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Actors Leslie Odom Jr., left, Phillipa Soo, and Christopher Jackson look on as actor and "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, right, takes his final performance curtain call at the Richard Rogers Theatre after a performance of "Hamilton" on Saturday, July 9, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Beyoncé, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and Bruno Mars perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Jennifer Lopez performs at a Get Out The Vote performance at Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Actress Rosario Dawson speaks during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at Washington Square, Wednesday, April 13, 2016 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

In this Oct. 19, 2016 photo, Benedict Cumberbatch poses at The Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., to promote his film "Doctor Strange." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

British national newspapers front pages leading with the story about the death of U.S. musician Prince are displayed on Friday April 22, 2016. An autopsy is scheduled for pop music superstar Prince after he was found dead at his studio compound Thursday in suburban Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)

Pop star Kesha leaves Supreme court in New York, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Kesha is fighting to wrest her career away from a hitmaker she says drugged, sexually abused and psychologically tormented her _ and still has exclusive rights to make records with her. Producer Dr. Luke says the singer is slinging falsehoods and ruining his reputation to try to weasel out of her recording contract and strike a new deal. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Jay Z, right, and Beyonce, left, stand with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a campaign rally in Cleveland, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beyonce, right, and Blue Ivy arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the English rock band "The Who" and co-founder of Teen Cancer America, jokingly poses with the gavel seated on the chairmans chair in a hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at the conclusion of a conversation on child cures hosted by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

In this March 7, 2016 photo, singer Bonnie Raitt poses for a portrait in New York to promote her new album, Dig In Deep." (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)

A police officer gets a closer look at a painting of Abe Vigoda during his funeral service in New York, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. The actor who played Phil Fish on the 1970s TV series "Barney Miller" and Sal Tessio in the classic movie "The Godfather" was mourned at a funeral Sunday in New York. Vigoda died Tuesday in his sleep at age 94. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Katy Perry, left, addresses the crowd during a concert supporting Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, right, at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones poses for a portrait on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in New York. Jagger was coming up with ideas for an exhibition highlighting The Rolling Stones' five-decade long career, he wanted to re-create the mood of the band in their early years. So, he had a team re-make the first - and messy - London apartment he shared with his band mates in 1962, complete with dirty dishes, beer bottles and blues records placed throughout the flat. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

Taylor Swift arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala, celebrating the opening of "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" on Monday, May 2, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Bobby Brown holds up a picture of his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, during a wrongful death case against her partner, Nick Gordon, in Atlanta, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of singers Brown and Whitney Houston, was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta townhome in January 2015. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)

In this June 15, 2016, photo, director Nicolas Winding Refn, left, poses with actress Elle Fanning to promote their film, "The Neon Demon" in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

U.S. actress Angelina Jolie, left, Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks during a press conference at a Syrian refugee camp, in the eastern city of Zahleh, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

People gather next to tributes placed near a mural of British singer David Bowie by artist Jimmy C, in Brixton, south London, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-spanning persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday aged 69. He was born in Brixton. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Adam McKay, left, kisses Christian Bale as he accepts the award for best comedy for The Big Short at the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. Presenter Aziz Ansari laughs on right (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Host Chris Rock speaks at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Diana Ross during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in Washington. Obama is recognizing 21 Americans with the nation's highest civilian award, including giants of the entertainment industry, sports legends, activists and innovators. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

In this May 5, 2016 photo, Megyn Kelly poses for a portrait in New York. Donald Trump is a guest on Kellys first Fox network special, which airs May 17. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

Gwen Stefani, left, and Blake Shelton arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Irish rock star and activist Bono holds up a folder with the logo for "One" the advocacy organization to work to end extreme poverty and preventable disease he co-founded, as he prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, before the Senate State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittee hearing on the causes and consequences of violent extremists, and the role of foreign assistance. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tom Hiddleston arrives at the LA Premiere of "I Saw the Light" at the Egyptian Theatre on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Paul McCartney performs on day 2 of the 2016 Desert Trip music festival at Empire Polo Field on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Kerry Washington arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

President Barack Obama laughs with Ellen DeGeneres during a commercial break while taping a show segment of the Ellen DeGeneres Show in Burbank, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama speaks during the opening day of South By Southwest at the Long Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 11, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Emmanuel Lubezki, from left, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Alejandro G. Inarritu take a selfie on stage at the conclusion of the show at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Don Cheadle, the star, director and co-screenwriter of the film "Miles Ahead," poses for a portrait at the London Hotel on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

In this July 8, 2016 photo, Melissa McCarthy, left, Leslie Jones, center, and Kate McKinnon, cast members in "Ghostbusters," pose with a Lego toy figure of fellow cast member Kristen Wiig during a portrait session at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. Their film will be released on Friday. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Pedestrians pass the Apollo Theater Thursday, April 21, 2016, in New York. Pop superstar Prince was found dead at his home on Thursday in suburban Minneapolis, according to his publicist. He was 57. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Survivors of abuse are seen on stage during a performance by Lady Gaga of "Til It Happens To You" that is nominated for best original song from "The Hunting Ground"at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Actor Leonardo Di Caprio, a United Nations Messenger of Peace, speaks at the signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on climate change, Friday, April 22, 2016 at U.N. headquarters. Behind him French President Francois Hollande, second left, and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon applaud. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Miranda Bengtson, 24, center, from Davidson, S.C., line up with other dancers outside Radio City Music Hall waiting to audition for "Rockettes New York Spectacular" on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in New York. "This is my first time auditioning in a very long time, " said Bengtson, who auditioned for the Rockettes when she was "much younger and hopes this time to land a spot in the summertime production from June 15 through Aug. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Actress Amber Heard leaves Los Angeles Superior Court court on Friday, May 27, 2016, after giving a sworn declaration that her husband Johnny Depp threw her cellphone at her during a fight Saturday, striking her cheek and eye. The judge ordered Depp to stay away from his estranged wife and ruled that Depp shouldn't try to contact Heard until a hearing is conducted on June 17. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR PARKWOOD ENTERTAINMENT - Beyonce performs during the Formation World Tour at Citi Field on Tuesday, June 8, 2016, in Flushing, N.Y. (Photo by 13thWitness/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment/AP Images)

Actor Michael Jace, who played a police officer on the TV series, "The Shield," appears in court in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 31, 2016. A jury convicted Jace of second-degree murder, Tuesday, in the 2014 shooting death of his wife. (AP Photo/Anthony McCartney)

Sportscaster and television host Erin Andrews wipes tears as the verdict is read Monday, March 7, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. A jury has awarded Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, Pool)

Beyonce, left, performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Marcus Grimmie, reaches toward the sky as he talks about his sister Christina Grimmie the 22-year-old singer who was fatally shot Friday night after a concert in Florida, Monday, June 13, 2016, in Evesham Township, N.J. Marcus was with his sister when she was killed and tackled the shooter who was identified as Kevin James Loibl. Grimmie was a YouTube star who finished third during season six of NBC's "The Voice." (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chrissy Teigen, left, and John Legend arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Hulk Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, takes a moment as attorneys talk to the judge in court on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, during his trial against Gawker Media, in St Petersburg, Fl. Hogan and his attorneys are suing Gawker for $100 million, saying that his privacy was violated, and he suffered emotional distress after Gawker posted one minute and forty one seconds of a sex tape filmed of Hogan and his then-best friends wife. MANDATORY NY POST OUT(John Pendygraft/Tampa Bay Times via AP, Pool)

Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, left, and his wife Melania Trump attend the TIME 100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Alicia Keys arrives at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, June 26, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Actor Brad Pitt arrives to start the 84th 24-hour Le Mans endurance race, in Le Mans, western France, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Leonardo DiCaprio, winner of the award for best actor in a leading role for "The Revenant", left, embraces Kate Winslet backstage at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Fans gather to get a view from a house adjacent to the Ciudad Deportiva before the Rolling Stones concert in Havana, Cuba, Friday March 25, 2016. The Stones are performing in a free concert in Havana Friday, becoming the most famous act to play Cuba since its 1959 revolution. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Singer Iggy Pop poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Gimme Danger at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Alicia Vikander poses with the award for best actress in a supporting role for The Danish Girl in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Randy Jackson, from left, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell speak at the "American Idol" farewell season finale at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, April 7, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Ozzy Osbourne, left, kisses his wife Sharon during the "Ozzfest Meets Knotfest" news conference at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, May 12, 2016, in Los Angeles. The multi-stage camping festival will be held on Sept. 24-25 at the San Manuel Amphitheater and Festival Grounds in San Bernardino, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

People wait in line outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre in hopes of buying tickets to the Tony Award-winning musical, "Hamilton," Friday, July 8, 2016, in New York. Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda will make his final performance on Saturday night. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The Weeknd performs his nominated song "Earned It" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Sacha Baron Cohen, left, and Olivia Wilde speak at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Fan pay their respects to hometown legend Prince, who died today on Thursday, April 21, 2016, in the suburbs of Minneapolis at his home, Paisley Park. The club, First Avenue, was featured in "Purple Rain," starring Prince in 1984. Prince Rogers Nelson, a lifelong state resident, was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of his era with such songs as "1999," "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Get Crazy". He was 57. (Photo by Steven Larsen/Invision/AP)

Brie Larson appears backstage with the award for best actress in a leading role for Room at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

A group calling themselves the new generation of the Black Panthers salute as they arrive to participate in the "Time To Unite: United Hoods + Gangs Nation," a community summit organized by rappers The Game and Snoop Dogg, at the Church of Scientology Community Center in South Los Angeles with local gang members to discuss ways to curb violence Sunday, July 17, 2016. The Game put the word out on social media, inviting leaders of the Crips, Bloods and other street gangs to come together at a town hall-style meeting. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Model Bella Hadid pose for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film La Fille Inconnue (The Unkown Girl) at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby, center right, is assisted as he arrives for a court appearance Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby was arrested and charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in January 2004. A judge will decide whether to dismiss a sexual assault case against the comedian over an unwritten promise of immunity that a former prosecutor says he gave Cosby's now-deceased lawyer. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

People dance and sing to music by British singer David Bowie on Windrush Square in Brixton, south London, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-spanning persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday aged 69. He was born in Brixton. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

A woman looks at a painting by Damien Hirst in front of a portrait of David Bowie at Sotheby's in London, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Sotheby's employees lift the painting "Air Power" by Jean-Michel Basquiat at Sotheby's in London, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. More than 200 pieces from David Bowie's personal art collection went on public display for the first time with important paintings by 20th-century masters including Hirst, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Frank Auerbach before being sold at Sotheby's in November. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Fans dressed as "Chewie's Angels" pose for a photo on day two of Comic-Con International held at the San Diego Convention Center Friday, July 22, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)

An actor portraying the "Star Trek" character, Mr. Spock, works at the MAC Star Trek cosmetics booth on day one of Comic-Con International held at the San Diego Convention Center Thursday, July 21, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)

Actress Susan Sarandon holds up a sign during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie speaks to reporters during a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry at the Department of State in Washington, Monday, June 20, 2016. Jolie called for action on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Attorney, Gary Dordick, from left, representing Victor and Irina Yelchin, parents of the late actor Anton Yelchin, talks to the media after filing a wrongful-death and product-liability lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, Aug, 2, 2016. Anton Yelchin was crushed by his Jeep when it rolled backward down the driveway of his Los Angeles home June 19. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Johnny Depp of Hollywood Vampires performs at the 58th annual Grammy Awards on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Actress Shailene Woodley speaks at a Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., campaign event, Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Madison, Wisc. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

The Thom Browne Spring 2017 collection is presented during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

French police officers exit the residence of Kim Kardashian West in Paris Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Kim Kardashian West was unharmed after being robbed at gunpoint of more than $10 million worth of jewelry inside a private Paris residence Sunday night, police officials said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

A sign outside of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas congratulates Bob Dylan, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, after he won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A fan has his photo taken at a make shift memorial outside the apartment building, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in New York, where David Bowie lived. Bowie, the chameleon-like star who transformed the sound - and the look - of rock with his audacious creativity and his sexually ambiguous makeup and costumes, died of cancer Sunday, Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Singer Katy Perry takes a selfie with students while canvassing for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a dorm at UNLV, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

In this Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016 photo, actress Ruby Rose poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. The Orange is the New Black actress Rose trades her Litchfield jumpsuit for distressed overalls in a new campaign for Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren. Rose stars alongside model Hailey Baldwin in the brands spring 2016 social media videos and global ads. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

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The best entertainment photos of 2016 from The Associated Press included awards shows, concert performances and plenty of celebrity involvement in the presidential campaign.

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