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Millie Bobby Brown has spent 2026 describing her child-star transition herself. Speaking on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast in June, she admitted "socialization" was a weakness: "I heard a lot of adult talk growing up, and didn't really talk about the things you're meant to talk about as a…
Lady Gaga, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, adopted her stage name from Queen's song "Radio Ga Ga," an origin American Songwriter documented in its Behind the Name series on May 8, 2022. She is one entry in a long, documented tradition of performers who renamed themselves before fame,…
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo finished 2025 as the defining screen duo of the year. Their second Wicked film, Wicked: For Good, opened to a $150 million domestic weekend in November 2025, which Deadline reported was the best opening ever for each of its two stars, director Jon M. Chu, and for…
The Beyhive, Beyoncé's fan community, closed 2025 with record numbers to celebrate: her Cowboy Carter Tour grossed US$407.6 million from 1.6 million tickets across 32 shows, the highest-grossing country tour in Billboard Boxscore history, first reported on July 28, 2025.
The modern celebrity-brand economy was written in two chapters: Casamigos, the tequila company founded by George Clooney, Rande Gerber, and Mike Meldman, sold to Diageo in 2017 in a deal reported at up to $1 billion; and Fenty Beauty, Rihanna's cosmetics venture with LVMH, which launched on…
Brendan Fraser won the Academy Award for best actor on March 12, 2023 for his performance in The Whale, capping one of the most celebrated comebacks in modern Hollywood. The Guardian reported the win from Los Angeles that night; the Oscar was his first, and it arrived two decades after his last…