Eye on the award

The Academy of Motion Pictures hosted the annual Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, honouring each year’s group of actors, filmmakers and artistes recognized for their work at the upcoming Academy Awards.

The majority of this year’s nominees attended the dinner, which was their last chance to spend time together in a relaxing setting before the 96th Academy Awards next month.

The guest list included Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Christopher Nolan, Paul Giamatti, Steven Spielberg, Greta Gerwig, Emily Blunt and others.

Oppenheimer leads this year’s race with a whopping 13 nominations, followed by Poor Things, which earned 11. Killers of the Flower Moon received 10 nominations, and last year’s biggest hit ‘Barbie’ scored eight. — ANI

Meet Messi, the wonder dog

Messi, the canine star of Anatomy of a Fall, who played Snoop in the Oscar-nominated film, travelled from France to Los Angeles on Monday to attend the Academy Award Nominees Luncheon, his trainer Laura Martin Contini said. Messi was popular with other celebrities, including Ryan Gosling, who was captured on film waving to the dog during the luncheon.