Academy Museum Gala 2026 Red Carpet: Taylor Swift, Inde Navarrette, Kate Hudson and More — SkimNews
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- The 6th annual Academy Museum Gala raised more than $14 million for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, with Taylor Swift performing live during the evening.
- Charlize Theron received the Icon Award, Colman Domingo received the Vantage Award, and John Carpenter received the Luminary Award at the ceremony.
- Robert Rodriguez, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, and Tom Ford co-chaired the gala, which was presented by Rolex.
- The red carpet drew a sprawling A-list crowd including Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Sabrina Carpenter, Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek, Jacob Elordi, Pamela Anderson, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, and Connor Storrie.
- The host committee included Jessica Alba, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, Kate Hudson, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Demi Moore, Greta Lee, Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen, Rami Malek, and Ava DuVernay, among others.
Why it matters: The gala's $14M+ haul directly funds the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, and this year's honoree lineup — pairing a blockbuster veteran (John Carpenter), a contemporary awards-season mainstay (Colman Domingo), and an A-list film icon (Charlize Theron) — signals the institution's effort to honor both genre heritage and present-day cultural impact.
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