From the influx of celebrity lookalike contests to Moo Deng’s viral fame and some baffling movie press tours, Louis Chilton and Katie Rosseinsky look back at the year in pop culture
We watched some of the biggest series arriving on our screens over the next couple of weeks, from ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’ to ‘Squid Game’ season two, and here’s what we thought…
The man who was the face of British stand-up has never been cool, but now his comedy is almost radioactively un-chic – and he only has himself to blame, writes Louis Chilton
With the mergers and mega deals, along comes a revision to Honda’s long-running hybrid. As the bigger boys look intent on swallowing the market, Sean O’Grady sees if this old Japanese favourite can give the company some purchase going into the new year
The ubiquitous green bikes are a massive wind-up to councils, car drivers and older people, but once you get addicted to whizzing around on them, you just can’t stop, says Róisín Lanigan
It’s a condition that sees sufferers struggle with jealousy over their partner’s exes. But in an increasingly misogynist online culture, it’s being weaponised to punish people for having a sexual past, finds Helen Coffey
The ‘Hamilton’ creator and ‘Moana’ and ‘Encanto’ songwriter had the daunting task of crafting a successor to Elton John’s beloved ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about the lure of working with Barry Jenkins, endangered Disney ballads and why he doesn’t care about winning an EGOT
Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found
Farmers in Georgia are still reeling more than two months after Hurricane Helene blew away cotton, destroyed ripened squash and cucumbers and uprooted pecan trees and timber
Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by a tuckered herd of flying reindeer
For Christians around the world, Christmas is the joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated Asian coastal communities across thousands of miles.
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule
Blaring trumpets and joyful voices resounded in a New Orleans neighborhood earlier this week as about 100 people marched in honor of John “Prince” Gilbert, a founding member of an innovative brass band, who died last weekend
Commercial air tours will soon be prohibited over Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona under a plan approved this week by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service
Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves and her father to the sea
Kennedy has met with multiple Republicans throughout the week about his confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services
Administration announced intention to drop student loan proposals and a proposed rule on transgender sports bans
Woods is partnering his son Charlie at the PNC Championship in Orlando in his first tournament since The Open in July.
The 42-year-old is the Premier League’s third longest-serving manager after overhauling his club’s culture.
Social media star said she’s ‘fully cooperating’ with legal team representing alleged victims of coin losses
The FDA says they aim to ‘empower’ consumers by redefining healthy foods
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for many regions of the country this weekend
House lawmakers overwhelmingly approve a third attempt at a short-term funding bill to keep the government running before Christmas
The winger spent most of his career at Newcastle, Arsenal and Stoke.
