Nominees Luncheon Articles

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]