The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures held its annual gala on Saturday night honoring Paul Mescal, Rita Moreno and Quentin Tarantino while raising over $11 million to support the exhibitions, education initiatives and public programming at the L.A. museum, which opened in 2021.
The fourth annual event, one of Hollywood’s most star-studded nights, was co-chaired by Dr. Eric Esrailian, Salma Hayek Pinault, Nicole Kidman, Eva Longoria and Tyler Perry. The night’s guest list ranged from Hollywood icons — Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Meg Ryan, Joaquin Phoenix and Julia Louis-Dreyfus — to relative newcomers, including Anora ‘s Mikey Madison, Queer ‘s Drew Starkey, Babygirl ‘s Harris Dickinson, recent Emmy winner Anna Sawai and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story stars Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez.
There were also plenty of appearances from those who may land a spot among this year’s Oscar nominees, including Wicked ‘s leads Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo (with co-star Jeff Goldblum and director Jon M. Chu), the cast of Emilia Pérez (Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Édgar Ramírez), Dune 2 director Denis Villeneuve, The Apprentice ‘s Sebastian Stan, Sing Sing ‘s Colman Domingo and The Substance ‘s Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.