Excellence in filmmaking, and the quality the Academy Museum exists to celebrate and preserve. Its annual gala is framed around cinematic achievement rather than simple celebrity, which is why the 2026 edition could move seamlessly from couture arrivals to a live performance of a song written for Toy Story 5 — fashion in service of film, all night long.
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