See all the stars at the 2022 Oscar Nominees Luncheon (original) (raw)

Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz

Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

With the Academy Awards just 20 days away, this year's recognized talent gathered in Los Angeles on Monday for the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon. Bardem is nominated for his take on Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos and Cruz for her role in Parallel Mothers.

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

Stewart told EW that after playing Princess Diana in Spencer, "creatively, it's spring for me." Now, she's nominated for her first Oscar in the Best Actress category.

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

The Eyes of Tammy Faye actress earned a nod for her performance as the Minnesotan televangelist.

Ariana DeBose

Ariana DeBose. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Fresh off of her SAG Awards win, DeBose arrived at her first Nominees Luncheon. She's up for another award for her turn as Anita in Spielberg's West Side Story.

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Simmons is up for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for playing the curmudgeonly Fred Mertz actor William Frawley in Being the Ricardos. He told EW in January, "This is a brilliant ensemble from top to bottom and I hope the movie gets some of that kind of attention."

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Kodi Smit-McPhee. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

First-time nominee Smit-McPhee already won the Golden Globe for his supporting role in The Power of the Dog. The film garnered four Oscar nods in acting categories and 12 overall.

Troy Kotsur

Troy Kotsur. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

The CODA patriarch won the SAG Award for Best Actor for his role in the film, which also took home Best Ensemble. If Kotsur wins on Oscar night, he will be the first deaf male actor and second deaf person to do so, second to his costar Marlee Matlin's 1987 victory.

Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis

Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Smith and Ellis arrived arm in arm. They are both nominated for their roles as the heads of the Williams family in King Richard. "Aunjanue, you pushed every single day," Smith thanked his costar in his SAG Awards acceptance speech. "You demanded authenticity, and you did it in such a beautiful and quiet and powerful way."

Steven Spielberg

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Spielberg is nominated for his direction of West Side Story. He protested the Oscars' decision to pretape eight categories, saying in a statement, "I feel that at the Academy Awards there is no above the line, there is no below the line. All of us are on the same line bringing the best of us to tell the best stories we possibly can."

Bradley Cooper

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Cooper wasn't nominated for his role in Licorice Pizza, but he did receive a nod for producing Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley. This is his ninth nomination, with his last in 2020 for producing The Joker.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda. Momodu Mansaray/WireImage

With Miranda's "We Don't Talk About Bruno" sitting pretty at No. 1 on the Billboard's Hot 100 for five weeks, the Encanto songwriter is positioned to achieve EGOT status on March 27.

Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish. Momodu Mansaray/WireImage

The 20-year-old "No Time to Die" singer is up for her first Oscar in the Best Original Song category. Eilish is also nominated for seven Grammy Awards the following weekend.

Denzel Washington

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This year's show marks Washington's tenth nomination, extending his own record as the most nominated Black actor in Oscars history. With two wins under his belt, he's now vying for Best Actor for his performance in The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Aunjanue Ellis, Will Smith, and Denzel Washington

Aunjanue Ellis, Will Smith, and Denzel Washington. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Smith and Washington shared a sweet handshake. Smith recently opened up to PEOPLE about their meaningful friendship, saying, "He's always been a mentor for me and he grabbed me and he said, 'This is your year.'"

Andrew Garfield and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Andrew Garfield and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Garfield reunited with Miranda, who directed him in his turn as Rent writer Jonathan Larson in Tick, Tick... Boom!

Alfred Molina and Benedict Cumberbatch

Alfred Molina (L) and Benedict Cumberbatch. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

Although Spider-Man: No Way Home didn't make the Best Picture nomination list, its costars still found themselves reuniting at the luncheon. Molina returned to the franchise as Doc Ock and Cumberbatch guided the web-slinging superhero as Doctor Strange.