The Best Celebrity Reactions to the Solar Eclipse

It was a once-in-a-century experience, or so they said, and celebrities turned out in force to celebrate Monday’s solar eclipse: Lady Gaga attempted peaceful surrender; Kim Kardashian West snuggled with her brood; Madeline Albright used the opportunity to deliver a much-needed lesson about good and evil; Andy Cohen plugged the Real Housewives; Gigi Hadid asked for peace; Donald Trump disobeyed all sensible advice and stared right at the sun, and Bruce Weber made do with some FedEx boxes (his duly famous golden retrievers did without). Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen were the stuff book-club dreams are made of, and even Paul McCartney—a Beatle!—was not above sneaking a peek at the celestial scene. Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten gathered some smartly spectacled young friends around to bask together, Elizabeth Banks managed to smuggle in a Game of Thrones reference, and over in Los Angeles, Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder’s month of tech-free baby time didn’t last long—but hey, special circumstances!

Regardless of caption or capture in question, one fact remained: The chicest accessory to have on Monday was your own pair of ISO-approved eclipse-viewing specs. The best celebrity reactions, below.