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The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued the Trump administration in December over the sprawling ballroom project and asked for a preliminary injunction, claiming the White House has been carrying out the construction unlawfully because Trump hadn't gotten approval from Congress or submitted his plans to the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts for review, which would give the public a chance to weigh in.

The president has been personally involved in ballroom details, from floor plans to marble selection. The sprawling ballroom project has an estimated size of approximately 89,000 square feet, according to lead architect Shalom Baranes. By contrast, the primary White House structure, the Executive Mansion, is just 55,000 square feet.

Trump has maintained that the project isn't subject to any oversight and that he should be able to continue with it without any serious scrutiny.

Thursday's ruling from senior US District Judge Richard Leon focuses on the Trust's choice to use the Administrative Procedure Act to challenge the project. The judge concluded the law was an an inappropriate tool for the Trust, in part because the White House office for the president's executive office and the office over his residence – which are managing the ballroom's construction – aren't agencies that a court could curtail under the law.

"Unfortunately for Plaintiff, its challenge fails because the White House office in question is not an 'agency' under the APA and because Plaintiff did not bring theultra viresclaim necessary to challenge the President's statutory authority to complete his construction project with private funds and without congressional approval!" Leon wrote.

The Trust, Leon said, raised "novel and weight issues" in the case and could potentially restructure the lawsuit to test the president's authority in a different legal approach.

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In a Truth Social post, Trump called the ruling "Great news for America, and our wonderful White House!"

He added: "The Ballroom construction, which is anticipated to also handle future Inaugurations and large State Visits, is ahead of schedule, and under budget. It will stand long into the future as a symbol to the Greatness of America!"

The Commission of Fine Artsapproved the projectafter the lawsuit was filed.

CNN has reached out to the Trust for comment.

The lawsuit, filed last year after the East Wing had been completely demolished, hasforcedthe administration to make public details about the project that had otherwise been kept under wraps, including plans for a reimagined two-story East Colonnade revealed in December filings; information about the preservation of existing artifacts from the now-destroyed East Wing; and an expected timeline for construction.

CNN's Austin Culpepper, Devan Cole, Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz and Kit Maher contributed.

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"It's proven to be, over the years, not easy to make a meaningful deal with Iran, and we have to make a meaningful deal," Trump has said. "Otherwise bad things happen."

Trump likely will have a host of military options, which could include surgical attacks onIran's air defenses or strikesfocused on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, experts say. But they warn that Iran could retaliate in ways it did not afterattacks last year by the United States or Israel, potentially risking American lives and sparking a regional war.

"It will be very hard for the Trump administration to do a one-and-done kind of attack in Iran this time around," said Ali Vaez, an Iran expert at the International Crisis Group. "Because the Iranians would respond in a way that would make all-out conflict inevitable."

Trump has repeatedly threatened to use force to compel Iran to agree to constrain its nuclear program and, earlier, overTehran's bloody crackdownon nationwide protests.

Aircraft carriers bolster US presence

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three guided-missile destroyers have been in the Arabian Seasince the end of Januaryafter being redirected from the South China Sea.

The strike group, which brought roughly 5,700 additional service members to the region, bolstered the smaller force of a few destroyers and three littoral combat ships already in the region.

Two weeks later, Trump orderedthe world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, along with three destroyers and more than 5,000 additional service members to head there.

This will bring the Navy's presence in the region to at least 16 ships and it will dwarf the 11-ship fleet that was, until the Ford's departure, stationed in the Caribbean Sea.

More aircraft have arrived

Numerous additional U.S. fighter jets and support aircraft also have touched down in the Middle East and bases in Europe.

More than 100 fighter jets, including F-35s, F-22s, F-15s and F-16s, left bases in the U.S. and Europe and were spotted heading toward the Middle East by the Military Air Tracking Alliance. That team of about 30 open-source analysts routinely analyzes military and government flight activity.

It says it also has tracked more than 100 fuel tankers and over 200 cargo planes heading into the region and bases in Europe in mid-February.

Adding to that force, the United States has moved 12 F-22 stealth fighter jets to a base in Israel, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail sensitive military movements.

Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that were analyzed by The Associated Press showed more than 50 aircraft, nearly all likely part of the American buildup. There could be more in hangars.

Steffan Watkins, a researcher based in Canada and a member of the MATA, said he also has tracked support aircraft, like six of the military's early-warning E-3 aircraft, head to a base in Saudi Arabia. Those are key for coordinating operations with a large number of aircraft.

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The massive wave was preceded by the arrival of Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles. U.S. Central Command saidon social mediathat the fighter jet "enhances combat readiness and promotes regional security and stability."

At the time, analysts of flight-tracking data also noticed dozens of U.S. military cargo planes heading to the region.

The activity is similar to last year when the U.S. moved in air defense hardware, like a Patriot missile system, in anticipation of an Iranian counterattack after the Junebombing of three key nuclear sites.

Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar days after the strikes.

Expectations of retaliation

Seth Jones, a defense expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it's important to note that the U.S. is not deploying a major ground force.

The U.S. deployed more than 500,000 troops during Operation Desert Storm in the early 1990s and roughly 250,0000 American forces in Iraq in 2003.

"So there are substantial limits to the force package," he said of the current military assets in the region.

The U.S. military buildup is technically the region's largest since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, even though the resources moved for the war dwarfed current assets, said Michael O'Hanlon, a defense and foreign policy analyst at the Brookings Institution.

O'Hanlon said the U.S. could simply use long-range B-2 bombers, as it had in June, if it wanted only to strike what is left of Iran's nuclear program. The forces in place now are clearly designed for attacking targets in Iran and defending against retaliation.

Many likely expect Iran to "just keep firing drones and cruise missiles back at Israel and American bases in regard to almost anything we might do," O'Hanlon said. But he said Iran could go bigger and broader, especially if its leadership feels targeted.

Vaez, the Iran expert at the International Crisis Group, said Iran is unlikely to limit its response as it did after the U.S. struck its nuclear facilities in June. Iran had signaled when and how it would retaliate with theattack on the military base in Qatar, allowing American and Qatari air defense to be ready and doing little damage.

"They have now come to the conclusion that the only way that they can stop this cycle is to draw blood and to inflict significant harm on the U.S. and Israel, even if that comes at a very high price for themselves," Vaez said.

Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran program senior director at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Iran is still believed to have ballistic missiles that can strike its enemies in the region.

"The Islamic Republic may think that would be a deterrent to Trump, whereas in reality, that might be an inducement to move the president from a limited operation to a larger one," said Taleblu, whose think tank has long been critical of Iran andhas been sanctioned by Tehran.

Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.

NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The Kansas state government has invalidated the driver's licenses and birth certificates of transgender residents who changed the gender ‌on those documents, in accordance with a law that took effect on Thursday.

The ‌move affects more than 1,000 people. The law requires residents to change their gender identification to the sex they ​were assigned at birth, and also bans residents from changing their gender on those documents in the future.

Affected residents must pay for their new driver's licenses.

The law also requires transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in buildings owned or leased by government entities that match their ‌sex assigned at birth.

INCREASING RESTRICTIONS ⁠ON TRANSGENDER AMERICANS

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Transgender people in the United States have faced increasing restrictions at the state and national levels. Republican President Donald Trump has taken ⁠a particularly hard line since returning to office last year, issuing multiple executive orders limiting transgender rights.

One Trump directive stated that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female. Another ​sought to ​exclude transgender athletes from female sports.

The new Kansas ​law "puts transgender people in danger any ‌time they interact with law enforcement or apply for a job or for housing or public benefits," said Harper Seldin, a senior staff attorney with the LGBTQ and HIV Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.

"The mismatch between how they present themselves in the world and their driver's license puts them at risk of discrimination or violence, and so that's why ‌many trans people choose to change the sex markers ​on our licenses so that we can live as ​ourselves in society and keep ourselves ​safe."

Kansas residents were permitted to change their gender markers on driver's licenses ‌and birth certificates until 2023, when those ​changes were halted amid ​litigation initiated by the state's Republican attorney general, Kris Kobach. Last year, the courts permitted transgender residents to once again make those changes. State lawmakers then introduced the ​bill enacted into law after ‌the Kansas legislature overrode Democratic Governor Laura Kelly's veto.

Seldin said the ACLU expects ​to file a lawsuit challenging the law by the end of Friday.

(Reporting by ​Helen Coster; editing by Donna Bryson, Rod Nickel)

Behind-the-scenes feuds that permanently rewrote television

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When magic turned toxic on Charmed

Tensionsbetween Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano forced Doherty's Season 3 exit, killing off Prue Halliwell and introducing Rose McGowan as a previously unknown sister. According to Holly Marie Combs on Doherty's podcast, a producer told her that Milano delivered an ultimatum: fire Doherty or face a hostile workplace lawsuit. The feudhas persisted for over two decades, with both actresses offering conflicting accounts of who initiated the workplace conflict that ended one of television's most beloved supernatural partnerships.

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Charlie Sheen's meltdown ends an era

Charlie Sheen's public warwith Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorreled to his 2011 firing, marking the end of his television career as the highest-paid actor. After Sheen entered rehab and publicly attacked Lorre with profanity-laced tirades, calling him various names and coining phrases like "winning" and "tiger blood," CBS terminated his contract. Ashton Kutcher stepped in,transforming the show's premise entirelyas it continued for four more seasons without its original star.

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The Good Wife's digital deception

Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi's alleged riftbecame so severe that their final scene together was filmed separately and composited using split screens, a visible testament to their inability to share a set. When Margulies claimedPanjabi was unavailable due to other commitments, Panjabi publicly contradicted her on social media, stating that she had been in New York and ready to film, which ignited speculation about the true nature of their estrangement.

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Desperate Housewives' desperate isolation

Teri Hatcherreportedly became isolated from her Desperate Housewives co-stars due to salary disputesand perceived aloofness, which affected contract negotiations and created a tabloid narrative that overshadowed the show's success. The tensions culminated when the cast presented the crew with a farewell gift, andHatcher's name was conspicuously absent, replaced instead by Vanessa Williams, who had joined the cast only two seasons prior.

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Isaiah Washington's workplace reckoning

Isaiah Washington's use of a homophobic slurduring an argument with Patrick Dempsey on Grey's Anatomy led to his firing after Season 3, abruptly ending Preston Burke's relationship with Cristina Yang and bringing workplace conduct under greater scrutiny. The incident traumatized the cast and nearly killed the show, according to Rhimes, who noted that actors present during that time still carry the psychological impact of that moment.

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Star Trek's decades of discord

William Shatner's alleged attempts to monopolize screen timecreated decades of public bitterness among the original cast that persisted through movies and convention circuits. George Takei has been particularly vocal, claiming that Shatner changed scripts to diminish the roles of other actors, while Nichelle Nichols called him an "insensitive, hurtful egotist" whose behavior affected everyone around him.

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NCIS and the dog that changed everything

Pauley Perrette and Mark Harmon's conflictover his dog biting a crew memberescalated to the point where Perrette left the show, with her final episodes carefully engineered so that she never directly shared scenes with Harmon. After the dog required 15 stitches to treat a crew member's injuries, Harmon continued bringing it to set. Perrette complained to thenetwork brass, leading to arrangements where the stars filmed separately for her entire final season.

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Moonlighting's frantic collapse

Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willisreportedly clashed both personally and professionally, with production delays stemming from their competing film careers leading to inconsistent scheduling and ultimately, the series' collapse. Willis filmed Die Hard during the show's fourth season while Shepherd dealt with a problematic pregnancy,creating grueling conditionsthat both stars publicly acknowledged years later. However, they eventually reconciled for DVD commentary recordings.

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Chevy Chase burns bridges on Community

Chevy Chase's disruptive behaviorled to reduced screen time and a mid-season departure, with showrunner Dan Harmon famously incorporating a profanity-laced voicemail exchange into the actual storyline. The public feud between the actor and creator became so toxic that Chase left before the show's final season, although both men later expressed regret about how they had handled the situation.

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Saturday Night Live's early misogyny

John Belushi's refusal to perform sketches written by female writerson early Saturday Night Live suppressed emerging voices and highlighted systemic industry misogyny that took decades to address. His behavior toward writers like Anne Beatts and Rosie Shuster created a hostile environment that reflected broader entertainment industry attitudes of the era.

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Andy Kaufman's performance art goes too far

Andy Kaufman's performance art on Taxi, including bringing his alter ego, Tony Clifton, to the set, forced unprecedented accommodations, and his eventual "firing" became foundational TV comedy lore. The boundary between Kaufman's real personality and his performance personas became so blurred that cast and crew struggled to work with him, creating tensions that producers had to manage carefully.

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Harold Perrineau speaks out on Lost

Harold Perrineau's complaints about character developmentand writers' room diversity led to his character being written off, sparking revelations about systemic equity issues that became a major Hollywood case study. His public statements about the lack of representation behind the camera highlighted problems that the industry is still grappling with today.

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The"Hot Girl Summer" rapper, 31, is set to make her Broadway debut in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical," joining the stage show for a limited eight-week engagement from March 24 through May 17.

The Grammy winner will star as nightclub impresario Zidler, and the production noted she will become the first female-identifying performer to play the role. In a statement, Megan Thee Stallion said it's an "absolute honor" to join "Moulin Rouge" and noted it will be a new creative challenge for her.

"I've always believed in pushing myself creatively and theater is definitely a new opportunity that I'm excited to embrace," she said. "Broadway demands a different level of discipline, preparation and storytelling, but I'm up for the challenge and can't wait for the Hotties to see a new side of me."

Based on the jukebox musical film of the same name, "Moulin Rouge!" has won 10 Tony Awards, including best musical, best lead actor in a musical for Aaron Tveit and best featured actor in a musical for Danny Burstein, who played Harold Zidler.

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The Broadway production is set to end its run on July 26.

Bad Bunny and "Wuthering Heights" have dominated the month of February, as the march to the 2026 Oscars continues.

Stars have been stepping out this month at movie premieres and awards shows, including the Grammys and the Independent Spirit Awards. Plus, New York Fashion Week 2026 is underway, featuring appearances by Rihanna and Anne Hathaway.

Scroll through for the best celebrity photos of February 2026 so far, starting with Bad Bunny, left, and Lady Gaga performing during the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Keke Palmer attends the Film Independent Spirit Awards at Hollywood Palladium on Feb. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Rose Byrne

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Kirsten Dunst, left, and Jesse Plemons

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Amy Madigan

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Dylan O'Brien

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Wunmi Mosaku

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Glen Powell attends a screening of "How To Make a Killing" on Feb. 14, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Margaret Qualley

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Topher Grace

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jessica Henwick

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Charli XCX attends the premiere of "The Moment" during the Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin on Feb. 14, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Callum Turner, left, and Dua Lipa attend the "Rosebush Pruning" premiere during the Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin on Feb. 14, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Pamela Anderson

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Haley Lu Richardson attends the "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" premiere during the Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin on Feb. 13, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Zazie Beetz

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bella Ramsey attends the "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" red carpet during the Berlinale Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 13, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Isabel May attends the "Scream 7" x TikTok Stab House Experience on Feb. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Neil Patrick Harris attends the "No Good Men" premiere during the Berlinale International Film Festival on Feb. 12, 2026, in Berlin, Germany.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Timothée Chalamet attends a screening of "Call Me By Your Name" hosted by Cinespia on Feb. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Hudson Williams attends the Hennessy Gold House Lunar New Year Celebration at Chinese Tuxedo on Feb. 12, 2026, in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Margot Robbie attends the "Wuthering Heights" Australian premiere on Feb. 12, 2026, in Sydney, Australia.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jacob Elordi

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Hailey Bieber

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Dove Cameron attends the premiere of "56 Days" on Feb. 11, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Halsey

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Neve Campbell attends a screening and Q&A for "Scream" on Feb. 10, 2026, in Paris.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Halle Berry attends the premiere of "Crime 101" in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Chris Hemsworth

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ben Affleck, left, and Matt Damon

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Angelina Jolie attends a screening of "Coutures" in Paris on Feb. 9, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Anne Hathaway attends the Ralph Lauren runway show during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 10, 2026, in New York.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny performs during the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ricky Martin

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny, left, and Lady Gaga

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Young Miko and Pedro Pascal

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Alan Ritchson attends the "War Machine" premiere on Feb. 7, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Chase Infiniti attends the NAACP Image Awards Nominees Brunch on Feb. 7, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Anthony Davis, left, and Yvette Nicole Brown

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Tyriq Withers

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Caleb McLaughlin attends the premiere of "GOAT" on Feb. 6, 2026, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Gabrielle Union

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Aaron Pierre

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jennifer Hudson

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jelly Roll

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Keke Palmer attends the premiere of "The 'Burbs" on Feb. 5, 2026, in Universal City, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Camila Mendes attends the premiere of "Idiotka" on Feb. 5, 2026, in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Margot Robbie attends a photocall for "Wuthering Heights" in Paris on Feb. 2.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jacob Elordi

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> From left, Jacob Elordi, Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie and Shazad Latif

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sabrina Carpenter performs during the Grammys on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Lady Gaga

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Music's biggest stars are kicking off February on a high note with the 2026 Grammy Awards, where Bad Bunny had a big night with an album of the year win for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos."

Meanwhile, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are continuing to step out on red carpets for "Wuthering Heights." February will also see the return of New York Fashion Week, plus the premieres of highly anticipated movies like "Scream 7" and TV shows like ABC's reboot of "Scrubs."

Scroll through for the best celebrity photos of February 2026 so far, starting with Bad Bunny attending the Grammys on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Billie Eilish, left, and Finneas O'Connell

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Chappell Roan

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Doechii

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Justin Bieber

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Olivia Dean

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Trevor Noah, left, and Gayle King

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Addison Rae

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Harry Styles

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jelly Roll

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Miley Cyrus

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Tate Mcrae

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Rex Linn, left, and Reba McEntire

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Charli XCX attends the W Magazine, Charli XCX, and Saint Laurent Grammy after party at Bar Marmont on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Paris Hilton

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See Halle Berry, Bad Bunny in the best celebrity photos of February

Bad Bunnyand "Wuthering Heights" have dominated the month of February, as the march to the 2026 Oscars continues.Stars have been stepping out this month at movie premieres and awards shows, including the Grammys and the Independent Spirit Awards. Plus,New York Fashion Week 2026is underway, featuring appearances by Rihanna and Anne Hathaway.Scroll through for the best celebrity photos of February 2026 so far, starting with Bad Bunny, left, and Lady Gaga performing during the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California.

Producer Carmen Pavlovic said Thursday it's a "thrilling moment" to welcome Megan Thee Stallion, a "true global superstar," into the production and teased that there will be a "hint" of some of the rapper's own music in the show.

Megan Thee Stallionenters the villa on 'Love Island USA'

"This historic casting is a major part of our closing celebrations: our farewell gift to Broadway audiences and one of our biggest announcements in the history of 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical,'" the producer said. "We want our show to go out with a spectacular bang, and Megan is the force of nature to lead us there. And yes, there will be a hint of music from her own iconic catalogue. It's an unmissable moment for both Megan's fans and ours."

Megan Thee Stallion has had a limited number of acting roles during her career, previously starring in the comedy film "Dicks: The Musical" and making cameos as herself in the movie "Mean Girls" and Marvel show "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law."

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Megan Thee Stallion on Broadway? Singer to star in 'Moulin Rouge!'