Las Culturistas Culture Awards Recap: Rachel Zegler Covers ‘Fame Is a Gun,’ Lisa Kudrow Takes the Stage and All the Best Moments
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- Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang hosted their fifth Las Culturistas Culture Awards on Bravo on Wednesday — the second straight year the comedy variety special has been televised — with Miss Piggy earning the night's strongest applause and a standing ovation.
- Rachel Zegler performed Addison Rae's "Fame Is a Gun" with cheers so loud she missed her first cue to start singing, while Mandy Moore sang "Only Hope" from "A Walk to Remember," and Meg Stalter performed "Prettiest Girl in America" with an afterparty encore.
- t.A.T.u.'s "All the Things She Said" — performed by Rogers and Yang in hockey jerseys with backup dancers — won Record of the Year over nominees including the Pokémon theme "Gotta Catch 'Em All!" and Addison Rae's "Fame Is a Gun."
- Ciara Miller won the Allison Williams Cool Girl Award presented by Ziwe, using her speech to reference the "Summer House" scandal and quip "the best revenge is winning the Allison Williams Cool Girl award," while Season 10's Mia Calabrese took Best Vibe, Hands Down.
- Lisa Rinna modeled all five Outfits of the Year nominees on stage, including Aunt Gladys from "Weapons," Jacob Elordi's airport look, a Carolyn Bassette-inspired ensemble, and a Jeff Probst transformation for "50 seasons of 'Survivor.'"
- Lisa Kudrow accepted the Lifetime of Culture Award with a speech joking that her entire career was "meticulous planning to impress Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang," after Ben Platt performed "Smelly Cat" ahead of her appearance.
- Paul W. Downs accepted the "Shrek" Award in green bodypaint and a little brown vest, telling human women in the audience to "get in my DMs, and make a case."
Why it matters: For Bravo, the second straight televised Las Culturistas Awards extends a counter-programming bet on comedy-variety specials tied to the network's reality IP — Ciara Miller's win and Paige DeSorbo's presence in the audience directly monetize the ongoing 'Summer House' news cycle. For Rogers and Yang, t.A.T.u. taking Record of the Year over a Pokémon theme and Addison Rae track cements the show's identity as a venue where niche internet-era songs beat out mainstream nostalgia picks.
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