembled at the ballpark on May 15.
The Seinfeld family—from left, Shepherd, Jerry, Julian, Jessica and Sascha—attended 22-year-old Julian’s graduation from Duke University in North Carolina. “This chapter closes, but a new one begins,” wrote Jessica in an Instagram post on May 12.
Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola revealed on May 15 alongside her Jersey Shore castmates in Seaside Heights, N.J., that her first baby with fiancé Justin May will be a boy. The reality star says she “had a feeling” about the sex.
Jodie Turner-Smith shared an Instagram snap with daughter Juno, 5, on May 14 and wrote that the little one encouraged her to “be fashion” on the way to Tory Burch’s store opening in Los Angeles.
Six years after they last cohosted the third hour of Today, Hoda Kotb (left) and Kathie Lee Gifford spent time together at a QVC and TikTok event in L.A. on May 14. The meetup took place four months after Kotb exited the NBC daytime show. “Reunited, and it feels so good,” Gifford sang on Instagram.
Shakira took her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on May 15 and called the show “unforgettable” on Instagram.
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