Sara Bernstein, left, Ron Howard, center, and Derek Blasberg attend the opening of Richard Avedon: Hollywood in Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Jason Sean Weiss/BFA.com/Shutterstock Some A-listers rock up to movie premieres in Sprinter vans or chauffeured SUVs…
But Oscar-winning director Ron Howard was spotted humbly rolling up to a special screening of his new Netflix film, “Avedon,” on Friday night on a bike — and parking the two-wheeler in the alley behind the Aero Theatre, we hear.
The “Apollo 13” director then headed on foot around to the front of the Santa Monica venue to patiently sign autographs for a waiting throng of fans.
Howard appeared onstage for a Q&A with original supermodel Lauren Hutton, who arrived at the theater herself an hour early. (Talk about non-diva behavior all around.)
We also hear that the former “Happy Days” star bumped into one of the night’s VIPs, “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau, in the lobby.
The “Avedon” chat was moderated by The Hollywood Reporter veteran Chris Gardner.
Richard Avedon is having a close-up moment. To coincide with Howard’s new film on the late legendary photographer, Beverly Hills gallery Gagosian launched an exhibition last week, “Richard Avedon: Hollywood,” including over 120 Avedon photos of subjects from Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald Reagan and Marilyn Monroe to Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Sharon Stone and more.
There’s also a new book, “Richard Avedon: The Harper’s Bazaar Years,” celebrating the fotog’s two-decade tenure at the mag. It has a forward by current Bazaar editor Samira Nasr and an essay by man-about-town Derek Blasberg (who also has a new book out, “Fast + Louche”).
View this post on Instagram Last week, Dior hosted a special screening of Howard’s doc at WME, followed by a cocktail party at the House of Dior Beverly Hills where guests included Emma Watson, Kelly Sawyer Patricof, Jennifer Meyer, Lisa Eisner, Cookie Johnson, Gia Coppola, Cleo Wade, Michael Chow, Alex Israel, Simon Kinberg and others.
“Avedon” is on Netflix starting Nov. 11.
