Meryl Streep, Michael B. Jordan, Oprah Winfrey and Sofia Coppola will be the honorees at this year’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures fundraising gala, museum officials announced Tuesday.
The third annual fundraising event will be held Oct. 14, with proceeds benefiting museum exhibits, educational efforts and public programming. The event is co-chaired by director Ava DuVernay, physician/producer Dr. Eric Esrailian, actress Halle Berry and writer/director/producer Ryan Murphy.
“We are excited to gather again at our third annual Academy Museum Gala to celebrate the power, global impact, and indelible importance of cinema,” museum Director/President Jacqueline Stewart said in a statement. “I am truly honored to recognize four artists, Meryl Streep, Michael B. Jordan, Oprah Winfrey and Sofia Coppola, whose creativity and passion have inspired and shaped our culture in such powerful ways.”
Streep will receive the Icon Award, which honors an artist whose career has had “a significant global impact.” Jordan will receive the Vantage Award, recognizing an emerging artist or scholar “helping to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema.”
Winfrey will be presented with the Pillar Award, acknowledging “exemplary leadership and support for the Academy Museum,” while Coppola will receive the Visionary Award, recognizing an artist whose “innovations have advanced the art of cinema.”
The host committee for the event includes a roster of Hollywood heavyweights, including Tom Hanks, Don Cheadle, Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, Regina Hall, Kirsten Dunst, Goldie Hawn, Jared Leto, Chloe Sevigny, Colin Farrell, Demi Moore, John Travolta, Kate Hudson, Sharon Stone and Willem Dafoe.