Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet and Demi Moore were among the Oscar nominees who gathered in Los Angeles on Tuesday for the annual “class photo”.
Ahead of the Academy Awards on Sunday (2 March), the nominees from all categories were invited to mingle over dinner and cocktails, as an eventful awards race reaches its conclusion.
The class photo, a highlight of the film calendar, is usually taken much earlier in awards season, at the nominees luncheon, but that event was cancelled this year due to the LA wildfires.
Here are 12 things we spotted in this year’s class photo:
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have spent the last few months crying, holding space and stroking each other’s fingers as they promoted the screen adaptation of Wicked.
The two actresses have redefined the film press tour in recent weeks thanks to their absolute adoration for each other – an energy they will have to recreate later this year when they do it all again for the release of part two.
Before the photo was taken, instead of saying cheese, Erivo shouted: “Everyone say ‘Oscar nominee!'”
Last week, it was confirmed the pair will perform a medley of songs from the film during the Oscars ceremony which will last a reported 10 minutes long.
Wicked is the closest thing the Oscars have this year to a box office smash in the shape of last year’s Barbie, and they’ll be hoping the medley will recreate the energy of Ryan Gosling’s viral performance of I’m Just Ken last year.
