Daily News Quiz: How did Kim Kardashian Party in Her 40th?

Exactly. Kim Kardashian West celebrated her 40th birthday on a private island. She posted a series of photos from her celebration to Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. ‘After two weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time,’ she wrote in a caption that became an instant meme.

Keep Up With the Kardashians!

During an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, Sacha Baron Cohen told Colbert Borat Subsequent Moviefilm was the first movie for which he had to wear a bullet-proof vest while filming. Watch the interview.

Very Nice! The Kazakh tourism board launched a new campaign in October 2020, adopting Borat’s viral catchphrase “Very nice!” as their official slogan. The campaign shows tourists exploring Kazakhstan’s local food, landscapes, markets, and cities, and then say some variation of: “Wow, very nice!”. Watch the ad.

True. Top Turkish officials condemned a caricature scorning President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Turkish presidential communications director, Fahrettin Altun, tweeted: “We condemn this most disgusting effort by this publication to spread its cultural racism and hatred.” Just two days earlier, Erdogan called for a boycott on French products.

Watch Erdogan: The Dictator’s Republic – A documentary narrated by Alfred Molina on Amazon Prime.

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Harry and Meghan stepped away from royal duties in early 2020, saying they wanted to become self-sufficient. They moved to a multi-million dollar estate in California’s Santa Barbara County. In a video discussion as part of the GQ Heroes Conference, Harry said it took him many years to understand the reality of unconscious bias. “Unconscious bias, from my understanding, having had the upbringing and the education that I have, I had no idea what it was,” He said. “It took me many, many years to realize it, especially then living a day or a week in my wife’s shoes.”

Read Battle of Brothers: William and Harry – The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult by Robert Lacey.

That’s right. Steve Carell, Steven Colbert, John Oliver, and many other talents started their career on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Stewart is returning to the host chair, after a long five-year break, in a new Apple TV show planned for 2021. 

Watch Jon Stewart’s 2020 movie, Irresistible, starring Steve Carell!

That’s right. Netflix released its new George Clooney movie trailer. Clooney both stars and directed the film Midnight Sky, which was released on Netflix on Dec. 23rd, 2020.

• Watch Clooney star opposite Ryan Gosling on The Ides of March.