The 2024 Oscar Nominees Luncheon came to the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday to toast the year’s best in cinema, from cast and creatives of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” to Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” to Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things.”
The Beverly Hilton Hotel ballroom has been the annual luncheon’s home for all but two of its 40-some years. Designed as a break from campaigning and a collegial event at which everybody can glory in their status as nominees without getting all competitive and worrying about who’s going to win, the event ran true to course with mutual-admiration societies springing up all around the tiered ballroom.