Spears returned to the stage in sequins and shadows—her infamous “Gimme More” performance at the VMAs now etched in pop culture as both spectacle and unraveling.

On September 9, 2007, Britney Spears opened the MTV Video Music Awards at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas with what was meant to be her triumphant comeback. Instead, it became one of the most dissected performances in pop history.

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Lopez channels coastal ease in I-Sea’s latest campaign—her peach bikini and windswept pose a postcard from the season of soft rebellion and UV glamour.

Summer 2025 has a new face—and it’s Alana Lopez, sun-kissed and unapologetically relaxed in I-Sea Sunglasses’ latest campaign. Shot outdoors in a sun-drenched setting that blurs beachside calm with suburban chic, Lopez wears a peach-colored bikini and I-Sea’s signature polarized frames, embodying the brand’s ethos: effortless style with serious sun protection.

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Before Oscar buzz and Goop, Paltrow played Angela Pritchard in NBC’s Cruel Doubt—her quiet intensity already hinting at the star to come.

Long before Shakespeare in Love and lifestyle empires, Gwyneth Paltrow made one of her earliest screen appearances in NBC’s 1992 miniseries Cruel Doubt. Based on Joe McGinniss’s true crime book, the two-part drama aired May 17 and 19, 1992, and starred Blythe Danner, Matt McGrath, and Ed Asner—with Paltrow cast as Angela Pritchard, the daughter of a family torn apart by a brutal murder.

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