Bruce Springsteen closed out the fifth annual Academy Museum Gala with a special performance after receiving a Legacy Award from director Martin Scorsese on Saturday night, helping raise over $12 million to support the museum, officials said Sunday.
The subject of the new big-screen biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” starring gala attendee Jeremy Allen White, was one of four artists honored at the gala. Famed director Wim Wenders presented Brazilian director Walter Salles with the Luminary Award. Actress Zoe Saldaña presented the Icon Award to actress Penélope Cruz. And Bowen Yang took the night off from his regular gig on “Saturday Night Live” to receive the Vantage Award, which honors an “emerging artist or scholar who is helping to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema.”
Springsteen was introduced again later by George Clooney, and ended the ceremony by singing “Streets of Philadelphia,” “Atlantic City” and “Land of Hope and Dreams.”
Money raised at the gala supports the museum’s exhibitions, education initiatives and public programming, including screenings, K-12 programs and access initiatives.
The ceremony, which was held at the museum on Wilshire Boulevard, also commemorated the facility’s four-year anniversary. The star-studded guest list included Adam Sandler, Addison Rae, Alana Haim, Amanda Seyfried, America Ferrera, Anna Kendrick, Archie Madekwe, Ari Emanuel, Ava DuVernay, Ayo Edebiri, Barry Jenkins, Baz Luhrmann, Benny Safdie, Bong Joon Ho, Cara Delevigne, Channing Tatum, Charli XCX, Charlie Hunnam, Chase Infiniti, Cristin Milioti, Dakota Fanning, Diane Lane, Dwayne Johnson, Ed Sheeran, Ãdgar RamÃrez, Edward Berger, Elizabeth Debicki, Elle Fanning, Emily Ratajkowski, Eva Longoria, Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade, Gael GarcÃa Bernal, Hailey Bieber, Hilary Duff, Isla Fisher, Jaden Smith, Jared Harris, Jason Clarke, Jason Reitman & Lorraine Nicholson, Joel Edgerton, Jon Hamm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Bigelow, Kendall Jenner, Kerry Washington, Kristen Wiig, LaKeith Stanfield, Leslie Bibb, Lindsay Vonn, Lucy Liu, Lulu Wang, Macaulay Culkin, Marlon Wayans, Maude Apatow, Michelle Monaghan, Mikey Madison, Monica Barbaro, Naomi Watts & Billy Crudup, Odessa Young, Olivia Rodrigo, Olivia Wilde, Orlando Bloom, Park Chan-wook, Patti Scialfa, Quinta Brunson, Rachel Sennott, Rebeca Hall, Regina Hall, Regé-Jean Page, Riley Keough, Rita Wilson, Role Model, Rose Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Ryan Coogler, Sam Worthington, Scott Cooper, Sebastian Stan, Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco, Simu Liu, Sydney Sweeney, Ted Sarandos, Tom Blyth, Will Arnett, Zoey Deutch and others.
The gala was co-chaired by director Jon M. Chu, rapper and actor Common, actress Viola Davis and actor Julius Tennon, actor Robert Downey Jr. and producer Susan Downey, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson and Academy Museum Trustee Alejandro RamÃrez Magaña.
The Academy Museum is open every day except Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 6067 Wilshire Blvd., on the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax Avenue. It is the largest museum in the world dedicated to moviemaking.