All white Oscars nominees meet for lunch ahead of Awards

 

They are the honoured few who have been nominated for a famous golden statuette.

And on Monday the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards gathered together at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in LA for the annual Oscar lunch.

With the ceremony just under three weeks away, campaigning is now more serious than ever.

However the awards continue to be shrouded in controversy because of the uproar over the lack of black talent in the contest.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE: THE FULL LIST OF THOSE ATTENDING THE 88TH OSCARS NOMINEES LUNCH 

Seated (L-R) : Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin. 

Row 1 (L-R) : Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff. 

Row 2 (L-R) :Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray, David White, Michael Schaefer, Stephen Mirrione, Adam McKay, Robert Pandini,Phyllis Nagy, Deniz Gamze Erguven, Nicole Grindle, Duncan Jarman, Saoirse Ronan, Hank Corwin, Micheal Sugar, Patrick Tubach, Frank A. Montaño, Rich McBride. 

Row 3 (L-R) : Jon Taylor, Hamish Purdy, Matthew Wood, Lady Gaga, Oliver Tarney, Gabriel Osorio, Charlotte Rampling, Josh Singer, Serena Armitage, Lon Bender, Dan Hertzfeldt, David Darg, Arthur Max, Pato Escala, Laszlo Nemes, Andy Nelson, Eva von Bahr, Eric Dupont, Jack Fisk, J Ralph, Imogen Sutton, Thomas Newman, Finola Dwyer, Duke Johnson, Carter Burwell, Ciro Guera and guest, Jerry Franck, Stuart Wilson.

Row 4 (L-R) : Jimmy Napes, Joshua Oppenheimer, John Seale, Pete Docter, Marc Platt, Jonathan Herman, David Lang, Rooney Mara, Alicia Vikander, Leonardo DiCaprio, Alex Garland, Tom McCarthy, Sanjay Patel, Naji Abu Nowar, Alan Wenkus, Tobias Lindholm, Jennifer Lawrence, Meg LeFauve, Nicole Rocklin, Dee Hibbert-Jones, Benjamin Cleary, Konstantin Bronzit, Martin Hernandez, Steven Spielberg, Drew Goddard, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Sam Smith, Richard Stammers, James Gay-Rees, Asif Kapadia, Paul Norris. 

Row 5 (L-R) : Ridley Scott, Christopher Scarabosio, Charlie Kaufman, Margaret Sixel, George Miller, The Weeknd, Emma Donoghue, Lenny Abrahamson, Liz Garbus, Mark Mangini, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Bryn Mooser, Matt Charman, Steve Golin, S. Leigh Savidge, Brie Larson, Jeremy Kleiner, Ronnie Del Carmen, Rena DeAngelo, Chris Duesterdiek, Sylvester Stallone, Sandy Powell, Emmanuel Lubezki, Roger Deakins, Eddie Redmayne, Charles Randolph, Rachel McAdams, Mary Jo Markey, Stephan Moccio and Jamie Oliver Donoughue. 

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ACADEMY AWARDS 2016: THE NOMINATIONS

BEST PICTURE

Spotlight

The Revenant 

The Big Short  

Brooklyn 

The Martian

Bridge Of Spies

Room

Mad Max: Fury Road 

BEST ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Matt Damon, The Martian 

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years 

Brie Larson, Room

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn 

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

BEST DIRECTOR

Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant

Tom McCarthy, Spotlight 

Adam McKay, The Big Short 

Lenny Abraham, Room 

George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road 

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mark Rylance, Bridge Of Spies

Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight 

Tom Hardy, The Revenant  

Christian Bale, The Big Short

Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Rooney Mara, Carol

Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rachel McAdams, Spotlight

ORIGINAL SONG 

Earned It, Fifty Shades of Grey

Manta Ray, Racing Extinction 

Simple Song #3, Youth

Til It Happens to You, The Hunting Ground 

Writing's on the Wall, Spectre 

ORIGINAL SCORE 

Bridge of Spies 

Carol 

The Hateful Eight 

Sicario 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 

Embrace of the Serpent 

Mustang 

Son of Saul 

Theeb 

A War 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 

Amy 

Cartel Land 

The Look of Silence 

What Happened, Miss Simone? 

Winter on Fire 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

Inside Out

Spotlight

Ex Machina

Bridge of Spies

Straight Outta Compton 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Room

The Martian 

Brooklyn

Carol

The Big Short

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY  

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

The Hateful Eight

The Danish Girl

Sicario 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Inside Out

Boy And The World   

Anomalisa 

When Marnie Was There  

Shaun The Sheep

DOCUMENTARY SHORT 

Body Team 

Chau, Beyond the Lines 

Claude Lanzmann 

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness 

Last Day of Freedom 

COSTUME DESIGN 

Carol 

Cinderella 

The Danish Girl 

Mad Max: Fury Road 

The Revenant  

MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING 

Mad Max: Fury Road 

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 

The Revenant 

ANIMATED SHORT 

Bear Story 

Prologue 

Sanjay's Super Team 

We Can't Live Without Cosmos 

World of Tomorrow 

FILM EDITING 

The Big Short 

Mad Max: Fury Road 

The Revenant 

Spotlight 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens 

PRODUCTION DESIGN 

Bridge of Spies 

The Danish Girl 

Mad Max: Fury Road 

The Martian 

The Revenant 

VISUAL EFFECTS 

Ex Machina 

Mad Max: Fury Road 

The Martian 

The Revenant 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens