Quentin Tarantino, Paul Mescal and Rita Moreno Honored as Academy Museum Gala Raises $11 Million
Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and EventsThe fourth annual Academy Museum Gala, which honored Quentin Tarantino, Paul Mescal and Rita Moreno, raised $11 million on Saturday night.The evening’s program included John Travolta presenting the Luminary Award to Tarantino, who went onto to announce that he was donating his first handwritten draft of the script for “Pulp Fiction”to the museum. The evening closed with Ariana Grande introducing her “Wicked” co-star Cynthia Erivo, who performed a four-song set that included “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from “The Wizard of Oz.”Earlier in the evening, on the red carpet, Grande told Variety that she is “absolutely” interested in recording original music with Erivo.