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Blake Lively is seen arriving to the 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

6 political statements at the Met Gala

Joy Saha
Janelle Monae in "Homecoming" (Amazon)

Janelle Monae on dystopia & "Homecoming"

Melanie McFarland
Bong Joon-ho, right, reacts as he is presented with the award for best picture for "Parasite" from presenter Jane Fonda at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Looking on from left are Kang-Ho Song and Kwak Sin Ae. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

"Parasite" saves a dull Oscars night

Melanie McFarland
Cardi B; Kendrick Lamar; Janelle Monae (AP/Getty)

Can the Grammys make a comeback?

Rachel Leah
Cardi B; Prince; Janelle Monáe (Getty/Tommaso Boddi/Kevin Winter/JB Lacroix)

Obama's 2018 faves: Cardi, Monae, Prince

Daniel Kreps - Rolling Stone
Jay-Z and Beyonce in the "Apes**t" video (YouTube/Beyoncé)

Top 10 hip hop and R&B albums of 2018

Rachel Leah
"Queer Eye;" "RBG;" "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (Netflix/Magnolia Pictures/Focus Features)

A feel-good cheat sheet to survive 2018

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Recording Academy, speaks onstage at the 60th annual Grammy Awards (AP/Matt Sayles)

Grammys head: Women need to "step up"

Rachel Leah
Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox)

Separate is never equal

Nico Lang
(A24/Focus Features)

Films that resist Trump

Chauncey DeVega
(Reuters/Chip East)

"Shut up and sing" syndrome

Annie Zaleski
(AP/Richard Shotwell)

Janelle Monáe on "Today"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Reuters)

Monáe's #BlackLive Matter song

Anna Silman
(Reuters)

Janelle Monáe shuts down troll

Colin Gorenstein
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