Oscars nominee luncheon 2024: Ryan Gosling, Robert Downey Jr, Lily Gladstone attend

The centerpiece of the event is a class photo of the entire group of nominees, as part of both the Oscars experience and the unspoken campaigns for votes.

Published on: Feb 14, 2024 1:56 PM IST

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The casts of Barbie and Oppenheimer gathered Monday at the annual Academy Award nominees luncheon alongside dozens of less famous and first-time Oscar hopefuls for handshakes, hugs, a huge group picture and instructions on nailing an acceptance speech. (AP)

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The event at the Beverly Hilton is a warm, feel-good affair where nominees in categories like best animated short get to rub shoulders and share tables with acting nominees like Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone (AP)

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Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, whose snubs for best director and best actress respectively, for Barbie caused a major stir, both showed up for the nominations they did get, and were all smiles. (AP)

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Gerwig, nominated for adapted screenplay, was surrounded by selfie-seekers as soon as she entered the banquet hall while Robbie, up for best picture as a Barbie producer, beamed nearby as she hugged and chatted with a woman who got one of the best actress spots, Sandra Hüller of Anatomy of a Fall. (AP)

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Martin Scorsese, 81, nominated this year for best director on Killers of the Flower Moon, may have gotten the loudest ovation of the day when he was called up. He sat between the favourites in the actress category, Da'Vine Joy Randolph of The Holdovers and Lily Gladstone from his film. Both towered over the shorter Scorsese. (AP)

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Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan reached across Gladstone to shake his hand as he sat down (AP)

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Colman Domingo brought in a bit of evening with a tailed black jacket, black shirt with a plunging neckline and white slacks. (AP)

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The first attempts at the photo didn't go well. When they finally got a few that worked, Robert Downey Jr., supporting actor nominee for Oppenheimer, who had been shouting joke instructions to the group of several hundred, leapt up, pumped a fist and shouted “yeah!” then turned and began applauding his fellow nominees. (AP)

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Most major nominees including Cillian Murphy, a favourite for best actor for Oppenheimer, and Bradley Cooper, one of his category competitors, spent the hours before and after lunch making the rounds of media outlets whose reporters are set up in cabanas around the Beverly Hilton pool. (AP)

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Cooper was headed toward the pool when he ran into Messi, the dog with a key role in Anatomy of a Fall. Cooper knelt down and gave the border collie a long, thorough petting. (AP)