Top 5 stories in welcoming the new month of December!

December is finally here and these top 5 stories were significant in different ways!

First stop, Janay Rice, wife of NFL player Ray Rice, who has been under quite a scandal himself late this year, cried in an interview with the Today show on Monday. She lamented, "We knew that it was gonna happen... When I saw that, it was horrible." in response to the leaked elevator footage on TMZ.

Madonna, on the other hand, is unstoppable! She goes topless at the age of 56 for the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Interview Magazine where she posed nude with confidence. The photography session was helmed by legendary photographers Marcus Piggott and Mert Alas. The Material Girl also shared a few of her stories that ranges from losing her mother at a young age, her previous romances and her experimentation with drugs.

Also, have you seen the latest episode of AMC's The Walking Dead? Well, for the mid-season finale of the commercially and critically anticipated show, came a great shocker where nobody expected the shocking and surprising climax to happen. Actress Emily Kinney opens up about the appalling plot twist and the loss of her character, Beth Greene, after three years in the show.

Next stop, Christian Bale sends a message to George Clooney to "just shut up" and "stop whining" in response to Clooney's remarks about the pitfalls of fame. According to the New York Post's Page Six, Bale thinks Clooney's complaints were utterly "boring". Uh-oh.

And to sum it all up, let's move to the White House where Elizabeth Lauten, former communications director for the Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher, resigns from public office. The resignation was brought about by her public comments criticizing President Obama's daughters Sasha and Malia Obama. The incident took place after the photo opportunity of the President's pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey.

And thus, here are your top 5 stories in welcoming the month of December!