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Awards shows are easy to recap. The fun part is deciding what was actually worth talking about. A few moments made the cut. A few probably shouldn't have. 🎤

What started during an opening set became a chain reaction involving venues, promoters, departing artists and, eventually, a tearful Ed Sheeran standing alone onstage in Philadelphia. One very bad week left one of music’s biggest stars in a position he never expected to occupy.

A generation grew up with The Hunger Games. Now Sunrise on the Reaping is bringing them back to Panem—with 14 more years of life behind them and a world that looks very different. Suzanne Collins has always written about power, propaganda and who controls the story. In 2026, those ideas are hitting a little closer to home.

After nearly three decades as Olivia Benson, Mariska Hargitay isn’t reinventing herself. From My Mom Jayne to advocacy, directing and the Emmy stage, she’s showing us the woman who was there all along.

George Michael always knew where to put the things that mattered most: in the music. Now, as Faith returns, let’s listen again.

We could fill pages with Gloria Steinem’s accomplishments. But perhaps the clearest measure of her impact is how many things women once had to fight for now feel like things they should simply expect.