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Young Thug and Mariah The Scientist have been together for a while, and now some congratulations are in order, as the couple just got engaged.

Thug decided to go very, very public with his proposal. It went down last night (December 16), on stage during Thug’s Hometown Hero benefit concert at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. As fan-shot footage like this and this shows, the big screen on stage read “will you marry me?” as Thug was down on one knee. The two hugged and Thug gave Mariah a ring, then she told the cheering audience, “Guess I’m getting married!”

Thug and Mariah will have to cram their wedding planning between Mariah’s tour dates, as she has a bunch lined up between January and April 2026. Check out her upcoming shows below.

Mariah The Scientist’s 2026 Tour Dates: Hearts Sold Separately

01/12/2026 — Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel
01/14/2026 — Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy
01/15/2026 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham
01/17/2026 — London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
01/20/2026 — Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg – Ronda
02/13/2026 — Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
02/16/2026 — Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues Orlando
02/18/2026 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
02/20/2026 — Virginia Beach, VA @ The Dome
02/21/2026 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
02/24/2026 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark
02/25/2026 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
02/27/2026 — New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
02/28/2026 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
03/03/2026 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
03/05/2026 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
03/08/2026 — Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center
03/10/2026 — Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
03/11/2026 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
03/14/2026 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore Minneapolis presented by Affinity Plus
03/15/2026 — Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory
03/18/2026 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
03/19/2026 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center
03/21/2026 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
03/22/2026 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
03/24/2026 — San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
03/26/2026 — Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues Anaheim
03/28/2026 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
03/31/2026 — Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
04/01/2026 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
04/03/2026 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
04/04/2026 — Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
04/05/2026 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
04/07/2026 — New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore
04/08/2026 — Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company
04/10/2026 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy

There’s just about two weeks left of 2025. So, it’s the time of year to start considering any resolutions you might want to implement in the new year. If you’re looking for advice there, Lorde has your back, but her advice should definitely be taken alongside some caution.

During a concert at Brooklyn last night (December 16), Lorde took a few minutes to give a heartfelt speech, reflecting on how her year has been, how she’s been feeling, and things she’s been grateful for (here’s a video). Towards the end, she offered a series of rapid-fire recommendations:

“Don’t be afraid to fall the f*ck apart. Let yourself feel everything. I really think that’s the only way through this moment, is to feel it all… bring in strong feelings, you know. Swim naked, have crazy sex, do drugs, dance, do it all. Stay alive.”

Some more cautious advice she failed to mention is be careful about what you eat. She might have ignored that advice recently, or perhaps just had some bad luck: In November, she had to cancel a concert due to some “ruthless food poisoning,” explaining, “I’ve been resting all day hoping I’d be well enough but I can hardly stand up and you deserve more.”

For over three decades now, rock fans in Europe have had the Rock For People festival, which has routinely brought top-tier guitar slingers to the Czech Republic. The 2026 edition, the 31st, is set to go down from June 10 to 14 and organizers have started to gradually roll out the lineup.

This week, they revealed Halsey is the final headliner, joining Gorillaz, Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon, and Iron Maiden atop the bill.

In a statement, Rock For People’s founder Michal Thomes says of adding Halsey:

“It’s great that we’re closing the announcement of the biggest festival names with a world-class modern headliner who has dominated the lineups of giant international festivals such as Reading & Leeds. We are very happy that Halsey’s first Czech performance will take place at Rock For People.”

Other acts were added, too, and now the overall list includes A Day To Remember, Babymetal, Electric Callboy, Megadeth, Nothing But Thieves, Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Within Temptation,
 Alessi Rose, Alice & Dan Bárta, Alter Bridge, Badflower, Basement, Bilmuri, Blood Incantation, Breaking Benjamin, Don Broco, Gatecreeper, Joey Valence & Brae, letlive., Kublai Khan TX, Lottery Winners, Magnolia Park, Malevolence, Mammoth, Melrose Avenue, President, Queensrÿche, Social Distortion, Sofian Medjmedj, Static-X, The Plot In You, The Pretty Reckless, The Royston Club, Thornhill, Thrown, Trivium, Unpeople, Voilà, Vianova, Wohnout, Wolf Alice, Yard Act, Yonaka, and Zero 9:36. More artists are still set to be announced, including a batch on Christmas Day.

Tickets are on sale now and more information can be found on the festival website.

Sabrina Carpenter was on Late Night last week and during the appearance, she and Seth Meyers revealed they were preparing to film a “day drinking” segment for the show. Well, they did and last night (December 16), it aired.

Right off the bat, they subverted expectations: Instead of starting with an espresso martini, they went right to chugging a beer. Next, they had to either answer some personal questions or drink. Sabrina immediately opted to not reveal who she wrote “Manchild” about, while Seth wouldn’t say which sketch on Carpenter’s first time hosting SNL was the worst. Carpenter was also tasked with quickly giving Meyers a nickname and she went with “Th,” and was also tasked with rating him from 1 to 10, going with 7, which sparked some conversation.

Later, they competed to see who could do the best at predicting what different animals would sound like. Highlights included “raccoons” fighting, which they both nailed, prompting Meyers to proclaim the pair would be cast in the next Zootopia movie. Leaving the bar, they then competed at opening holiday gifts while wearing oven mitts, and whatever they managed to open, the other person had to drink.

Despite Meyers and Carpenter admitting they don’t know each other that well, they were an immediately electric pair, so check out the segment above.

Jack Antonoff’s name pops up annually around this time of year, as it’s when he hosts the Ally Coalition Talent Show. The coalition was co-founded by Antonoff and his fashion designer sister Rachel and it raises money for LGBTQ+ people who are unhoused or at risk. One of the event’s shtick’s is that Antonoff never reveals the lineup of performers ahead of time, but give his connections in the industry, he always delivers when it comes to special guests.

This year’s show went down at the Skirball Center For the Performing Arts in New York last night (December 15), and the roster of guests included Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Florence + The Machine’s Florence Welch, and Phish’s Trey Anastasio.

Among the highlights was Bleachers, Williams, Welch, and Anastasio covering Judee Sill’s 1971 folk favorite “Lopin’ Along Through The Cosmos.” Elsewhere in the show, Williams performed her own “Good Ol’ Days” and “Love Me Different,” and also joined Bleachers to close the show with “Merry Christmas, Please Don’t Call,” Bleachers’ fan-favorite holiday tune that they officially released in 2024 after performing it live for the past few years.

Showing up elsewhere throughout the evening (as Stereogum notes) were Rachel Zegler, Claud, Samia, and others.

Check out some of the highlights below.

The first season of Prime Video’s Fallout gleefully detonated our expectations of what an open-world video game adaptation could be. Set centuries after nuclear annihilation, the show dropped viewers into a garish, atompunk wasteland where retro-futurist Americana rubbed up against desert-dusted violence, warped humor, and deeply human stakes. Produced by Westworld’s Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, the show overflowed with unhinged characters – sheltered do-gooders, undead ghouls, power armor outfitted opportunists – and even more bizarre worlds – vaults, wastelands, and techno-religious cults, just to name a few. The result? A post-apocalypse that was weird, funny, brutal, and, crucially, unburdened by the genre’s usual self-seriousness.

It should come as welcome news then, that Fallout’s buzzed-about second season doubles down on all of the deranged, deliciously strange choices made in its first outing, oozing some well-earned confidence as it swings bolder and bigger. Star Kyle MacLachlan thinks so too. “Season two is even better because we’re leaning in more,” he tells UPROXX while teasing his character, Hank MacLean’s, heel turn. “We’re more comfortable, I think, with the characters and what we’re doing. The scope of it is opened up even more. You really get a sense of the size and the scale of these worlds, and it’s pretty exciting.”

MacLachlan’s no stranger to what makes for good TV, but even he was surprised by his character’s personality pivot in the season one finale. As MacLean, the actor spent most of his screen-time playing a doting, vault-dwelling dad taken hostage by a group of raiders with ulterior motives. It was his kidnapping that sent Ella Purnell’s Lucy, the show’s de-facto heroine, topside for the first time, emerging from the underground bunker she called home to trek across the California desert in search of her father and answers surrounding his questionable past. By the end of season one, Lucy (and the audience) learned the damning truth: Hank MacLean was simply another Vault-Tec fanatic, fully drunk on the Kool-Aid of a perfectly-controlled world, who was willing to commit genocidal atrocities to see his company’s vision come to life.

In season two, Hank drops the nice guy act completely, though he’s still torn between fealty to his human popsicle overlords and his daughter. “He still maintains such a strong love for his daughter, and yet at the same time, he has this allegiance, of course, to what he’s supposed to do. He is a man who does not shirk that responsibility,” MacLachlan says. “So the exciting thing for me was being able to stretch the distance between those, to play back and forth inside that.”

Diving into the twisted psyche of his character wasn’t an acting privilege reserved solely for MacLachlan though. Every cast member was pushed to their limits in some form this time around. For Walton Goggins, who raced from Thailand to the Mojave desert, swapping his White Lotus digs for a literal camper van, season two demanded he fully inhabit two very different men: the gun-slinging, shit-talking mutant known as The Ghoul, and Cooper Howard, the pre-war Hollywood cowboy who spent the last half of season one reckoning with the reveal that his own wife was planning a nuclear strike in the name of capitalism.

“In season one, you get to spend some time with Cooper. You understand who he is, you get to see the world as it was through his experience before the bombs dropped,” Goggins says. “But it was really more about The Ghoul, wasn’t it? And his journey through the wasteland. This season is no different. The Ghoul is on a journey, and most people won’t see where it’s going, but it’s Cooper Howard that I just didn’t guess.”

“I’m excited for people to see who he is and how it is a reflection of what’s going on in the world today. For me, Cooper Howard’s journey was about a person who didn’t understand what he didn’t know, and he’s seeing the world change in real time, starting with what happened at the end of season one, learning his wife is a principal architect of the ending of the world. How do you really process that?”

While The Ghoul and Lucy continue their buddy comedy road movie schtick as they slaughter their way to New Vegas in the show’s present day, in the past, Cooper is really going through it. “He is way out on a limb. He’s very, very, very vulnerable,” Goggins says. “Where it winds up for him and what it reveals about this world was surprising, even to me.”

Nuclear warfare, familial betrayal, zombified Elvis impersonators, and bloodthirsty bros who most definitely think about the Roman Empire more than once a day – it all fills this new world Fallout is building in season two, and it can be a lot to process. That’s especially true when you’re weighted down by prosthetics and expectations. But Goggins had a unique way to unwind during filming. He embraced that van life.

“I got this van during COVID,” Goggins says of his 22-foot Mercedes Sprinter he named Vacilando. “It was always a dream of mine to have the freedom to go anywhere that I wanted to go and stay for as long as I wanted to with my son and really kind of get out into nature.” Now, it’s something he can deploy on set, allowing him a chance to immerse more with Fallout‘s unique setting.

“We were filming out in the desert, close to the Nevada border, and instead of staying in a hotel and all of these locations where we filmed, I just drove my van there,” he continues. “Everybody else would go home for the night and they would have just me and a security guard watching over the rest of the equipment. And I would just make myself food and listen to music and camp out in the wasteland. The desert is some of my favorite topography in the world, and it was getting the opportunity to live in these places in a way that I had never lived in, while staying on set. I got up at four in the morning, would have my coffee, watch the stars, see the sun rise, and then it took me four steps to get to the makeup trailer.”

Goggins has a way of making the end of the world sound kinda beautiful.

Season two of Prime Video’s Fallout is streaming now.

We are now approaching four years since the latest episodes of Euphoria aired in early 2022. Ever since then, the return has been TV’s most anticipated. Soon, though, Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, and the rest of the gang are finally coming back.

Without getting spoiler-y, the second season ended with a pretty wild finale. If you want a refresher, get caught up with our recap, then continue reading to learn what to expect from the new season.

Plot

It was revealed earlier this year that the season will feature a time jump. Earlier this month, creator Sam Levinson offered some updates on specific characters. He noted that Zendaya’s Rue “is south of the border in Mexico, in debt to Laurie, trying to come up with some very innovative ways to pay it off.” He also said, “Cassie is living in the suburbs with Nate, they’re engaged and she’s very addicted to social media and envious of what appears to be the big lives that all of her high school classmates are living at this point in time.” (There are also unconfirmed rumors that Sydney Sweeney’s character will be on OnlyFans.)

Zendaya previously told The Hollywood Reporter in 2022 of the new season:

“I think it’ll be exciting to explore the characters out of high school. I want to see what Rue looks like in her sobriety journey, how chaotic that might look. But also with all the characters, in the sense where they’re trying to figure out what to do with their lives when high school is over and what kind of people they want to be. What was special about this season was that we got to dive into [the other characters] in a much deeper sense. I think we can do that again with the third season. There’s so much talent, you want to make sure everybody has the chance to have that.”

Cast

Returning cast members include Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Eric Dane, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Colman Domingo, Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, Alanna Ubach, Daeg Faerch, Dominic Fike, Melvin Bonez Estes, Nika King, Paula Marshall, Sophia Rose Wilson, and Zak Steiner.

Newcomers include (takes a deep breath) Rosalía, Marshawn Lynch, Kadeem Hardison, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Toby Wallace, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Priscilla Delgado, James Landry Hébert, Anna Van Patten, Danielle Deadwyler, Natasha Lyonne, Trisha Paytas, Bella Podaras, Bill Bodner, Cailyn Rice, Colleen Camp, Eli Roth, Gideon Adlon, Hemky Madera, Homer Gere, Jack Topalian, Jessica Blair Herman, Kwame Patterson, Madison Thompson, Matthew Willig, Rebecca Pidgeon, and Sam Trammell.

Rosalía previously said of joining the show:

“If there’s anything that excites me as much as creating a good melody or writing a great lyric, it’s becoming a better performer every day. Euphoria has been my favorite series over the last few years and I couldn’t be happier and more grateful to be acting alongside all of these incredibly talented people that I admire so much and contributing my ‘granito de arena’ to bring Sam’s vision to reality to make magic. I can’t wait to share what we’re doing!!! Besitos, Rosi.”

Release Date

The new season is set to premiere in February 2026.

Trailer

There’s no trailer yet, but a recent “Coming In 2026” video from HBO Max included a brief teaser, so check it out below.

On December 12, Fred Again.. gave his final performance of the year in Mexico City. He’s already planning for 2026, though, as new USB002 concerts have been announced.

The exact dates have not been revealed, but per a press release, Fred is playing six shows at New York’s East End Studios in January and four at London’s Alexandra Palace in February. On Instagram, Fred wrote that a link to sign up for tickets is in the link in his bio, but as of this post, that does not appear to be the case. (In that post, he added, “and two more songs maybe more idk usb is infinite!.”) Tickets are set to go on sale on December 18, per the press release.

In a recent post, Fred wrote of the tour, “These shows have been an honour to share with you all. Thank you to every single person who has been with us.” He also wrote of his pace in a post from last month, “n btw i know we’re on more than 1 song a week right now and i absolutely dont care. in fact i do care, very much. i actually am loving the way this is feeling. It feels alive. And things are happening naturally and feeling good so im going wit them. Kaythankubye.”

Cardi B is now about a month removed from giving birth to her latest child, her fourth. She’s not letting that stop her from staying active and ensuring she’s ready for her tour in 2026.

This past weekend, Cardi was performing at the MDLBEAST Sounstorm 2025 festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In a video she shared on Instagram, Cardi runs on a treadmill as she wears a black modesty covering and hijab, in respect of Saudi Arabia’s cultural norms. She says, “We in Saudi Arabia, baby! I told ya’ll. I told y’all, after I give birth, I’m-a be getting ready for the Little Miss Drama Tour! It is two months away!”

Switching to a stationary bike in the next shot, she continues, “Everyone keeps asking me, ‘Cardi, how did you lose all that weight after the baby? What did you do? You look great.’ I’ll tell you how I did it: Stress!” Back on the treadmill, she proceeds, “It is Christmas, it is Kwanzaa, it is Hanukkah. Get your tickets now, because in January, don’t be hitting me up, like, ‘Cardi, there’s no tickets left. There’s no tickets!”

Find Cardi’s upcoming tour dates below.

Cardi B’s 2026 Tour Dates: Little Miss Drama Tour

02/11/2026 — Palm Desert, CA @ Acrisure Arena at Greater Palm Springs
02/11/2026 — Thousand Palms, CA @ Acrisure Arena Parking
02/13/2026 — Paradise, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
02/15/2026 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
02/16/2026 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
02/19/2026 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
02/21/2026 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
02/22/2026 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
02/25/2026 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
02/27/2026 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
03/01/2026 — Phoenix, AZ @ Mortgage Matchup Center
03/04/2026 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
03/06/2026 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
03/07/2026 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
03/09/2026 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
03/12/2026 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
03/14/2026 — Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
03/15/2026 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
03/17/2026 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
03/19/2026 — Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center
03/21/2026 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
03/25/2026 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
03/26/2026 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
03/28/2026 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
03/30/2026 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
03/31/2026 — Hamilton, ON @ TD Coliseum
04/02/2026 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
04/03/2026 — Hartford, CT @ PeoplesBank Arena
04/04/2026 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
04/07/2026 — Philadelphia, PA @ Xfinity Mobile Arena
04/08/2026 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
04/11/2026 — Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center
04/12/2026 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
04/14/2026 — Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena
04/17/2026 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
04/18/2026 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is more than a tech spectacle — it’s where media, advertising, entertainment, creators, and connected-TV tech collide. If you’re heading to Las Vegas this January, here’s your tight, curated guide to the must-attend gatherings that matter most.

Digital Hollywood at CES

Jan 5 @ ARIA Resort & Casino
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Kick off your CES week with the Digital Hollywood conference. Expect panels on AI’s impact on film and television, the economics of the creator ecosystem, and where streaming is headed. It’s included with your CES badge, though registration is required.

Brand Innovators Marketing Leadership Summit

Jan 5–8 @ ARIA
Event link

A must for brand-side thinkers and marketers. Four days of leadership sessions, AI marketing case studies, attention modeling, and fireside chats from top advertiser and agency execs.

Future Decoded (MediaLink + UTA)

Jan 6 @ ARIA C Space
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An anchor event at CES. Future Decoded brings together leaders from Roku, IPG, Nielsen, UTA, and beyond to explore what’s next in data, creativity, and marketing transformation. This is consistently one of CES’s highest-caliber content programs.

ADWEEK House at CES

Jan 6–8 @ ARIA (Orovada Rooms)
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Think of ADWEEK House as your CES clubhouse: conversations on commerce media, cultural credibility, AI-driven insight, and brand/creator partnerships — plus coffee, quiet workspace, and excellent networking.

Mediaocean Ski Lodge

Jan 6–8 @ The Cosmopolitan
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A cozy, invite-friendly escape inside The Cosmopolitan. Enjoy cocktails, curated programming, and a standout fireside chat between Ari Paparo (Marketecture), Brian O’Kelley (Scope3), and Bill Wise (Mediaocean) on Jan 7.

Variety Entertainment Summit at CES

Jan 7 @ ARIA
Main event link
Session example – “The New Business of Entertainment”

A star-powered lineup featuring leaders from Netflix, Disney, NBCU, TelevisaUnivision, and Vizio discussing the future of streaming, advertising, content formats, and audience fragmentation.

TiVo + Comscore Neon Noir Happy Hour

Jan 7 @ Beauty & Essex (The Cosmopolitan)
Event registration

A stylish, speakeasy-adjacent happy hour with measurement and CTV insiders. One of CES’s most enjoyable informal networking environments.

Shelly Palmer’s Industry Briefing

Jan 7 (Breakfast)
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Shelly Palmer distills the entire CES week into a succinct executive-level briefing on AI, media, advertising, and emerging tech. A longtime staple for agency and brand leaders.

Meetings & Suites Worth Booking

These aren’t “events,” but they are major opportunities:

Chase Media Solutions @ CES
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Private meetings on commerce media, payment data, audience insights, and retail media strategy.

Equativ @ CES
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Meetings focused on omnichannel monetization, CTV supply, and AI-driven audience planning.

Amagi @ CES
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FAST channels, cloud playout, distribution — ideal for understanding FAST content economics.

Stingray @ CES
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Music-driven FAST channel strategies, retail audio networks, and ad-supported streaming.

iSpot @ CES
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Cross-platform measurement, CTV attribution, and incremental reach strategies.

CES Streaming & CTV Panels

(These are official CES sessions outside C Space.)

Full Stream Ahead: The New Standard in Viewing

Personalizing Entertainment with AI

StoryTech: CES 2026 Main Stage Programming

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These discussions feature leaders from Roku, Samsung, Google TV, Tubi, IMDb, and others — great for understanding where UPROXX’s distribution partners are headed.

Pro Tips to Maximize Your CES

Prioritize ARIA + Cosmopolitan — this is where the media world actually gathers.
Book suite meetings early (Chase, iSpot, Amagi, Equativ).
Attend at least one creator- or CTV-focused panel each day.
Keep your badge handy — most of the best content is badge-only.