Watch: "Nomadland" Director Chloe Zhao on Importance of Being SpontaneousChloé Zhao is embracing a new eternal title. The Hamnet director shared she's started training to become a death doula-someone who provides "emotional, spiritual, and physical support to individuals who are transitioning to death," according to CaringInfo-to confront her fear of dying. "I just finished Level 1 training in the U.K.," Chloé, 43, told The New York Times in an interview published on Jan. 24. "In one of the training sessions, we had to research Indigenous cultures from around the world, how they deal with death and dying both today and in the past. You can see that the grief of losing a loved one doesn't change." She added, "However, the societal understanding of death and the space it gives to grief and how it's embedded in the culture and the medicalization of death have shifted so much. In the modern world, when death is no longer seen as a natural part of life-because now, it's about staying alive as long as we can-there's almost shame around death."readHow Hamnet's Chloe Zhao and Jessie Buckley Celebrated Golden Globes WinsIndeed, Chloé has been unpacking her own emotions about death and grief, including how its permanence has impacted her approach to build intimate relationships."I have been terrified of death my whole life. I still am," she explained. "I've been so afraid I haven't been able to live fully. I haven't been able to love with my heart open because I'm so scared of losing love, which is a form of death. When you're in your 40s, a midlife crisis is the best thing that can happen to you, because you're on your way to a rebirth."And as the Eternals director continues to learn more about herself in this new chapter, she realized she could no longer "run from this feeling" of evolution. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AARP"Your body is changing, and you can feel death," she expressed. "I have no choice but to start to develop a healthier relationship with it, or the second half of life would be too hard." In fact, her work on the 2025 film Hamnet-which took home Best Picture at the Golden Globes-and how William and Agnes Shakespeare (played by Paul Mescal and Jesse Buckley) had to grieve the sudden death of their son Hamnet (Noah Jupe) helped her gain a certain perspective about this somber process. "Even though things are so different, our biology hasn't changed," Chloé noted. "The desire that we have to protect a child will not change. However, the stories we attach to that pain might be different." Keep reading to see more celebrity confessions... Perry Knotts / Contributor (Getty) Jason Kelce Doesn't Regularly Wash His Feet"What kind of weirdo washes their feet...." Jason Kelce tweeted in June 2024 after a fan noted the athlete "looks like he doesn't wash his legs or feet." The retired Philadelphia Eagles player later doubled down on his comments. "What kind of psychopath washes your feet?" he deadpanned on an episode of his and brother Travis Kelce's New Heights podcast, adding, "If there's visible dirt on them, I'll scrub the dirt off."Francois Durand/Getty ImagesRobert Pattinson Did Not Watch a Clown Die at the CircusOver a decade after the Twilight star revealed that he saw a clown die in a car explosion during his first visit to the circus as a child, he admitted that wasn't true. "There was absolutely no hesitation at all [in my voice]," Robert recalled to The New York Times Style Magazine in a December 2024 interview. "I'm like, 'What on earth? Are you possessed?'" As for what he said during the 2011 Today interview promoting his film Water for Elephants? "One of the clowns died," he explained at the time. "His little car exploded. The joke car exploded on him, seriously. Everybody ran out. It was terrifying."Gotham/Getty ImagesKim Kardashian Reveals How She "Honored" Grandma MJ During Sex With Pete DavidsonGrandma knows best. Kim Kardashian got candid about how her grandma Mary Jo "MJ" Campbell influenced one intimate moment between her and then-boyfriend Pete Davidson, during an October 2022 episode of The Kardashians. "Pete and I were staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel last weekend, and we were sitting in front of the fireplace, just talking for hours," the SKIMS founder recounted to MJ, mom Kris Jenner and sister Khloe Kardashian. "And I was like, 'My grandma told me that you really live life when you have sex in front of the fireplace. And so, we had sex in front of the fireplace in honor of you." Grandma's reaction? A nod of approval. "How creepy to think about your grandma before you have sex?" Kim said, to which MJ replied, "I know, but I was younger once."Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Kershaw's ChallengeMila Kunis Reveals Why She and Ashton Kutcher Keep Bathrooms Doors Open at HomeThe love shared in Mila Kunis and husband Ashton Kutcher's tight-knit family-which includes 8-year-old daughter Wyatt and 6-year-old son Dimitri-knows no boundaries. So much so, that the Black Swan actress revealed