Events of the Week: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards and More

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Killers of the Flower Moon, the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards and the Versace Icons Dinner.

Los Angeles Beverly Arts Icon Awards

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The third annual LABA Icon Awards took place on Friday in Beverly Hills, where artist and photographer Michael Warren was presented with an award by his son Cash Warren (and support from daughter-in-law Jessica Alba) and visual artist Alexandra Grant was honored by sound mixer Paul N. J. Ottosson.

Michael Warren, Jenny Warren, Jessica Alba, and Cash Warren attend The 3rd Los Angeles Beverly Arts Icon Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on September 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Michael Warren, Jenny Warren, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren

L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade

After a three year hiatus, L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade, hosted by Chef Suzanne Goin and partner Caroline Styne along with Chef David Lentz, returned on Saturday to UCLA’s Royce Quad. The culinary cookout, which supports Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and its mission to find better treatments and cures for all kids with cancer, was attended by Timothy Olyphant, Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, Melanie Lynskey, Johnny Knoxville and Clea DuVall.

Carla Gallo, Clea DuVall and Melanie Lynskey attend LA Loves Alex's Lemonade Stand 2023 Chefs Event at UCLA in Los Angeles CA on Saturday, September 23, 2023.
Carla Gallo, Clea DuVall and Melanie Lynskey
Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning attend LA Loves Alex's Lemonade Stand 2023 Chefs Event at UCLA in Los Angeles CA on Saturday, September 23, 2023.
Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning

Project Angel Food’s Angel Awards

Project Angel Food’s annual Angel Awards returned on Saturday to honor Sheryl Lee Ralph with the inaugural Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award — presented by Lily Tomlin — while AIDS activist, artist and author Mary Fisher received the 2023 Angel Award.

Sheryl Lee Ralph attends Project Angel Food's 2023 Angel Awards Gala at Project Angel Food on September 23, 2023 in Hollywood, California.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Lily Tomlin speaks onstage during Project Angel Food's 2023 Angel Awards Gala at Project Angel Food on September 23, 2023 in Hollywood, California.
Lily Tomlin

Knott’s Scary Farm 50th Anniversary Celebration

Knott’s Scary Farm rolled out the black carpet on Saturday in celebration of its 50th anniversary, with guests including Tiffany Haddish, Haley Lu Richardson, Tallulah Willis, Scout Willis, Kaitlyn Dever, Ross Butler and Olivia Holt.

Haley Lu Richardson attends the 50th anniversary of Knott's Scary Farm at Knott's Berry Farm on September 23, 2023 in Buena Park, California.
Haley Lu Richardson
Tiffany Haddish attends the 50th anniversary of Knott's Scary Farm at Knott's Berry Farm on September 23, 2023 in Buena Park, California.
Tiffany Haddish

Global Citizen Festival

The Global Citizen Festival returned to Central Park on Saturday with a lineup that included Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Jung Kook, Anitta, Conan Gray, D-Nice, Sofia Carson and Stray Kids, as well as a starry list of speakers including Charlize Theron, Chris Rock, Common, Connie Britton, Danai Gurira, Natasha Lyonne, Busy Philipps, Carmelo Anthony, Padma Lakshmi, Rachel Brosnahan and Sophia Bush.

Charlize Theron attends Global Citizen Festival 2023 at Central Park on September 23, 2023 in New York City.
Charlize Theron
Rachel Brosnahan, Common and Natasha Lyonne speak onstage at the 2023 Global Citizen Concert at Central Park, Great Lawn on September 23, 2023 in New York City.
Rachel Brosnahan, Common and Natasha Lyonne

Ed Sheeran x Lee party

Adam Sandler, Kelly Slater, Allison Holker, Maria Menounos and JoJo Siwa attended a party hosted by Lee at Bootsy Bellows in SoFi Stadium, where attendees enjoyed a private field-level suite at Saturday’s Ed Sheeran concert.

JoJo Siwa and Adam Sandler attend Lee's Sheeran event at the Bootsy Bellows Suite at SoFi Stadium on September 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
JoJo Siwa and Adam Sandler

iHeartRadio Music Festival

iHeartMedia hosted the 13th annual iHeartRadio Music Festival at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena over the weekend, featuring two days of performances from Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Travis Scott, Kane Brown, Lil Wayne, Lil Durk, Lenny Kravitz, Miguel and Public Enemy.

Kelly Clarkson performs onstage during the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 23, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kelly Clarkson
Jared Leto attends the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 23, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jared Leto
Lenny Kravitz performs onstage during the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 22, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lenny Kravitz

Kinder, Braver Together Pop-Up Launch

Lady Gaga and Cynthia Germanotta attended a kickoff event for the Kinder, Braver Together pop-up in support of the Born This Way Foundation. The shop, which is located in the atrium at Westfield Century City in Los Angeles, is co-hosted by Gaga’s Born This Way and the Cotton On Foundation with a goal to raise $5 million to support youth mental health globally. Every purchase from the Kinder, Braver Together collection in the pop-up, in stores or online directly contributes to Born This Way Foundation’s youth mental health initiatives worldwide.

Lady Gaga dropped by the Kinder, Braver Together pop-up in support of the Born This Way Foundation at Westfield Century City in Los Angeles on Sept. 25, 2023.
Lady Gaga and her mother dropped by the Kinder, Braver Together pop-up in support of the Born This Way Foundation at Westfield Century City in Los Angeles on Monday.

CleanCon

Environmental Working Group’s CleanCon 2023 took place on Saturday at City Market Social House in downtown Los Angeles, with panelists including Moby, fitness pioneer Tracy Anderson, TV host and actress Arielle Vandenberg, drag-superstar Shea Couleé and chef and TV host Sophia Roe.

Arielle Vandenberg and Tracy Anderson speak onstage during EWG's CleanCon™ 2023 at City Market Social House on September 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Arielle Vandenberg and Tracy Anderson

Carolyn Pfeiffer’s Chasing the Panther: Adventures and Misadventures of a Cinematic Life events

Producer and author Carolyn Pfeiffer celebrated her memoir Chasing the Panther: Adventures and Misadventures of a Cinematic Life with a party on Friday, hosted by New York Times best-selling author Holly Goldberg Sloan and her husband, filmmaker Gary Rosen. On Saturday and Sunday, the American Cinematheque hosted double-feature screenings of Alan Rudolph films that Pfeiffer produced, where she signed books prior to the screenings and screenwriter Larry Karaszewski moderated the Q&As.

Writer Larry Karaszewski, film producer Carolyn Pfeiffer and director Alan Rudolph attend the book signing with Carolyn Pfeiffer for "Chasing The Panther" and the special screenings of "Choose Me" and "Remember My Name" hosted by American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre on September 24, 2023 in Santa Monica, California.
Larry Karaszewski, Carolyn Pfeiffer and Alan Rudolph

Mr. T Los Angeles one year anniversary

Mr. T, the Los Angeles outpost of the high-end Paris eatery by restaurateur Guillaume Guedj, celebrated its one year anniversary on Saturday.

Derek Fisher, Guillaume Guedj and Gloria Govan at Mr. T restaurant on September 23, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Derek Fisher, Guillaume Guedj and Gloria Govan

Killers of the Flower Moon premiere

With actors still on strike, Martin Scorsese joined his producers, crew and members of the Osage Nation at the New York premiere of the Apple film on Wednesday.

(L-R) Osage Nation Princess Gianna "Gigi" Sieke, Osage Nation Princess Lawren "Lulu" Goodfox, Chad Renfro, Scott George, Julie O'Keefe, Brandy Lemon, Martin Scorsese, Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Julie Standing Bear, Christopher Cote, and Addie Roanhorse attend Apple's "Killers of the Flower Moon" New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on September 27, 2023 in New York City.
Osage Nation Princess Gianna “Gigi” Sieke, Osage Nation Princess Lawren “Lulu” Goodfox, Chad Renfro, Scott George, Julie O’Keefe, Brandy Lemon, Martin Scorsese, Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Julie Standing Bear, Christopher Cote and Addie Roanhorse
(L-R) Jacqueline West, Jack Fisk, Rodrigo Prieto, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, Mark Ulano, Ellen Lewis, and Rene Hayes attend Apple's "Killers of the Flower Moon" New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on September 27, 2023 in New York City.
Jacqueline West, Jack Fisk, Rodrigo Prieto, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, Mark Ulano, Ellen Lewis and Rene Hayes

Versace Icons Dinner

Donatella Versace and Anne Hathaway hosted the inaugural Versace Icons Dinner on Wednesday in NYC, with attendees including Rachel Brosnahan, Ariana DeBose, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Teyana Taylor, Cindy Crawford and Helena Christensen, authors Meena Harris and Raquel Willis, activists Aaron Rose Philip, Marley Dias and Nykita Joy, journalist and director Sophia Li, art curator Nicola Vassell and artist Anna Weyant.

Anne Hathaway, Donatella Versace at the Versace Icons Dinner
Anne Hathaway and Donatella Versace
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Ariana DeBose, Rachel Brosnahan at the Versace Icons Dinner
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Ariana DeBose and Rachel Brosnahan
AnnaSophia Robb, Teyana Taylor, Sophia Li at the Versace Icons Dinner
AnnaSophia Robb, Teyana Taylor and Sophia Li

She Came to Me special screening

CAA hosted a special screening of She Came To Me on Wednesday with writer-director Rebecca Miller, producer Damon Cardasis, Vertical partner and CEO Peter Jarowey, actress Harlow Jane and Isabel Leonard in attendance.

Isabel Leonard, Rebecca Miller and Damon Cardasis at Vertical’s SHE CAME TO ME special Los Angeles screening, Los Angeles, CA - 27 September 2023
Isabel Leonard, Rebecca Miller and Damon Cardasis
Thomas Jane, Harlow Jane and Patricia Arquette at Vertical’s SHE CAME TO ME special Los Angeles screening, Los Angeles, CA - 27 September 2023
Thomas Jane, Harlow Jane and Patricia Arquette

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK premiere

RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. celebrated its fifth season at the World of Wonder gallery on Wednesday, with support from Adam Shankman, Daniel Franzese, Brett “Leland” McLaughlin and drag queens Blu Hydrangea, Kimora Blac, Scarlett Bobo, Cheryl Hole and Prince.

Cheryl Hole and Blu Hydrangea attend the premiere of 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' season 5 at World Of Wonder on September 27, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Cheryl Hole and Blu Hydrangea

The Abyss: Special Edition screening

James Cameron attended a Beyond Fest screening and Q&A for his film The Abyss: Special Edition in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

James Cameron attends "The Abyss" screening during 2023 Beyond Fest at Regency Village Theatre on September 27, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
James Cameron

Gen V special screening

Prime Video hosted a premiere screening and afterparty for Gen V, the spinoff from The Boys, on Wednesday in Culver City.

LA Special Screening of GEN V
Inside the Gen V screening

Deliver Us premiere

Magnolia Pictures celebrated the L.A. premiere of Deliver Us on Wednesday, with co-director/co-writer/producer/actor Lee Roy Kunz, co-director/producer Cru Ennis, co-writer/producer Kane Kunz and cinematographer/producer Isaac Bauman.

Premiere of Deliver Us at The Landmark Westwood in Los Angeles, CA on September 27, 2023.
Isaac Bauman, Cru Ennis, Lee Roy Kunz and Kane Kunz

Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards

George and Amal Clooney hosted the second annual Albies on Thursday in NYC, shining a spotlight on brave individuals who have devoted their lives to justice. The star-studded guest list included Meryl Streep, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Jeremy Strong, John Oliver, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach.

Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the Clooney Foundation For Justice's "The Albies" on September 28, 2023 in New York City.
Amal and George Clooney
Emily Blunt and John Krasinski attend the Clooney Foundation For Justice's "The Albies" on September 28, 2023 in New York City.
Emily Blunt and John Krasinski
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig attend the Clooney Foundation For Justice's "The Albies" on September 28, 2023 in New York City.
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig

Zodiac Ball

The Children’s Oncology Support Fund hosted the inaugural Zodiac Ball on Thursday in Los Angeles, hosted by Brooke Burke alongside vice chairs for the evening Barron N. Hilton and Tessa Hilton. Additional attendees included Kate Beckinsale, Tara Reid, Sam Asghari, William Abadie, Mohamed Hadid, Jason Oppenheim, Carly Chaikin and Harley Quinn Smith.

Tessa Hilton, Thomas Pierce, Brooke Burke, and Barron N. Hilton attend the Zodiac Ball at The Houdini Estate on September 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Tessa Hilton, Thomas Pierce, Brooke Burke and Barron N. Hilton
Kate Beckinsale attends the Zodiac Ball at The Houdini Estate on September 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Kate Beckinsale

Mississippi Masala WIF screening

On Thursday, WIF (Women In Film, Los Angeles) hosted a screening of Mississippi Masala at Vidiots in Los Angeles. Following the film, writer, director, producer and WIF board member Nisha Ganatra moderated a Q&A with the film’s director, Mira Nair. The film serves as the third installment of WIF’s 50th Anniversary Screening Series, celebrating a film per decade made by women.

Nisha Ganatra and Mira Nair at Women in Film Screening of 'Mississippi Masala held on September 28, 2023 at Vidiots in Los Angeles, California
Nisha Ganatra and Mira Nair

Kiss the Ground dinner

Mariska Hargitay, Liev Schreiber, Debra Messing, Rebecca Hall, Rupert Friend, Ben McKenzie and Adrien Brody were among the stars who attended a Kiss the Ground dinner and Common Ground preview at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Tarrytown, New York on Thursday.

Lauran Bromley, Mariska Hargitay, Bunny Bromley at Kiss the Ground Dinner.
Lauran Bromley, Mariska Hargitay and Bunny Bromley
Adrien Brody at Kiss the Ground Dinner.
Adrien Brody

City Parks Foundation Dinner and Concert Benefit

City Parks Foundation held its 2023 benefit fundraiser on Thursday in Central Park at the flagship SummerStage venue. This year’s event honored Tom Poleman with the SummerStage Icon Award and Devon Eisenberg with the People & Parks Award. Guests also enjoyed special performances by Train and Tim McGraw, as the event raised over $1.3 million in donations.

City Parks Foundation 2023 Dinner and Concert benefit at SummerStage in Central Park.
Tim McGraw and Tom Poleman

Manhunter Beyond Fest screening

Michael Mann took part in a Manhunter screening and Q&A on Thursday as part of Beyond Fest, in partnership with the American Cinematheque.

Beyond Fest Screening and Q&A with Director/Writer Michael Mann
Michael Mann

Nickelodeon and Paramount+’s “We Couldn’t Wait for Halloween!” party

Monster High 2 director and EP Todd Holland stopped for a picture with EP Adam Bonnett at Nickelodeon and Paramount+’s “We Couldn’t Wait for Halloween!” party at Nickelodeon Animation Studio on Thursday.

Monster High 2 Director and Executive Producer Todd Holland stops for a picture with Executive Producer Adam Bonnett at Nickelodeon and Paramount+’s “We Couldn’t Wait for Halloween! Party at Nickelodeon Animation Studio on Thursday, September 28.
Todd Holland and Adam Bonnett

On Fire screening

Director and star Peter Facinelli attended a screening for his film On Fire in Los Angeles on Thursday, benefitting Global Empowerment Mission Maui Relief and presented by Cineverse. The film has received an interim agreement from SAG.

Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli

Redefining Comfort book launch

Jake Arnold celebrated his new book Redefining Comfort in Los Angeles on Thursday alongside Rashida Jones, Ted Sarandos, Nicole Avant and Jen Atkin.

Nicole Avant and Jake Arnold attend a Celebration for Jake Arnold's Debut Book, REDEFINING COMFORT, hosted by Nicole Avant Sarandos on September 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Nicole Avant and Jake Arnold

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