Rain? Wind? Cold?
Who cares if you’ve got a limo and an assistant carrying an umbrella.
That was the story tonight at the annual for the Museum of Modern Art.
The night’s honoree was just a guy named Steven Spielberg, who is probably the ultimate ‘get’ for MoMA. After this, it’s all down hill!
Unlike the after party last spring for Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” this was one event no one denied was happening while it was…happening. Guests included a few well known names like Kate Capshaw aka Mrs S., plus Martin Scorsese, Steve Martin, Michelle Williams, Martin Short, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Pfeiffer, Spike Lee, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, Stephen Colbert, Jeff Goldblum, and Drew Barrymore. You may have heard of them! No influencers, although a couple of pushy publicists straggled onto the red carpet.
Oscar winner Ariana DeBose was the entertainment, singing “Somewhere,” from the underrated “West Side Story,” which Spielberg directed.
Many guests were forced to get their pictures taken wearing winter and/or rain coats. Maybe the cosmos is unhappy that Epstein associate Leon Black is still the chairman of the MoMA board. All proceeds support the Debra and Leon Black Family Film Center and MoMA’s Department of Film (helping fund film acquisitions, conservation, and public screenings like Sundays with Steven).
Black is still in the middle of a civil lawsuit brought by an Epstein victim who says he raped her. But charity galas like these are cones of silence, truces between the famous and infamous in the name of the better good!
Below, Tom Cruise offers platitudes for Spielberg. The pair made two excellent films together, “Minority Report” and “War of the Worlds.” (No one mentioned “Digger,” but this was a good moment for Cruise to try and gather Oscar votes.)
PS No sign of Leonardo or Taylor, but they might have gotten lost in the glittering crowd!
the man the legend Tom Cruise honoring Steven Spielberg at MoMA https://t.co/7YRJkBYclF
— delaney (@tweetyenergy) November 13, 2026
