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See all the stars at the 2022 Oscar Nominees Luncheon

By Rachel Schonberger March 07, 2022 at 07:13 PM EST
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Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz

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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.

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Kristen Stewart

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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.

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Jessica Chastain

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

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Ariana DeBose

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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.

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J.K. Simmons

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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."

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Kodi Smit-McPhee

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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.

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Troy Kotsur

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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.

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Andrew Garfield

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Although Garfield made headlines for his surprise appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home, he's nominated for his performance in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tick, Tick... Boom! He's one of many Marvel actors recognized by the Academy for other roles this year.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Gyllenhaal was nominated in 2009 for acting in Crazy Heart. This time around, she's being considered for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Lost Daughter, which she also directed. She won three Film Independent Spirit Awards for the film.

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Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis

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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."

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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."

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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.

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Benedict Cumberbatch

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The Power of the Dog actor is nominated for playing the aggressive, repressed rancher Phil Burbank. Cumberbatch responded to Sam Elliott's comments on the film's LGBTQ+ themes, calling the Western actor's reaction "a very odd" one.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

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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.

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Billie Eilish

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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.

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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.

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Aunjanue Ellis, Will Smith, and Denzel Washington

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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.'"

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Andrew Garfield and Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

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Alfred Molina and Benedict Cumberbatch

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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.

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    1 of 19 Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz
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    10 of 19 Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis
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    14 of 19 Lin-Manuel Miranda
    15 of 19 Billie Eilish
    16 of 19 Denzel Washington
    17 of 19 Aunjanue Ellis, Will Smith, and Denzel Washington
    18 of 19 Andrew Garfield and Lin-Manuel Miranda
    19 of 19 Alfred Molina and Benedict Cumberbatch

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