The event honored Haile Gerima and Sophia Loren, along with Bob Iger, Annette Bening and Tom Hanks. 25, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures hosted an opening gala co-chaired by Jason Blum, Ava Duvernay, and Ryan Murphy. Its opening warranted not one but three grand affairs before the public opening on Sept. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano the much-anticipated museum is located in the historic Saban building on Wilshire Boulevard.
The Oscars take place only once a year, but the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is honoring the art of film year-round.
