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Celebrities at SXSW 2025: Pics of the Stars at the Festival

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March 13, 2025 4:16PM EDT
Celebrities at SXSW 2025: Pics of the Stars at the Festival Bella Ramsey, Pedro Pascal, and Kaitlyn Dever
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SXSW 2025 kicked off with a round of premieres and surprise appearances! See which celebs showed up for the annual festival and conference.

The 2025 South by Southwest film festival — a.k.a. SXSW — kicked off on March 7, and it’s set to conclude on March 15. Film fans know that the annual Austin, Texas-based event holds premieres of various TV shows and movies in addition to conferences between actors and other creatives.

This year, guests included the season 2 cast of HBO’s hit drama The Last of Us, which consists of series stars Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal and newcomer Kaitlyn Dever. Additionally, Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick were there to greet fans for the premiere of their film Another Simple Favor.  

To see more stars who were at SXSW 2025, scroll through our gallery below!

 

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Blake Lively

Blake Lively
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Blake was there to talk about her 2025 film Another Simple Favor at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. The movie is a sequel to the 2018 cult classic A Simple Favor. 

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Matt Damon & Ben Affleck

Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
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Matt and Ben posed for pictures at the premiere of The Accountant 2. 

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Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.
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Robert made a surprise appearance at “The Future of World-Building at Disney” panel at the Austin Convention Center. 

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Bella Ramsey, Pedro Pascal & Kaitlyn Dever

Bella Ramsey, Pedro Pascal & Kaitlyn Dever
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Bella, Pedro and Kaitlyn came out for The Last of Us season 2 panel at the Austin Convention Center. Bella rocked a casual denim look while Pedro matched the red carpet with his button-down shirt and jeans. Kaitlyn, for her part, donned a black dress with Jennifer Meyer jewelry. 

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Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Tisdale
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Ashley, the founder of Being Frenshe, spoke onstage for the “Suddenly, My Company Is Center Stage: A Conversation with Ashley Tisdale” at SXSW. 

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Kesha

Kesha
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Kesha spoke at the “Fighting Loneliness In Our Digital World” panel at the Austin Convention Center. 

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Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage
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Nicolas dazzled the entire stage at the ZACH Theatre during the North American premiere of The Surfer and Q&A session. 

March 13, 2025, 4:33PM