Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour in Nashville, Tenn. Swift is 'Time' magazine's Person of the Year. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
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Lear dropped out of college and enlisted in the Air Force to fight in World War II. In his late 20s, he moved to Los Angeles where he struggled for several years, selling furniture door to door and taking baby pictures. He's shown above in his Los Angeles office in March 1979. AP hide caption
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé is both concert film and documentary about the recent world tour. Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
The two protagonists from the much anticipated GTA VI. Rockstar Games hide caption
Rizz is the word of year for 2023, according to the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. The term deals with charisma and charm — and other rizzes are available, such as Stockard Channing, center, seen here as Betty "Rizz" Rizzo in the 1978 film Grease. CBS via Getty Images hide caption
Taylor Swift celebrates a touchdown during the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers game at Arrowhead Stadium on Oct. 22 in Kansas City, Mo. David Eulitt/Getty Images hide caption
Jonathan Majors faces misdemeanor charges of harassment and assaulting a former girlfriend. He's shown above in Los Angeles in October 2021. Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption
The Kennedy Center Honorees, pictured L-R top row: Queen Latifah and Barry Gibb. L-R bottom row: Renée Fleming, Billy Crystal, and Dionne Warwick. The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors will air Dec. 27 on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+. Mary Kouw/Mary Kouw/CBS hide caption
Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and others celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors
Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall in a scene from Colin From Accounts. Tony Mott/Paramount+ hide caption
Squid Game: The Challenge is a reality game show based on the sensational 2021 South Korean drama series. But this gruesome, creatively misbegotten concept should never have made it past the first meeting. Netflix hide caption
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in a scene from the 1998 romantic comedy You've Got Mail. Getty Images hide caption
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in a scene from May December. Francois Duhamel/Netflix hide caption
For Beyoncé's Renaissance tour Es Devlin designed a spherical portal â a 50-foot wide aperture â from which the star, her dancers and musicians could emerge and withdraw between songs. Es Devlin/Thames & Hudson hide caption
When stars are on stage, this designer makes it personal for each fan in the stadium
When you're stuck at the airport, you need the right soundtrack. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
In Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the slovenly, brilliant spy who's in charge of a group of failed British spies. The series is based on Mick Herron's Slough House novels. Herron says Lamb might not have "a heart of gold" but he does have "a moral code." Apple TV+ hide caption
Gary Oldman had 'free rein' in spy thriller 'Slow Horses' — now back for Season 3
Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for jury selection in a domestic violence case. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption
Illustration by Luke Medina. Luke Medina/NPR hide caption
Bruce Willis in a scene from Die Hard. FlixPix/Alamy hide caption
"Although clearly a desirable quality, authentic is hard to define and subject to debate," wrote Merriam-Webster about its word of the year. Joanne K. Watson/handout via Getty Images hide caption
Ariana DeBose as Asha in Wish. Disney hide caption
Brenda Song plays Princess Akemi in Blue Eye Samurai. Netflix hide caption
Alt.Latino has a special three-episode series exploring the rise of regional Mexican music. Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
