Top Events This Week: The Housemaid and Anaconda

Steve Zahn, Paul Rudd, Thandiwe Newton, and Jack Black made an appearance at the premiere of the new Anaconda in L.A. last Saturday. Ice Cube, who starred in the original Anaconda movie, also attended the event alongside Tom Rothman (chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group).

Macaulay Culkin and director Chris Columbus had a heartwarming reunion at a 35th-anniversary screening of Home Alone at the Academy Museum on Saturday. Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Mona Fastvold, Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Tim Blake Nelson, and Natalie Shinnick brought The Testament of Ann Lee to L.A. the following day.

Brandon Sklenar, Chelsea Kujawa, Jon Feltheimer, Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney, Adam Fogelson, and Erin Westerman celebrated the L.A. premiere of Lionsgate’s The Housemaid on Monday. Andra Day, Will Arnett, Calvin Knegten, and Laura Dern graced the red carpet at the L.A. premiere of Is This Thing On? on Thursday.

Ed Sheeran performed at the iHeartRadio Z100’s Jingle Ball on December 12, presented by Capital One, at Madison Square Garden. Steve Earle and Brandi Carlile were part of the 11th annual John Henry’s Friends benefit concert at the Capitol Theatre on the same day.

Mark Ronson and Justin Theroux, along with Big Daddy Kane, hosted a holiday party at Pebble Bar on Saturday. Andy Garcia, Ali Larter, Demi Moore, and Sam Elliott joined the Landman FYC event in L.A. the same day.

Tiffany Haddish hosted a one-day-only holiday pop-up at the Beverly Center on Saturday, with ticket proceeds supporting her She Ready Foundation. The American Black Film Festival Pop-Up concluded its tour in Los Angeles over the weekend, featuring appearances by Johnny Ray Gill, Stacie Greenwell, and Ben Watkins with Nicole Friday.

Donna Kelce joined Randi Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes’ mother, in hosting a Home for the Holidays celebration in Kansas City on Saturday. The All-American Rejects were among the performers at the 2025 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Kia Forum on Saturday. Simu Liu and Lucy Liu appeared together at a special screening of Rosemead in L.A. on Sunday.

Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman took part in a Song Sung Blue conversation with Annette Insdorf at 92NY on Sunday. Keltie Knight, Sterling K. Brown, and Ryan Michelle Bathe attended the American Ballet Theatre’s Holiday Benefit in Beverly Hills on Monday.

Martin Scorsese and Jennifer Lawrence participated in a NYC screening and conversation for Die My Love on Monday. Mikey Madison hosted a special L.A. screening of Weapons in honor of Amy Madigan the same day. Lacey Chabert and Raising Cane’s owner/founder Todd Graves helped donate 120 children’s bikes to the Boys & Girls Club Hollywood at Raising Cane’s Los Angeles on Monday.

The Chain Holiday House in L.A. wrapped up with a visit from Chrissy Teigen on Monday. The Classical Theatre of Harlem kicked off the holiday season with Harlem Holidays, a concert event featuring Renée Elise Goldsberry on Monday. Tyler the Creator, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, and Timothée Chalamet came together for the New York premiere of Marty Supreme on Tuesday.

Mark Hamill, Tom Kenny, and Bill Fager made their mark at The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants handprint ceremony.