{"id":52760,"date":"2023-11-10T02:40:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T02:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/an-academy-event-turns-into-a-post-strike-celebration\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T02:40:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T02:40:32","slug":"an-academy-event-turns-into-a-post-strike-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/an-academy-event-turns-into-a-post-strike-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"An Academy Event Turns Into a Post-Strike Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">The Academy\u2019s Women\u2019s Luncheon is an annual celebration of women in the industry, but this year\u2019s event, held Thursday just hours after the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/11\/the-actors-strike-is-over-ending-hollywoods-long-limb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">118-day actors strike<\/a>, was buzzing with added excitement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Held on the Academy Museum\u2019s picturesque open-air rooftop and presented by Chanel, the event highlights the Academy\u2019s Gold Fellowship for Women recipients, but also brings out plenty of A-list actors, with this year\u2019s attendees including <strong>Annette Bening, Kristen Stewart, America Ferrera, Riley Keough, Lupita Nyong&#8217;o, Lily-Rose Depp,<\/strong> and <strong>Greta Lee.<\/strong> \u201cToday is truly a day of celebration. The energy in this room is electric. If we had a roof, we would be blowing it off,\u201d said Academy president <strong>Janet Yang<\/strong> in her opening remarks. \u201cWe are all eager to get back to work and we at the Academy are particularly thrilled that our industry is once again united.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE kIXbGQ caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd hBkROF iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Janet Yang and Kristen Stewart<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd hCJFDV fNaHcW caption__credit\">Stefanie Keenan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Between courses and speeches, much of the Chanel-clad room \u2013 which included top executives, producers, agents and craftspeople \u2013 was talking about the end of the actors strike and the next steps for the industry to get back to work. \u201cMorale has really lifted,\u201d said one publicist during the welcome cocktail hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">It was also the first major event where talent with awards films in this year\u2019s race could talk openly about their projects. <strong>Annette Bening<\/strong>, who stars in Netflix\u2019s <em>Nyad<\/em> as long distance swimmer Diane Nyad, opened her speech by saying, \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to be here. It\u2019s good to be out and about.\u201d Bening was on hand to introduce one of the two fellowship winners, filmmaker <strong>Erica Eng<\/strong>, who will receive mentorship opportunities and a prize of $35,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/11\/an-academy-event-post-strike-celebration-america-ferrera-awards-insider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy\u2019s Women\u2019s Luncheon is an annual celebration of women in the industry, but this year\u2019s event, held Thursday just hours after the end of the 118-day actors strike, was buzzing with added excitement. 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