Academy Museum Gala: Finest appears from the pink carpet

The Academy Museum of Movement Photos held its fifth annual star-studded fundraising gala Saturday at its Wilshire Boulevard campus.

An unrecognizable Kim Kardashian, Selena Gomez, Demi Moore and Elle and Dakota Fanning had been among the many movie star company on the occasion, which debuted in 2021 upon the movie museum’s long-awaited opening. The gala raises funds for museum exhibitions, training initiatives and public programming.

The Academy Museum collected greater than $11 million in donations eventually yr’s gala, which honored Quentin Tarantino, Paul Mescal and Rita Moreno.

This yr’s gala honorees included actor Penélope Cruz, director Walter Salles, comic Bowen Yang and musician Bruce Springsteen, who was offered with the inaugural Legacy Award and carried out reside on the ceremony. A biopic concerning the rock legend, starring “The Bear’s” Jeremy Allen White, hits theaters Oct. 24.

Springsteen and Cruz, the recipient of this yr’s Icon Award, are each Academy Award winners, the previous for his unique tune “Streets of Philadelphia” — which he wrote for Tom Hanks’ 1993 authorized drama “Philadelphia” — and the latter for her function in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (2008).

Salles, offered with the Luminary Award for modern filmmaking, final yr gave Brazil its first Academy Award for worldwide movie together with his shifting household drama “I’m Nonetheless Right here.” Fernanda Torres was additionally nominated for her function because the Paiva household matriarch within the 2024 film.

Yang acquired the Vantage Award, “honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize and problem dominant narratives round cinema.” The “SNL” darling and “Las Culturistas” podcast host will return as Glinda’s sidekick Pfannee in “Depraved: For Good,” hitting theaters Nov. 21.

Gala attendees spared no expense with their donations or their ensembles, with Jenna Ortega carrying a futuristic Grace Ling halter prime, Rachel Zegler channeling Previous Hollywood in Tamara Ralph Couture, Olivia Rodrigo sporting classic Giorgio Armani Privé and Eva Longoria rocking Elie Saab.

Right here are the very best appears, captured by Instances photographer Eric Thayer.