Christoph Waltz, Morgan Freeman: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Photo

Christoph Waltz and Morgan Freeman get to talk at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 15, 2010.
This year, Christoph Waltz received his first Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a vicious Nazi in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Waltz is the odds-on favorite to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Morgan Freeman’s nomination for his impersonation of South African leader Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus is his fifth Oscar nomination and his third in the lead category. Freeman’s previous nominations were for Street Smart (1987, supporting), Driving Miss Daisy (1989, lead), The Shawshank Redemption (1994, lead), and Million Dollar Baby (2004, [...]

by Joan Lister | February 18, 2010   
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Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Richard Edlund: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Photo

Visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund, James Cameron, and Kathryn Bigelow at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 15, 2010.
Richard Edlund has won two competitive Academy Awards — for Star Wars (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) — in addition to two Special Achievement Awards, for The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). (All of Edlund’s awards were shared with other visual effects technicians.) James Cameron is in the running this year for three Academy Awards for Avatar: Best Director, Best Editing (shared), and as one of the producers of the Best Picture nominee. Kathryn [...]

by Joan Lister | February 18, 2010   
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Anna Kendrick, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Photo

Front row (from left) Paul N.J. Ottosson, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan and Gabourey Sidibe. Second row (from left) Jason Reitman, Ivan Reitman, Morgan Freeman, Kathryn Bigelow, Jeremy Renner, and Sarah Siegel-Magness. Third row (from left) Geoffrey Patterson, Sandy Powell, Greg Shapiro, Daniel Dubiecki and Joachim Back at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 15, 2010.
Paul N.J. Ottosson is up for two Academy Awards: Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing for The Hurt Locker. Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga are both in the running in the Best Supporting Actress category for the [...]

by Joan Lister | February 18, 2010   
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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Photo

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Vera Farmiga socialize at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 15, 2010.
Best Supporting Actress nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal is a first-time nominee for Scott Cooper’s Crazy Heart, in which she plays Jeff Bridges‘ love interest. Her brother, Jake Gyllenhaal, was a Best Supporting Actor nominee for Brokeback Mountain in 2005. Best Supporting Actress nominee Vera Farmiga is another first-timer. She plays George Clooney’s romantic interest in Jason Reitman’s socially conscious comedy-drama Up in the Air.
The 2010 Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 7 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In [...]

by Joan Lister | February 18, 2010   
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James Cameron, Ivan Reitman: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Photo

James Cameron talks to Ivan Reitman at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 15, 2010.
This year, James Cameron is in the running for three Academy Awards for his work on the megablockbuster Avatar: Best Director, Best Editing (shared), and as one of the producers of the Best Picture nominee. Ivan Reitman is one of the producers of Up in the Air, directed, co-produced, and co-written by his son Jason Reitman. Cameron won a Best Director Oscar for Titanic (1997); Reitman, despite several highly successful directorial efforts — e.g., Ghost Busters (1984), Dave (1993) — has never been nominated in [...]

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