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George Clooney takes aim at Trump after NYE rant by using president’s mantra against him

George Clooney takes aim at Trump after NYE rant by using president’s mantra against him

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter George Clooney has issued a pointed statement after Donald Trump trashed his former friend. While the two have publicly traded jabs for years, the recent back-and-forth began when Clooney opened up about his relationship with Trump in an interview with Variety, saying that he “knew him very well.” “He’s a big goofball. Well, he was,” Clooney added. That all changed.” The president then responded by attacking the A-list actor on Truth Social, calling him one of the “worst political prognosticators of all time.” Now, Clooney has said he “totally agrees” with Trump about one thing. “We have to make America great again. We’ll start in November,” Clooney said in a statement, per Deadline. The Jay Kelly star’s latest statement comes hours after Trump’s New Year’s Eve rant, in which the president took aim at Clooney. open image in gallery George Clooney …

Anderson Cooper had a hilarious response every time Andy Cohen mentioned hit series Heated Rivalry during NYE coverage

Anderson Cooper had a hilarious response every time Andy Cohen mentioned hit series Heated Rivalry during NYE coverage

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen have weighed in on the new hit series Heated Rivalry during their annual, chaotic New Year’s Eve special. The CNN correspondent, 58, and Bravo executive, 57, returned to CNN to host the network’s New Year’s Eve Live, where they chat with celebrities and play games throughout the evening leading up to the Times Square ball drop. This year, while speaking to Grammy winner Brandi Carlile, the topic of the HBO Max series, centered around gay hockey players, came up. When Cohen asked Carlile her thoughts on the show during a round of his game “Do lesbians give a damn?” Cooper shied away and began giggling uncontrollably. “It’s all I can think about. It’s all I can think about. I can’t even sleep at night without thinking about [the show],” Carlile responded. Cooper, meanwhile, was doubled over …

Swiss police say some 40 killed, 115 injured in NYE resort fire

Swiss police say some 40 killed, 115 injured in NYE resort fire

A fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after midnight on Thursday, with dozens of people feared dead and at least 115 more injured, most seriously, police said.  The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue, and overnight its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of one of Switzerland’s worst recent tragedies. Valais Canton police commander Frédéric Gisler told a news conference that around 40 people were killed at the bar.  Investigators have not yet been able to go inside the wreckage. Gisler said work is under way to identify the victims and inform their families. But “that will take time, and for the time being, it is premature to give you a more precise figure”, he said, adding that the community is “devastated”. Beatrice Pilloud, Valais Canton attorney general, said it was too early to determine the cause of the fire but that terrorism had been ruled out. “At no moment is there a question of …

New Year’s Eve Clubs London 2025: The Best NYE Club Nights

New Year’s Eve Clubs London 2025: The Best NYE Club Nights

Welcome to the Standard’s guide to New Year’s clubbing in London. New Year’s Eve is notoriously tricky to navigate: which club, which night, which DJ? Should you arrive for the countdown or slink in after midnight? Do your friends share the same musical tastes, or will half of them spend the evening looking pained? Do you need an outside space? And crucially, do you actually want to dance, or do you just want to say you went dancing? Exhausting, isn’t it? But here’s the thing: it’s too late to agonise. Book something, anything, before everything sells out. Below, we’ve rounded up the best nights the capital has to offer for New Year’s Eve 2025 (plus an option for the genuinely unhinged, who fancy partying on New Year’s Day 2026 instead). Rally your friends, strong-arm them into agreement, and buy the tickets. They’ll thank you when they’re not standing in Trafalgar Square at 11pm wondering what went wrong. Why not have an intimate clubbing experience this New Year’s Eve? Like at Venue MOT, one of London’s …

What to do if your phone is stolen on NYE – a tech expert’s step-by-step guide

What to do if your phone is stolen on NYE – a tech expert’s step-by-step guide

The first thing to do is try and locate your phone. If it’s an iPhone, head to Apple’s iCloud Find Devices My website, or open the Find My app on another trusted Apple device. If you’re on Android, navigate to Google’s Find Hub website or open the Find Hub app on another Android device that you’re logged into. Sign in to your Apple or Google account, and you should be given a list of your registered devices, along with their location on a map. Click on the device that has been stolen. Lock your device The first thing Apple users should do here is to select the stolen iPhone, press the “Lost iPhone” button, and follow the instructions. This will immediately prevent the thief from accessing and making changes to your device, requiring a face unlock to access again. Android users can do the same by tapping on the stolen device and selecting “Secure device”. Notify the police and your mobile network We’re operating under the assumption that you know your phone has been stolen, …

Gas Prices Drop For 5th Consecutive Week; Lowest NYE Level Since COVID

Gas Prices Drop For 5th Consecutive Week; Lowest NYE Level Since COVID

Authored by Rob Sabo via The Epoch Times, Gas prices continued their sharp downward trend throughout December, falling by nearly 23 cents over the month to a national average of $2.75 per gallon on Dec. 29—the lowest level recorded since 2021, according to a report by fuel price comparison app GasBuddy. The national average price of diesel fuel, meanwhile, was $3.52 per gallon, a dip of more than $0.05 from a week earlier, GasBuddy reported. Increased domestic production, along with a late-year ramp-up in production by members of OPEC+, a coalition of oil-exporting nations, has led to increased domestic and global supply, despite ongoing sanctions against oil-rich countries such as Russia and Venezuela. According to Patrick De Haan, GasBuddy’s head of petroleum analysis, the national average price for gasoline has declined in all but a handful of U.S. states. “Oil prices have remained relatively low even amid the U.S. blockade on Venezuela’s oil exports,” De Haan said in a statement. “With refineries running at seasonally high output and gasoline inventories building, most states—outside of price-cycling …