Tom Cruise, Brendan Fraser pose at Oscars Luncheon

(13 Feb 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beverly Hills, Calif. - 13 February 2023
1. Various of Tom Cruise
2. Various of Hong Chau
3. Various of Brendan Fraser
4. Medium of Brendan Fraser and Hong Chau posing
5. Various of Odessa Rae posing
6. Various of Martin McDonagh
7. Various of Paul Mescal
8. Various of Jerry Bruckheimer
9. Various of M. M. Keeravani and Chandrabose
10. Various of Lesley Paterson
11. Various of Diane Warren
12. Various of Malte Grunert and Edward Berger
STORYLINE:
Oscar nominees gathered in Beverly Hills, Calif. for the annual Oscar Luncheon on Monday (13 February 2023).
The luncheon is a warm, feel-good affair where nominees are in general treated with equality, and a relative unknown up for best animated short might be seated next to an A-lister up for best actor. The centerpiece of the luncheon is the class picture, the staging of which feels like a high school graduation. An academy governor read off the names of 182 nominees and their peers cheered as they walked up and took their spots on the risers.
Motion picture academy president Janet Yang was met with whooping applause when told she the nominees that all categories will be shown live on the March 12 ABC telecast. Last year, in a controversy largely eclipsed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, several Oscars were handed out in a pre-telecast ceremony and edited versions of winners' speeches were squeezed into the main show.
The luncheon also functions as an Oscars orientation for would-be winners. Yang emphasized that acceptance speeches at next month's ceremony have to be kept to 45 seconds.
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