The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures said Thursday that Penélope Cruz, Walter Salles, Bruce Springsteen and SNL‘s Bowen Yang will be the honorees for its fifth annual Academy Museum Gala.
They will be honored October 18 at an event that serves as a key fundraiser to support the museum’s exhibitions, education initiatives and public programming. Last year’s gala, which featured honorees Rita Moreno, Paul Mescal and Quentin Tarantino, raised more than $11 million.
Cruz will receive the Icon Award, Salles the Luminary Award and Yang the Vantage Award. Springsteen is set to receive the inaugural Legacy Award and is scheduled to perform live. Springsteen’s honor goes to “an artist whose body of work has inspired generations of storytellers and deeply influenced our culture.”
Disney’s Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere starring Jeremy Allen White will open in theaters the week following the red-carpet event, on October 25.
The 2025 gala is being co-chaired by Jon M. Chu, Common, Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey, Jennifer Hudson and Academy Museum trustee Alejandro Ramírez Magaña.
“The Academy Museum Gala is a special evening dedicated to bringing together individuals to champion the celebration, advancement, and preservation of cinema. As we gather for a fifth year, we are honored to recognize Penélope Cruz, Walter Salles, Bruce Springsteen, and Bowen Yang — storytellers whose influence has been proven to resonate in film and beyond,” said Academy Museum director and president Amy Homma. “We are so thankful to founding supporters of the museum, including our partner Rolex, for their long-standing commitment to cinema, and our co-chairs for hosting this important event.”
