Academy Museum Gala Raises More Than $14 Million

The sixth Academy Museum Gala raised more than $14 million for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at an October 17 ceremony in Los Angeles, where Charlize Theron, Colman Domingo and John Carpenter received honors and Taylor Swift performed. Theron received the Icon Award, Domingo the Vantage Award and Carpenter the Luminary Award. The annual event supports the museum’s exhibitions, education initiatives and public programming, as well as its work preserving and celebrating film history. Swift closed the evening with a four-song set that included “Blank Space,” “Love Story,” “The Fate of Ophelia” and “I Knew It, I Knew You,” her song for Toy Story 5. Accounts of the performance described “The Fate of Ophelia” as receiving its first live rendition. Conan O’Brien introduced Swift. The awards were presented by film and entertainment figures. Robert Rodriguez presented Carpenter with the Luminary Award, Sigourney Weaver presented Theron with the Icon Award, and Tom Ford presented Domingo with the Vantage Award after an introduction by Judd Apatow. The program also listed Tom Ford, Rodriguez, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw as gala co-chairs. The event brought together actors,...