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Many people would agree that Victoria Beckham is a fashion icon, but tonight she’s making it official. She’s set to receive the first-ever Fashion Icon Award at the E! People’s Choice Awards, adding to her already impressive résumé of accomplishments.

“I feel so honored to be receiving the first ever fashion icon award at The E! People’s Choice Awards,” Beckham said in a press release. “This year, I am celebrating 10 years of my brand, and this is a wonderful way to mark that decade. I am so grateful to be the inaugural recipient. I love what I do, and love that I have been given the opportunity to empower women through my collections.” Scroll down to shop her brand in honor of the news.

The award shows keep rolling in. From one of the biggest nights in music at the American Music Awards to one of the biggest celebrations of the television industry at the Emmys, there has been no shortage of showstopping fashion moments. Tonight, we’ve landed on one of the last major shows of 2018: the People’s Choice Awards. With an extensive list of nominees, presenters, and performers confirmed to attend, the red carpet promises to be impressive at this year’s show.

There are guaranteed to be plenty of glamorous looks as celebrities arrive at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles, so stay tuned for our live coverage as the night continues. We’ll be bringing you all of the stunning gowns and glittering jewels spotted straight from the red carpet. Keep scrolling to see the best-dressed attendees at the 2018 People’s Choice Awards.

Almost out of thin air, ARC has materialized as a newcomer on the electric bike scene, and they’ve taken the spotlight at EICMA to unveil their advanced Vector electric motorcycle. 

Not only has ARC made an absolute stunner of a bike, they’ve also introduced an entire ecosystem for riders, one that includes a heads-up display (HUD) integrated into the helmet and haptic body armor.

The Vector looks like a futuristic work of art, but features like its 170 mile range, ability to go from 0 to 60mph in 2.7 seconds and an electronically limited top speed of 150mph are extremely impressive stats for a new kid on the scene. 

That top speed indicates that the Vector is likely able to go faster—but tampering with ARC’s engineering seems like a dumb idea.

The forethought in the design here is impressive. The windshield is conspicuously absent, but that’s because the fighter-pilot style helmet blocks the wind instead. 

More importantly, it also displays the pertinent stats you’d usually see on the instrument cluster. That means speedometer, revs and more are beamed right into the driver’s field of view.

One of ARC’s biggest innovations is the haptic body armor. Like any motorcycle wearable, the armor is intended for safety and protecting against road rash in case of a spill—but the haptic sensors can inform the rider of road hazards and other dangers via rumbles to different areas of your torso.

These are, by far, some of the most interesting innovations coming in the motorcycle space, from bike to helmet to armor. It’s impossible to not be impressed with ARC bursting on the scene and coming through with some truly exciting tech. 

Tech that may very well turn into standard equipment in the not-to-distant future. 

Footage of vicious MMA knockouts is never easy to watch. Something about this clip of the final second of the final round of the UFC Fight Night 139 match between featherweights Yair Rodriguez and “Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung is particularly hard to take. 

Part of what makes it difficult to watch is knowing that Chan was on the verge of winning.

The fighters were in the final moments of round 5 when Rodriguez pulled a strange move that seemed to throw Chan, throwing his hands up as if the match was over. Chan responded then they regrouped and began fighting again, Chan coming hard at his opponent, ready to close the deal. 

He came in with a monster left hook that missed. His momentum carried him into Rodriguez’s thrust elbow and that put out the lights in—literally—the last second of the match. 

The knockout was so thorough there was some initial worry Chan wouldn’t get up again. 

For his part, Rodriguez was exhausted and looked for a moment like he wasn’t in any better shape than Chan. He was, though, because he won.

He later gave a respectful callout to his featherweight opponent on Instagram, writing “Thanks to @koreanzombiemma for a war and for the respect given by his team, all my respect and admiration.”

Rodriguez’s elbow jab was so sharp it likely caused sympathetic pain in many viewers’ jaws, and it was about as epic as the UFC can get. Outside, the UFC, though, it still may have competition for knockout blow of the year from this wicked spinning elbow in a South African Extreme Fighting match over a week ago.

Torbjorn Madsen was on the receiving end of that elbow delivered by Mzwandile Hlongwa, and Madsen later termed the whole thing “fun.”

Seems like a sure bet Chan Sung Jung didn’t feel like he was having fun. Actually, for a minute or two he wasn’t feeling anything at all.