TOP TRENDING NEWS - JANUARY 2022

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Betty White, the actress and comedian who pioneered the television revolution and worked in the industry for nine decades, has died at the age of 99.  Betty White passed away at her home on Friday morning — just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. 

Taylor Swift is known for breaking hearts and records, but Billy Joel is convinced she’s more than that.  “She’s like that generation’s Beatles,” he said in an interview with USA Today promoting his return to his Madison Square Garden residency. The venue has famously hosted his recurring shows since 2014. This month, Joel added more dates for 2022, including summer performances. 

it seems the impressive cast list has proved a hit with fans, behind the scenes of the film things between them were a little bit stickier, with Lawrence recently revealing that working with Hill was actually 'really, really hard.'  Thankfully though, there's no bad blood brewing between the two, and the difficulty they faced while filming is all to do with Hill's improv skills. 

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has whittled its Original Song Oscar category to 15 songs that made the shortlist Tuesday, with a Grammy-loaded roster of talent bolstering the field. 

Among the notable performers on the 15-song shortlist are music power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z, the former with “Be Alive” from Warner Bros’ King Richard and the latter with with “Guns Go Bang” from Netflix’s Western The Harder They Fall. The pair have 51 Grammys between them and would be the rare husband-wife competition if both made the final nominations list when they come out in February.

Chicago Bulls' DeMar DeRozan sank a three-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Bulls over Indiana Pacers 108-106 on Friday (Dec 31), stretching their NBA win streak to six games, while LeBron James scored 43 points to spark a Los Angeles Lakers romp. 

 Oprah Winfrey Weighs in on Dr. Oz's Republican Senate Campaign in Pennsylvania: 'It's Up to the Residents' 

Not doing music anymore is my way of saying 'F–k You' in a sense when it only actually benefits my family by ignoring my real work,” she wrote in a post that also touted the power of prayer in times of distress. “It's like I've subconsciously let them win.” 

Grimes has revealed plans of changing her “main day job” after the release of her next album Book 1. On Tuesday (28 December), the 33-year-old singer tweeted that she finds “celebrity culture suffocating as f***”. “I'm not quitting music, but def changing my main day job after Book 1,” the Canadian singer wrote. 

The guilty verdict in the case of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted Wednesday of helping to lure teenage girls for abuse by financier Jeffrey Epstein, comes days before her longtime friend Prince Andrew tries to get his own civil case dismissed in a New York City courtroom. 

In launching his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor, 37-year-old political unknown Jesse Sullivan has touted his background as a venture capitalist as a key pillar of his campaign.  

But public records show the entity Sullivan has described as a “venture capital firm,” Alter Global, was created in February 2016 as a tax-exempt charity. Alter Global made limited financial investments and was heavily dependent on cryptocurrency for its funding.

Vice President Kamala Harris' approval rating has edged past President Joe Biden's in new polling from Gallup but both Democrats continue to suffer strong disapproval after a turbulent first year in office. The vice president now appears to be a more polarizing figure than Biden, recording both a higher approval and disapproval rating. The poll conducted from December 1 to 16 showed Harris' approval rating stood at 44 percent and her disapproval was 54 percent, while 1 percent had no opinion. 

They have fast become everyone’s favourite celebrity couple and now insiders have revealed Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde’s romance has reached an important milestone. The couple first went public with their relationship in January 2021 and things are reportedly getting very serious with the couple.  

Styles, 27, and Wilde, 37 are believed to have met each other’s families.