Celebrities such as Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Billie Eilish gather for annual Oscars class photo | Entertainment and Arts Update
Remember the days of lining up alongside your classmates for school photos, teachers smoothing your collar down as a frazzled photographer desperately tried to ensure dozens of little faces were all smiling for the camera at the same time?
Well, exactly the same thing happens ahead of the Oscars each year – just replace the teachers with stylists and the scruffy children with nominated A-listers with fancier wardrobes, and you have your Academy Awards class photo.
It’s the one chance to capture all the stars, including some of the most famous people in the world, in one place – no pressure, photographer Richard Harbaugh.
Sadly, we don’t have confirmation on whether mums and dads of nominees get to buy the photo to display proudly on their mantelpieces afterwards.
Featuring the award nominees of 2024, the picture is taken at the annual Oscars luncheon. This year’s event at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles was a chance for first-time hopefuls to mingle with the biggest stars and awards veterans of 2024, with filmmakers up for the likes of best animated short rubbing shoulders with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.
The dress code is daytime casual, although from the looks of it that probably has a slightly different meaning in celeb world.
Here are a few pictures from inside the event.
Margot Robbie is still wearing pink
Ryan Gosling and Steven Spielberg
Speaking of Barbie, Ryan Gosling is up for an acting award – for his portrayal of Ken.
While he opted for lilac rather than pink, he did bring the Kenergy to the luncheon – and was spotted schmoozing with director Steven Spielberg, who is nominated in the best picture category as one of the producers of Maestro.
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