Earlier today, nearly 120 nominees and special award winners for the 2008 Academy Awards gathered at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Nominees Luncheon.
At the luncheon, Academy President Sid Ganis handed each nominee an official certificate of nomination.
If the WGA strike ends by then — and that's now a possibility — the Academy Awards ceremony will be held in all its 4-hour glory on Sunday, February 24, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
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Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Oscar Luncheon 2008 (full size: 5100×2400). Among those in the photo are Casey Affleck, Julie Christie, George Clooney, Javier Bardem, Hal Holbrook, James Longley, Michael Moore, Marion Cotillard, Viggo Mortensen, Sarah Polley, Joel and Ethan Coen (both of whom look like they'd rather be in Fargo), Ellen Page, Paul Thomas Anderson, Julian Schnabel, Diablo Cody, Ruby Dee, Glen Hansard, and Laura Linney.
Oscar Luncheon 2008: The Screenwriters. Pictured: (seated, left to right) Nancy Oliver; Diablo Cody; Tamara Jenkins; Sarah Polley; (standing, left to right) Ronald Harwood; Jan Pinkava; Christopher Hampton; Paul Thomas Anderson; Jim Capobianco; Tony Gilroy; Brad Bird; and Ethan and Joel Cohen.
Oscar Luncheon 2008: The Directors. Pictured, left to right: Joel Cohen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Julian Schnabel, Tony Gilroy, Ethan Cohen, and Jason Reitman
Oscar 2008: Nicole Kidman, George Clooney, Cameron Diaz
Oscar Luncheon 2008 – George Clooney, Viggo Mortensen, Julie Christie, et al.
Barbara Stanwyck Academy Celebration
Jacqueline Bisset, Haskell Wexler, von Trapp Family at Douglas Kirkland's Exhibition
Jane Fonda at COMING HOME Screening
Brian De Palma, Amy Irving at CARRIE Screening
Rose Marie, Julie Newmar, and Michele Lee at THE JAZZ SINGER Academy Screening
Bruce Broughton, Mark Isham, Mychael Danna, and Rolfe Kent at Academy Film Music Forum
Ken Russell, Nicholas Roeg: An Evening with Ken Russell in London
James Ivory at HOWARDS END Academy Screening
John Travolta's SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Leading Lady Karen Lynn Gorney at Academy Screening
James Toback, Allen Daviau at BUGSY Academy Screening
Strange that there are no photos of the actors and actresses, just directors and writers.
These are great – thanks! I've posted some observations on the group photo on my blog…