2019-10-16 The Hollywood Reporter

The Red Carpet

About Town

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 36 OCTOBER 16, 2019

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Gala in the Garden

Los Angeles, Oct. 12

Garden Variety

Westwood’s contemporary

art hub The Hammer has

for 17 years welcomed two

honorees to the same stage

— one from Hollywood, the

other from the art world

— at its annual fundraiser.

Tributes this year went

to Jordan Peele (2) and

groundbreaking feminist

artist Judy Chicago (1) —

feted by author Roxane

Gay (6) and icon Gloria

Steinem (1), respectively,

in front of guests like To m

Ford, J.J. Abrams (6) and

Donna Langley. The gala

will be remembered for its

record-breaking $2.7 mil-

lion raised, Chicago’s

rousing 18-minute

speech, Beck (5) and

Chris Martin’s (5) lively

performance and Peele’s

poignant speech: “I dream

less about making a com-

mentary about society

than I do about getting a

laugh, a scream or scaring

anybody ... but apparently

that involves a search of

the same thing, and that’s

truth.” — CHRIS GARDNER

Paltrow Honored

“I didn’t prepare anything

because I don’t think

I believe in thank-you

speeches,” said amfAR

Award of Courage honoree

Gwyneth Paltrow (9)

following a humorous

introduction by pals Dan

Bucatinsky (9) and Don

Roos (9). “Courage is

something that I strive

to have all the time,” she

said of the honor. “Since

I’ve turned 40, I’ve sort of

found the courage to be

really who I am and speak

from the truest place.”

Auctioneer Simon de

Pury helped raise north

of $1 million from the Milk

Studios stage for items

including five paintings

donated by art world

guru Larry Gagosian, the

night’s other Courage

Award recipient, who did

not attend. “He is on a hot

lead to score a fantastic

deal on the Mona Lisa,”

joked musician Robbie

Robertson, who accepted

on his behalf. Christina

Aguilera (8) closed the

night with a trio of hits,

“Ain’t No Other Man,” “It’s

a Man’s World” and “Lady

Marmalade” for attendees

including Eva Longoria,

Lea Michele (7), Paris

Jackson, Rumer Willis and

Cheyenne Jackson. — C.G.

amfAR Gala

Los Angeles, Oct. 10

10

Alan

Cumming

1

From left: Gloria Steinem,
Rita Wilson, Judy Chicago and the
Hammer Museum’s Ann Philbin

3

From left: Song Kang-ho,

Park So-dam and Bong Joon-ho

8

Christina Aguilera

11

Jay Ellis and

Tricia Helfer

7

From left: Hale Leon,

Frankie Grande

and Lea Michele

9

From left: Dan

Bucatinsky,

Gwyneth Paltrow

and Don Roos

2

Jordan Peele (left)

and Ron Meyer

6

From left: Katie McGrath,

J.J. Abrams, Roxane Gay

and Debbie Millman

5

Chris Martin (left) and Beck

4

Elizabeth

Chambers

Hammer