Google released its year-end data yesterday. Here are the top searches in various categories:
People:
1. Kyle Rittenhouse
2. Tiger Woods
3. Alec Baldwin
4. Travis Scott
5. Simone Biles
Actors:
1. Alec Baldwin
2. Pete Davidson
Celebrities Searched Together:
1. Kim and Kanye
2. Bill and Melinda Gates
3. Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson
4. Kanye and Jeffree Star
5. Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal
Movies:1.
1. “Black Widow”
2. “Eternals”
3. “Halloween Kills”
4. “Mortal Kombat”
5. “Dune”
TV Shows:
1. “Squid Game”, Netflix
2. “Bridgerton”, Netflix
3. “WandaVision”, Disney+
4. “Ginny and Georgia”, Netflix
5. “Cobra Kai”, Netflix
Musician and Bands:
1. Travis Scott
2. Morgan Wallen
3. Adele
4. The Weeknd
5. Dr. Dre
Athletes:
1. Tiger Woods
2. Simone Biles
3. Henry Ruggs the Third
4. Odell Beckham Jr.
5. Aaron Rodgers
Sports Teams:
1. Boston Red Sox
2. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Milwaukee Bucks
4. Phoenix Suns
5. Atlanta Braves
Forbes released their 18th annual list of “The World’s Most Powerful Women. Here are some names you WOULD recognize, along with their ranking:
1. MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos
2. Vice President Kamala Harris
5. Melinda French Gates, the ex-wife of Bill Gates
15. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
23. Oprah Winfrey
68. Rihanna
70. Queen Elizabeth the Second
74. Reese Witherspoon
76. Beyoncé
78. Taylor Swift
85. Serena Williams
The most unexpected couples of 2021 include Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz. . . and, of course, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. The biggest breakups of the year include Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, and Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas.
The Internet lost its mind yesterday after a photo of FAITH HILL and TIM MCGRAW showed up on “People” magazine’s Instagram. It’s the cover of this week’s issue, and they’re promoting their new series, “1883”. There’re dressed in period clothes, Faith’s hair is brown and curly, which is probably close to its natural state. Remember, there were no blonde highlights in the 1880s, AND the show’s creator is a stickler for authenticity. Put it all together and you get tons of nasty comments, most of them directed at Faith. Here are a few: “She looks like she had a little too much work done” . . . “Find Faith, because that can’t be her” . . . and “That looks like Tim, but doesn’t look like Faith.” Was the photo re-touched? Sure. Plus, cover shots typically include makeup and hair stylists, a professional photographer, and graphic designers tweaking the final product. Looks like they just collectively overdid it. We don’t know if Faith had final approval. Stars like her often do. But they’re also super busy and don’t have time to go back and forth saying yes to every single version.
Are you a “two Christmas tree” family? How about three? TRAVIS DENNING grew up with FOUR in his house every year. But now that he’s older he realizes the true meaning of Christmas is much more sentimental than what’s under the tree. “One year it was a shotgun, and then it was a ‘Stranger Things’ coffee mug that my mom got me, which I drink out of every morning. [I appreciate] the things that are more like, ‘Hey, I thought about you and I put a lot of you in this gift.'”
The a cappella group STRAIGHT NO CHASER did a holiday version of WALKER HAYES’ “Fancy Like”. It’s called “Christmas Like” . . . and they tweaked the lyrics so it’s a gingerbread shake, eggnog, and fruitcake. They’re also wearing festive holiday gear in the video.
INGRID ANDRESS will be opening on KEITH URBAN’s “The Speed of Now World Tour” next year, so she sent him some merch. It’s a hoodie that’s so small it looks like a crop top, but he’s a good sport so he tried it on, and then posted the video.
LUKE COMBS has now sold over seven million albums . . . and he has the hardware to prove it. He was recently awarded seven Platinum plaques at a private ceremony in New York City.
Congratulations are in order for Christina Ricci, who has welcomed her first child with Mark Hampton. The Emmy nominee, 41, who is already a mom to son Freddie, 7, with her ex announced the happy news on Wednesday. “Baby Cleo is here we are so in love with her also she has the most incredible dad imaginable,”
MICHAEL STRAHAN was supposed to become a spaceman today, but the launch was postponed until Saturday due to high winds.
TIGER WOODS makes his return to the course next week in the PNC Championship, where he’ll compete with his son Charlie
SERENA WILLIAMS will skip the Australian Open because she’s, “not where she needs to be physically.”
Jennifer Anistan says filming the Friends reunion special earlier this year brought up some tough memories. Aniston, 52, opened up about her experience reuniting with her Friends costars for the HBO Max special, which aired on the streaming platform in May. Aniston said she expected the reunion to be “fun,” but ended up walking out of filming “at certain points” after becoming emotional. I think we were just so naive walking into it, thinking, ‘How fun is this going to be? They’re putting the sets back together, exactly as they were,’ ” she said. “Then you get there and it’s like, ‘Oh right, I hadn’t thought about what was going on the last time I was actually here.’ “
MAYIM BIALIK and KEN JENNINGS will continue to share hosting duties on “Jeopardy!” through next July.
Donny Osmond is 64.
John Malkovich is 68.
Dick Butkus is 79. Greatest linebacker ever.
Beau Bridges is 80. Jeff’s brother.
Dame Judi Dench is 87.
