50 Most Popular & Trending Celebrities of 2021

Whether it was Kim Kardashian who broke the internet or Justin Bieber who grabbed the headlines, there’s already been a handful of trending celebrities in 2021. Twitter exploded as stars feuded while failed relationships sent news stories spiraling around the world.

Here’s your one-stop guide of the most popular celebrities of 2021 and their stories and achievements that have helped them steal the spotlight thus far (in no particular order)

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Queen Elizabeth barred from removing Prince Harry from line of succession

Queen Elizabeth does not have the power or the authority to remove Prince Harry from the line of succession, even if she wants to. 

According to Graham Smith, the CEO of Republic (an anti-monarchy campaign), "It is not up to the Royal Family what the line of succession is, it is not their decision to make.

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Celebrity couples who are completely obsessed with each other

For celebrities, finding love can be tricky, and keeping that love even trickier. Not only because meeting new people might be tougher for them, but also because there is so much added pressure when it comes to maneuvering a relationship when you're in the spotlight. But plenty of couples have found the right balance with the loves of their lives and have been able to keep the flame alive through it all. And we're such suckers for love, that of course we want to celebrate loves that last.

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Leigh Sales highlights sexualised social media abuse women in public eye face

Television journalist Leigh Sales took to Twitter on Wednesday to highlight the ‘sexualised social media abuse’ women in the public eye constantly face. To make the point she shared a screenshot capturing just a handful of recent repugnant messages, all of which contain criticisms or slurs of a sexual nature.

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Leigh Sales exposes ‘sexualised abuse’ after PM interview

ABC journalist Leigh Sales has exposed the shocking “sexualised abuse” she copped online after grilling Scott Morrison in a TV interview this week.

Sales, the host of the ABC’s flagship 7.30 program, covered a broad range of topics in Tuesday’s interview with the Prime Minister, including JobKeeper, hotel quarantine and the disappointing COVIDSafe app.

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‘Life at home just didn’t make sense’: the mental trauma of foreign correspondent Sally Sara

In 2009, the ABC foreign correspondent Sally Sara walked into the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Air Base, in Afghanistan. Role 3 was one of the busiest combat hospitals in the world, treating a near constant stream of wounded soldiers, insurgents and women and children. A sign near the entrance read “The best care anywhere”, which was no idle boast: the hospital had a 97 per cent survival rate.

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Roundup: Murdoch tech deals, Leigh Sales on sexism, Natalie Barr’s first day + more

The chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is a man transformed. After cash-for-journalism deals with Google and Facebook, Robert Thomson’s accusations of “smugness” from big tech have made way for compliments, reports London Telegraph’s Ben Woods and Matthew Field.

Thomson lauded Google boss Sundar Pichai for his “thoughtful commitment to journalism” following an agreement with News Corp last month.

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Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny?

Another day, another woman being called a “whore” — and worse — on Twitter.

In the wake of her recent interview with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, ABC 730 host Leigh Sales posted some of the sexualised abuse she gets on Twitter just for doing her job. 

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