October 2026 has already delivered a packed red-carpet season, and the latest highlight comes from Beverly Hills, where Andrew Garfield and Gabrielle Union attended Ferragamo’s intimate Los Angeles dinner at the Polo Lounge at The Beverly Hills Hotel on October 22. The star-studded evening is just one stop in a month full of premieres, festivals and celebrations across Hollywood.
Andrew Garfield (Credits: Variety)
The month kicked off with Ben Affleck and Kerry Washington premiering “Animals,” their new political thriller about a Los Angeles mayoral candidate, played by Affleck, whose family is thrust into an unimaginable situation involving their son and housekeeper and her undocumented immigrant boyfriend. The premiere set a serious, awards-season tone for October’s slate.
October 2026 Red Carpet Highlights: From Animals to Ferragamo
The very next day, the Critics Choice Association hosted its sixth annual Celebración of Cinema and Television in Beverly Hills. John Leguizamo delivered a tear-filled acceptance speech as he was presented with the Career Achievement Award, in one of the event’s most emotional moments.
Across the country in New York City, Pedro Pascal walked the red carpet at the New York Film Festival for the world premiere of his Tony Gilroy-directed drama “Behemoth!” — another major festival moment in a month crowded with them.
Garfield and Union Lead the Ferragamo Dinner Guest List
The Ferragamo dinner brought the spotlight back to Beverly Hills, with Garfield among the guests at the Polo Lounge gathering hosted by Leonardo Ferragamo and Maximilian Davis. The intimate dinner setting offered a contrast to the big-premiere energy of the month’s earlier events, trading red-carpet flash for old-Hollywood polish.
Variety’s rolling gallery of October’s best red-carpet and event photos captures the full arc of the month so far, from festival premieres to fashion-house dinners — and with more events still to come, the gallery will keep growing as October continues.
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Source: Variety — read the full story there.
