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Home · Star Gazing

Lizzo, Billy Porter, Kelis And More Celebs Out And About

Celebrities were spotted at pre-Grammy Awards parties and other events we're dying to crash.
By Joi-Marie McKenzie · Updated November 4, 2020
01
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey speaks during Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour presented by WW (Weight Watchers Reimagined) at Spectrum Center on January 18, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
02
Logan Browning
Logan Browning is seen at Entertainment Weekly Celebrates Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees Event at Chateau Marmont on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
03
Marsai Martin
Marsai Martin attends the Entertainment Weekly Honors Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees Event Presented In Partnership With SAG Awards at Chateau Marmont on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
04
Mj Rodriguez In Aliétte
Mj Rodriguez is seen at Entertainment Weekly Celebrates Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees Event at Chateau Marmont on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly)
05
Asante Blackk
Asante Blackk is seen at Entertainment Weekly Celebrates Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees Event at Chateau Marmont on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
06
Retta
Retta is seen at Entertainment Weekly Celebrates Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees Event at Chateau Marmont on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
07
Syleena Johnson
Syleena Johnson attends The Zeta Phi Beta Centennial Founders’ Gala at Washington Hilton on January 18, 2020 in Washington, DC
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
08
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade attend the Lanvin Menswear Fall/Winter 2020-2021 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 19, 2020 in Paris, France.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
09
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II attends the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards at Hollywood Palladium on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
10
Asante Blackk, Samira Wiley, guest, Jharrel Jerome and Caleb McLaughlin
Asante Blackk, Samira Wiley, guest, Jharrel Jerome and Caleb McLaughlin attend 2020 Netflix SAG After Party at Sunset Tower on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Netflix)
11
Crystal Fox
Crystal Fox attends 2020 Netflix SAG After Party at Sunset Tower on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Netflix)
12
Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira
Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira attend 2020 Netflix SAG After Party at Sunset Tower on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Netflix)
13
Logan Browning
Logan Browning attends 2020 Netflix SAG After Party at Sunset Tower on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Netflix)
14
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Kravitz attends 2020 Netflix SAG After Party at Sunset Tower on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Netflix)
15
Jharrel Jerome
Jharrel Jerome attends 2020 Netflix SAG After Party at Sunset Tower on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Netflix)
16
Malinda Williams and Golden Brooks
Actress Malinda Williams and Golden Brooks attend ‘2020: A Vision For Transformation’ Women’s Empowerment on January 19, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
17
Malinda Williams
Actress Malinda Williams attends ‘2020: A Vision For Transformation’ Women’s Empowerment on January 19, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
18
Golden Brooks
Golden Brooks attends ‘2020: A Vision For Transformation’ Women’s Empowerment on January 19, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
19
Joseline Hernandez
Joseline Hernandez attends “Joseline’s Cabaret Miami” Zeus Network Miami Premiere at AMC Aventura on January 19, 2020 in Aventura, Florida
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Images for The Zeus Network)
20
K. Michelle & Shema Fulton
K. Michelle and Shema Fulton hosted a restaurant pop up, titled “Puff Meets Pearl” at Garden Parc on Saturday, January 18, 2020.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
Freddy O
21
Kierra Sheard, Sheléa Frazier, Angela Birchett, Queen Latifah, Raven Goodwin and Christina Bell
Kierra Sheard, Sheléa Frazier, Angela Birchett, Queen Latifah, Raven Goodwin and Christina Bell attend Lifetime’s TCA Panels featuring Supernanny and The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel at the 2020 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 18, 2020 in Pasadena, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Lifetime)
22
Raven Goodwin
Raven Goodwin attends Lifetime’s TCA Panels featuring Supernanny and The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel at the 2020 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 18, 2020 in Pasadena, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Lifetime)
23
Kierra Sheard
Kierra Sheard attends Lifetime’s TCA Panels featuring Supernanny and The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel at the 2020 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 18, 2020 in Pasadena, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Lifetime)
24
Lupita Nyong’o
: Lupita Nyong’o speaks onstage at the Montecito Award Honoring Lupita Nyong’o during the 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington Theatre on January 20, 2020 in Santa Barbara, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SBIFF)
25
Lupita Nyong’o and Jordan Peele
Lupita Nyong’o and Jordan Peele attend the Montecito Award Honoring Lupita Nyong’o After Party during the 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington Theatre on January 20, 2020 in Santa Barbara, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)
26
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson got his first “jab” of the vaccine at The Forum in Inglewood January 24th. California’s governor moved the state into phase 1b of the vaccine roll-out, allowing people 65 years of age and older to get the shot.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Roadside Attractions )
27
Tasha Smith
Tasha Smith attends the Los Angeles premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s first sports-inspired show, VOLTA, inside Dodgers Stadium.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
Photography by Lorenzo / Cirque du Soleil
28
Garcelle Beauvais
Garcelle Beauvais attends the Los Angeles premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s first sports-inspired show, VOLTA, inside Dodgers Stadium.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
Photography by Lorenzo / Cirque du Soleil
29
Common
Common attends the Los Angeles premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s first sports-inspired show, VOLTA, inside Dodgers Stadium.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
Photography by Lorenzo / Cirque du Soleil
30
Laurence Fishburn, Tasha Smith & Garcelle Beauvais
Laurence Fishburn, Tasha Smith and Garcelle Beauvais attend the Los Angeles premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s first sports-inspired show, VOLTA, inside Dodgers Stadium.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
Photography by Lorenzo / Cirque du Soleil
31
Asante Blackk
Asante Blackk attends the Los Angeles premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s first sports-inspired show, VOLTA, inside Dodgers Stadium.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
Photography by Lorenzo / Cirque du Soleil
32
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith speaks on stage during NATPE Miami 2020 – Facebook with Gloria, Emily and Lili Estefan at Fontainebleau Hotel on January 22, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
33
Keyshia Cole
Keyshia Cole attends the Producers & Engineers Wing 13th annual GRAMMY week event honoring Dr. Dre at Village Studios on January 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Maury Phillips/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )
34
Anderson .Paak
Anderson .Paak attends the Producers & Engineers Wing 13th annual GRAMMY week event honoring Dr. Dre at Village Studios on January 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )
35
Lizzo
Lizzo attends Spotify Hosts “Best New Artist” Party at The Lot Studios on January 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
36
Billy Porter
Billy Porter attends Spotify Hosts “Best New Artist” Party at The Lot Studios on January 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
37
Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X attends Spotify Hosts “Best New Artist” Party at The Lot Studios on January 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Spotify)
38
Kehlani
Kehlani attends the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Warner Music)
39
Big Freedia
Big Freedia attends the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
40
JoJo
JoJo attends the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
41
Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa attends the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Warner Music)
42
Shaun Ross
Shaun Ross attends the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
43
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell attends the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Warner Music)
44
Kelis and DMC
Kelis and DMC attend Morrison Hotel Gallery + Equinox Presents Music’s (Second) Biggest Night at Sunset Marquis Hotel on January 23, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
45
Kelis
Kelis performs onstage at Morrison Hotel Gallery + Equinox Presents Music’s (Second) Biggest Night at Sunset Marquis Hotel on January 23, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
46
Ella Mai
Ella Mai attends the Instagram + Facebook Women in Music Luncheon at Ysabel on January 24, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Anna Webber/Getty Images for Instagram/Facebook)
47
Tiana Major9
Tiana Major9 attends the Instagram + Facebook Women in Music Luncheon at Ysabel on January 24, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
48
Laurieann Gibson
Laurieann Gibson attends The Grit Before The Gram Awards at The West Hollywood EDITION on January 23, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
49
Mara Brock Akil
Mara Brock Akil attends The Grit Before The Gram Awards at The West Hollywood EDITION on January 23, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Unique Nicole/Getty Images)
50
Nija Charles, Karleen Roy and Yvette Noel-Schure
Nija Charles, Karleen Roy and Yvette Noel-Schure attend Grit Before The Gram – A Soundtrack To Our Solidarity at The West Hollywood EDITION on January 23, 2020 in West Hollywood, California.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
51
Queen Naija
Queen Naija and her boyfriend attend Billboard’s annual Power Event at Neuehouse in West Hollywood.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
Billboard
52
Jasmine Guy
Jasmine Guy attends OWN Network’s “Cherish The Day” Atlanta Launch Party at The Stave Room on January 23, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for OWN TV)
53
Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay attends OWN Network’s “Cherish The Day” Atlanta Launch Party at The Stave Room on January 23, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for OWN TV)
54
Anne-Marie Johnson
Anne-Marie Johnson attends OWN Network’s “Cherish The Day” Atlanta Launch Party at The Stave Room on January 23, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
55
Cast of OWN’s Cherish The Day with Ava DuVernay, Susan Rovne, Kellee Stewart, Tina Perry and Peter Roth
Susan Rovne, President of Warner Bros Television & Co-President of Warner Horizon Television, Kellee Stewart, Alano Miller, Ava DuVernay, Tina Perry, President of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Xosha Roquemore, Anne-Marie Johnson, Michael Beach, and Peter Roth, President and Chief Content Officer of Warner Bros Television Group attend OWN Network’s “Cherish The Day” Atlanta Launch Party at The Stave Room on January 23, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for OWN TV)
56
Rashan Ali, Syleena Johnson, and Trina Braxton
Rashan Ali, Syleena Johnson, and Trina Braxton attend OWN Network’s “Cherish The Day” Atlanta Launch Party at The Stave Room on January 23, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
57
Alano Miller and Xosha Roquemore
Co-stars Alano Miller and Xosha Roquemore attend OWN Network’s “Cherish The Day” Atlanta Launch Party at The Stave Room on January 23, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for OWN TV)
58
DeWanda Wise and Alano Miller
Hollywood hot couple DeWanda Wise and Alano Miller attend OWN Network’s “Cherish The Day” Atlanta Launch Party at The Stave Room on January 23, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Celebrity Photos Of The Week: Jan. 19 – Jan.25
(Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for OWN TV)
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