Pedro Pascal, Selena Gomez, Margot Robbie and More at the AFI Awards (PHOTOS)

Publish date: 2024-08-20

The American Film Institute’s AFI Awards on Friday afternoon in Beverly Hills were elbow-to-elbow with A-listers.

The guest list at the Four Seasons included Selena Gomez, Pedro Pascal, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr., Christopher Nolan, Quinta Brunson, Jeffrey Wright, Jeremy Allen White, Tracee Ellis Ross, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef.

“Let’s fuel the rumors,” Martin Short cracked as he grabbed Meryl Streep for photos on the red carpet. The “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars recently had to shoot down internet chatter that they had become a romantic couple.

Steve Martin got in on the gag when he told Streep he hadn’t received his wedding invitation yet.

“The Bear” star Ayo Edeberi took a photo of the “Past Lives” team on the carpet. Steven Spielberg, no surprise, was one of the most wanted men in the ballroom, chatting at length with Bradley Cooper, Greta Gerwig and Celine Song.

Carey Mulligan rushed over to Emma Stone before making a beeline for Robbie across the room.

The AFI’s top 10 films of 2023 includes “American Fiction,” “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” May December,” “Oppenheimer,” “Past Lives,” “Poor Things,” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” The top 10 television programs were “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Jury Duty,” “The Last of Us,” “The Morning Show,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Poker Face, “Reservation Dogs,” and “Succession.”

Ellen Burstyn delivered the afternoon’s benediction. She praised AFI for recognizing 10 films and television shows and not making a competition out of their process.

“I think this idea of honoring 10 movies and 10 television shows and just leaving it at that,” she said. “Not having five people nominated and invited to big gala event – one person wins and four losers go home – I’ve been on both ends of that stick. It’s not fun.”

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