At the close of another year, the big headlines are easily remembered:A shocking slapatthe Oscars;a figure skating scandalat the Winter Olympics;a billion-dollar sequelto an ’80s blockbuster,the marriage of two superstars— more than 20 years after their first engagement — celebrated with not one but two weddings.
At the 2022 Oscars, after Chris Rock made a joke about the 1997 filmG.I. Jane(for which Demi Moore had shaved her head) and Jada Pinkett Smith — the actress suffers from alopecia — her husband,Will Smith, strode onstage andslapped Rock’s face, shortly before winning Best Actor forKing Richard.Smith then posted a videotaped apology to Rock in July saying, “There is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment.”
Mike Coppola/Getty
Jean Catuffe/Getty
The singer-songwriter, who has rarely licensed her music for television, did so this time because she liked the show. “[Stranger Things] is such a great series, I thought that the track would get some attention,“Bush told BBC Radio 4. “But I just never imagined that it would be anything like this. It’s so exciting. But it’s quite shocking really, isn’t it? I mean, the whole world’s gone mad.”
Kate Bush.Dave Hogan/Getty
At an equally joy-filled but comparatively lower-key event with just 60 friends (and notably, no close family)Britney Spears wed her boyfriendof five years, model-actor Sam Asghari,at a June ceremonythat was a declaration not only of love, but of freedom. Finally released in late 2021 from the 13-year conservatorship that gave her father, Jamie, control of not only her estimated $60 million fortune but also such personal decisions as whether to have a child with Asghari, Spears donned a Versace bridal gown and walked down the aisle to Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” before guests includedDrew Barrymore,Madonna, Paris Hilton andSelena Gomez, among others under a pink rose-strewn tent.
Spears shared her happiness with fans, particularly those who had stood outside the L.A. courthouse with “Free Britney” signs, and later wrote on Instagram of the big night: “Fairy tales are real.”
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari.Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty
For more of 2022’s most memorable moments, plus tributes to stars we lost, pick upPEOPLE’s 2022 Yearbook, available now wherever magazines are sold.
source: people.com
