Stars and science align at annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony with Anne Hathaway, Robert Downey Jr., Margot Robbie and more A-listers
By Vanessa Serna
Published on April 19, 2026.
A-listers gathered for the annual Breakthrough Prize ceremony, where stars and scientists aligned. Among the attendees included Anne Hathaway, Robert Downey Jr., Zoe Saldana, Ben Affleck, Paris Hilton, Margot Robbie, and Michelle Yeoh. The ceremony celebrates the research achievements of the world's top scientists and awards over $15 million annually. The winners were from UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, Columbia University, Oxford, Duke, Caltech, and more. Other attendees included Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, Apple’s Tim Cook, and OpenAI’�s Sam Altman. The event was attended by celebrities including Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup, model Miranda Kerr, and Snapchat billionaire Evan Spiegel.
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