The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures hosted its annual gala Saturday evening honoring Paul Mescal, Rita Moreno and Quentin Tarantino, while raising more than $11 million to support the museum’s exhibitions, educational initiatives and public programming. museum in Los Angeles, which opened in 2021.

The fourth annual event, one of Hollywood’s most prestigious parties, was co-chaired by Dr. Eric Esrailian, Salma Hayek Pinault, Nicole Kidman, Eva Longoria and Tyler Perry. The evening’s guest list ranged from Hollywood icons – Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Meg Ryan, Joaquin Phoenix and Julia Louis-Dreyfus – to newcomers including Anorait’s Mikey Madison, WeirdIt’s Drew Starkey, Little girlHarris Dickinson, recent Emmy winner Anna Sawai and Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez stars Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez.

There were also numerous appearances from those who could land a spot among this year’s Oscar nominees, including Wicked‘s leads Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo (along with co-star Jeff Goldblum and director Jon M. Chu), the cast of Emilie Pérez (Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Édgar Ramírez), Dunes 2 the director Denis Villeneuve, The apprenticeit’s Sébastien Stan, Sing Sing‘s Colman Domingo and The bottom‘s Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.

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

THE Gladiator II the star said The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet, that this recognition is “a huge, huge honor. When the offer came, it wasn’t something I expected and, honestly, I was somewhat reluctant because I didn’t understand the context of it, that it was someone sort of at the very beginning of his career and sort of trying to establish what his career would be. means to them. It made more sense and I’m really proud to be able to express what this work and this industry means to me.

Spielberg was on hand to present the Icon Award, which recognizes an artist whose career has had a significant global cultural impact, to Moreno, who starred in his updated West Side History; the prize is now added to the EGOT winner’s already full trophy mantle. John Travolta completed the trio of awards by presenting Tarantino with the Luminary Award, given to an artist whose contributions have expanded the creative possibilities of cinema.

During his acceptance speech, Tarantino announced that he was donating his first handwritten draft of the screenplay for pulp Fiction at the museum.

Grande closed out the night by bringing Erivo on stage, as the star performed “I’m Here” from The color purpleDiana Ross’s “House” The magician“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by The Wizard of Oz and “Purple Rain” by Prince. The event was presented in partnership with Rolex, founding patron and official watchmaking partner of the Academy Museum.