Patricia Arquette Says She's in the 'Happiest, Most Emotionally Stress-Free' Era of Her Life: Here's Why (Exclusive)

Patricia Arquette, 58, says she’s in one of the 'happiest,' most fulfilling periods of her life

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• She reflected on years spent prioritizing others as a mother, partner and wife — and said she’s now learning to focus on what she wants

• The actress caught up with PEOPLE exclusively at the Planned Parenthood Spring into Action Gala in New York City on April 15

Patricia Arquettesays life in her 50s is better than ever.

The Oscar winner, 58, caught up exclusively with PEOPLE at the Planned Parenthood Spring Into Action Gala in New York City on April 15. During the conversation, the actress reflected on her past year, sharing that it’s been one of the best of her life.

“Oh, I've had so many fun adventures,” Arquette told PEOPLE. “And also, I mean, I've just been having this incredible relationship with myself, which I never really had.”

“You know, I was a mom at 20, so I went from being someone's daughter tosomeone's mother,to being someone's girlfriend, being someone's wife — all of these different things,” she explained, adding, “I still have a hard time asking myself, ‘What do I want to do?’ ”

“It's really retraining my own mind, so I'm kind of in the happiest, most emotionally stress-free part of my life right now, and I'm loving that,” Arquette added.

Whilespeaking to PEOPLEin November 2025, theSeverancestar, who is mom to son Enzo, 37, whom she shares with ex Paul Rossi, and daughter Harlow, 23, whom she shares with her ex-husbandThomas Jane, said she felt as though she had entered a new chapter.

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"I'm at a really exciting moment in my life," she told PEOPLE at the time. "My kids are grown up, I'm single, I don't have to take anybody else's dreams into account as far as: Where do I want to live? What do I want my house to look like? Can I go on this vacation with my girlfriend or not?"

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Arquette and her ex-husband Jane were married for four years anddivorcedin 2010. Prior to that, the star wasmarriedtoNicolas Cagefrom 1995 to 2001.

"It's funny because somebody had told me that the Chinesecall menopausethe second spring, and it kind of is a second spring," Arquette continued while speaking to PEOPLE in 2025.

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"The whole world's different all of a sudden, and I can have all these adventures and spend time with people I really miss that I want to spend time with,” she added.

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Patricia Arquette Says She's in the 'Happiest, Most Emotionally Stress-Free' Era of Her Life: Here's Why (Exclusive)

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A growing amateur choir brings joy and community to hundreds in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An amateur pop choir that started with a couple dozen singers in a small Serbian town has found unexpected success across the country. Its motto? Anyone can sing.

Serbia Sing for Joy

While communitychoirsare common in other countries, they are relatively rare inSerbia. The no-stress and fun approach has attracted hundreds of people, mostly women of all ages.

Modeled after similar projects abroad, the choir is encouraging “everyone from 5 to 105” to join and sing for joy and stress relief.

Since starting out in a small town in central Serbia four years ago, Pop Hor has spread to 10 towns across the Balkan country with an ambition to grow further. There are no auditions or voice tests, and newcomers don’t have to know how to read music.

“People come as total amateurs, most of them say they have no clue about singing,” said Nenad Azanjac, who trained as a music teacher and who founded Pop Hor, or Pop Choir, with his wife.

Nevenka Bila, 72, said the choir has provided a much-needed positive contrast to the everyday reality of political tensions andpro-democracy protestsin thetroubled Balkan country.

“In this madness that we are living, where I spend half of my free time in the streets fighting for basic human rights, I found something that feels so good for me,” Bila said. “I discovered a new world.”

The group packs halls and venues across the country weekly to belt out popular tunes — mostly in Serbian, though sometimes they also sing songs by Croatian and Bosnian bands and singers. Though amateur, the choir often performs at festivals and events in Serbia and abroad.

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“I never miss a class,” said Radmila Kozarac, a 62-year-old economist. The choir has changed her life for the better, she said, adding that she has made wonderful new friends and can’t wait for their after-class chat and coffee together.

The choir has had “a very positive effect on me, psychologically,” she said. "It is joyful, it reduces stress.”

Music is known for positive neurobiological and psychological effects, psychologist and Singidunum University professor Aleksandra Djuric said. In a group, she added, “we release the energy together, cortisol (levels) come down and positive hormones rise out of union and happiness.”

“I keep telling my students that we can’t be exposed on a daily basis to information, to be bombarded by information and follow everything all the time,” Djuric said. “We need to find a space to calm down, relax and connect.”

Serbia endured years of wars, international sanctions and economic crisis in the 1990s. The country remains politically divided and struggles economically. Youth-led protests against populistPresident Aleksandar Vucicerupted in 2024 over a train station tragedy blamed on widespread negligence and corruption in big state-run infrastructure projects.

Azanjac said many people have joined his choir after their therapists recommended singing as an anti-stress activity. They “find a sense of belonging here, they enjoy it,” he added, describing a ”feeling of togetherness."

“Singing comes second, socializing comes first," Azanjac said.

In total, some 2,000 people have sung with Pop Hor since it started in the town of Gornji Milanovac in 2022. Azanjac said he's not stopping there.

The plan is “to have the whole region sing," he said.

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A growing amateur choir brings joy and community to hundreds in Serbia

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Charlize Theron scales billboard in New York's Times Square to promote Netflix movie “Apex”

Charlize Theron shocked New Yorkers on Friday when she scaled a massive billboard in the heart of Times Square.

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• The stunt was to promote her new action flick, Apex, costarring Taron Egerton and streaming now on Netflix.

• Theron trained with "badass" rock climber Beth Rodden and performed all her own stunts in the film.

Charlize Theronjust proved she performs her own stunts.

On Friday, the Oscar winner scaled a massive billboard atop Times Square's Pentacular to promoteApex, her new action flick streaming now onNetflix.

As curious New Yorkers watched from below on 7th Avenue, Theron – wearing a safety harness, of course – climbed a faux rock wall several stories high. At the summit, she waved to onlookers and danced as they cheered.

"That's actually her?" marveled a pedestrian in a video captured by New York digital creatorMickey Blank.

InApex, Theron stars as a rock climber who finds herself being hunted by a serial killer (Taron Egerton) while stranded in the Australian Outback.

For the action-packed film, she trained with rock climber Beth Rodden, who famously ascended Yosemite's difficult Meltdown surface.

"Hearing her story and her expertise, I thought, this is the most badass, best climber you could be with," Theron toldNetflix. "She's the OG."

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But she wasn't so convinced of her own capabilities. "I'd never climbed before, except as a kid in Africa climbing trees, which I loved," said Theron. "And I weirdly climbed barefoot, so I was kind of prepping for this movie without knowing it."

Theron began training on a rock-climbing wall, and although strength and endurance are obviously a big part of it, so is instinct.

"I just remember on the first day I would ask her, 'So what should I do?'" recalled Theron. "I kept asking that a couple of times, and then it finally sank in to me. Her response was always, 'I don't know.'"

Along the way, the actress also channeled her character, Sasha, a widow who finds solace in climbing after the tragic death of her husband during one of their tandem excursions.

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"There were days that I would go, and I was going through stuff," she explained, "and it just felt like a way to forget about things."

Apexis now streaming on Netflix.

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Charlize Theron scales billboard in New York's Times Square to promote Netflix movie “Apex”

Charlize Theron shocked New Yorkers on Friday when she scaled a massive billboard in the heart of Times Square. Key Points ...

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