--- title: Highlights From the 2023 TIME100 Gala description: Hollywood stars and global change-makers joined together for a night to celebrate and reflect on what it means to be influential. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-summit-2023/6274860/highlights-speeches-time100-gala-2023/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-04-27T06:30:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:21:54.810Z og:title: Highlights From the 2023 TIME100 Gala og:description: Hollywood stars and global change-makers joined together for a night to celebrate and reflect on what it means to be influential og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-summit-2023/6274860/highlights-speeches-time100-gala-2023/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1218653c0e49f64d/698a3c5c0116826e14982f87/time-100-gala-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Highlights From the 2023 TIME100 Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Highlights From the 2023 TIME100 Gala twitter:description: Hollywood stars and global change-makers joined together for a night to celebrate and reflect on what it means to be influential twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1218653c0e49f64d/698a3c5c0116826e14982f87/time-100-gala-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 27, 2023 # Highlights From the 2023 TIME100 Gala > Sponsored content. 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Cameras flashed as other celebrities streamed into the cocktail hour, which buzzed with conversations from people changing the world._ by [Mini Racker](https://time.com/author/mini-racker/), [Anisha Kohli](https://time.com/author/anisha-kohli/), [Solcyré Burga](https://time.com/author/solcyre-burga/) and [Mariah Espada](https://time.com/author/mariah-espada/)  TIME CEO Jess Sibley speaks onstage at the 2023 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2023 in New York City. TIME CEO Jess Sibley speaks onstage at the 2023 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2023 in New York City.Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for TIME More than 300 guests—including actors, scientists, advocates, and directors—gathered for the 2023 [TIME100 Gala](https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-2023/) at New York City’s Lincoln Center Wednesday night. Next to the star-studded red carpet and near the elevators, [Natasha Lyonne](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269976/natasha-lyonne/) chatted with [Aubrey Plaza](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6268723/aubrey-plaza/), who was decked out in TIME red. Cameras flashed as other celebrities streamed into the cocktail hour, which buzzed with conversations from people changing the world. The TIME100 Gala is TIME’s annual celebration of the [TIME100](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/), a list of the world’s most influential people, which was released this year on April 13\. Wednesday’s event brought together many of them, including [Salma Hayek Pinault](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269462/salma-hayek-pinault/). “It feels like a dream; it feels surreal,” the actress said as she walked the red carpet, just a few feet away from fellow honorees [Padma Lakshmi](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269895/padma-lakshmi/) and [Lea Michele](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269429/lea-michele/). Kicking off a night of toasts, [Jennifer Coolidge](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269815/jennifer-coolidge/), the event’s host, celebrated the diversity of the TIME100\. “We have [Ed Reynolds](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269996/edward-reynolds/) here tonight,” Coolidge said. “He’s literally deflecting asteroids to protect our planet. I just think that’s so sexy. We have [MrBeast](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6270005/mrbeast-jimmy-donaldson/), who helped 1,000 blind people to see for the first time. And then there’s me, who drowned on TV,” she said, referring to her star turn on the HBO show _White Lotus_. “But we’re all being honored tonight for our influence, and we all earned that honor.” **Read More:** [_TIME100 Gala Host Jennifer Coolidge Wants to Redistribute the Fame_](https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-2023/6274855/jennifer-coolidge-time100-2023-gala-host/) In addition to speeches, the night included energetic performances from two honorees. Michele was the first musician to take the stage, singing “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from the Broadway musical _Funny Girl_, which Michele currently stars in. Later in the evening, Grammy-nominated [Steve Lacy](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269450/steve-lacy/) introduced [Doja Cat](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269994/doja-cat-2023/), [a TIME100 cover star](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269994/doja-cat-2023/) who sang her empowering hit “Woman” before closing out the night with her chart-topping “Say So.” Said Lacy, another TIME100 honoree: “There are those who make art. And there are those who are art, who exude it in everything they do.” These are some of the other highlights of the night. ## **Steven Spielberg accepts the TIME100 Impact Award**  Actors Ke Huy Quan and Drew Barrymore present Steven Spielberg with the TIME100 Impact Award at the 2023 TIME100 Gala at Lincoln Center in New York on April 26, 2023. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for TIME Steven Spielberg was honored at the TIME100 Gala with the first-ever TIME100 Impact Award given in the United States. The TIME100 Impact Award honors innovative pioneers who are pushing the boundaries of their industries. The award was presented to him by two actors whose careers began with his work: [Drew Barrymore](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6268984/drew-barrymore/), who starred in the director’s 1982 film _E.T the Extra Terrestrial_, and [Ke Huy Quan](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269817/ke-huy-quan/), whose first acting role was in Spielberg’s 1984 blockbuster _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom_. The Oscar-winning director received a standing ovation, and said in his acceptance speech that he was most proud of launching Barrymore and Huy Quan on the Hollywood scene. **Read More:** [_Steven Spielberg Accepts Impact Award From Drew Barrymore and Ke Huy Quan_](https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-2023/6274858/steven-spielberg-time100-impact-award/) ## **Don Lemon comments on his split with CNN** On his way into the TIME100 Gala as an attendee, TV host [Don Lemon addressed](https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-2023/6274845/don-lemon-cnn-what-next/) his [departure from the cable news network CNN](https://time.com/6274088/tucker-carlson-don-lemon-firing/) earlier in the week. Asked by TIME on the red carpet what impact he thinks he had on his employer of 17 years, Lemon suggested, “Why don’t you ask my colleagues about that? I think they’ll probably have a good answer for you.” Lemon didn’t announce any imminent plans to return to primetime, instead musing about spending more time on the beach. “I’m going to have the summer of a 12-year-old,” he joked. ## **Natasha Lyonne sounds the alarm on AI**  Natasha Lyonne speaks at the 2023 TIME100 Gala on April 26, 2023. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for TIME Natasha Lyonne began her toast with an anecdote. When she received the call from TIME that she was on the TIME100 list, she said, she was so excited that she accidentally hung up the phone. She then rattled off platitudes about how attendees could make an impact, before revealing: “That whole cutie-pie toast was written by none other than your friend ChatGPT with a directive to write a funny speech for TIME100 in the tone of Natasha Lyonne.” The real Lyonne emphasized the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and the urgent need for its regulation. She then slammed ChatGPT for lacking the creativity to make obscure references in the speeches it writes and being unable to get onstage in a strapless dress or quit smoking (all things Lyonne did do). “Here’s a toast to the preservation of digression and non sequiturs and everything from vulnerability to vices—i.e., our humanity—and to all the people in this room that are smart enough to get it,” she said. ## **Tracie D. Hall defends access to books** [Tracie D. Hall](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269831/tracie-d-hall/), the first African-American woman to lead the American Library Association, spoke about the importance of keeping books and ideas open to the public. “I am here as a librarian,” she said, “standing with thousands of librarians—warriors across this country, who despite bomb threats and threats of jail time, who despite those things are fighting, fighting to ensure that these words that stand as a vision of the American Library Association will always ring true: free people read freely.” Those four words, she said, are the pillars on which democracy rests. ## **Angela Bassett speaks about true success and impact** [Angela Bassett](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269879/angela-bassett/), who won a Golden Globe for _Black Panther: Wakanda Forever_, shared a toast at the gala on legacy and impact. “When we wake up each day, no matter who or where in the world, I like to think that we all want to know that our existence, our presence, our thoughts, our actions have contributed to the planet,” she said. Bassett told TIME100 honorees that they should feel proud of their accomplishments, but that impact is less about the doer and more about how it’s felt “on the receiving end.” **Read More:** [_Angela Bassett: ‘We Can’t Define Ourselves Based on Awards’_](https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-2023/6274864/angela-bassett-awards-time100-2023/)  A view of the TIME100 Gala venue on April 26, 2023. Jemal Countess—Getty Images for TIME When the formal program ended, the event’s attendees chatted and danced in an atrium decorated with iconic TIME covers. 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