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Kim Kardashian's life maps onto the entire history of media in the new millennium, starting with her family's role in the O.J. Simpson trial, which was a major televised event.

Taylor Swift accepted the pop album of the year award onstage at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, celebrating her significant contributions to the music industry.

These red carpet appearances offered designers the chance to show the world their new direction and make a statement, as the most important audience isn't just those who tune into the ceremonies.

And by "Who-dom," I don't mean the Seussian variety but the taxonomy coined by 's Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger: the vast, sub-stratospheric tier of celebrity occupied by figures whose fame is intensely meaningful to some and virtually nonexistent to everyone else. Whos are defined in opposition to Thems, the indisputable celebrities known to most except those living under a rock or who willingly reject the very notion of pop culture,

Since its 1996 debut, Access Hollywood has aired nearly 12,000 episodes. Yet its most infamous segment was one that never made it to broadcast: in October 2016, weeks before the presidential election, The Washington Post obtained footage of then-candidate Donald Trump making lewd comments about women to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush.

For Hollywood's biggest night, celebrities pay as much attention to their red-carpet attire as their speeches. It's a night to leave a mark not just on Hollywood but on best-dressed lists and even make fashion history.

From the Versace dress that led to the creation of Google Images to the Swarovski-encrusted jumpsuit that repopularized androgynous menswear on the red carpet, the Grammy Awards show is synonymous with iconic fashion. Bold and daring looks often push the envelope. Music's biggest night returns to Crypto.com Arena on Sunday and will bring with it the edgiest fashion of the season.

Like those, it scours our culture's incessant preoccupation with physical beauty, both the lusting for it and the lengths we will go to get and keep it. But The Beauty possess a mind of its own as it expounds on rich themes that Murphy's been interested in, mixing humor with black humor while he comments on sinfully glamorous lifestyles and the dark side of human nature and desire.

From its opening scene-a shakedown of Armando Solimões (Wagner Moura) by local authorities at a rural gas station-Kleber Mendonça Filho immerses viewers in a world of casual corruption and clandestine violence endemic to authoritarian rule.

"I couldn't hear her. She was walking away," she explained. "And I was like, 'Oh, she's kind of a comedy queen. She's just being funny.' Like, 'I love you. Wah, wah, wah.' Like, I thought that would be something she would do. And so I was like, 'Oh, my God, that's cute and funny.' Turns out she didn't say that."

Rose Byrne, who is nominated for best actress for her role in the psychological comedy-drama "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," shined in a silk crepe Chanel dress at the Actor Awards. Timothée Chalamet, who is nominated for his portrayal of Marty in "Marty Supreme," sported an open-collar Prada look.

However, when Russell Crowe won for A Beautiful Mind in 2002, it was his speech that got edited out. That was because he decided to recite the Patrick Kavanagh poem Sanctity, and it went on and on. When Crowe realised what had happened, he tracked down the show's director at the afterparty, pinned him against a wall, called him a cunt and then allegedly kicked three chairs across the room.