The annual Oscar nominees luncheon was back at the Beverly Hilton, and back just like the old days (well, 2019) before the pandemic changed everything. But if the vibe and attendance at today’…
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representing his 12th nomination for Best Picture and his ninth for Directing but you wouldn’t know it by the level of giddy enthusiasm he was showing. That is because it also represents only his first Oscar recognition for screenwriting as he and co-writer Tony Kushner are nominated in the Best Original Screenplay category. When I ran smack into him at Will Call where we collected our badges, Spielberg proudly showed off his badge to me, pointing out the three categories it listed for him.
14 time nominee Diane Warren caught up with new AMPAS CEO Bill Kramer in one corner of the Hilton. I asked her if she has also been to 14 nominee. “I don’t quite remember all of them. Were they being held when I first got nominated?, ” she asked me, and I told her ‘yes’, so then she was sure. “If they invited me to this lunch I definitely would have come every time.
Curtis was the first name called for the class photo, and she got hearty applause from the crowd as she made her way up on the risers before 181 other nominees, a record turnout for this lunch, would be called to take the iconic photo, a staple of every one of these Oscar nominee lunches.
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