George Clooney is just like us, maybe. The star said he does his own haircuts with a device touted in infomercials. In an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning,” the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker said he’s been cutting his own hair for more than two decades. Clooney said his hair is like “straw” and easy to cut, so he uses a Flowbee haircutting device that he bought years ago. Flowbee sales reportedly surged when the coronavirus pandemic limited access to salon and barber shops in some areas. But Clooney told “CBS Sunday Morning” that he's been using the haircutting product for more than two decades. 

Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures’ animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age” had one of the best opening weekends of the pandemic, grossing $14.2 million over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Whereas new releases have traditionally lasted around 90 days in theaters, Universal has mapped out a shorted theatrical window in deals with major chains AMC and Cinemark that gives the studio the option to move new releases to premium video-on-demand after just 17 days. “The Croods: A New Age” is expected to shift to the home before Christmas. “The Croods: A New Age” grossed $9.7 million Friday-Sunday, which rivals even the weekend start for “Tenet” in October.

It'll soon be time for Jill Biden to put her own stamp on what it means to be first lady. She's had eight years watching the role up close during the two terms of Barack Obama, when Joe Biden served as vice president. For starters, Jill Biden plans to continue her career as a college professor, and that will be a first for the spouse of a sitting president. She's known for her fierce protective streak for her husband, and she has a reputation as a prankster, too. In 2004, when Joe Biden and advisers were discussing whether he should run for president that year, she wrote “No” on her stomach and marched through their meeting in a bikini. 

Thailand’s indefatigable pro-democracy activists have taken to Bangkok’s streets again, this time to protest the army as they push forward with their campaign for sweeping reforms, including to the nation’s monarchy. Around 800 protesters gathered in Sunday afternoon and in early evening marched to the base of the 11th Infantry Regiment, which is closely associated with the country’s royal palace. Their number grew to well over 1,000 as they settled in for speeches by protest leaders. The protesters believe that the army undermines democracy in Thailand, and that the nation's king wields too much power and influence. The protesters also want Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his government to step down and the constitution to be amended to make it more democratic.

A group of Cuban artists and intellectuals say they've won an unusual government vow of greater tolerance for independent art following a demonstration in front of the Culture Ministry in Havana. About 200 people were in the crowd Saturday when Vice Minister Fernando Rojas and the directors of several associations affiliated with the governing Communist Party met with delegates of the demonstrators. Writer Katherine Bisquet says officials agreed to hold a dialogue and to let them meet “without being harassed in independent spaces.” The demonstration and official willingness to deal with the participants is unusual in a country whose government historically has had little tolerance for open protest

Mount St. Mary's (1-0) vs. Maryland (2-0)

Northwestern State (0-1) vs. Louisiana Tech (1-0)

Texas Tech (2-0) vs. Houston (2-0)

Idaho State (0-2) vs. UC Davis (0-2)

Kaori Sakamoto produced a near-flawless free skate to win the women’s NHK Trophy, the final event of the figure skating Grand Prix series. Skating to music from the movie “The Matrix,” Sakamoto landed a double axel and followed with a triple flip, triple toe loop combination on her way to a score of 153.91 for a total of 229.51 points. Wakaba Higuchi, the 2018 world silver medalist who was second after Friday’s short program, landed a triple axel at the start of her free skate and was second overall with 200.98 points despite finishing fourth in the free program. Rino Matsuike was third with 198.97 points.

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Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Junior is 91. Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel (shuh-NEL’) is 80. Singer Randy Newman is 77. Musician Paul Shaffer (“Late Show With David Letterman”) is 71. Actor Ed Harris is 70. Actor S. Epatha (e-PAY’-tha) Merkerson (“Law and Order”) is 68. Country singer…

Bad Bunny caps a week of awards and Grammy nominations with the release of his fourth studio album, “The Last Tour of the World.” The reggaeton and trap star, who is recovering from COVID at his home in Puerto Rico, tells The Associated Press about the 16-song project created during the pandemic. It has elements of alternative music, punk, pop and rock ‘n’ roll and collaborations with Abra, Jhay Cortez, Mora and Rosalía. Fans of Bad Bunny are used to expecting something different each time he releases new music. He says: "I’ve always said that albums are for making new different things." 

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Fresh off his record-breaking Verzuz event with real-life rival Gucci Mane, rapper Jeezy is back with “The Recession 2,” a follow-up to 2008’s hit album “The Recession.” Known for painting lyrical pictures of street life, the Atlanta emcee now rubs shoulders with Georgia politicians. Jeezy hopes his 15-track project, which features guests like Rick Ross, Ne-Yo and Demi Lovato, shows that evolution is sometimes necessary.  The “Soul Survivor” artist says “Everything that I ever wrote or spoke on was about evolution." He says "you have to grow or die.'' Jeezy is also receiving attention outside of music because of his engagement to “The Real” co-host Jeannie Mai.

The high-end sports cars, the luxury automobiles. Those aren’t Jerry Seinfeld’s most valuable possessions. Seinfeld says those would be the brown accordion folders filled with the papers he scribbled jokes on over the past 45 years. There are so many that when he takes them out they stretch across a city block. Now they are in Seinfeld's new book, “Is This Anything?” The jokes are compiled in chronological order. They reveal a timeline showing how a 21-year-old kid from New York's Long Island evolved into one of the great stand-up comics of his time. 

Issa Rae believes now is the time to support small businesses more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Insecure" star is urging people to shop locally as part of Small Business Saturday, a couple days after Thanksgiving. She says the initiative created by American Express can help give an extra push during the holidays to small businesses who have gone into survival mode. The Emmy-nominated actor says using “word of mouth" and tagging a business on social media tremendously helps. She says she'll be purchasing products from a few Black-owned businesses in Los Angeles on Saturday. She's also a co-owner of a coffee shop in Inglewood, California.  

The PGA Tour and European Tour have announced an alliance that could be the start of a global schedule. Missing from Friday's announcement were key details on how it would all work, particularly the scheduling. Part of the alliance has the PGA Tour acquiring a minority share in European Tour Productions. That's the company that produces and distributions the European Tour golf coverage. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan will be joining the European Tour board. The alliance allows the tours to collaborate of commercial opportunities and global media rights.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa go through the USPS system, asking for everything from toys to food. The program, which has been running in some form for over 100 years, takes letters from kids in need, matches them up with donors and helps make Christmas wishes come true. “Dear Santa,” a new documentary from IFC Films out Dec. 4, takes viewers inside the program. Filmmaker Dana Nachman hopes it will inspire people to act this year. The program is still running, despite the pandemic, and will be entirely online and national. Letters will be available for perusing starting Dec. 4.

Indonesian police have moved a female transgender Instagram celebrity, Millen Cyrus, to a special cell following public outrage over her initial placement in a male detention cell after she was arrested as a suspect in a drug case. Cyrus has more than 1 million followers on Instagram, and her account of her experiences as a transgender woman on YouTube has been viewed more than 6 million times. She was arrested on Sunday in a police raid on a hotel room in which 0.36 grams of crystal methamphetamine was found. The group Human Rights Watch welcomed the decision by police to move her to a private cell. 

An animal welfare group says the iconic singer and actress Cher is set to visit Pakistan. She's celebrating the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave his Pakistani zoo for better conditions. His upcoming departure for a sanctuary in Cambodia comes after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists, including Vienna-based Four Paws International. The elephant has lived in the zoo for 35 years, and lost his partner in 2012. He was diagnosed by veterinarians as both overweight and malnourished earlier this year, and also suffers behavioral issues. Because of security concerns, Cher’s exact schedule for Friday's visit was not made public.

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MUSICIANS FEATURED AT VIRTUAL MACY'S PARADE

MACY'S HOLDS THANKSGIVING PARADE WITHOUT IN-PERSON FANS

Texas-Arlington (0-1) vs. Northwestern State (0-1)

Middle Tennessee (0-1) vs. East Tennessee State (0-2)

James Wolfensohn, who served as the president of the World Bank for 10 years, has died. He was 86. Wolfensohn died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan, according to the Institute for Advanced Study, where he had been a past chair of the board. His son and one of his two daughters also confirmed his death in media reports. Wolfensohn worked on Wall Street for many years before taking over as the head of the World Bank in 1995. He was also a lover of the arts, serving as chairman of Carnegie Hall in the 1980s and the Kennedy Center in the first half of the 1990s. 

MACY'S PARADE

Director Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”) is 69. TV personality Bill Nye (“Bill Nye the Science Guy”) is 65. Actor William Fichtner (FIHK’-ner) (“Invasion”) is 64. Guitarist Charlie Burchill of Simple Minds is 61. Actor Michael Rispoli (“The Rum Diary,” “To Die For”) is 60. Jazz musician …

Somali-American model Halima Aden has announced that she is taking a step back from the fashion industry, saying the pandemic slowdown has allowed her to see instances when her desire to maintain a hijab was not properly respected. In a detailed Instagram story, Aden wrote this week that she was “not rushing back to the fashion industry” and that she had finally heard her mother’s pleas “to open my eyes.” Aden became the first hijab-wearing model on the runways of Milan and New York back in 2017, and has appeared in numerous magazine covers and print campaigns.

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Tens of thousands of fans were lining up to say goodbye to Diego Maradona on Thursday at the Argentine presidential mansion staging the funeral of one of football's greatest stars. Some impatient fans were confronting police, throwing bottles and metal fences. Maradona’s wooden casket was in the main lobby of the Casa Rosada, covered in an Argentine flag and a No. 10 shirt of the national team. Dozens of other shirts of different soccer teams were thrown in by visitors who passed by in tears.   

Eastern Illinois (0-1) vs. Marquette (1-0)

Charleston Southern (0-1) vs. Eastern Kentucky (1-0)

Boise State (0-0) vs. Houston (1-0)

Colorado (1-0) vs. Kansas State (0-1)

Arkansas-Little Rock (1-0) vs. UNC Greensboro (0-0)

MUSICIANS TO BE FEATURED AT MACY'S REIMAGINED THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE

MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LOOK

LANGHORNE, Pa., Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AR RECORDS -- Dr. Alexander Nicolas known as "Dr. Suave" in the music world announced the online ZOOM MEETING music tour concert series for the Holidays on November 1, 2020 at one of his radio and tv show program "In The Mix" which is host by Nic…

Toronto police say they have identified a person of interest in the killing of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife nearly three years ago. Police Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu confirmed there is a person of interest who has not been arrested. The founder of generic drugmaker Apotex Inc. and his wife, Honey, were found dead in their Toronto mansion on Dec. 15, 2017. They were hanging by belts from a railing that surrounds their indoor pool and were in a semi-seated position on the pool deck. The couple was among Canada’s most generous philanthropists, and their deaths shocked Canadian high society and the country’s Jewish community.