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WATCH: The Top 5 biggest celebrity and showbiz stories of 2022

Check out our pick of the top stories from this year…

Senior Features Writer
December 29, 2022

The world of celebrity and entertainment has not been quiet this year. After a couple of years of scaled-back award ceremonies, cancelled tours, and a lack of sporting events, 2022 seemed like the year of things finally returning to some kind of "normal".

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And with the action-packed year came plenty of huge showbiz stories. Here at HELLO!, we've rounded up the top five that have hit headlines all over the world this year. 

WATCH: HELLO!'s Top 5 celebrity stories from 2022

From a shock outburst at an awards event to an A-List trial that had many gripped for weeks – check out the video above to see our pick of the biggest celebrity stories from 2022...

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