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Academy Museum Gala Honors Paul Mescal, Rita Moreno and Quentin Tarantino, Raises Over $11M


The 'Gladiator II' star, Rita Moreno and Quentin Tarantino were honored at the museum's fourth annual event, where the guest list also included Selena Gomez, Nicole Kidman and Steven Spielberg.

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. At the gala, Mescal received the Vantage Award, which toasts an emerging artist who contextualizes and challenges dominant narratives around cinema; on Saturday, it was presented by his Foe co-star, Saoirse Ronan.

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