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Vanity Fair Pre-Oscars Event Honors ‘Spotlight’ and Benefits ProPublica

by Cynthia Gordy Giwa

February 25, 2016, 10:47 am

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<p>The cast of “Spotlight,” including Oscar nominees Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams, joined other luminaries at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont on Wednesday night for a private dinner honoring the film. Hosted by Vanity Fair and Barney’s New York as part of the magazine’s weeklong calendar of events leading up to the Academy Awards, a donation marking the dinner will go to ProPublica.</p>
<p><p>Vanity Fair editors chose ProPublica as the beneficiary for the event because of the non-profit newsroom’s commitment to investigative journalism in the public interest – a mission that aligns with the narrative behind “Spotlight,” which chronicles the 2002 Boston Globe investigation that exposed Catholic Church leaders’ abuse of children. The film has been nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo) and Best Supporting Actress (Rachel McAdams).</p>
<p>Other guests in attendance at Wednesday’s dinner included actors Liev Schrieber, Donald Glover, Busy Phillips, singer Sam Smith, Spotlight director and cowriter Tom McCarthy, and three of <a href="https://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/reporters-behind-new-spotlight-movie-tell-how-they-exposed-priest-abuse">the journalists portrayed in the film</a>, Ben Bradlee Jr., Mike Rezendes and Sacha Pfeiffer.</p>
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The cast of “Spotlight,” including Oscar nominees Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams, joined other luminaries at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont on Wednesday night for a private dinner honoring the film. Hosted by Vanity Fair and Barney’s New York as part of the magazine’s weeklong calendar of events leading up to the Academy Awards, a donation marking the dinner will go to ProPublica.

Vanity Fair editors chose ProPublica as the beneficiary for the event because of the non-profit newsroom’s commitment to investigative journalism in the public interest – a mission that aligns with the narrative behind “Spotlight,” which chronicles the 2002 Boston Globe investigation that exposed Catholic Church leaders’ abuse of children. The film has been nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo) and Best Supporting Actress (Rachel McAdams).

Other guests in attendance at Wednesday’s dinner included actors Liev Schrieber, Donald Glover, Busy Phillips, singer Sam Smith, Spotlight director and cowriter Tom McCarthy, and three of the journalists portrayed in the film, Ben Bradlee Jr., Mike Rezendes and Sacha Pfeiffer.

Actress Rachel McAdams (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Actors Sunrise Coigney and Mark Ruffalo (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Actor and musician Donald Glover (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Journalists Ben Bradlee Jr., Sacha Pfeiffer and Mike Rezendes (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth and actress Busy Philipps (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Actor Liev Schreiber and screenwriter Josh Singer (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Actor Mark Ruffalo and journalist Mike Rezendes (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Singer Sam Smith and actor/musician Donald Glover (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Director Tom McCarthy, with actors Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo (Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

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