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Watch on Deadline Winners will be revealed in a black-tie ceremony February 22 in the Town & Gown ballroom at USC.
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
On Sunday, January 19, at a pre-inauguration black-tie dinner, Musk, 53, was spotted chatting with his Neuralink colleague Shivon Zilis — the mother of his three youngest children.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Vienna, Austria Get out your dancing shoes and black-tie attire because Vienna hosts lavish balls all winter long.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
The inauguration ceremony on Monday, held before a select crowd in the ornate and hushed chamber, felt more like a celebrity wedding (or funeral) or a black-tie gala, a small V.I.P. event that the masses could glimpse only through TV’s window.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
On Sunday, January 19, at a pre-inauguration black-tie dinner, Musk, 53, was spotted chatting with his Neuralink colleague Shivon Zilis — the mother of his three youngest children.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Vienna, Austria Get out your dancing shoes and black-tie attire because Vienna hosts lavish balls all winter long.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
The inauguration ceremony on Monday, held before a select crowd in the ornate and hushed chamber, felt more like a celebrity wedding (or funeral) or a black-tie gala, a small V.I.P. event that the masses could glimpse only through TV’s window.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Black-tie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black-tie. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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