Lily Gladstone and Martin Scorsese headlined Giorgio Armani’s pre-Oscar party in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Ahead of the Academy Awards on Sunday, the 37-year-old actress and her Killers of the Flower Moon director looked sophisticated and elegant in their all-black ensembles as they arrived at Giorgio Armani’s flagship store on Rodeo Drive.
Wearing a couture skirt and tuxedo jacket, Lily effortlessly exuded movie star glamour, while Martin cut a classic figure in his dapper suit.
The couple were joined by luminaries including Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan and Dua Lipa’s boyfriend, British heartthrob Callum Turner.
The star-studded shindig is “presented by Roberta Armani in celebration of Martin Scorsese’s historic 10th Academy Award nomination for Killers of the Flower Moon,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Lily Gladstone and Martin Scorsese headlined Giorgio Armani’s pre-Oscar party in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The tribute to the legendary filmmaker comes after Lily, Martin and Leonardo DiCaprio sat down to discuss all things Killers of the Flower Moon.
Hollywood heavyweights posed for the cover of Variety and he was candid about the making of the drama, its long running time, and the blatant Oscar snub to star Leonardo.
Lily defended her co-star to the outlet, stating that both she and her parents were outraged by the omission.
“They were angry,” he said. ‘He was the first to text me congratulations, with confetti popping. I told him how upset we all were.
When the 96th annual Academy Award nominations were revealed, Martin earned his 10th nod for Best Director, while Lily received one for Best Actress, becoming the first Native American to be nominated in that category.
The three-and-a-half-hour film received a total of eight more Oscar nominations, but the Titanic star was left out.
‘My nomination is equally yours. “He couldn’t have done what I did without his generosity as an actor and as a human being,” Lily added.
In the film, Leo plays World War I veteran Ernest Burkhart, who falls in love with an Osage woman, Mollie Kyle (played by Lily).
Wearing a couture skirt and tuxedo jacket, Lily effortlessly exuded movie star glamour.
Martin cut a classic figure in his elegant suit.
The party was held in honor of Martin’s 10th Oscar nomination.
Scorsese weighed in, arguing that Leo’s performance speaks for itself.
“It went so far into the complexities and contradictions of a man who was so weak, so malleable, who did such indescribable things, but who also truly loved his wife,” the film icon explained.
‘Leo fearlessly created a true everyman…an everyman that people just don’t want to recognize. So that will last.”
Leonardo has yet to make a public statement about the snub, although he took to his Instagram to acknowledge the Oscar nominations.
“Congratulations to my dear friend @LilyGladstone for making Oscar history, as the first Native American woman nominated for Best Actress in Killers Of The Flower Moon, and the fourth Indigenous actress to earn a nomination in the category,” she gushed.
“And to the other nine nominees for this powerful film, telling this story with all of you has been an honor.”
Regarding criticism of the film’s length, Scorsese explained to Variety: “I don’t really know how to respond except for the fact that a lot of people seem to agree.”
‘This one seemed right to me (at this length), and I felt that way as I looked at it. I felt inside it.’
Kathryn Newton surprised with a low-cut dress for the event
The stunning actress stole the show with her couture number as it featured a sheer silhouette.
She kept her blonde tresses up in a sleek bun.
Dua Lipa’s boyfriend Callum Turner made the cut for the invite-only shindig
He also talked about hiring Lily for the role on the spot.
‘What I saw Lily do in Certain Women, how she dominated space and screen and the emotional impact of what seemed to be minimal and very internal, that’s what I was looking for.
‘We had just started developing the character and I felt like Lily had it in her. That she would find it seriously.
In January, Lily made history at the 81st Golden Globe Awards when she took home the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, making her the first Indigenous actress to win an award in the ceremony’s 81-year history. .
In the film, Lily, who uses she/they pronouns, played Burkhart, an Osage woman whose family members are tragically murdered in a plot to take her fortune.
Gladstone, whose heritage includes Blackfeet and Nez Perce roots, is now only the second Native actress recognized by the Globes. The first was Irene Bedard, nominated in 1995 for the television movie Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee.
“This is historic and it doesn’t just belong to me,” Gladstone said in English as he accepted the Golden Globe, after opening his acceptance speech speaking in the Blackfeet language.
“I will celebrate with all my beautiful sisters in the film and my mother (in the film), Tantoo Cardinal.”
Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan looked dapper in his black suit as he arrived at the Rodeo Drive party.
The star then pointed out that in the past, Hollywood created fictional native languages instead of portraying them accurately and authentically.
“I’m very grateful to be able to speak even a little bit of my language because in this business, native actors used to say their lines in English and then the sound mixers would play them backwards to get the native languages on camera,” Gladstone explained. . .
He then thanked Chief Standing Bear and the Osage Nation, as well as Scorsese and his co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, for being “allies.”
“This is for every little res child, every little urban child, every little native child who has a dream, who sees themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves, in our own words, with tremendous allies and tremendous trust each other.’