Celebs Attend Annual Time100 Gala

The annual TIME100 Gala took place in New York and brought out a bevy of A-listers who were celebrated as the 100 most influential people of 2023.

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As previously reported this year’s TIME100 includes the most prominent figures throughout different industries, including artists innovators, and icons and each had a friend and/or collaborator write about why they made the list, offering interesting insight into how their peers view them.

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On Wednesday the Time100 honorees attended the annual gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in extravagant fashion.

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Seen on the scene was Doja Cat who was celebrated in TIME by Elvis director Baz Luhrmann. While on the carpet, she rocked a Valentino dress and accessorized with red leather gloves and diamonds.

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She later slipped into something much more comfy for a performance during the gala.

The Grammy winner took the stage wearing a custom look made entirely from deconstructed Skechers UNO sneakers to mark the unveiling of her partnership as the brand’s first-ever Artist-In-Residence.

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Her eye-catching look was the artistic mastermind of Doja herself and her longtime creative director and stylist, Brett Alan Nelson.

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“Skechers has given me a new canvas to create and I can’t wait to show everyone what we are building,” said Doja via a statement about her #Time100 performance get-up.

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Not to be stylishly outdone, a dapper in lavender Michael B. Jordan, whose friend Ryan Coogler gushed to TIME about his directing of Creed III, walked the carpet…

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as well as Angela Bassett who looked chic in a suit after Tina Turner gushed that the iconic actress who portrayed her has strength, determination, and big, big dreams, “just like her.”

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Ben Crump who repped Omega Psi Phi alongside Delta Sigma Theta member/marketing guru Juanita Slappy…

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Tiffany Haddish who posed with Doja Cat…

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and all-yellow everything Gayle King.

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Also spotted was an unbothered Don Lemon who was all smiles despite his recent termination.

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The ousted CNN anchor posed alongside his partner and told reporters that he was ready to kick back and relax.

“I’m going to enjoy my summer, spend it on the beach and have a great time, that’s it,” Lemon said on the red carpet reports USA Today. “I’m great.”

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