84th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon: an entire Look

Withe but 3 weeks remaining till the grandest night in Tinseltown takes place, the 2012 Oscar hopefuls gathered along at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the 84th Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon on Monday afternoon (February 6).

Hosted by the Academy of film Arts and Sciences, eighteen of the twenty main class nominees created appearances as well as Best Lead Actor candidates Brad Pitt and George Clooney, in addition as Best Lead Actress picks Rooney Mara and Michelle Williams.

Other notable stars on the guest list included women like Meryl Streep, Glenn shut, Berenice Bejo, Viola Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Janet McTeer and Octavia Spencer.

Their male counterparts on-hand for the pre-Oscar meal were comprised of Demián Bichir, Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman, Kenneth Branagh, Nick Nolte, Max von Sydow and Jonah Hill, who praised his "Moneyball" co-star Pitt at the event by telling THR, "Not specifically concerning functioning on Moneyball, however by watching him turn out and watching his commitment to the present movie throughout such a big amount of incarnations, and simply his recommendation concerning creating fascinating selections as an actor."

With one or two of nominated administrators as well as Michel Hazanavicius, Alexander Payne and Martin Scorsese rounding out the guest list, the distinguished group's day of togetherness comes because the 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony is ready to be presented on Sunday, February twenty six, at the Kodak Theatre whereas televised live by ABC starting at 7PM ET.