The Las Culturistas Culture Awards are here!
The 2025 ceremony, hosted by Las Culturistas podcast stars Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, is shaping up to be one of the most hilarious and unhinged events of the year, and it’s airing tonight (Tuesday, August 5)!
The two-hour special will premiere on Bravo from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET/PT, and features over 100 off-the-wall award categories like “Best Vibe, Hands Down,” “Worst Sticky Feeling,” “Best Gift for Mom,” and “musician of the Millennium.”
Keep reading to find out more…
The awards were taped on July 17 in Los Angeles and will be available to stream on-demand starting Wednesday (August 6) on Peacock, for those who miss the live broadcast.
Created by Bowen and Matt as an extension of their fan-favorite podcast, the Las Culturistas Culture Awards celebrate the funniest, strangest, and most iconic moments in pop culture with a mix of celebrity guests, musical performances, comedy sketches, and red carpet looks.
Previous categories have included everything from “Most Iconic Building or Structure” to “Best Way to Be Together,” and nothing is off-limits.
Expect chaotic fashion, surprise appearances, and the kind of viral moments that social media lives for. Check out all the behind-the-scenes photos right today and see who attended!
The 2025 Las Culturistas Culture Awards air tonight (August 5) on Bravo at 9 p.m. ET/PT and stream on Peacock starting August 6.
Most Iconic Building Or Structure
• Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a Loews Hotel – Epic Universe
• Gobi Tent – Coachella
• The Coney Island Cyclone
• Lumon headquarters – Severance
• Mirror house, Abracadabra – Lady Gaga – SNL
Best Vibe, Hands Down
• Japan – All
• The Spirit Tunnel – The Jennifer Hudson Show
• leading Chef: Canada
• Seth Meyers
• Doechii
Best Movie Of All Time
• Tár
• A Star Is Born (2017)
• Gagachela Bootleg from Videomoon.cn
• The Incredibles
• The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Social Change Moment Of The Year
• Gagachella
• College Students do what they’ve been educated to do
• JoJo Siwa continues to evolve
• Zohran Mamdani press tour being somehow not cringe
• When a gay celebrity writes a children’s book
Kindest Greeting
• “Stop!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!!! Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!”
• “Oh, you’re here? Then I won’t leave”
• “You just got off a plane? I refuse to believe that because you look SO Amazing.”
• “Okay, shirt!!!!”
• “We’ve met several times and I remember!”
Best Breakfast
• Egg McMuffin
• Yogurt and berries
• A banana if you don’t have really time, necessarily, to do a whole thing
• Crab cake Benedict
• Just a black coffee I’m actually intermittent fasting
Best Lunch
• Half soup (tomato) half salad (Caesar)
• Fries and Caesar
• Half soup (tomato) Half grilled cheese (American)
• Pret A Manger (UK selection)
• Free
Best Dinner
• Chicken parmesan
• Korean food – All
• Tahdig
• “I actually heard the burger is really good here” (it’s 46 dollars)
• You get home and your new lover cooked for you, again. So far, they are amazing.
Best Beverage
• Dr. Pepper
• Whole milk
• Martini that you order by saying “FILTHY” with way too much sauce
• Big Airport Essentia
• Celsius
Moon Award For Shining Brightly
• Michelle Williams – Death Becomes Her
• Michelle Williams – Dying For Sex
• Sarah Sherman in a wig
• Dreamworks moon with the boy on it who fishes
• Chase Sui Wonders – The Studio
Sun Award For So F-ckin’ Hot
• Lucy Dacus
• Cate Blanchett
• Dr. Orna Guralnik
• Bad Bunny – Calvin Klein
• Coffee that your new lover just brought back from the store and oh my god he should have told me this was gonna be so hot? Things are starting to go south
Filet Mignon Award For Best Beef
• Ribeye
• Miss Piggy defending herself using the art of karate
• Hilary Duff vs. Faye Dunaway
• Benito Skinner – Overcompensating
• Bulgogi
Canada Award For Canadian Delicacy
• Alanis Morissette
• All Dressed chips
• Maple syrup on a stick on ice
• Bowen Yang – Age 8
• Celeste Yim – Age 21 (got legal and moved to US)
Worst Sticky Feeling
• Jolly Rancher on hand, hate that.
• When you touch a child’s hand and it’s like, “What was that?”
• Various surfaces at Sephora. Women know about that.
• Toiletry bag after a long flight. What is that? What IS that?!
• That one you still have for your ex. The relationship is over today, even after all that.
Borders Award For Store That Should Come Back
• Delia’s
• American Apparel
• RadioShack
• Hale and Hearty
• Quiznos. But today we’re hearing it might still be around? Let us know.
Sport We Would Love To Know More About
• Pickleball, since y’all are so obsessed…
• Women’s Rugby. WOMEN’S
• Men’s Cheerleading. MEN’S
• Nike
• Volleyball (bunch of guys in the park, can’t tell how many are gay. How many are? THAT is the big question)
Best Gift For Mom
• Necklace
• “GLOW” perfume by JLo from 2002
• Card you signed for your sibling as well because god knows they weren’t taking the initiative
• A shirt and the size you choose feels like a trap (Your mom is a narcissist and you can’t win, never could)
• A Grandchild, despite the fact that the world…. Lol anyways
Best Gift For Dad
• Golf
• Rather Nice Pen
• Apple series
• Evergreen ticket to The Sphere – Las Vegas
• Book about war he already owns
Best Gift For Sibling/Cousin
• Earrings
• Onesie for a baby you’re almost positive they have
• Blank journal that says “I know nothing about you, fill these pages”
• Bottle of Sauvignon Blanc from corner
• “Vintage” shirt which is really just something you hate that you got from your mother, who is also their mother/aunt
“In This House We Believe In” Award For Best Yard Sign
• “BEWARE OF DOG”
• “FOR SALE – BONNIE SALATI for RE/MAX”
• “NO SOLICITING UNLESS YOU HAVE A BIG FAT ASS AND A GREAT WARM SMILE”
• “IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE: BLACK LIVES MATTER, WOMEN’S RIGHTS = HUMAN RIGHTS, NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL, SCIENCE IS REAL, LOVE IS LOVE, DIVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER, AND INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE”
• Technically not a sign but a themed flag for the season like pumpkin, bunnies, etc. so you know what time of year it is when you glance upon the sign
Best City — Up And Coming
• Bentonville, AR
• Sayville, NY
• Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Reykjavík, Iceland
• Oh, trust! Whatever city I’m in? I got all the boys up and coming!
Best City — Established
• Epcot – Walt Disney World
• Sin City
• Gotham City
• Sim City
• Oh, trust! Whatever city I’m in? I’m establishing connections… with the boys!
AKA Award For Other Way To Say That
• “They passed” aka they died
• “She did the damn thing” aka she did well
• “Doing the deed!” aka knocking boots aka kissing and more aka sex
• “You freaked that!” aka you did well
• “Smashed it” aka someone did well – British
Walking Home Alone Award For What Women Have To Do
• Purse (heavy, too big)
• Purse (so small not functional)
• Just go talk to him to make sure he’s okay
• Learn about “Toxic Shock Syndrome” and then worry about it until you die
• Heels on the grass at a wedding
Hypochondriac Award For Illness We Think We Have This Time
• Norovirus
• Fungal infection/Staph infection
• Depression that apparently REQUIRES ketamine the way Y’ALL do it…
• Strep, AGAIN
• This is not a sickness but my foot is broken
“Right Hand Arm… Man” Award For Nicknames
• Best Friend
• Confidante
• Silly Rabbit
• “Jules” for Julia
• “QUEEN BEY” for Beyoncé
Hags Award For Abbreviated Thing To Say
• Devo (devastated)
• Defo (definitely)
• TKTK (later we are going to get to this but not right today)
• DYHAWHTM (Did You Hear About What Happened To Marie?)
• RHOSLC (???)
Trans Rights Award For Stuff You Can’t Take Away From Us Even If You Tried
• My Diet Coke!
• This fat ass!
• My dignity!
• My Netflix!
• My water bottle on the plane! You got what you wanted… the water. today let me HAVE the bottle for my collections…
The Secret To Life
• F-ck a funny nerd
• Forgiving your mama
• First thing, every day? Water
• Work out every day, even for two minutes – Donatella Versace – Vogue 73 Questions
• Dance like everyone is watching and they’re simply obsessed
Best Alternative To God Bless You
• Oh! Do you have allergies?
• Do NOT sneeze on me, I canNOT get sick this week
• I’m an atheist but good luck with that
• That was me yesterday!
• Saloo!!!! (Not Salud, Saloo!!!!)
Best Way To Be Together
• Conjugal visit (for when one of u in prison)
• 4eva
• Blood relative family reunion
• In a row
• Respectful
Best Damn Bird
• Lovebirds, cuz you know, they are in love
• Daisy Duck
• Articuno
• The one Nelly Furtado is like
• Thief who stole my mother Katrina Rogers’s sandwich aka the ORIGINAL DOLL
Grief Of The Year
• Avatar 2: The Way Of Water
• Bowen’s birthday was the day after the 2024 election
• The boat episode of Succession
• When we thought for a second pervy lil bro died on White Lotus from the protein smoothie
• Paige left Summer House
We Could See Boop! Award For Best Thing To See
• BOOP!
• John Proctor Is The Villain
• The new flick from that cool young director at the Angelika aka Sorry, Baby by Eva Victor
• SWEAT tour
• Molly Gordon in anything
Woman Of A Certain Age Award
• Jenna Ortega – 22
• Dame Helen Mirren – 79
• Queen Elizabeth I – Elizabethan Age
• Betty Boop – Timeless
• Winona Ryder – The Age of Innocence
Harshest Truth About ‘Wicked’
• Ableism, and as a result, bullying
• Racism, and as a result, bullying
• The mom cheated on the dad – Adultery
• Fascism as a result of bullying
• Pfannee not realized, we don’t get into his gay story (What was that like? Was it hard coming out or was Pfannee born wealthy? Prequel idea about this.)
Worst Animal To Find Is Hiding In Your Home
• Opossum
• Raccoon
• Human (Nasty person you barely know)
• Possum
• Buncha lobsters
Most Reductive Way To Note That A Gay Man Is Speaking
• “Bit fruity, eh??”
• “That fagcent tho”
• “He so zesty”
• “We at the network love his sass”
• “Niche”
Best Title For A Book
• The Upstairs Of The House
• Twilight (she freaked it with that)
• The Bible 2: The Squeakquel
• Conflict Is Not Abuse (you can learn a lot from just this title)
• OH THIS BODY? IT STAYS KEEPING THE SCORE
Style Icon Award
• Zendaya
• Shrek
• Anna Wintour
• Dracula
• Dr. Orna Guralnik
Cover Our Bases Award For Thing You Have To Admit Happened This Year
• Law and Order: It Ends With Us
• Karla Sofía on CNN
• Adrien Brody spit his gum out at the Oscars, threw it to his date and Matt and Bowen were in the shot
• “A MINOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRR” at the Super Bowl
• Subway Series, we think?
“I Love You” Award For Best Three Words Together
• Pizza is here
• PINK PONY CLUB
• Welcome to Hawaii
• You’re my friend
• It bears repeating
Docusign Award For Technology That Moved Us Forward
• Ring lens
• Chromecast
• When phones touch tips and something ~happens~
• Share password
• Stanley cup
Best Title For The Next ‘Bridget Jones’
• Bridget Jones 5: Oops All Bridgets
• 5Bridget5Jones
• Bridget Jones: Oh No She Betta Bridget
• Bridget On: All Or Nothing
• Bridget Jones To Terabithia
‘Today Show’ Award For Excellence In The Morning
• Jenna Bush Hager
• Sex, at times
• My mami Nanda at the coffee shop that I see each day
• Bodega guys that call you “Boss”
• Muffin
Flirtiest Thing You Could Ever Say
• “You can sit by me.”
• “Text me your number, so I have it”
• “F-ck” me tonight”
• “Can you hold my shirt if I take it off?”
• “Do you want to go to a Broadway show tonight?”
Song That They’re Absolutely Blasting At Trader Joe’s
• “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” — Panic! At the Disco
• “Into the Groove” — Madonna
• “Rich mami” — Gwen Stefani
• “Higher” — Creed
• “Rich mami” — Hall & Oates
‘Hunger Games’ Award For Best Huge Franchise
• BOOP!
• Shrek
• Crest
• The Hadids
• Yo Gabba Gabba!
Lindsay Lohan In ‘Parent Trap’ Award For Twins Excellence
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
• Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson – Dicks: The Musical
• Lisa Kudrow – Friends/Frasier
• Zooey Deschanel (married to a twin)
• Soap operas – evil and normal
The Sweat Tour Award For Best Live Indoor Performance
• The Sweat Tour
• Brat Tour
• “Killah” — Lady Gaga — SNL
• BOOP!
• Bowen Yang, Lady Gaga — “No More Slay” — SNL
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