Taylor Swift to Perform at This Year’s Academy Museum Gala

Taylor Swift has added a new performance to her very busy calendar.

The superstar will take the stage at the Academy Museum Gala, taking place in Los Angeles on Oct. 17. The star-studded event, which serves as a major fundraising evening for the Academy Museum, is honoring Charlize Theron, Colman Domingo and filmmaker John Carpenter at its sixth annual celebration.

“Taylor is an extraordinary talent whose work resonates around the world,” Amy Homma, director and president of the Academy Museum and Academy Collection, said in a statement. “We are thrilled to welcome her to this year’s gala and look forward to her performance to close a wonderful evening of honoring three extraordinary filmmakers and supporting the Academy Museum’s mission to celebrate and preserve cinema.”

The Academy Museum Gala always draws an A-list guest list, particularly when it comes to stars campaigning for awards season accolades. Swift is in this year’s Oscars race for “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the original song she wrote for Toy Story 5.

The night is being co-chaired by Tom Ford, Robert Rodriguez, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, with a host committee including Jessica Alba, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman, Jon M. Chu, Kirsten Dunst, Nicholas Galitzine, Ludwig and Serena Göransson, Regina Hall, Kate Hudson, Jessica Lange, Greta Lee, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Rami Malek, Demi Moore, Olivia Munn, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Questlove, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen, Bird Runningwater and Teyana Taylor.

Theron will receive the Icon Award, celebrating an artist whose career has had a significant global impact, and Domingo will get the Vantage Award, honoring an artist who is helping to challenge dominant narratives around cinema. Carpenter will be presented with the Luminary Award, given to an artist whose singular contributions have expanded the creative possibilities of filmmaking.