Steven Spielberg cut a lonely figure as he sat by himself at a table at the start of the Oscar Nominees Luncheon on Tuesday.
The Hollywood director, 77, was flying solo at the star-studded event held at the Beverly Hilton in LA, before being joined by others at his table.
After being the first to arrive on his lavish table, Steven posed for a snap by himself as he sipped on a drink.
The Jaws and Jurassic Park mastermind looked smart in a dapper brown suit, white shirt and black tie at the lunch ahead of The Oscars on March 10.
The bash was attended by the big stars of the movie world including Barbie’s Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper.
Steven Spielberg cut a lonely figure as he sat by himself at a table at the start of the Oscar Nominees Luncheon on Tuesday
The Hollywood director, 77, was flying solo at the star-studded event held at the Beverly Hilton in LA, before being joined by others at his table
Inside the event Steven posed with Ken actor Ryan – who stood out from the crowd in a lilac suit.
The two films at the center of this past summer’s box office showdown – Barbie and Oppenheimer – are both firmly in the Oscar race.
Both Barbie and Oppenheimer are up for Best Picture, with Barbie up for eight Oscars while Oppenheimer leads all contenders with a whopping 13 nominations.
Director Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus fell just short of the most nominations by a film in Oscar history, one shy of the record 14 held by La La Land, Titanic and All About Eve.
Oppenheimer will be vying for four of the top five awards – Best Picture, Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Nolan).
It will also be vying for Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Supporting Actress (Emily Blunt) and a slew of technical categories as well.
Barbie made more headlines for those who weren’t nominated, with fans expressing their disapproval of Margot’s Best Actress snub, along with Greta Gerwig for Best Director.
Margot was nominated for Best Picture, though, for her work as a producer through her LuckyChap Entertainment company, and Gerwig was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay with her co-writer and husband Noah Baumbach.
After being the first to arrive on his lavish table, Steven posed for a snap by himself as he sipped on a drink
The Jaws and Jurassic Park mastermind looked smart in a dapper brown suit, white shirt and black tie at the lunch ahead of The Oscars on March 10
Inside the event Steven posed with Barbie’s Ken actor Ryan Gosling – who stood out from the crowd in a lilac suit
The pair looked in good spirits as they enjoyed a catch up at the event and posed for snaps together
The Close Encounters Of The Third Kind director looked sharp while wearing an olive green three-piece suit to the luncheon
The director has won a total of three Academy Awards over the length of his career
Ryan was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for playing Ken, along with America Ferrera for Best Supporting Actress for Gloria, who delivered one of the movie’s most rousing speeches.
The 10-movie Best Picture field is rounded out by American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest.
Lily Gladstone also made history by becoming the first indigenous actor to be nominated for Best Actress for her turn in Killers of the Flower Moon.
Emma Stone also became just the second woman ever to be nominated for Best Actress and Best Picture for her role as a producer on Poor Things.
The only other woman to have that distinction was Frances McDormand, who won both Best Actress and Best Picture for Nomadland in 2021.
Oscar Sunday will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, March 10 on ABC.
The bash was attended by the big stars of the movie world including Barbie’s Margot Robbie (seen) and Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper