Stars align as Saoirse Ronan presents Paul Mescal with award
Saoirse Ronan has presented Paul Mescal with an award at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala event.
Normal People star Mescal, who was nominated for a best Oscar actor gong for his role in the drama Aftersun - and is starring in the hotly anticipated Gladiator II movie, attended the fourth year of the event on Saturday.
Ronan, 30, paid tribute to Mescal, 28, as he accepted the vantage award, which is given to 'an emerging artist or scholar who is helping to contextualise and challenge dominant narratives around cinema'.
Actor John Travolta praised his Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino, 61, as the filmmaker picked up his Luminary Award, which is given to an 'artist whose singular contributions have expanded the creative possibilities of cinema'.
Tarantino donated his first handwritten draft of the script for 1994's Pulp Fiction to the museum as he made his speech to the audience. He arrived on the red carpet with actress Uma Thurman, who he directed in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2.
Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg also introduced actress Rita Moreno, who won a best supporting actress Academy Award in 1962 for West Side Story, while she received the Icon Award for her 'cultural impact'.
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