They heat engines. A few days after the ceremony that will decide the most relevant awards of cinema, this year the traditional luncheon Or Nominees lunch has been converted into a glamorous dinner that has gathered this Tuesday, at the Hollywood Academy Museum, who have options to win a statuette on March 2. He did not attend the event, however, the Spanish Karla Sofía Gascón, an actress nominated by Emilia Pérez.
The Nominated Lunch, which normally takes place a few days before the voting period for academics and was scheduled for February 10, was canceled by the Hollywood Film Academy in solidarity with the victims of the fires of Los Angeles de de January.
Finally, in the lobby of the museum the nominees, governors of the Academy and members of the press met, who socialized for about an hour before the traditional photograph that brings together those who opt for award in this 97th edition of the Oscar. There were no some of the protagonists of this season, such as Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) or Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), who, next Sunday at the Dolby theater in Los Angeles.
Among those present, there were those who first attended this event. As the musician Adrian Quesada, nominated for best original song for Like a Bird From the movie the lives of Sing Singwho claimed to thank that there was a “warm -up” like this to not get so new to the ceremony.
More tanned actors also attended. Oscar winner Adrien Brody, protagonist of The BrutalistEdward Norton The Timothée Chalamet, both nominated by A Complete UnknownThey walked through the place and chatted among them while producers, directors and other colleagues approached to congratulate them. They were also Ariana Grande and her inseparable partner of WickedCynthia Eivo, who will sing at the Sunday ceremony, as well as Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Mikey Madison (Aor) and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez).
Saldaña, who has been one of the great winners of this season by crowning himself as the best cast actress in the Golden Globes, the Choice critics or the Bafta, gave clues of how he felt: “My face in the awards of the actors union (SAG) He said everything, I’m not used to this, ”he said. .
For its part, the best actress nominee Fernanda Torres (I’m still here), who could give his first Oscar to Brazil, said excited not to remember “or in which time zone” he lives. Torres, said that when speaking with the nominated actress Isabella Rossellini, she wondered how it was possible for some actors to cross this chaotic bond of awards year after year. “And this will not end until Sunday,” he added. The actress said that what was most excited was not as much as her nomination as an actress, but the possibility that I’m still here I could win the Oscar: “I think he deserves it.”
The dinner’s nominees Oscar 2025 also brought together with the director of The substanceCoralie Fargeat, the only woman nominated in the best direction category.
