Rachel McAdams took the stage on the 2026 Oscars to honor former The Family Stone costar Diane Keaton after her dying.
“For over 50 years, luminous on display and indelible in life, consider me after I say there isn’t an actress of my era who just isn’t impressed by and enthralled together with her absolute singularity,” McAdams, 47, stated in the course of the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15. “She wore so many hats — actually and figuratively — actress, artist, writer, activist, however no hat extra necessary to her than being mom to her two youngsters.”
Keaton died from bacterial pneumonia at age 79 in October 2025. She is survived by her youngsters, Dexter and Duke, whom she adopted in her 50s.
“She meant a lot to so many people. I keep in mind she used to sing this outdated Woman Scout track on set, which is simply so her,” McAdams continued on Sunday. “Make new pals however hold the outdated. One is silver and the opposite is gold. A circle is spherical, it has no finish. That’s how lengthy I’ll be your pal.” (McAdams appeared to change up the track’s lyrics throughout Sunday’s broadcast.)
The Imply Ladies actress concluded, “To our pal, Diane Keaton, celebrating a life in silver and gold, a legend with no finish.”
McAdams shaped an in depth friendship with Keaton after they performed mom and daughter in 2005’s The Household Stone.
Sunday’s Oscars marked the second time McAdams paid tribute to Keaton this yr. In January, McAdams acquired a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and made point out of “the legendary working actors who I used to be given the good present to be taught from.” She known as Keaton out by identify.
“My beloved Diane Keaton, who took me below her wing like I used to be her personal daughter,” she stated. “She taught me that regardless of how lengthy you’ve been doing this, it’s a must to depart all the things you’ve received on the desk.”
McAdams continued, “Every efficiency, it’s essential to muster up as a lot love as you presumably can. And you then’ll solely really feel like a dumb-dumb fool half the time in life.”
Throughout an interview with Variety following the ceremony, McAdams shared extra perception into her bond with Keaton.
“I’ve nice moments of self-doubt in each job. I keep in mind Diane Keaton saying to me throughout The Household Stone that she nonetheless felt like performing didn’t come simply to her,” The Pocket book star stated. “I used to be so stunned by that as a result of she’s so easy and he or she provides a lot to it. However I nonetheless don’t really feel like I’ve the artwork of performing found out.”
