Cindy Crawford Shares JFK Jr.'s Handwritten Note Praising Her Iconic “George” Cover as a 'Beautiful Image'

Cindy Crawford is sharing a sweet social media tribute to the late John F. Kennedy Jr.

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• The model, who graced the inaugural cover of his magazine George, said Ryan Murphy's new FX series Love Story brought back the memory

• "JFK Jr. was visionary—putting Cindy Crawford as George Washington on the launch cover was bold and ahead of its time," one fan said

Cindy Crawfordhas fond memories of working with the lateJohn F. Kennedy, Jr.

On Thursday, Feb. 26, the 60-year-old model and actress reflected on being the first person to grace the cover of Kennedy'sGeorgemagazine, which was in publication from 1995 until 2001.

"Taking a trip down memory lane with@lovestoryfx…," she began in the caption of herInstagram post, referencing the newRyan MurphyFX drama series that chronicles the romance between Kennedy and his late wife,Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.

"1995 — the inaugural cover of JFK Jr'sGeorge Magazine, shot by the one and only Herb Ritts. Not just politics as usual," Crawford continued, referencing the magazine's iconic tagline.

Her post started with a shot of Kennedy at a press conference forGeorgemagazine, held at Federal Hall in New York City on Sept. 7, 1995.

In addition to his political work, the attorney, publisher and journalist was best known as the son of the 35th U.S. president,John F. Kennedy,and First LadyJacqueline Kennedy.

As Crawford's photo carousel continued, she also shared a shot of herself dressed as a fashionable George Washington — donning butter yellow trousers and a cropped ruffled blouse paired with a frock coat in coordinating colors.

The model pulled her look together with an ash blonde wig reminiscent of the hairpiece worn by the nation's first president.

The carousel also included a photo of Kennedy holding a copy of the inauguralGeorgemagazine, followed by a video of him explaining its concept during a CNN appearance with Larry King.

"We're about the intersection of politics and popular culture," he said at the time. "And we're calledGeorge, and a part of it is, you know, Cindy Crawford is sort of the symbol of American commercialism, in a way, as well as being a very capable businesswoman."

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Kennedy continued, "But if that's the concept that you're about, then that's what we wanted to put on and not really shy away from it, and put an illustration."

Crawford's post ended with a handwritten message to Ritts, praising the photographer for the finished product.

"Herb," Kennedy began. "Here's the cover. It reflects hours of debating over what words and how many words to obscure your beautiful image. We hope you liked it. Talk soon, John K."

"JFK Jr. was visionary—putting Cindy Crawford as George Washington on the launch cover was bold and ahead of its time. Today's generation would have loved that fusion of pop culture and politics," one person commented.

In Murphy's new series, which sees Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon star as JFK Jr. and Carolyn, respectively, there is mention ofGeorgemagazine's inception.

However, the show mainly focuses on the whirlwind relationship he has with the former publicist who worked for Calvin Klein before their marriage in 1996.

"I know how special Carolyn is to me and I understand how widely beloved she is, so this role comes with a lot of responsibility,"Pidgeon toldVarietyin July 2025.

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Pidgeon added, "I mean, not only how she dressed, but the woman who worked at Calvin Klein and the person that JFK Jr. fell in love with. She's a human being beyond just these pictures. She really resonates with a lot of people, and she certainly does with me."

The real JFK Jr. and Bessette died in an aviation accident along with Carolyn's sister, Lauren Bessette, on July 16, 1999, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.

Love Storyis now streaming on Hulu.

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Deaths on a boat off Cuba spotlight Florida anti-government groups

MIAMI (AP) — Astolen boat, with 10 people aboard, loaded with weapons, departs the Florida Keys but gunfire erupts before reaching Cuba. The explanation, according to the Cuban government, is the men aboard were terrorists who wanted to infiltrate the country.

Cuba Boat Shooting

The fatal shooting broke out Wednesday amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Cuba. The ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has led the Trump administration to take a more aggressive stance toward the country's longstanding ideological nemesis in Latin America. It shines fresh attention on the deep-rooted freedom movement among Cuban exiles in south Florida, including some fringe elements who have long sought a violent overthrow of the island's communist leadership.

Armed raids, provocative publicity stunts and protests blurring the lines of legality stretch back decades in the Florida straits. Many of them are led by hard-liner exiles, some who fought in Fidel Castro's guerrilla army that took power in 1959 before breaking ranks when the popular leader converted Cuba into a Soviet satellite.

But such confrontational tactics have faded since the Cold War, leaving many in Miami to speculate the armed incursion was a fabrication of Cuba's intelligence agencies.

"Cuban Americans today are, whether on the left or on the right, really focused on trying to influence U.S. policy rather than thinking that somehow paramilitary action by small groups are gonna overthrow the Cuban government," said William LeoGrande, an American University government professor who specializes in Cuba.

The shooting left four dead and many questions. Cuba's government said most of the people on the boat were violent criminals. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who rose to prominence surrounded by the Cuban exile politics of Miami, was quick to cast doubt on the Cuban account, saying that the U.S. would investigate what he described as a "highly unusual" sea shootout.

Late Friday, top officials with Cuba's Ministry of the Interior unveiled theitems they said were aboard the boat, including a dozen high-powered weapons and more than 12,800 pieces of ammunition.

Anti-Cuban government groups ebb and flow

The counter-revolutionary groups — with names like Alpha 66 and Omega 7 — were always small in number but were at their strongest in the 1970s and '80s. Their influence receded as the Reagan administration arrested their leaders for violent attacks on U.S. soil, like an assassination plot targeting Castro during his 1979 visit to the United Nations and the shooting death a year later of a Cuban diplomat in New York.

Antonio Tang joined Alpha 66 shortly after fleeing Cuba and going into exile in Canada in 1981.

He trained in weapons and guerrilla tactics with the volunteer group at a camp in the Everglades called Rumbo Sur — Direction South. Many of its actions were over before they started, he said.

"We were kind of amateurs — and no match for the Cuban military and interior ministry," said Tang. "They always knew in advance what we were doing. Many folks ended up in jail."

Ernesto Díaz, deputy secretary general of Alpha 66, described the 10 men as martyrs.

"It is an act of compassion for a Cuban people who are suffering," Diaz, 86, said. "It was a sacrifice that has demonstrated the nobility and sensitivity towards freedom in Cuba."

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Cuban attempts to co-opt groups

Former Cuban intelligence officer Enrique Garcia said a well-funded Cuban intelligence department — called Q-2 — spent decades co-opting armed resistance groups. In some cases, Cuban agents would fund weapon purchases and drive unsuspecting exiles into plots.

Agents infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue, which lost four members in 1996 when Cuban fighter jets shot down their airplanes in the Florida straits.

"This strategy —seemingly still in place— sought to portray the Cuban exile community as extremist and link the U.S. government and agencies to such activities," said Garcia, who defected to the U.S. in 1989. "The U.S. intelligence community is aware and must have documented in its archives that this was a permanent modus operandi of the Cuban intelligence service."

Garcia said he can't remember any covert act of the sort Cuba has denounced in at least three decades.

He also finds the timing of the attack suspicious. The Trump administration has asserted almost unprecedented pressure on Havana to open its economy and relinquish almost seven decades of single-party rule.

Families give an incomplete picture

Marina Luz Padron, whose ex-husband, Hector Cruz Correa, was among those reported killed, appealed for privacy as the family mourns. She described her ex-husband as an excellent father to their 4-year-old child, who still hasn't been told about his fate.

"If he went to Cuba it was because he wanted freedom for his country," Padron told The Associated Press in a brief interview.

Other family members spoke to Spanish language influencers in Miami describing their loved ones as peaceful and far removed from what Cuban officials denounced as a "terrorist" incursion.

Ibrahim Bosch, president of the Republican Party of Cuba, another exile group, said that Michel Ortega Casanova, one of those killed, was the leader of his party in Tampa for a while until he requested to be replaced so he could spend more time to with his family.

"He was an excellent person, very hardworking, very dedicated to his family," Bosch said. "He always had the hope of freedom for Cuba."

But Florida resident Misael Ortega Casanova said his brother — an American citizen who has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years and still agonizes over the suffering that Cubans endure — was on an "obsessive and diabolical" quest for Cuba's freedom.

"They became so obsessed that they didn't think about the consequences nor their own lives," Misael told The Associated Press.

Catalini reported from Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

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Stephen Colbert Celebrates Trump’s SOTU Ratings Drop: ‘If I Were CBS, I’d Cancel Him’

Stephen Colbertturned the tables onDonald Trumpon Thursday's (February 26) edition ofThe Late Showby poking fun at the president'sState of the Union ratings.

According to Nielsen figures, Trump's record-breaking 108-minute speech on Tuesday (February 24) averaged 32.6 million viewers, an 11 percent decrease from the 36.6 million who watched his address last year. Colbert was quick to point this out while celebrating his own show's ratings compared to last year's.

"The Nielsen ratings for his speech are in, and Trump's talk-a-thon saw an 11 percent decrease from last year," the late-night host said during Thursday's opening monologue. "Donald Trump is really dragging down broadcast television. I mean, if I were CBS, I'd cancel him."

Last July, CBS announced itwas cancelingThe Late Show, citing financial reasons. The show's final episode is set to air in May. At the time,Trump celebrated the cancelation,writing on Truth Social, "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings."

Colbert returned fire on Thursday night, saying, "But you know, linear television is doomed, and everyone's ratings are going down, right? I'm sorry, what's that? Our ratings were up 7 percent?!"

"Over the same last year? So last year's and this year's? I'm up 7 percent? Holy cow!" he continued as the studio audience chanted his name.

He added, "You know what I think is going on? People may not like watching Trump, but they do like watching me not like watching Trump."

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Colbert also compared Trump's SOTU ratings to the recentSuper Bowl, whichaveraged 125.6 million viewers. "I think Trump could have saved the whole thing with a blockbuster halftime show featuring Bad Bernie," he quipped while showing a mock-up photo ofBernie Sandersdressed as Bad Bunny.

Earlier in his monologue, Colbert said, "Allow me to take a moment here to just jam a Capri-Sun straw into your spinal fluid and suck out some of your life force, because I'm still dragging ass and spitting out teeth after Trump's record-breaking 108-minute-long State of the Union on Tuesday."

"I could barely get through it. How did he stay awake that long?" the comedian asked before cutting to a clip of Trump's address where the president said, "I took prescription drugs."

"Refreshing honesty," Colbert quipped.

You can watch Colbert's full opening monologue in the video above and let us know your thoughts below.

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