by Steve Pond
We now identify the stats for Monday’s Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon: according to an Academy throw one's arms about unloosing, 14 acting nominees and all five Tucker Head contenders are expected to turn up at the annual soiree.
It’ll be a full accommodate in the Upper crust Actor sphere: Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman and Jeremy Renner have all confirmed their audience, with only Helen Mirren missing among Finest Actress nominees Sandra Bullock, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe and Meryl Streep.
Vera Farmiga, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick will have to embody the Supporting Actress head without Penelope Cruz and Mo’Nique (is another Internet make a fuss coming over that diva’s insufficiency?), while Woody Harrelson and Christoph Waltz are the only confirmed Supporting Actor nominees.
That means that Matt Damon, Christopher Plummer and Stanley Tucci won’t have the time to pick up their certificates of nomination, or to come into the oddest and most charming AMPAS bounty, the Academy’s lawful Oscar appointee sweatshirt.
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