{"id":1075,"date":"2026-10-30T09:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:52:58","slug":"hollywoods-hottest-new-event-the-airbnb-org-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/?p=1075","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood\u2019s Hottest New Event: the Airbnb.org Gala?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tA hot new gala has entered the Hollywood events<\/a> scene, from a slightly unexpected source. <\/p>\n

\n\tAirbnb<\/a>.org \u2014 the nonprofit arm of Airbnb that offers free, temporary housing to people in need \u2014 threw its first-ever gala on Wednesday night, featuring a top-tier guest list at Los Angeles\u2019 Milk Studios. Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> hosted the evening as A-listers including Charlize Theron<\/a>, Matthew McConaughey, Zoe Salda\u00f1a, Cynthia Erivo, Charli xcx<\/a>, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, Sienna Miller, Greta Lee, Serena Williams, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Alba, Tracee Ellis Ross, Paul Bettany, Joshua Jackson, Ava DuVernay and Demi Lovato were all in attendance.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe event was timed to Airbnb.org\u2019s new initiative where Airbnb will donate a portion of its revenue from every stay to its nonprofit, which will help provide $500 million to Airbnb.org over the next five years. This is all towards the goal of providing 1 million nights of free housing annually and expanding its support beyond disaster response to families traveling for medical care, survivors fleeing domestic violence and more. Since its founding in 2020, Airbnb.org has provided 1.6 million nights of free emergency housing worldwide and responded to more than 200 disasters in 2026 alone.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe wanted to do a celebration, a gala to really get the word out and let people know that we\u2019re here to help and we want to be able to keep housing more people,\u201d Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said of arranging the big night, teasing that with the star-studded group of guests, \u201cwe mostly do housing but we have a really good team that can get a good turnout together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and girlfriend Carly Helfrich<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStefanie Keenan\/Getty Images for Airbnb<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLevi Alves McConaughey, Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves McConaughey <\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStefanie Keenan\/Getty Images for Airbnb<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tKimmel got the evening going with some classic Airbnb humor, teasing that at the event \u201cwe have some ground rules. Quiet hours start at 10 p.m.; if you use dishes, please bring them to the sink. No pets are allowed unless they\u2019re service animals, which we know none of them really are. And no sitting naked on the furniture or on Chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s,\u201d who curated the gala\u2019s dinner menu. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe host also joked, \u201cAt the end of the show, you\u2019ll have 14 days to post a review of your experience tonight. Please be generous, I hope it\u2019s positive.\u201d Theron made a brief appearance on stage to speak about the domestic violence element of the housing initiative, noting, \u201cif you\u2019ve ever sat down with a survivor of domestic violence, you\u2019ll know that somewhere to stay isn\u2019t just a small thing, it\u2019s actually everything. Because one of the hardest parts of leaving is not just deciding to leave, it\u2019s having somewhere to go,\u201d adding, \u201cthe key to a door is not charity, it is the foundation that everything else is built on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMany of the stars spent the evening mingling in between dinner courses, and the event closed out with a surprise performance from Charli xcx, with Greta Lee, will.i.am and Jaden Smith all spotted dancing in front of the stage. Among the gala\u2019s additional guests: Kelly Rowland, Katie Couric, Charli D\u2019Amelio, Chloe Grace Moretz, Madelyn Cline, La La Anthony, Ad\u00e9la, Emily Bader and Megan Rapinoe.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDemi Lovato and Charli xcx <\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStefanie Keenan\/Getty Images for Airbnb<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tGreta Lee and Tracee Ellis Ross <\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStefanie Keenan\/Getty Images for Airbnb<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A hot new gala has entered the Hollywood events scene, from a slightly unexpected source. Airbnb.org \u2014 the nonprofit arm of Airbnb that offers free, temporary housing to people in need \u2014 threw its first-ever gala on Wednesday night, featuring a top-tier guest list at Los Angeles\u2019 Milk Studios. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the evening as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd24.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}