Fran Drescher’s plushie, the Erewhon smoothie and Barbie are just a few of the unexpected heroes that The Hollywood Reporter had the privilege of photographing in 2023. That is, of course, alongside the year’s biggest talent, including Pedro Pascal, Sydney Sweeney, Paul Mescal, Ayo Edebiri, Ben Affleck, Harrison Ford, Adele and more. See below for highlights of the most photogenic moments from 2023.
Austin Butler was photographed on Nov. 11, 2022, as a part of THR’s Actor Roundtable at PMC Studios in Los Angeles. Published Jan. 11, 2023.
Pedro Pascal was photographed on Dec. 6, 2022, at Dust Studios in Los Angeles. Published Jan. 5, 2023.
Jane Fonda was photographed Jan. 11, 2023, at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles.
Lukas Gage was photographed Jan. 23, 2023, at PMC Studios in Los Angeles.
Harrison Ford was photographed Jan. 25, 2023, at Will Rogers State Park in Los Angeles.
Andrea Riseborough was photographed on Feb. 1, 2023, at 63 Sun Studio in London.
Paul Mescal was photographed Feb. 10, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Ali Wong was photographed Feb. 10, 2023, at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles.
Sadie Sink (left) and Sydney Sweeney were photographed as a part of THR’s Power Stylists issue on Feb. 14, 2023, at The Ritz-Carlton in Berlin.
Evgeniya Chernyshova, the Harvey Weinstein victim known as Jane Doe 1, was photographed Feb. 20, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Ben Affleck was photographed March 6, 2023, at Hollywood Vintage Gym in Los Angeles.
Janelle Monáe (left) and Alexandra Mandelkorn were photographed as a part of THR’s Power Stylists issue on March 13, 2023, Mandarin Oriental Residences in Beverly Hills.
Kit Harrington was photographed as a part of THR’s Sustainability Issue on March 14, 2023, at the Pendry West Hollywood.
Dave Burd, aka Lil Dicky, was photographed March 26, 2023, at PMC Studios in Los Angeles.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was photographed April 14, 2023, at Gold’s Gym in Venice.
Taika Waititi was photographed April 26, 2023, at Pier59 in New York City.
Jeff Bridges was photographed as a part of THR’s Drama Actor Roundtable on April 29, 2023, at PMC Studios in Los Angeles.
That Girl Lay Lay was photographed for the Kids Power issue on May 24, 2023, in Atlanta.
Harvey Guillén was photographed June 2, 2023, at PMC Studios in Los Angeles.
Tom Holland was photographed June 2, 2023, at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City.
Eva Longoria was photographed June 13, 2023, at Pier59 in New York City.
Anthony Gomez, Jeremy Strain, Nathan Venegas and Ryan Pagan were photographed shooting a movie on June 14, 2023, at San Quentin State Prison as part of ForwardThis, a film and TV production training program for the incarcerated.
Cillian Murphy was photographed June 15, 2023, at the Four Seasons in New York City.
Ayo Edebiri was photographed July 4, 2023, at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Rob Pickens were photographed July 13, 2023, at Wigmaker Associates atelier in Los Angeles.
Annette Bening was photographed Aug. 4, 2023, at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles.
Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner since 2006, was photographed Aug. 9, 2023, at the NFL’s West Coast headquarters in Inglewood.
Sandra Hüller was photographed Aug. 22, 2023, at Cora Apartments in Leipzig, Germany.
Priscilla Presley was photographed Aug. 28, 2023, at The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica.
Jordan Firstman was photographed Aug. 30, 2023, at PMC Studios in Los Angeles.
Lana Del Rey was photographed Sept. 10, 2023, in Beverly Hills.
Dan Harmon was photographed Sept. 13, 2023, in Los Angeles’ Eagle Rock neighborhood.
A famed Erewhon smoothie photographed Sept. 29, 2023, at Erewhon in Pasadena.
From left: Zoe Saldaña, Vera Steimberg and Mara Roszak were photographed as a part of THR’s Beauty Issue on Oct. 12, 2023, at the Pendry Residences West Hollywood’s Estate 705.
Taryn Manning was photographed Oct. 28, 2023, in Palm Springs.
Adele was photographed Nov. 6, 2023, at Dana Hollister’s Paramour Estate in Los Angeles. She received the Sherry Lansing award at THR’s Women in Entertainment Gala.
Zack Snyder was photographed Nov. 10, 2023, at Stone Quarry in Pasadena.
Fran Drescher was photographed Nov. 30, 2023, holding her emotional support plush toy, in the conference room where studio chiefs met with union leaders during negotiations at the Wilshire Boulevard headquarters of SAG-AFTRA in Los Angeles.
Robbie Brenner was photographed Nov. 30, 2023, at the Mattel offices in El Segundo, California.
Fantasia Barrino was photographed for the release of The Color Purple on Dec. 3, 2023, at the Houdini Estate in Los Angeles.
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