Rosalía, Matthieu Blazy and Amy Poehler Honored at WSJ. Magazine's 2026 Innovator Awards

Rosalía, Chanel artistic director Matthieu Blazy and Amy Poehler were among the honorees at WSJ. Magazine's 16th annual Innovator Awards, held on the night of Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Just Jared reported. Rosalía was honored for music, Poehler for comedy and Blazy for fashion, while the other honorees were Martin McDonagh for film, Demis Hassabis for technology, Marlon James for literature and the Savannah Bananas for sports, according to the same report.

The awards program, launched in 2011, recognizes talent across fields including fashion, art, literature, entertainment, architecture, design, technology, music, philanthropy and cuisine, Billboard reported. Dua Lipa, Cara Delevingne and Ciara were among the stars who attended, according to red-carpet coverage from Page Six.

Rosalía accepts from Patti Smith and addresses Spain's train crash

Rosalía, who was named this year's Music Innovator, received the award from Patti Smith, Vogue España reported. The magazine reported that Smith had received the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts in Oviedo less than a week earlier and that Rosalía wore a spring-summer 2027 design from Schiaparelli to the ceremony. In her acceptance speech, Rosalía told Smith that she had first been her mother's hero before becoming her own, and said she had been inspired not only by Smith's work but also by the way she exists and presents herself and by her courage on stage, according to Vogue España and Europa FM.

Speaking in Spanish, Rosalía also used her remarks to address the high-speed rail crash in her home country. "Sending my condolences to all the people affected by the accident that recently occurred in my country," she said, according to Billboard's translation. "There was a train accident and there were many victims. And the truth is that I would like to send all my love and support to each and every person affected by it."

Billboard reported that the collision took place in the central region of Castilla-La Mancha on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 28, that 69 people were killed and that Spain had entered a three-day period of mourning. Europa FM, which identified the site of the crash as Urda, reported the same death toll and said 15 people were seriously injured.

According to Billboard, the award came days after Rosalía collected multiple Billboard Latin Music Awards, including the Billboard Hall of Fame Award. The outlet reported that her 2025 album "LUX," which features 13 languages, debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 as her first top 10 on that chart, and that she recently concluded her LUX Tour with 57 sold-out dates. Vogue España and Europa FM reported that she is nominated at the 2026 Latin Grammy Awards, scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 12, in Las Vegas, though the two outlets gave different nomination counts. Europa FM reported that she is the eighth artist recognized in the program's music category, following honorees that include Billie Eilish in 2025, Charli XCX in 2024 and SZA in 2023.

Chanel on the red carpet for Blazy

At least two guests wore Chanel on the night Blazy was recognized for fashion. Lipa wore a textured black-and-white jacket and pencil skirt from the house with a matching hat, the Daily Mail reported. The paper reported that Blazy designed the dress Lipa wore when she married actor Callum Turner this summer, and that it was his first bespoke wedding dress for Chanel.

Model Bhavitha Mandava arrived in a look from Chanel's Pre-Fall 2026 collection, The Tribune reported. According to the Indian newspaper, Mandava was spotted by a modeling agent at a New York subway station in 2024 while studying at NYU, made her runway debut at Bottega Veneta under Blazy and later followed him to Chanel. The Tribune reported that she became the first Indian model to open a Chanel show in December 2025 and was named the house's first Indian ambassador this spring.

Other designer credits reported by Just Jared included Delevingne in Erdem, Lupita Nyong'o in Brandon Maxwell, Ciara in LaPointe, Lux Pascal in Willy Chavarria, Ashley Graham in Ernesto Naranjo and Emmy Rossum in Hermès. The Daily Mail described Delevingne's look as white velvet trousers under an Erdem tuxedo jacket with a long scarf and reported that Ciara arrived with her husband, Russell Wilson.

Guests named by Just Jared also included Irina Shayk, Jordyn Woods, Gayle King, Meadow Walker, comedian Marcello Hernández, Seth Meyers, filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, Christian Louboutin, Jason Wu, Joseph Altuzarra and models Imaan Hammam and Adut Akech. Billboard and Europa FM both reported that A$AP Rocky was also among the guests.

Poehler and the other honorees

Poehler was named WSJ. Magazine's Innovator in Comedy, Film Daily reported. The outlet reported that she recently received the first Golden Globe awarded for podcasting and is returning to a starring role in scripted television comedy with "Dig," a Peacock series she created with Michael Schur. In comments published by Film Daily, Poehler said, "How we all work together is more important than the big idea."

Film Daily identified Hassabis with Google DeepMind, James as an author, McDonagh as a filmmaker and the Savannah Bananas as an entertainment sports team. Associated Press photo captions from the evening show Poehler and Savannah Bananas members Bill LeRoy and RobertAnthony Cruz attending the ceremony at the museum.