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U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. First Lady Melania Trump inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

The inauguration was an absurd spectacle

U.S. singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" after President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. ( SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Carrie Underwood's awkward a cappella

Whoopi Goldberg is honored with the Inaugural “Icon Award” at Comic Relief Live on December 9, 2024 at Jazz at Lincoln Center NYC. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Comic Relief US)

Whoopi backs Underwood at inauguration

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dances onstage after his speech during a campaign rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Village People set for inauguration

Lil Nas X (Getty/Rich Fury)

Lil Nas X & queer power in country

Ashlie D. Stevens

Kesha; Dolly Parton; Miley Cyrus (Getty/Christopher Polk/Robyn Beck/Rob Foldy)

What we owe Dolly Parton

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10 surprising Grammy moments

Daniel D'Addario

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