Lisa Banes.Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images An electric scooter rider involved in the hit-and-run death ofGone Girlactress Lisa Banes pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the second degree on Wednesday. Brian Boyd, 27, also confessed to leaving the scene of an incident resulting in death without reporting at the New York State Supreme Court, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. said in astatementabout the June 4, 2021 incident. Boyd is expected to be sentenced on Nov....

An elementary school teacher in California is dead after authorities say that he jumped from a parking structure at Disneyland. Christopher Christensen, 51, was the principal of William T. Newland Elementary School in Huntington Beach, Calif. He had previously been the principal at other schools during his 22 years working for the school district. Christensen’s suicide came just days before he was scheduled to appear in court on two misdemeanor charges of battery and child endangerment....

A Massachusetts family has been identified as the four people found dead ofsuspected carbon monoxide poisoningat their lake house in New Hampshire on Christmas Day. Matthew’s cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, according to New Hampshire’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The cause and manner of death for the other three victims remains pending. The Public Schools of Brookline confirmed that Matthew was an educator at Edith C. Baker, an elementary school in Brookline, and that the other three victims were his wife and two daughters....

Photo:Eleonora Srugo/Instagram Eleonora Srugo/Instagram Eleonora Srugois setting the record straight about her relationship with New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The star of Netflix’s new real estate docusoap “Selling the City” shared a statement with PEOPLE afterrumorsswirled that she might be dating the politician, who is currently facing indictment amid accusations of bribery and other financial crimes. “There is no truth to rumors that I am dating Mayor Eric Adams,” Srugo told PEOPLE....

Elephant in the South Luangwa National Park.Photo:SWNS SWNS Table for one, please! Simone Ruf, an employee at the Flatdogs Camp in Africa’sSouth Luangwa National Park, recently captured photos of an elephant she saw taking a seat at a café in the area, according toThe Daily Mail. Per the outlet, the wild animal did not stay in the rest area long, and eventually scurried away, snapping one of the table umbrella spokes on its way out....

Photo: Victor Protasio"While this sandwich seems fancy, there’s not much to it!" saysfood bloggerTieghan Gerard. “The flaky croissants and cheese sauce really set it apart.“This “fun and easy” take on a day-after-Thanksgiving sandwich only needs your leftovers and store-bought croissants, according to the author of theHalf Baked Harvest Every Daycookbook. If you forget to pick up croissants, Gerard suggests using whatever bread you served for Thanksgiving. (Her second choice would be something sweet like a honey butter roll....

Elf the dog.Photo: Courtesy Best Friends A dog with a Santa-inspired name arrived at theBest Friends Animal Societyin Los Angeles last June — and his whereabouts before he was welcomed at the shelter are unknown. Elf arrived covered in ticks and was timid around most people, leading the staff to assume he’d been through some rough times. But his outlook changed a few weeks after his arrival, when Sabrina Maharaj started volunteering at the shelter and took an immediate liking to the dog....

Daniel Tay and Will Ferrell inElf(2003).Photo:New Line/ Everett New Line/ Everett There’s noElfremake or sequel on the table at the moment — but Susie Farris can dream! The casting director on the 2003Christmascomedy (which recentlycelebrated its 20th anniversary) tells PEOPLE that she would “live to” work on a remake, if one ever came to fruition. “I just think that he’s quirky and endearing and yeah, I’d like to see Bill Hader,” she adds....

Mark Acheson and Will Ferrell in 2003’s ‘Elf’.Photo:New Line Cinema New Line Cinema This meme-able line inElfalmost didn’t happen.Mark Acheson, the actor who is aptly credited as “Mailroom Guy” in the 2003 holiday classic, exclusively tells PEOPLE about working on the movie — and the one line that fans can’t stop talking about.Acheson, 67, says that he was only supposed to have one line in the scene in which Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) is sent into the mailroom at his father’s job....

Two surprises greeted a group of New Jersey families when they walked into a grocery store several miles from MetLife Stadium, where the New York Giants and Jets both play. The families all have children with cancer, and the event was a continuation of thework Manning and Coughlin have donefor years working to fight childhood cancer. Manning is an ambassador for Hackensack Meridian’sTackle Kids Cancer’s initiative, aimed at finding cures for pediatric cancer....

Photo: Fivio Foreign/Instagram Eli Manningis a man of many hats! One day after filming his weeklyManningCastshow with big brotherPeyton Manning, the former NFL quarterback, 41, hit a recording studio on Tuesday with New York rapperFivio Foreign. “I’m goin to the studio w Eli Manning,” Fivio, 32,wrote on Twitter. In a video posted to the platform, Manning and his former New York Giants teammate, center Shaun O’Hara, are seen taking shots with the rapper....

Eli Manningis a bit worried about hisMonday Night Footballspot. Speaking to PEOPLE’sJanine Rubensteinat the SiriusXM set on Media Row in New Orleans, Eli, 44, praisedTravisandJason Kelce’s sibling bond and compared it to his own with brotherPeyton Manning. The two sets of brothers recently united for an episode of the Kelces' podcastNew Heights, and Eli tells PEOPLE that Jason and Travis are “great.” “You see the dynamic, the brother duo between Travis and Jason....

Eli Manningrevealed his longstanding prank on rookies during his NFL tenure. The two-time Super Bowl champion, 44, and his older brotherPeyton, 48, recently joinedTravisandJason Kelcefor theThursday, Feb. 6 episodeof their podcast,New Heights, and discussed Eli’s running prank. Jason, 37, explained to Eli that typically on the podcast they ask their guests who are NFL players what their “Welcome to the NFL moment was." WhenSaquon Barkleyappeared on the March 27, 2024podcast episode, he revealed that Eli put grass in his mouth as his welcoming ritual....