The 14th annual event honored Samuel L. Jackson and brought out everyone from Sofia Coppola to Denzel Washington.
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Museum of Modern Art held their 16th annual Film Benefit, presented by Chanel and honoring Samuel L. Jackson .
On hand to celebrate the actor were some of his most illustrious colleagues, many in person and some popping in virtually to address their friend in their own way.“The greatest motherf*cker to ever do it.” — Walter Goggins When the time came for the legendary actor to make his own speech, he addressed the elephant in the room. “All these speeches and not one motherf*cker?” he quipped, before launching into his remarks, a rapt audience hanging onto his gratitude-filled speech. Though Tems was still to perform a stunning set of her Grammy-nominated work, it was Jackson who put the perfect capstone on the evening just before he left the stage: “You’re trying real hard to make a motherf*cker cry.
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