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Taylor Swift at the 2027 MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images Taylor Swift will return to the stage with a special performance at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ sixth annual gala, Oct. 17.
Swift’s performance will cap off an evening that will otherwise celebrate this year’s Academy Museum honorees: Charlize Theron, Colman Domingo, and filmmaker/composer John Carpenter. The Academy Museum is overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Oscars.
“Taylor is an extraordinary talent whose work resonates around the world,” Academy Museum Director, Amy Homma, 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.”
Swift is, of course, an avowed film fan and is reportedly working on feature-length directorial debut. (The movie was announced in 2022, but still no word yet on when it might go into production or see release.) But her decision to play the Academy Museum’s annual gala also comes at an important moment: Right before the start of Oscars voting season.
