Overview

• Director Ari Aster joined stars Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal and Austin Butler at the June 26 Los Angeles premiere held at the DGA Theater.
• Stone described her on-set rehearsals with Phoenix as a mixed experience that ultimately strengthened their portrayal of small-town life during the pandemic.
• On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Stone insisted Butler tried to shoo the bee away and joked that Pascal was the real culprit behind the viral Cannes incident.
• For the premiere, Stone wore a retro-inspired Louis Vuitton flame-patterned dress from the cruise 2026 collection, showcasing theatrical styling on the red carpet.
• Focus Features released the trailer for Stone’s next project, Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Bugonia,’ just hours before the ‘Eddington’ premiere as the film gears up for its July 18 theatrical debut.