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King Charles still hoping to see Pope Francis amid health issues
Aboriginal senator heckles King Charles during Australian visit
Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of Australian parliament after heckling King Charles.
LONDON − King Charles III is still hoping to see Pope Francis during a state visit to the Vatican and Italy next month, a Buckingham Palace source said on Tuesday, more than a month after the highest-ranking Catholic official was admitted to the hospital.
In February, the palace said Charles and his wife Queen Camilla would travel to Rome in April for the couple to meet the 88-year-old pope, but days later Francis was taken to hospital with a severe respiratory infection.
On Sunday, the Vatican released the first image of the pope since his Feb. 14 admission and said Francis was gradually improving, using less mechanical ventilation at night to help with breathing.
The royals’ three-day trip is set to begin on April 7, with the meeting with the pope scheduled for the following day. Royal officials expressed their “hopes and prayers that Pope Francis’ health will enable the visit to go ahead”, sentiments that Charles and Camilla shared, a palace source told Reuter.
Charles, 76, who is himself recovering from cancer, meaning his workload has to be carefully managed, wrote privately to the pope when Francis was taken ill, the source said. The pair met during Charles’ visits to Rome in 2017 and 2019 before he became king.
As British monarch, Charles heads the Church of England which split from the Catholic Church in 1534. A palace spokesperson said his trip would symbolize a significant step forward in relations between the two and mark celebrations for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year.
Charles is slated to visit the Papal Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls − a site English kings had a particular link to before the schism from Rome. The royal couple is also due to visit the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
Charles and Camilla’s agenda also includes meetings with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and an address to the joint houses of parliament: a first for a British monarch.
The visit coincides with the pair’s 20th wedding anniversary. Married on April 9, 2005, their nuptials took place the day after the funeral of Pope John Paul II, which Charles attended as then heir to the throne.
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Taylor Swift sweeps 2025 iHeartRadio Music AwardsEntertainment
Taylor Swift sweeps 2025 iHeartRadio Music AwardsEntertainment
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'Magazine Dreams': Jonathan Majors' bodybuilder goes down dark pathMovies
‘Magazine Dreams’: Jonathan Majors’ bodybuilder goes down dark pathMovies
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Jonathan Majors talks Hollywood future amid bombshell audio leak
‘Magazine Dreams’: Jonathan Majors’ bodybuilder goes down a dark path
Jonathan Majors plays a socially awkward bodybuilder seeking fame and heading down an increasingly dangerous path in the dark drama “Magazine Dreams.”
“You wanted to talk, so let’s talk.”
Jonathan Majors is polite and emotional, thoughtful and measured, when discussing the personal and professional, and he has a lot to say about a tumultuous past two years.
When “Magazine Dreams” premiered in January 2023 at Sundance Film Festival, Majors was on top of his game. He was coming off the war drama “Devotion,” and had two big roles on the way with “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which introduced him as Marvel’s high-profile new villain Kang the Conqueror. Yet “Magazine Dreams,” an indie character study starring Majors as an ambitious and increasingly unhinged muscle man, had “Oscar campaign” written all over it.
Then everything fell apart. He was arrested in March 2023 after an alleged domestic violence altercation with then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. Nine months later, a Manhattan jury found Majors guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge and one harassment violation. In April 2024, he was sentenced to a year-long counseling program and an order of protection was issued for Jabbari. Meanwhile, “Magazine Dreams” was shelved, Marvel fired him, roles disappeared and he was left in Hollywood limbo.
He’s again at a career crossroads as “Magazine Dreams” arrives in theaters this weekend: Majors, 35, stars as Killian Maddox, a socially awkward amateur bodybuilder whose pursuit to be remembered takes him to a bleak and violent psychological place. “When I think back on the film, the moments of him trying to connect, I see them now in HD, because I now understand in my life the validity of that need and the absolute necessity for it,” he says.
When it comes to his career’s future, “all I can do, like Killian, is dream and hope and put a plan in place,” says Majors, and he’s “putting things together in a way that, in this next chapter, I am the best version of myself, not just playing a really cool character in a really cool way.”
In an interview conducted before audio resurfaced in which Majors allegedly admits to assaulting Jabbari, the actor spoke with USA TODAY about the new movie, his support system and how he’s changed since his legal troubles started.
Edited and condensed for clarity.
Q: What’s the significance about “Magazine Dreams” finally coming out right now, and does it put your career into a new perspective?
Jonathan Majors: Brother, I love the positivity. I appreciate it. I think the film has a life of itself. I’m obviously an integral part to that. (From) a career perspective, man, it would’ve been cool to have that come out when we were running and that obviously wasn’t the plan, ultimately. Due to some of my personal events, things paused. It’s well recorded where my career was and where everything was at that moment in Sundance. That would’ve been interesting.
Two years later, and now the film is coming out from an artist’s perspective at the perfect time. At the perfect time for the industry, our art form, the people and the country, in a way. I think it was just another vehicle for Jonathan Majors, for myself, and that’s cool, but art needs to be impactful, and I think something else has happened. My career and myself were not necessarily on the same level at that time. I had to sacrifice a lot of myself to build the career in the way it was. And now after this two-year hiatus, this two-year self-workshop, I’m working to be in a place and I’m closer to a place where I’m capable of speaking to the film at the level that the film deserves.
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When we talked a few years ago, you had mentioned that a fictional role comes from imagination, and you need to live a little bit of that character. I’m curious what that entailed for you playing Killian. Was that you in some ways working through past traumas and your own dark moments?
Yeah, absolutely. As an actor, I use all of myself all the time, and there’s terrain inside oneself that you don’t really know or recognize. There were buried-away childhood traumas, of sexual assault as a young boy and for a prolonged period of time, that literally me and my family are dealing with now for the first time. There’s no doubt that everything that happens to a person manifests itself some place, and I was fortunate enough that, through my training and through my God, I understood certain things on a very deep level without understanding why, until I confronted those things.
One of the things we’re dealing with in the picture a lot, just by the nature of being in the bodybuilding world, is that the reflection is such an important thing. The whole film, and this is where Killian and I have things in common, he’s being driven by this little boy inside of him. And this little boy is so lovable and so unprotected that he then decides to find something that will help him protect himself. But it’s isolating.
How have you changed as a person the past two years?
I appreciate the question, and I’m excited to answer it because for instance, I’m sitting here right now, and one of my best buddies in the whole world is sitting to my left. That’s a world in which I would never operate. I was so focused on separation of church and state, a bit of an isolationist, a bit of a lone wolf. It only got me so far. But in the past two years, with everything I’ve been participating in, and all the reflection I’ve gotten to have, my fiancée (Meagan Good), my buddy over here, I understand that there is a need to connect. There is a need to have support and help, and you have to help and support yourself – your full self, not just your mind, not just your body, not just your heart. Everything has to be supported to be made whole. Am I whole now? Nowhere close. But there’s an understanding that I’m not whole now.
That’s a huge shift for me. I’m very grateful for this time to have done that, for all my buddies and partner who have been there with me as I tried to relearn so many things.
How much has it helped you not only to have Meagan in your corner, but peers like Michael B. Jordan and Matthew McConaughey having your back, too, and saying, “We want to work with this guy again”?
This industry is wild, man, with brave human beings who can look at something for its wholeness and take the crookeds with the straights, to quote August Wilson. Michael B. Jordan is a dear buddy of mine, and McConaughey represents to me so many things but chief among them would be he’s a gentleman. He’s a curious wise man and to be in community with them means a lot. And Whoopi Goldberg, who was a family friend and was also the first and only EGOT I’ve ever worked with. To have them use their voices and use their platforms to reach back and go, “We see you, brother,” and say, “OK, that’s that, and that’s that. Because you’re working on this, we’re gonna work on that,” it means a lot.
What do you believe this next chapter of your career looks like? If Marvel calls tomorrow and offers you Kang back, do you say yes?
Yeah, of course I say yes. Disney, Marvel Studios, I love them. Tom Hiddleston, loved working with that guy. Loved working with Paul Rudd. Loved working with Gugu Mbatha-Raw. I love the industry so much, and now I’m in the place where I can feel the love from them and actually express my love for them. For a long time, my mind was set very much like Killian: “If I do this well, you will love me.” Jesus, bro. (Wipes away a tear.) “If I give everything I got in preparation in between action and cut, there’s no way you can’t love me.” But then I was isolated after that.
Now I’m in a space where I have enough confidence in myself – not my talent but in myself, the thing I’ve been sitting with for two years. I can give you all of me as a character between action and cut, and I can give you all of me as myself in the trailer and (off the set). Still got to prep. Let’s not get it twisted (laughs), I still need to focus. I still need do my job. But I can search for that community throughout.
You’ve talked previously about being devoted to acting and to making art. Is your passion still as strong as it was, or has it waned or changed in any way?
I’m glad you said changed. I’m going to hit that, but I’m going to go back to one of the very first things you said: How have I changed in this process over the past two years with everything? I would say I’ve grown. I would say the same thing (about acting): It hasn’t changed, it’s grown. I don’t want to spook anybody, but I’ve dedicated my life to this. Outside of my family and my God, this is what I’ve dedicated it to, and now I’m coming back to it with more understanding. And with more understanding, I have even a bigger appetite.
The movie was operating at such a level that I was very quickly humbled: What we did in the art of Killian Maddox and “Magazine Dreams,” me as I was in that moment, I had to grow to match it. So now I’m taking that growth and I’m applying it to hopefully the next 20 years of a career. I want to do it. I need to do it. (The future’s) not in my control. But to answer your question, the fire’s only bigger to create and to shed light and healing through the work because I think that’s what it’s for.
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Patrick Schwarzenegger on incest impact
‘White Lotus’ Greg: Jon Gries on who could be the killer in Thailand
“The White Lotus” star Jon Gries, or Gary/Greg, discusses who could be the killer in Season 3 of the hit HBO series.
The partying Ratliff family kiss between eldest son Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and younger brother Lochlan (Sam Nivola) on “The White Lotus” is sparking discussion about severe familial dysfunction.
Sunday’s sensational moment between the brothers has been building since the beginning of Season 3 at the Thailand White Lotus resort. College-bound Lochlan is caught in the middle of an emotional mentor tug-of-war between hedonist older bro Saxon and his spiritually seeking older sister, Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook).
After Piper announces plans to study Buddhism in Thailand for a year, Lochlan is visibly upset before heading out with Saxon for the Full Moon Party celebration.
Fueled by booze and drugs, the brothers consummate their unhealthy mutual admiration relationship with a kiss at the playful urging of their (also kissing) party yacht friends Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) and Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood).
Chloe’s jealous, rich and shady boyfriend, Gary (aka killer Greg) owns the yacht, by the way.
After the brotherly kiss, Saxon’s utterly confused and horrified expression is just the beginning. His eventual realization about the depths of this fraternal interaction will have future repercussions.
“It’s a moment that’s shattering about who he thought he was and what he stood for and what he thought masculinity was,” Schwarzenegger tells USA TODAY of his character. “He’s the one that is all about sex, money, power, wealth and grooming his younger brother and his sister. He’s the one like, ‘Come on, guys, get to understanding life.’ As the show progresses, (Saxon) is on the side of being totally lost. Everything he stood for is now not who he is.”
On Monday, Schwarzenegger reposted a photo shared on X of his and Nivola’s characters with the caption “Call Me By Our Same Last Name,” an allusion to the 2017 drama “Call Me By Your Name.”
What other ‘White Lotus’ stars said about the Episode 5 kiss
Le Bon told Vulture that Schwarzenegger’s reaction in “the episode is his genuine reaction” when filming the scene.
“We all thought (Schwarzenegger) was going to throw up. And Sam was like, ‘It’s fine, it’s just a kiss, calm down!’” said Le Bon. “Well, obviously, they’re not brothers by blood, so that made it easier. I think for Patrick it was really difficult. For Sam, he was kind of like, ‘It’s whatever, let’s just do it well one time and it will be over.’ Because if you don’t do it well the first time, then you have to do it over and over again.”
Executive producer David Bernad told The New York Post that the incest scene was not just about the “shock” for “White Lotus” creator Mike White.
“There’s a specific reason in terms of the narrative storytelling and the larger thematic idea Mike is trying to get across,” said Bernard. “I love that family storyline, especially the brother story — and, it culminates in a very satisfying way.”
Nivola told GQ that the drunken TV moment is pivotal for his character.
“There’s before that and after that, and that was a really important thing,” said Nivola. “Kissing your brother is incredibly wrong and weird and gross. But I think with ‘The White Lotus,’ it’s like these crazy actions and sort of heightened reality coming from really real emotions that are actually really relatable to your everyday guy. He just is desperate for his brother’s approval.”
Social media reacts to ‘The White Lotus’ kiss: ‘This family is a hot mess’
The reaction on social media was somehow shocked and yet not-so-astonished about the Saxon-Lochlan interaction.
“I’m not surprised because we saw where this was going in the first episode,” wrote one X user. ” I can’t say I’m shocked because ‘White Lotus’ always pushes boundaries. But this is INSANE. This family is a hot mess.”
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Sean Lowe dog Moose attacked him twice, ‘Bachelor’ star says
Jesse Palmer gives a Gerry and Theresa ‘Golden Bachelor’ update
Jesse Palmer talks with USA TODAY’s Ralphie Aversa on the Oscars red carpet about why “The Golden Wedding” was so stressful for him.
Former “Bachelor” star Sean Lowe is opening up about a harrowing dog attack that left him “fighting” for his life.
Lowe, who headed up Season 17 of the reality dating competition, took to Instagram Monday to share that his dog Moose had attacked him twice in a 24-hour period last week, resulting in a trip to the emergency room and lifelong injuries.
“Our family has been through something pretty traumatic over the weekend,” he told followers, sitting alongside wife Catherine Giudici Lowe, the winning contestant from his season.
While hosting a small barbecue at his home, smoke drifted into the house and set off the smoke alarm, causing his rescue boxer Moose to get agitated, Lowe explained.
“He shows his teeth at me and just attacks me,” Lowe said. “I don’t mean bite and then run off — like a lot of dogs do when they’re scared or defensive — I mean attacks me. I feel him ripping into the flesh of my arm, and at this point I’m doing everything I possibly can just to fend this dog off. … I know I’m bleeding badly.
“I’m not trying to be dramatic, but I honestly just felt like I am fighting for my life here against my dog,” he said.
After fighting to get free with the help of his guests, Lowe was rushed to the hospital where he was stitched up, only to return to a similar trauma hours later.
After the door keeping Moose held away was blown open by the wind, the dog returned for a second attack.
“Going through a dog attack is pretty darn traumatic,” he recalled in the video. “Having to re-live it less than 12 hours later, seeing that dog running straight at you, is a feeling I don’t think I ever want to experience again.”
As Lowe once again attempted to wrestle the dog away, he says the creature “ripped” his “arm open” and he began worrying it would kill him. Eventually, after regaining control and waiting for an ambulance and the cops to arrive, Lowe returned to the hospital for stitches once more.
The incident shocked him, he said, as the dog, whom the family adopted in January, had not shown signs of aggression before. Lowe also voiced gratitude that it had been him and not the rest of his family − he and Guidice share three children − that had suffered the attack.
“It took everything I had to control this dog, and I’m 220 pounds,” he continued. “If it were anyone else, he would’ve killed my children or my wife.”
Though they rarely result in fatalities, dog bites remain a widespread medical concern in the United States. The American Veterinary Medical Association estimates that 4.7 million people are bitten each year, though less than a million seek medical care.
“It wasn’t Moose’s fault,” Lowe said toward the end of the video. “I think it’s clear he experienced a lot of trauma before we got him and had something neurologically wrong where just a switch flipped and he turned into an absolute killer, which was so weird.”
The reality star added that the family was working with a no-kill shelter to find a non-harmful new home for Moose, who he said was too dangerous for their family, but ultimately shouldn’t be punished.
“We’re torn up about it,” Lowe concluded. “And we miss our dog, as crazy as it sounds.”
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Crossword Blog & Answers for March 18, 2025 by Sally Hoelscher
There are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve today’s puzzle before reading further! iPod Shuffle
Constructor: CJ Tan
Editor: Anna Gundlach
Random Thoughts & Interesting Things
- ASHE (1A: Tennis great Arthur) Arthur ASHE (1943-1993) was a legendary tennis player, and also a civil rights activist, author, and educator. On behalf of crossword constructors everywhere, I’m grateful to him for having a crossword-friendly last name.
- ASTER (15A: Daisy relative) ASTERs and daisies belong to the same plant family, Asteraceae. There are over 32,000 flower species in this family. That’s a lot of ASTER and daisy varieties.
- MERMAID POSE (17A: Hip-opening yoga pose) I’ve done a bit of yoga, but I have not worked my way up to MERMAID POSE, which is a bit advanced. It’s easy to understand why it’s called MERMAID POSE, as the POSE resembles a classic MERMAID statue.
- DOLCE (20A: La ___ vita (“the sweet life”)) “La DOLCE vita” is an Italian phrase meaning “the sweet life.”
- ERIE (27A: Smallest Great Lake by volume) Lake ERIE is the shallowest of the five Great Lakes, as well as the smallest by volume. This is the second appearance of our crossword friend ERIE this month.
- ROAR (28A: MGM lion’s sound) A couple of weeks ago I shared that the MGM lion mascot has been CGI-animated since 2021. The other day, I caught my cat, Willow, pretending to be the MGM lion and giving a ROAR. (I’m pretty sure she was only yawning, but I think in her mind’s eye she’s a tough lion.)
- FORMS (34A: IRS paperwork) This is an opportunity for a reminder that you have a bit less than a month to get the FORMS in and file your 2024 taxes.
- BEALE (56A: Memphis street in blues music history) BEALE Street is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and is the street that the song “BEALE Street Blues” took its name from. The song, in turn, is referenced by the title of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel, If BEALE Street Could Talk.
- SEDER (65A: Passover feast with karpas) The SEDER meal is a ritual marking the beginning of the Jewish holiday Passover. Karpas refers to the vegetable (usually parsley or celery) that is dipped in liquid (usually salt water) and eaten during an early part of the SEDER..
- ELMO (4D: “Tickle Me” doll) Tickle Me ELMO is a stuffed version of the furry red Muppet, that, when squeezed, shakes vibrates, and giggles. When Tickle Me ELMO was first released in 1996, it became immensely popular and sold out at many stores.
- ISP (6D: Co. like Xfinity or EarthLink) ISP here stand for Internet service provider. The abbreviation of the word company (Co.) in the clue alerts solvers that the answer will be an abbreviation.
- DESI (8D: Person from the South Asian diaspora) The term DESI is used to refer to the people of South Asia. It’s also sometimes used to refer to South Asian culture and products.
- OREO (9D: Black-and-white cookie) Hello to our crossword friend OREO, whose color scheme matches the puzzle so nicely. OREO is also making its second appearance of the month.
- BOW TIE (11D: Neckwear for Krusty the Clown) Krusty the Clown is a character on the animated TV series The Simpsons. Sporting his BOW TIE, Krusty is the clown host of Bart and Lisa Simpson’s favorite TV variety show. Krusty bears a resemblance to Homer Simpson, and both characters are voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
- ICELAND (18D: Home country of Laufey and Bjork) Laufey and Björk are both mononymous (known by one name) singers from ICELAND. Laufey, a jazz-inspired pop artist, released her debut album, Everything I Know About Love, in 2022. Björk, who is known for her three-octave vocal range and eccentric public persona, released her tenth studio album, Fossora, in 2022.
- ROLL (33D: Throw a d20) A d20 is a 20-sided die. Such a die is an icosahedron and each face of the die is an equilateral triangle.
- GENA (55D: “The Notebook” actress Rowlands) The Notebook is a 2004 movie based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 book of the same name. Noah and Allie, an elderly couple, are the main characters of The Notebook. Allie has Alzheimer’s, and Noah reads the story of their life to her in an effort to help her remember. Rachel McAdams played the role of Allie, and GENA Rowlands portrayed the older version of the character.
- CEE (61D: ___ Dee Lamb (Cowboys wide receiver)) I learned about CEEDee Lamb from the May 5, 2024 puzzle.
- Some other clues I especially enjoyed:
- TWO (19A: Number that’s often in the title of a movie sequel)
- HARD SAME (3D: “I relate to that so, so much”)
- GO FOR IT (26D: “Knock yourself out!”)
- IRE (60D: “Smoke coming out of your ears” feeling)
Crossword Puzzle Theme Synopsis
- MERMAID POSE (17A: Hip-opening yoga pose)
- SECOND OPINION (36A: Advice sought by someone who is still unsure)
- PERIOD PIECE (59A: Work of art set in a particular era)
iPOD SHUFFLE: The letters of iPOD are found anagrammed – i.e. SHUFFLEd – in each theme answer: MERMAID POSE, SECOND OPINION, and PERIOD PIECE.
The iPOD SHUFFLE was discontinued in 2017, but it lives on as the theme for today’s puzzle. The word SHUFFLE in the title alerted me to be on the lookout for a hidden anagram theme. When I suspect an anagram theme, I pay close attention to the letters surrounding any word breaks in the theme answers, as that’s where the anagrams are usually hiding. Such is the case today. We have ID/PO, D/OPI, and OD/PI (or IOD/P) hidden in the theme answers. Thank you, CJ, for this enjoyable puzzle.
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour named iHeartRadio tour of the century
Taylor Swift did not attend the iHeartRadio Music Awards, where she was honored with the tour of the century award.
Instead, the “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” singer filmed a thank you video and offered a taped tour performance of “Mirrorball“ on guitar from the surprise set of her Glendale, Arizona, Eras Tour kickoff.
The iHeartRadio Music Awards were held in Los Angeles on the two-year anniversary of Swift’s massively successful Eras Tour.
“This tour was absolutely the most challenging thing I’ve ever done in my life … and it really was the most gratifying thing I’ve ever done,” Swift said before thanking her fans. “It blows my mind, and I’m never gonna stop being grateful for it.”
Comedian Nikki Glaser, who went to 22 Eras Tour shows, introduced the award.
“Thank god I saw it that many times because never in my childless, dog-lady life will I ever witness a live performance of that magnitude,” Glaser said. “We have 75 years left in the century, and they’re like, ‘Yeah, no one’s topping this.’”
The Chairman of “The Tortured Poets Department” was up for 10 nominations across nine awards. Four hours before the show, Swift won best tour tradition for her surprise songs, unique to each concert night, and best lyrics for “Fortnight.”
Moments before doors opened, the show awarded her with favorite tour style and best music video for “Fortnight.” And then as the red carpet was in full swing, she and her boyfriend Travis Kelce won for favorite surprise guest. Kelce picked her up and carried her during the her third show in London.
Did Taylor Swift attend the iHeartRadio Music Awards?
Fans had hoped for a red carpet fashion moment or a surprise announcement. The surprise ended up being her absence.
Instead, she only appeared in a pre-recorded message before introducing the “Mirrorball” clip.
The spectacular, sequin-filled Eras Tour grossed $2 billion in ticket sales. Swift danced her way through 149 sets in 22 countries and thanked her crew with munificent bonuses totaling $197 million.
Long live the Eras Tour with our enchanting book
‘Another time and place, repeating history’
The “Change” singer has a decade-long relationship with the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Swift has won 19 awards and received 50 nominations. In 2023, she won the Innovator Award.
“I never, a single time, woke up in the morning and thought, ‘You know what I’m going to do today, I’m going to go innovate some stuff? Things need to be innovated, and I’m going to be the one that does it,’” Swift said in her acceptance speech. “But what I did do is try to do the best decision for me at the time, whether or not it had been successfully done before. And I think maybe that might have been the key.”
Lady Gaga received the honor in Los Angeles this year.
“I think the coolest ideas or moves or choices are the new ones, the ones that set a new precedent,” Swift said.
Swift’s previous iHeartRadio awards
In 2023:
- Innovator Award
- Pop album of the year: “Midnights”
- Song of the year: “Anti-Hero”
- Best lyrics: “Anti-Hero”
- TikTok bop of the year: “Bejeweled”
- Favorite use of a sample: “Question…?”
In 2022:
- Best lyrics: “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)”
In 2021:
- Pop album of the year: “Folklore”
In 2020:
- Pop album of the year: “Lover”
In 2019:
- Tour of the year: Reputation Stadium Tour
- Best music video: “Delicate”
In 2018:
- Female artist of the year
In 2016:
- Female artist of the year
- Album of the year: “1989”
- Best tour: The 1989 World Tour
- Most meme-able moment
In 2015:
- Artist of the year
- Song of the year: “Shake It Off”
- Best lyrics: “Blank Space”
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Mariah Carey honors late mother at iHeartRadio Music Awards
With her iconic whistle register, decades of hits and co-opt of all things Christmas, it’s a wonder why Mariah Carey hasn’t been given this honor sooner.
At Monday’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, Carey, 55, received the 2025 Icon Award, presented by host LL Cool J. The pop glamazon opened her remarks in true diva fashion: “Is the lighting OK? ‘Cause I don’t like bad lighting.”
Ahead of her speech, the soulful chart-topper, who has long graced airwaves from “Vision of Love” through “We Belong Together” and beyond, received a musical tribute from fellow R&B singers Muni Long and Tori Kelly.
Long and Kelly delivered pitch-perfect renditions of Carey’s hits “We Belong Together” and “Always Be My Baby,” respectively.
“Even now, I still get excited when I hear one of my songs playing on the radio. It never stops being magical,” Carey said in her speech. “And to my fans, my Lamb-ily, you’ve been with me through every step of this journey. Your love and loyalty are the greatest gift, and I’m endlessly thankful for each one of you.”
Carey concluded with a brief tribute to her mother Patricia Carey, who died in August 2024 alongside the singer’s sister Alison. “On this St. Patrick’s Day, I want to honor my mother Patricia Carey for giving me the gift of music,” she said.
It’s set to be a big year for the singer. Next month marks the 20th anniversary of her 2005 album “The Emancipation of Mimi,” though Carey began the celebrations a year early with a Las Vegas residency, “The Celebration of Mimi,” which wrapped last month.
“It’s really just an incredible thing that it’s lasted this long,” Carey told USA TODAY of the album in October, which spawned “We Belong Together” and the hit “It’s Like That,” featuring Jermaine Dupri and the late Fatman Scoop.
Carey was also recently named among the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, alongside Oasis, Cyndi Lauper and The White Stripes.
Contributing: Ralphie Aversa and KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY