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Rance Collins The Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles dinner became politically charged as its speakers and honorees used their platforms to uplift and rally the LGBTQ+ community. “Bullies only win when we let them think they can,” Janelle Monáe said while accepting the organization’s Equality Award. “Here’s the truth, bullying doesn’t stop when we grow up.

Janelle Monae, Hannah Einbinder and Ashley Park hit the blue carpet at the 2025 Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Dinner held at Fairmont Century Plaza on Saturday night (March 22) in Los Angeles.

.Immediately after Lantink’s silicone-boob top made its runway debut at Paris Fashion Week, videos and images of the moment began going viral on social media. Some people applauded the designer’s audacity, while others found the stunt offensive.Lantink, a Dutch designer who is reportedly in the running to be Jean Paul Gaultier’s next creative director, has a well-established penchant for playing with nudity and genitalia in his designs.

Janelle Monae has lined up her project!

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Tanya Smith’s memoir “Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System — and Pocketed $40 Million.” Janelle Monáe is attached to star in the film adaptation, which she’ll also produce through her company Wondaland Pictures. Smith, who will be involved in the movie as an executive producer, is the perpetually underestimated con-artist behind what’s been called “one of the single biggest threats to the entire United States banking system.” Described as a heist thriller that becomes “a powerful examination of systemic prejudice and economic inequality,” the stranger-than-fiction story follows Smith’s journey from teenage hacker to financial system mastermind.

Golden, the movie musical based on the childhood of Pharrell Williams, has been scrapped in post-production.Originally titled Atlantis, the project was to be directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), with a theatrical release from Universal Pictures reportedly pegged for May 5. Its long list of stars included Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Janelle Monáe, Missy Elliott, Quinta Brunson, Anderson .Paak and Jaboukie Young-White.Back in November, Williams offered the first and only glimpse of the film in an interview with Empire, where he distinguished the film from Piece by Piece, the LEGO biopic of his life, directed by Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville and complete with cameos from Daft Punk, Gwen Stefani, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and more.“’Piece By Piece’ is about my life, whereas ‘Golden’ is about a neighborhood that I grew up in.

Pharrell Williams and director Michel Gondry are shelving their upcoming movie musical Golden.

Golden (fka Atlantis), Michel Gondry‘s movie musical on the childhood of musician Pharrell Williams, has been scrapped in post-production, Deadline has confirmed.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer A star-studded movie musical about the childhood of Pharrell Williams has been permanently shuttered and will not see release in any capacity, Variety can report exclusively. The project in question is “Golden,” originally titled “Atlantis,” and was directed by Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”).

Zoe Saldana and Janelle Monae are being honored!

Refresh for latest: The Costume Designers Guild is handing out its 27th annual CDG Awards tonight at the Wilshire Ebell in Los Angeles, and Deadline is posting the winners live as they are revealed.

Ethan Shanfeld Music’s biggest night drew 15.4 million viewers on CBS Sunday night, as the Grammys raised nearly $9 million to aid wildfire relief efforts in California. Last year’s Grammys brought in an average 16.9 million viewers, which marked a 34% increase from the year before. That figure included Nielsen’s measurement of linear views on CBS and Paramount Global’s own data regarding streams on Paramount+, CBS.com and the CBS app.

Janelle Monáe has slammed Nelly for performing at Donald Trump‘s inauguration, labelling the rapper a “motherfucking fool”.Monáe’s lashing out against the ‘Hot In Herre’ rapper came during a Grammys afterparty performance. While the beat of Nelly’s ‘Hot In Herre’ played over the speakers, Monáe rapped: “Fuck you Nelly.

Janelle Monae is ripping into Nelly.

67th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.At an afterparty following music’s biggest night, Monáe unloaded on Nelly over his decision to perform for President Donald Trump during one of his Inauguration events last month.Monáe hit the stage with Anderson .Paak at Andy’s in West Hollywood for an impromptu rap session, in which the band played a version of Nelly’s “Hot In Herre.”In the video obtained by TMZ, Monáe is heard spitting a few bars of the Grammy-winning song with Anderson .Paak before going off on the superstar.“I used to like Nelly … but then he performed for Donald Trump. “F–k that n—–. I don’t give a f–k,” she said into the microphone, making it clear that she was amongst friends and family.“You sold out.

You might have noticed that Taylor Swift added a jacket to her look in the middle of the night at the 2025 Grammy Awards and it happens to be a famous person’s coat!

caught Janelle Monáe's tuxedo jacket during the latter's rendition of Michael Jackson's “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" at the 2025 Grammys, and, like any fan, she and then put it on.Taylor Swift raises a toast to Kendrick Lamar while wearing Janelle Monáe's tuxedo jacket.I mean, who among us hasn't caught a T-shirt from a T-shirt cannon, or a carnation from a knight at Medieval Times, or a priceless tuxedo jacket from a mega-talented pop star, and then lost their damn mind a little bit? Don't listen to on this one: sometimes celebrities are just like us.This might just be Taylor Swift's sexiest look ever.Swift, who was nominated for six awards at the , is known for her kooky silly behavior at awards shows, be it dancing like no one's watching, getting a little tipsy (her prerogative!), or running around the venue to say hi to like, everyone. At the 2025 Grammy Awards, not only was Swift fan-girling over Monáe, she was also spotted during Shakira's performance, and to share her seat with Cynthia Erivo after she appeared not to be able to find hers.Taylor Swift and a little boy who's going to have the best “what I did this weekend” story when he returns to school on Monday.Ultimately, Taylor Swift didn't win any Grammys this evening, but she did win our hearts.To see all the looks from the 2025 Grammys red carpet, and for more of Glamour’s live show coverage, click .More from GlamourSee More Stories & Guides© 2025 Condé Nast.

Will Smith made his first return to a major televised awards show Sunday evening, appearing at the Grammys to open a tribute to the late Quincy Jones. Smith opened the segment by introducing Herbie Hancock on piano and later brought out “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, who belted a performance of “Fly Me to the Moon.” “This past year, we lost one of the most groundbreaking and influential figures of our times: Quincy Jones. Known to friends around the world simply as Q,” Smith began in his speech, honoring the 28-time Grammy winner.

Stevie Wonder led the Quincy Jones tribute at the 2025 Grammys with a performance of ‘We Are The World’ alongside appearances by Janelle Monáe, Herbie Hancock and Wicked star Cynthia Erivo.The segment was hosted by Will Smith, who made his first appearance at an awards show since his infamous Oscars slap incident in 2022 with Chris Rock. “In his 91 years, [Quincy] touched countless lives, but I have to say, he changed mine forever,” he said.Jones was an executive producer on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which helped launch Smith’s career in 1990.“You probably wouldn’t even know who Will Smith was if it wasn’t for Quincy Jones,” he continued.

Beyoncé was the big winner at Sunday night’s 67th Grammy Awards.

Janelle Monae took to the stage for an electric performance during the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 2) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.