Madison Beer, Tyra, Jennifer Hudson and Osbourne at the 2026 Grammy Awards
Madison Beer, Tyra, Jennifer Hudson, and Mr. and Mrs. Osbourne turn heads as they walk in style on the 2026 Grammy Awards red carpet.
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A year after achieving a lifelong dream of appearing on Broadway, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has achieved another cultural milestone.
Ms. Jackson attended the Grammy Awards on Feb. 1 as a Best Audiobook nominee for an audiobook, narration or storytelling recording for her 2025 memoir “Lovely One.”
Grammys host Trevor Noah yelled as the camera cut to Jackson smiling in a sparkling gold dress.
“You know what it means that she’s here,” Noah said. “For the first time ever, if you miss out on the Grammys, you can appeal directly to the Supreme Court.”
Jackson faced stiff competition for the award. Noah himself was nominated for a recording of his book “Into the Uncut Grass.”
Neither of them won.
The Grammys visited the Dalai Lama for “Meditation: Thoughts on His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”
The 90-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader did not attend, but later said on Instagram that he hoped the award would help spread a message of “peace, compassion, respect for the environment, and understanding of the oneness of humanity.”
Jackson is not the first politician to be nominated for a Grammy Award. Others include Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Bernie Sanders.
Jackson’s appearance on stage in December 2024 was even more unusual.
The former theater brat made a one-night cameo appearance in “& Juliet,” a musical comedy that explores what would have happened if Juliet had followed in Romeo’s footsteps.
In her memoir, Ms. Jackson described how, in her application to Harvard, she said the school would help her “fulfill my dream of becoming the first black female Supreme Court justice on Broadway.”
