Inside the 2024 Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Emma Stone Teases Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie Shows PDA and More

Mar. 15, 2025

Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie at the 2024 Oscar Nominees Luncheon.Photo:JC Olivera/Getty Images; Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images; VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

JC Olivera/Getty Images; Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images; VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

Hollywood A-listers gathered inside the ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Monday for the 2024 Oscar nominees luncheon — and PEOPLE was inside the party.

Nominated stars includingMargot Robbie,Emma Stone,Ryan Gosling,America Ferrera,Colman Domingo,Robert Downey Jr.,Lily Gladstone,Emily BluntandMartin Scorseseall rubbed elbows at the annual event beforeposing together for a group photo.

Carey Mulligan and Emily Blunt.ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

While Blunt and Mulligan chatted, Murphy headed over to talk withBarbiedirectorGreta Gerwig(a nominee for co-writing the comedy’s screenplay).

Poor ThingsBest Actress nominee Stone reunited with her formerAlohacostarBradley Cooper(up for Best Actor and Best Director for his work onMaestro), and the two shared a laugh while photographers snapped away.

During her remarks to the group, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences president Janet Yang mentioned that the Oscars, held on Sunday, March 10, would start an hour earlier this year, at 7 p.m. E.T., which elicited gasps and laughs from those assembled.

Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper.Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

As lunch was being served, past Best Supporting Actor winnerDaniel Kaluuyastrode over toThe HoldoversBest Supporting Actress nomineeDa’Vine Joy Randolph, who was seated at her table, and gave her a hug.

Meanwhile, past Best Actress winner Marlee Matlin had a bit of a fan moment withPoor ThingsBest Supporting Actor nomineeMark Ruffalo: She approached him to take a selfie and FaceTimed someone, who Ruffalo greeted warmly.

Not long after, Ruffalo chatted withNyadBest Actress NomineeAnnette Bening. Stone andPoor ThingsBest Director nominee Yorgos Lanthomos noticed their colleague. “There’s Mark!” Lanthomos told Stone, who replied, “He’s talking to Annette Bening. Should we say hi? No, let’s wait.”

Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie.JC Olivera/Getty

JC Olivera/Getty

The two then spoke in various accents and made each other laugh.

The nominees then waited for their names to be called to the stage to take the group photo. As they began to assemble, Bening and Gerwig exchanged contact information while waiting for others to take their places. Mark Ronson, a Best Original Song nominee forBarbie’s“I’m Just Ken,”then took a selfie with the women.

Gosling jokingly told his formerLa La Landcostar Stone to move to be closer to him, and the two shared a laugh as she refused and stayed put in her spot.

Best Actor nominees Paul Giamatti, Colman Domingo and Jeffrey Wright.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

When Stone was asked to move forward, she jokingly pushed Gosling aside to get in front of him in another lighthearted moment.

Downey, the final star to be called to take his place for the photo, elicited a loud round of applause from his peers. When the group was instructed they needed to take another photo, Downey joked to the group that they had to get it right.

Nominees for the 96th Oscars on Feb. 12, 2024.Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S.

Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S.

Barbiestar and producer Robbie, nominated for Best Picture, walked out of the hotel hand-in-hand with her husbandTom Ackerley.

source: people.com