Saoirse Ronan presents award for making ‘challenging cinema’ to Paul Mescal

Saoirse Ronan has presented her chap Irish histrion Paul Mescal with an grant astatine the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala event.

Normal People prima Mescal, who was nominated for a champion Oscar histrion gong for his relation successful play Aftersun – and is starring successful the hotly anticipated Gladiator II movie, attended the 4th twelvemonth of the lawsuit connected Saturday.

Ronan, 30, paid tribute to Mescal, 28, arsenic helium accepted the vantage award, which is fixed to “an emerging creator oregon student who is helping to contextualise and situation ascendant narratives astir cinema”.

Actor John Travolta praised his Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino, 61, arsenic the filmmaker picked up his Luminary Award, which is fixed to an “artist whose singular contributions person expanded the originative possibilities of cinema”.

Tarantino donated his archetypal handwritten draught of the publication for 1994’s Pulp Fiction to the depository arsenic helium made his code to the audience.

He arrived connected the reddish carpet with histrion Uma Thurman, who helium directed successful Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2.

Oscar-winning manager Steven Spielberg besides introduced histrion Rita Moreno, who won a champion supporting histrion Academy Award for West Side Story, portion she picked up the Icon Award, fixed to those who person had a “cultural impact”.

The gala was co-chaired by Academy Museum Trustee Eric Esrailian, arsenic good arsenic actors Salma Hayek, Nicole Kidman, Eva Longoria and Tyler Perry.

The evening was closed by Ariana Grande introducing her Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo.

Erivo performed I’m Here from The Colour Purple, Diana Ross’s Home from The Wiz, Somewhere Over The Rainbow from The Wizard Of Oz and Prince’s Purple Rain.

More than 11 cardinal US dollars (£8.42 million) was raised to enactment the museum’s enactment astatine the event.