Academy Museum Gala Honors Quentin Tarantino, Paul Mescal, Rita Moreno
The fourth annual Academy Museum Gala, which honored Quentin Tarantino, Paul Mescal and Rita Moreno, raised $11 million on Saturday night.
The evening’s program included John Travolta presenting the Luminary Award to Tarantino, who went onto to announce that he was donating his first handwritten draft of the script for “Pulp Fiction”to the museum. The evening closed with Ariana Grande introducing her “Wicked” co-star Cynthia Erivo, who performed a four-song set that included “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from “The Wizard of Oz.”
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Earlier in the evening, on the red carpet, Grande told Variety that she is “absolutely” interested in recording original music with Erivo. “I love being in the studio with her, even just as like a fly on the wall, hearing what she’s working on and having her there when I’m working,” she said. “I think we are stuck with each other, professionally and personally, for the rest of our lives.”
The gala was presented by Rolex. The menu was designed by Curtis Stone with wine from Clarendelle & Domaine Clarence Dillon and specialty cocktails by Tequila Don Julio.
See photos from the star-studded night below.
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