Happy New Year, Hollywood style: Stars reveal what they are up to as 2021 comes to a close

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The last day of 2021 fell on Friday with New Year’s Eve celebrations kicking off early in the day as celebrities took to social media to wish their followers well.

And it has been made clear that everyone hopes 2022 is a better year as 2021 falls on a sour note with a 500K new COVID cases in the United States per day.

The stars tried to lighten the mood by sharing selfies as they prepare to pop open the bubbly by midnight.

Some of the luminaries who got the party started early were Miley Cyrus. who was seen with a purple martini glass as she promoted her NYE special, Bella Thorne with champagne during a lingerie photos shoot, and Molly Sims with a red wine spritzer as she worked on her tan in Mexico. 

Jennifer Aniston thrilled fans as she shared a look at her 2021 while shooting The Morning Show and hanging out with her dogs at home in Los Angeles.

‘The little in between moments of 2021 that didn’t make the feed. Happy new year everybody. Now… onto the next ❤️☀️,’ the Friends actress said.

Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer Kris Jenner had plenty to say about 2021 ending while sharing several flashback photos of her famous kids: Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kendall, Kylie and Rob.

‘Happy New Year’s Eve everyone!’ began the ex of Caitlyn Jenner.

‘As we go into a new year I think back on everything we have celebrated as a family this last year, as well as the challenges we have faced.’

Kris then shared: ‘It is no coincidence that my top Instagram posts of 2021 are posts about celebration… celebration of my kids’ birthdays, my grandkids’ birthdays, Mother’s Day, and of course an engagement!’

That engagement is between Kourtney and rocker Travis Barker.

Kris added: ‘I am reminded that the most important moments in life are the special times we share with each other in celebration of love, life, health and happiness… the things we can often take for granted as we go about our day-to-day lives.’

Jenner then shared how grateful she is for her life: ‘Every day is a blessing. Every birthday is a gift. Every day we say I love you to our family members, every night we say goodnight to our loved ones, every morning we wake up and do what we love, surrounded by those we love.’

She then noted 2021 was not easy: Kim and Kanye split, Kylie’s partner Travis Scott saw 10 people die at his Astroworld concert in Texas, and Khloe learned once again her baby daddy Tristan Thompson cheated on her, this time resulting in his third child.

The drama keeps coming for this family but makes for great fodder for their new 2022 Hulu show. 

‘This year has had its challenges, as they inevitably always do, but we lean on each other to get through the lows and come together to celebrate the highs,’ said Kris.

‘Thank you for being here with us. You all mean more to us than you will ever know and I pray that you all find many reasons to celebrate in 2022! Sending you so much love!! Happy New Year!!!! ❤️’

Michael Douglas posted a video where he talked about how tough 2021 was.

‘Well it’s finally here!’ began the Wall Street actor.

‘The end of one nasty ass year! Congratulations to all of you for getting through it.’

The husband of Catherine Zeta-Jones then said: ‘Now as we are facing the New Year, it’s time for New Year’s resolutions! I’ve got mine already, which I hope will be shared by many around the world! Reducing the volume- #ConflictResolution!’

The Oscar and Emmy winner ended with: ‘I wish you all a wonderful New Year, it’s got to be better than this one! My family and I send all our love and wishing you all a #HappyNewYear! ❤️ MD.’

Bella Thorne made fans pay attention as she posed in all ruby red lingerie on Instagram.

The star had her red hair piled up halfway as she wore red lipstick and a diamond cross while holding up a champagne glass. 

‘Who’s ready to ring in 2022 with me?? with champagne of course Happy NYE bbs! Love you all!!’ wrote the Shake It Up actress in her caption.

Reality TV maven and podcast hostess Bethenny Frankel usually does not show family photos on social media.

But on Thursday the 51-year-old reality TV star – best know for the Bravo show Real Housewives Of New York – shared a rare snap with the two people who are closest to her.

The Skinnygirl beauty was posing with her daughter Bryn Hoppy, 11, as well as her fiancé of three years, businessman Paul Bernon.

Over the photo she wrote the word ‘love’ and said there was ‘no glam, no filter.’ 

Courtney Stodden said, ‘2022 is coming! Don’t touch anything!! NOTE: no new masks were harmed in the making of this photo‼️ #omicron #covid19 #wearamask.’ 

Actress Blanca Blanco shared a collection of pinup photos to Instagram early on Friday morning.

The girlfriend of actor John Savage – who is best known for Deer Hunter and Hair – wore a white strapless bikini that showed off her very toned tummy and shapely legs as she spent some time in Malibu.

And in her caption the Washington state native wishes her followers a Happy New Year’s Eve as she plugged her tell-all book Breaking The Mold which goes on sale on Sunday.

‘Tonight we start 12 new chapters. Let’s write good ones loves. Happy New Year’s Eve. Have fun tonight & be safe. And remember my book releases in 2 days,’ wrote the Tale Of Tails actress.

She added that her bikini was by Edith Swimwear and her hair was by Rene Cortex and her makeup was by Akemi. 

Blanca had a deep California tan as she posed away on a set of old wood stairs and on the sandy beach.

This comes after the looker lit up Christmas Eve by sharing several bikini pinup images to her over 100K Instagram followers a week ago.

The brunette bombshell looked stunning with a deep California tan as she posed in a red two piece on the sandy beach in Malibu.

The former nurse also held up her new memoir, Breaking The Mold, about overcoming her abusive past in Mexico with an overbearing father to go on to carve out a career for herself as a movie actress with dozens of credits to her name.

Blanco clearly has been to the gym during lockdown as her body looked very toned for her beach shoot.

The Mission: Possible star had impressive abs that appeared hard won and she also showed off sculpted legs and toned arms. 

Cindy Crawford shared several flashback photos on Instagram. One saw her re-create her famous Pepsi commercial.

The model was also seen in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, helping Selling Sunset star Emma Hernan celebrate her 31st birthday. Kaia Gerber was there too as was Molly Sims and SS co-star Chrishell Stause.

Madonna shared that she is on a skit trip with her family as she posed with her son David Banda. 

Melissa Gorga of Real Housewives Of New Jersey shared an image from her tropical vacation. The wife of Joe Gorga wore a light peach colored bikini that highlighted her toned figure. 

Miley Cyrus has been rehearsing for her New Year’s Eve event with Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson, who has been dating Kim Kardashian. 

Sofia Vergara of Modern Family gave a look back at 2021 while posing with her husband, actor Joe Manganiello. 

The Hills vet Kristin Cavallari has been on a snowy ski vacation with her three children. She was seen posing in a pink sweater outside her wood cabin. 

Whitney Port of The Hills shared images from Kamalame Cay, Bahamas as she added in her caption, ‘See you later ☀️ LA & 22 coming in HOT for you.’ 

This week it was reported that the United States is the midst of its largest Covid surge yet, as the Omicron variant continues to ravage much of the nation.

 The country recorded nearly 500,000 cases in a single day on Wednesday, the most by any country in the world at any point during the pandemic, and experts predict it will only get worse in the coming weeks. 

On Wednesday, 489,267 positive Covid cases were reported. 

According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), anywhere from 40 to 70 percent of new cases in America are of the Omicron variant, which was first discovered last month by South African health officials. 

The U.S. is now averaging 300,387 new Covid cases per day, a pandemic record and the first time the 300,000 mark has been reached in America. 

More than 500,000 Covid cases were reported on Monday, though that was a result of a large backlog of cases from the Christmas holiday.

 Wednesday’s total is the largest increase from only a single day. Dr Michael Osterholm (right), director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and member of President Biden’s transition team’s Covid task force, warns that things are only going to get worse as well. 

He told CBS Morning on Thursday that what is happening now is unlike anything Americans have experienced at previous points in the pandemic. ‘We are going to see a viral blizzard over the next five to eight weeks,’ he said. ‘We’re already beginning to see these very large numbers you’re talking about, they’re going to increase substantially.

‘The real question we have is how many of those will then actually [suffer] severe illnesses requiring hospitalization, and even deaths and that’s the challenge we’re at right now. We don’t quite understand that.’ 

He warns that even fully vaccinated people should avoid large, crowded, environments in the near future because of how infectious the new virus strain is.