Margot Robbie, Pedro Pascal, Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Blunt, Lily Gladstone and Selena Gomez were among the notables at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills for a private luncheon hosted by the American Film Institute to honor 2023’s 10 best films and television shows .
In a Dec. 7 press release, AFI President and Chief Executive Bob Gazzale stated, “As our nation and our world continue to navigate difficult times, AFI is honored to shine a proper light upon these works of art that lift us up and, ultimately, lead us to empathy.”
The films honored were “American Fiction,” “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “May December,” “Oppenheimer,” “Past Lives,” “Poor Things” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
Honored television series were “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Jury Duty,” “The Last of Us,” “The Morning Show,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Poker Face,” “Reservation Dogs” and “Succession.”
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Steve Martin, Meryl Streep, Selena Gomez and Martin Short from “Only Murders in the Building” mingled during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Quinta Brunson, creator and showrunner of “Abbott Elementary,” is greeted by actor Sterling K. Brown.
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Actor Paulina Alexis starred in the series “Reservation Dogs,” set in a Native American community in Oklahoma.
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“May December’s” Charles Melton, right, gets an enthusiastic greeting at the AFI lunch.
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Florence Pugh and Pedro Pascal during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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1. Jeremy Allen White from “The Bear” and Ayo Edebiri mingled during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times) 2. Ali Wong and Steven Yeun mingled during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.les Times) (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times) 3. Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt mingled during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Ayo Edebiri and Bradley Cooper and Ted Sarandos, Netflix CO-CEO, during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Ayo Edebiri, Pedro Pascal, Kieran Culkin and Martin Short during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Quinta Brunson during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Sarah Snook from the TV Show Succession during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Ayo Edebiri and Ellen Burstyn during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Steve Martin and Robert Downey Jr. during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Natalie Portman from the film “May December,” and Paulina Alexis from the show “Reservation Dogs,” during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Meryl Streep, Selena Gomez and Martin Short from “Only Murders in the Building,” during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Lily Gladstone and Ayo Edebiri during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Will Ferrell, left, during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Michael Cyrus Creighton and Reese Witherspoon during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Dominic Sessa and Paul Giamatti from “The Holdovers,” during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon mingled during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Ellen Burstyn and Bradley Cooper mingled during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Director Todd Haynes and Natalie Portman from the film “May December” during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, JaNae Collins and Tim Cook during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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Michael Cyrus Creighton and Steven Spielberg during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards.
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1. Natalie Portman from the film, “May December,” and Director Todd Haynes mingled during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times) 2. Pedro Pascal spitting his gum out into a napkin on the red carpet and Bella Ramsey follows during the AFI Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times) 3. Ayo Adebiri and Ali Wong mingled during the 2023 American Film Institute Awards. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
