His presence had remained a mystery, but Bad Bunny was there in person Thursday night to receive all the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards that were given to him, including the special Billboard Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century Award.

Puerto Rican star Rita Moreno presented him with the accolade, and flirtatiously noted that the reggaeton singer is “good” and “whole.” Then, in a more serious tone, she told him that she identified with him.

“Today I see an artist who takes the whole world,” Moreno said of Bad Bunny. “That same strength, that same passion, that helped me to never give up.”

Taking the stage to his song “BAILE INoLVIDABLE,” Bad Bunny, 31, danced a bit of salsa with Moreno, 93.

“Thank you very much, you are whole too,” he told the Oscar- and Tony-winning actress. “It is an honor for me to receive this award from her hands.”

“Every time I hear other artists express themselves in that way of me, it gives me the security of being me and doing the things I do with my heart,” he added.

Bad Bunny was announced as winner of the Billboard Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century Award but didn’t show up at the red carpet. He had previously skipped other major ceremonies so this presence remained a mystery that ended when he showed up at the beginning of the night to pick up the Top Latin Album of the Year.

Bad Bunny had broken a record by being a finalist for 27 categories of the Latin Billboards 2025, and became the top winner of the night with 11 awards, including artist of the year; Global 200 Latin Artist of the Year, and “Hot Latin Songs” Male Artist of the Year.

“I am grateful for these awards, but at the same time I recognize that, just as I deserve it, Rauw, Fuerza Regida, Peso, Karol could win it. I think we are all doing something incredible in music; our music is reaching more and more places,” he said upon receiving the artist of the year award from Olga Tañón. “I think it’s a job that we’re all doing, and that we’re continuing what other artists have been doing for years.”

Bad Bunny’s hit “DtMF” won three awards, including streaming song of the year. His album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” was recognized as Top Latin Album of the year.

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CNN’s Christiane Amanpour says ovarian cancer has returned a 3rd time

CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour revealed on Thursday that her battle against ovarian cancer is back on after the disease returned for a third time.

The 67-year-old British-Iranian journalist shared the health update during an appearance alongside her medical consultant Dr. Angela George on the “Changing the Ovarian Cancer Story” podcast.

“I have it again, but it’s being very well-managed, and this is one of the whole things that people have to understand about some cancers,” she told host Hannah Vaughan Jones. “I obviously had all of the relevant organs removed, but it came back a couple times in a lymph node.”

Her latest medical revelation comes four years after she first went public with the diagnosis and underwent major surgery, followed by nearly five months of chemotherapy.

George, who has guided Amanpour through her diagnosis and treatment at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital — known for its world-leading cancer treatment — shared that her patient has a rare type of ovarian cancer that makes up less than 10% of cases.

It’s unusual nature likely led to Amanpour getting a diagnosis sooner than she would have otherwise.

“Angela told me what it was and why I was potentially lucky because there were actually pain symptoms,” the award-winning journalist explained. “There’s often no symptoms so many women don’t know, so I feel that I was lucky.”

The oncologist noted that most women with ovarian cancer get diagnosed too late because their abdominal symptoms often get misdiagnosed as reflux, indigestion or a urinary tract infection.

“Most women, by the time they get a diagnosis, might have had the cancer for three or four years before it actually gets diagnosed,” George said. “That’s why most of the women that we see are actually diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer, because it doesn’t have a lot of specific symptoms that people can pick up on and it does tend to be misdiagnosed for quite a long time.”

Amanpour is now undergoing immunotherapy, which she described as having no side effects and being “the opposite of grueling.” She takes pills each day and gets infusions in the hospital every six weeks.

Amanpour said that her cancer was detected the second and third times due to her routine checkups every three months.

“The fact that I’m monitored all the time is a superb insurance policy,” she said, encouraging others to listen to their bodies and get regular screenings.

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Kim Kardashian says she’ll be a ‘qualified’ lawyer next month

Kim Kardashian is certain she’s going to be a “qualified” lawyer when the California bar results come out next month and hopes to eventually trade in celebrity for the courtroom.

The 45-year-old reality star, who’s promoting Ryan Murphy’s legal show “All’s Fair,” said on Friday’s episode of “The Graham Norton Show” that she “will be qualified in two weeks,” after sitting for the bar exam over the summer, per People and TMZ. The State Bar of California will release results on Nov. 7.

“I hope to practice law. Maybe in 10 years, I think I’ll give up being Kim K and be a trial lawyer,” said the Skims founder, who does not hold an undergraduate degree but, after three earlier attempts, passed the so-called “baby bar” in 2021. “That’s what I really want.”

Kardashian first revealed her legal ambitions to follow in the footsteps of her late father Robert Kardashian — one of O.J. Simpson’s defense attorneys — in 2019, during a Vogue cover interview.

At the time, the clemency advocate said she had “aced” her torts test and planned to take the bar in 2022 after undertaking a four-year apprenticeship with a San Francisco law firm.

While appearing as GQ’s 2023 Man of the Year, Kardashian confirmed she wanted to pay tribute to her father by becoming a lawyer.

She passed the multistate professional responsibility exam, a prerequisite for the bar, in May.

Kardashian “dedicated 18 hours a week, 48 weeks a year for six straight years” to her Law Office Study Program, attorney Jessica Jackson said in a speech this spring.

From combined wire services