Hugh Jackman performed at a star-studded weekend celebration for Rupert Murdoch’s 95th birthday.
The conservative media mogul celebrated his birthday at The Grill in Midtown Manhattan in a star-studded affair that included a video message from President Donald Trump.
Jackman performed songs from The Greatest Showman and sang renditions of Fly Me to the Moon and New York, New York, before closing with Peter Allen’s I Still Call Australia Home, People magazine reported.
His good friend Ivanka Trump was there to cheer him on.
The Australian actor and singer told Variety in 2018 that his friendship with Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, both of whom attended Jackman’s 50th birthday party that year, is not a reflection of his values or political beliefs. “I’ve known those guys for 15 years,” he said, “and we don’t talk politics at birthday parties.”
Sutton Foster, Jackman’s girlfriend and former co-star in the Broadway revival of The Music Man, was not spotted at the bash.
Murdoch arrived at Saturday evening’s birthday party with his fifth wife, Elena Zhukova, whom he married in 2024, and son Lachlan, who is set to inherit his father’s vast media empire, including Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The Sun.
His other adult children – James and Elisabeth Murdoch and Prudence MacLeod – were notably absent, following a lengthy dispute over the family trust that ended in September.
