The gravity of 2020 can make celebrating celebrities and their work feel pretty superficial — until you stop to think about what that work means to us in these times, writes LisaFranceCNN | Analysis
A version of this story appeared in CNN's"Pop Life Chronicles" newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Tell us what you'd like to see more of in the newsletter at [email protected] global pandemic, racial strife, an upcoming presidential election that has the country divided and a climate crisis with swaths of the Western United States on fire do not a happy year make -- and that's just some of what has been going on in 2020.
I don't know about you, but this year feels like it's the very definition of"too much." Here are just a few ways TV has helped carry the day."Friends": Miss popping down to Starbucks for your fave latte? When I felt that way recently, I decided to stream some episodes of this hit series. I was not a fan when it was originally on air because of the lack of representation .
Something to sip onChris Evans at the world premiere of Marvel's"Captain America: Civil War" at Dolby Theatre in 2016 in Los Angeles. I love Chris Evans.This is not breaking news, because who doesn't love"Captain America"?That love was cemented this week with his response after he seemed to accidentally share a NSFW photo of, well, himself.That said photo generated a lot of buzz and had some of my friends begging me to share the pic .
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