Meryl Streep and Steven Spielberg upstaged by Agnes Varda’s cardboard cut out at Oscars luncheon
Agnes Varda, the oldest Oscar nominee of all time, has no time for trivial events such as the 2018 Oscars nominee luncheon – and so instead she sent along several cardboard cut outs of herself.
The annual luncheon sees all the nominees gather in one place before the ceremony for a class photo, with the likes of Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, and Mary J. Blige all getting on their glad rags and preparing their best pose.
But for Agnes, a cut out was the best she could offer – although Meryl and Steven were loving the addition to the photo (and probably wondering why they hadn’t thought of doing the same thing) with Steven even nabbing a quick picture of him and ‘Agnes’.
Agnes, 89, received an Oscar nomination for best documentary for Faces Places, a French documentary she co-directed with pseudonymous French Street artist JR.
JR, 34, was at the event, and was given the honourable task of making sure ‘Agnes’ was where she needed to be at all times. Faces Places chronicles a road trip taken by JR and Agnes, meeting ordinary people and telling their stories of small town life.
Elsewhere at the event, insiders captured candid moments, such as when Steven Spielberg took a selfie with Best Director nominees Greta Gerwig and Guillermo del Toro.
Meryl Streep also reportedly spent time with newcomer Timothee Chalamet, introducing him to people ‘like she was his mom’.
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The 90th Oscars class photo – who's who
Front Row Left to Right: Mike Meinardus, Evelyn O’Neill, Glen Gauthier, Ziad Doueiri, Katja Benrath, Lou Sheppard, Marco Morabito, Brad Zoern, Scott Neustadter, Laura Checkoway, Kobe Bryant, Ildikó Enyedi, Raphael Saadiq, Paul Denham Austerberry, Josh Lawson, Michael Green, Vanessa Taylor, James Mangold, Richard King and Reed Van Dyk
Second Row: Thomas Lennon, Peter Spears, Sidney Wolinsky, Jacob Schuh, Scott Frank, Jan Lachauer, Scott Benza , Darla K. Anderson, Alex Gibson, Gary Rizzo, Daniel Phillips, Laurie Metcalf, Nora Twomey, David Malinowski, Luis Sequiera, Christopher Townsend, Daniel Barrett, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Mark Bridges, Tobias Rosen, Ron Bartlett, Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani.
Third Row: Ru Kuwahata, Jonathan Amos, Douglas Urbanski, Dana Murray, Justin Paul, Richard R. Hoover, Carter Burwell, Matthew Wood, David Heilbroner, Feras Fayyad, Kate Davis, Eli Bush, Paul Machliss, Eric Fellner, Megan Ellison, Richard Jenkins, Ren Klyce, Timothée Chalamet, Ruben Östlund, Shane Vieau, Dan Lausten, Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon, Dave Mullins, Rachel Shenton, Mark Mangini, Anthony Leo and Mark Weingarten.
Fourth Row: Michael Semanick, Mike Mulholland, Gabriel Grapperon, Lisa Bruce, Kazahiro Tsuji, Julie Goldman, Nathan Robitaille, Bruno Delbonnel, Victor Caire, Sally Hawkins, Diane Warren, Bryan Fogel, Lee Smith, Kevin Wilson Jr., Arjen Tuiten, Daniel Lupi, Saoirse Ronan, JoAnne Sellar, Nelson Ferreira, Ivan Mactaggart, Emilie Georges, Doug Hemphill, Katie Spencer, Daniel Kaluuya, Dennis Gassner, Lucy Sibbick, Gregg Landaker, Christian Cooke, Graham Broadbent, Max Porter, and Stuart Wilson.
Fifth Row: Virgil Williams, Mark Mitten, Frank Stiefel, Lori Forte, Chris Overton, Tom McGrath, Glen Keane, Chris Corbould, John Nelson, Dee Rees, Lee Unkrich, Margot Robbie, Dan Cogan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Hugh Welchman, Gary Oldman, Dan Lemmon, J. Miles Dale, Taura Stinson, Jacqueline Durran, Yance Ford, Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Sebastián Lelio, Rachel Morrison, Jordan Peele, Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez, Michael H. Weber, Joslyn Barnes, Sean McKittrick, Thomas Lee Wright, Benj Pasek, Dan Sudick and David Parker
Sixth Row: Alexandre Desplat, Mary J Blige, Amy Pascal, Gary Fettis, Octavia Spencer, Guillermo del Toro, Ben Morris, Aaron Sorkin, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Jeff Melvin, Hoyt van Hoytema, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Sarah Greenwood, Jason Blum, Chris Nolan, Sam Rockwell, Emma Thomas, Steve James, Joe Letteri, Carlos Saldanha, Meryl Streep, Greta Gerwig, Agnès Varda (cutout), JR, Tatiana S.Riegel, Steven Spielberg, Luca Guadagnino, Ramsey Naito, Julian Slater, Lonnie Lynn, Ron Bartlett, Pete Czernin, and Theo Green.
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