Jennifer Aniston Takes Helm to Introduce the 2024 People’s Icon Adam Sandler at the People’s Choice Awards

Published 02/18/2024, 8:52 PM EST

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After carefully choosing her pick for the trophy season, Jennifer Aniston has now graced the People’s Choice Awards instead of the BAFTA Awards. Unclasping her signature black palette for this ceremony as well, Aniston took the stage to introduce her longtime pal, Adam Sandler, as 2024’s People Icon. Known for being the comic duo that often makes people roll out in laughter, the ceremony could not have found a better host to introduce Sandler.

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Pressing hard on their long bond of the alliance, Aniston described Sandler with many names, but the one that caught the eye was her labeling him as a “brother from another mother”. As the audience erupted in shout-outs and cheers, a complete starlit reunion remained on stage for focus. And much like Aniston and the world, the applause rendered many things, but taking fans on a joyride of the past is surely the win. Now, it all makes sense why the Friends alum traded this evening for one with BAFTA. 

A day earlier, the London leg of award season with the BAFTA witnessed several stars lining up to capture the cinematic achievements. However, Aniston missing out on the event as a first for 2024 raised many eyebrows and questions. Later, however, the confirmation came around for Aniston to suit up for the People’s Choice Awards, making it clear that the actress had to decide a pick between London and Santa Monica. 

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As of now, other than setting a star-struck rendezvous on stage, the actress is also sitting beside a big star who took the Super Bowl frenzy in her clasp. 

Jennifer Aniston gets seated with Taylor Swift’s girlfriend

Trophy season has always been famous for the most astounding crossovers. Hence, the People’s Choice Awards not getting that taste would make it rather slimy. As a result, amidst the reassembled junction of Sandler and Aniston on stage, the People’s Choice Awards also bore witness to a cinematic blend with the record industry. This came soon after the announcement of Jennifer Aniston sitting next to Taylor Swift’s best friend, Ice Spice. 

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Only a week ago, Ice Spice’s presence at the Super Bowl garnered major screen time for the icon. To the extent that it then led to a full-blown meme marathon on socials. However, since Ice Spice is now walking into her seasoned land amidst the stars, such a consequence is definitely off the books. Rather, one can probably witness two generational stars across different industries engaging in a new alliance and fans cannot wait for the same.

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Anushka Bhattacharya

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I'm Anushka Bhattacharya, an entertainment journalist at Netflix Junkie. Armed with a degree in literature, I once wielded my words to catalyze change within society through my work with NGOs. However, as I stumbled into the exuberant hole of crime thrillers and documentaries on Netflix, it was love at first sight and pushed me into entertainment journalism.

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