CBS Chief George Cheeks Sees ‘Brighter Days Ahead’ in Year-End Note

Celine Dion is remaining optimistic.The Canadian singer tried to encourage positivity among her Instagram followers as she shared a photo of herself hugging the branches of a snow-laden tree.MORE: Celine Dion shows off her natural grey hair"A new year brings new hope," Celine wrote last week. "As we are all still facing incredibly challenging days ahead, let's take good care, look after each other and remember that lighter and brighter days will be with us soon.

Just days into 2021, the state of Texas is already facing a grim new record.  On Sunday, the state set a new coronavirus hospitalization record, with some 12,563 people in Texas currently hospitalized with COVID-19.The new record represents more than a 240-person increase from the day prior, per official estimates.  "The numbers are going up. Everything is trending in the wrong direction — new cases, hospitalizations and the positivity rate," said Dr.

Prosecutors handling the Minneapolis case involving four former police officers charged in the death of George Floyd have asked that the trial be delayed by three months, citing coronavirus concerns, according to a report. In a recently filed court motion, prosecutors cited the COVID-19 pandemic and the amount of time needed before enough people are vaccinated and health risks are sufficiently diminished as their reason for the request, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year's honors list, which also recognized British performers, politicians, public servants and people outside the limelight who worked to defeat the coronavirus and its devastating impacts.Hamilton, who secured his seventh F1 title last month to equal Michael Schumacher’s record, has said his recent success was partly inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.

A signature audit of over 15,000 ballots in Cobb County, Ga., found no fraudulent absentee votes, according to Georgia’s secretary of state’s office.  Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office teamed up with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to review what they determined was a "statistically significant sample of signatures on oath envelopes" cast in the county on Election Day.

President-elect Joe Biden gave a sobering year-end message, particularly about the challenges remaining in the Covid-19 crisis and in the impact of the massive cyberattack on U.S. government agencies.

As Congress rushed to pass its year-end spending omnibus legislation and a coronavirus stimulus bill in one fell swoop Monday night, many objected to the process which essentially attached the crucial pandemic aid to a bevy of other priorities totaling $2.3 trillion.  Among the most controversial provisions were related to foreign aid and railed against by people ranging from conservative members of Congress to left-leaning journalists.

He ended the note musing, "You make me so much better. You make our family what it is.

The year-end, massive, 5,000-plus page government funding/Covid-19 relief package, expected to pass Congress in the next couple of days, includes a set of long-sought after copyright and content protection provisions, including a measure that will make it a felony to operate a pirated streaming service.

A judge in Minnesota is upholding his decision to livestream the trial against the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.  In a ruling issued Friday, Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill cited the immense global interest in the case and limited courthouse space amid the "unique and unprecedented situation" brought by the coronavirus pandemic, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.The trial is scheduled for March 2021.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has backtracked on criminal sentencing enhancements, just days after announcing he would get rid of them with "no exceptions" in a short-lived policy. Enhancements are policies that make certain behaviors extra punishable under specific circumstances, like speeding in a school zone or committing a crime while having a prior conviction.

George Clooney‘s parenting techniques on his twins might be a bit different than his accomplished 42-year-old wife, Amal‘s, but they are no less fun! The Midnight Sky actor, 59, stopped by The Graham Norton Show for the December 18 episode to dish on his new project and his twins, Alexander and Ella, 3. “They are clearly my wife’s children,” George confessed to host Graham Norton. “They’re three and speak fluent Italian and they are way ahead.”

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicUniversal Music Group chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge was one of the first music industry executives to contract COVID-19 this year, entering the hospital shortly after his 60th birthday celebration at the end of February.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen it comes to music, TikTok is not your usual platform, so it’s not surprising that its first year-end report has a different approach. And considering the company’s famous secrecy, it’s also not surprising that the data supporting many of the lists in its year-end report is a little vague.Thus, we were pleasantly surprised that after we skeptically asked for more data, they sent our request to their U.S.