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Recent Examples of glitterati
Jagger’s bandmates, rock ‘n’ roll comrades, and other A-listers attended their vows—Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Brigitte Bardot were just a few of the glitterati in the pews.
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
The edifice may at first appear to have realized the modernist dream of injecting avant-garde art into everyday life, but its architects’ intention that the building serve only the glitterati of its day evacuated this modernist aesthetic of the socialist ideals typically underpinning it.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
This was the night that produced the now-legendary Paris Hilton glitterati shot—the one that would live on in endless best party dresses lists.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025
The guest list for the event includes senior American politicians and Silicon Valley glitterati, and comes as US officials mull whether to allow Nvidia to sell its cutting-edge Blackwell chips to China.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
The edifice may at first appear to have realized the modernist dream of injecting avant-garde art into everyday life, but its architects’ intention that the building serve only the glitterati of its day evacuated this modernist aesthetic of the socialist ideals typically underpinning it.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
This was the night that produced the now-legendary Paris Hilton glitterati shot—the one that would live on in endless best party dresses lists.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025
The guest list for the event includes senior American politicians and Silicon Valley glitterati, and comes as US officials mull whether to allow Nvidia to sell its cutting-edge Blackwell chips to China.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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There are questions around whether the festival will have the budget to continue bankrolling talent invites, while there has been pushback in some quarters over how the A-list star strategy serves the local film industry and its organic growth.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 June 2026
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Come back tomorrow for more of the latest A-list outings!—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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The backstory The story begins with notorious playboy Huntington Hartford II, heir to the A&P empire, who set out to develop his own resort for the jet-setting elite on what was then known as Hog Island—Hartford successfully petitioned the Bahamian government to change its name.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 May 2026
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Interestingly, Mother has visibly grown more human over her decades of consuming brain fluid, while the elites who drink her blood have grown more monstrous.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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All that society asked of you was to fulfil your own potential.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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According to the alliance, the theme emphasizes the LGBTQ+ community's place in American society, calls for resistance against efforts to diminish their rights and visibility and encourages people to live openly, proudly and without apology.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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“Glitterati.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glitterati. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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