“Some 172 of this year’s oscar nominees – Among Them Timothée Chalamet (Best Actor for a Complete Unknown), Demi Moore (Best Actress for the Substance), Denis Villeene: Best Adapted (Best Adapted (Best Adapted: and Brandi Carlile (BEST Original Song for “From Elton John: Never Too Late), But Not Kieran Culkin (Best Supporting”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Academy Decides to Host The Gathering, Dubbed An “Oscar Nominees Dinner,” Just Five Nights Before The 97th Academy Awards, In Place of Its Traditional Oscar Nominees Lunch. Angeles Wildfires Earlier this year.
Upon Arrival On Tuesday, Nominees Were Ushered Into A Room Just Off of the Museum’s Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby to Take A Photo with Academy President Janet yang and then the Pose for Media Outletts in Front of A Step-and-Repeat. After, they strolled over to a section of the lobby in the front of a seeries of long timnging at kind of kind of one wold later have dinner, WHERE they mingled over. Bill KramerAcademy Museum Director Amy Homma and members of the Academy’s Board of Governors.
Some of the AttDEES HAD BEEN TO GATHERINGS OF OSCAR NOMINEES Many Times Before – Diane Warren (BEST Original Song for “The Journy” from The Six Triple Eight) is nominated for the 16th time, 37 Years After Her First Nom-While Others Were Wide-Eyed Newbies, Including Four of The Five Best Supporting Actress Nominees, Isabella rossellini (Conclave) Zoe Saldaña (Emilia pérez) Ariana Grande (Wicked) and Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown).
Many of the nominees had never Met Each of Other Before. There Also Were Reunions of Old Friends and Colleagues – Among Them, Nominated Producers Marc Platt (Wicked) and Fred Berger (A Complete Unknown), who eight years ago wre on stage Accepting Best Picture OsCars for La la land WHEN, OF COURSE, All Hell Broke Loose.
MOST OF THE NOMINEES, IT Seemed, Are Based Locally, But Quite A FEW TRAVELED Long Distans to Be in Town for this Gathering and A Feries of Other Pre-Oscars Events andTs. Among them: Ralph Fiennes (Best Actor for Conclave) from the uk, Fernanda Torres (Best Actress for I’m still here) from brazil and Slava Leontyev (Best Documentary Feature for Porcelain War) from Ukraine, WHERE HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY Dringing Its War with Russia.
The Academy Mandates that Only One Person Can Speak on Behalf of A Group of Nomines Who Win Together, So Those Tough Decisions Are Being Made at the Moment. For Example, The Trio of Best Makeup/HAIRYSTYLING NOMINEES FROM The Substance, Pierre-Oliver Persin, Stéphanie guillon an Marilyne scarselli -Who are the Odds-on Favorites to Win-said they have designated persons to speak if they should be so lucky. A FEW NOMINEES ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ARE PREPARING ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES JUST IN CASE THINGS WORK OUT foring. “I Feel Like An Idiot,” Conclave Producer Michael A. Jackman Professed, “But I Don’t Want To Look Like An Idiot! ”
Eventualally, the nominees Were Hustled Up A Staircase Into The Death Star-Resembling David Geffen Theatre. There, they in theater’s plush-red seats and-following browning remarks by yang reminding them to make the most of the 45 Seconds on Stage Shold they were. Been Taken on Bleachers in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton).
BEST ORIGINAL Screenplay Nominee Ramell Ross (Nickel Boys) PlayFully Stood Up Just Before Several Snaps Were Taken. BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE Cynthia erivo (Wicked) – Seated Beside Grande, of Course – Encourogingly Shouted Before One Shot, “Everyone Say ‘Oscar Nominee!’” “And THEN, After BEST Picture, Director and Adapted Screenaine. James Mangold (A COMPLETED UNKNOWN) Arrived Late, They Gamely Did It All Over Again.
With the Photos Secured, The Nominees Headed Back Downstairs for a Dinner Prepared by Wolfgang Puck -New York Steak, Roasted Salmon, Pan Roasted Jidori Chicken and Black Pepper Gnocchi Cacio E Pepe, Served Family-Style-and The Handphul of Press on Handparted.