Oscar Nominees Do Lunch

No tuxedoes.

No formal gowns.

And, CBS News Correspondent Manuel Gallegus reports, no award night jitters. Just all of the Oscar nominees, the industry's biggest stars, getting together for lunch.

The Oscar luncheon is really the only other time when all of the nominees are together in one place. It's casual and friendly, far away from the formal competition of Oscar night.

Kevin Spacey, nominated for American Beauty, could have used a comb through his hair, but he didn't seem to mind. Spacey was still beaming from his Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award, bestowed Sunday night. He joked he looked like he had "that SAG hangover" from a party his friends had thrown.

Denzel Washington was another who was still thinking about the SAG awards. He said he had a "special conversation" with Sidney Poitier. Washington laughed and said they talked about the Laker game.

Tom Cruise was also in a joking mood. He smiled, saying he wouldn't reveal what Nicole Kidman told him when he got his nomination for Magnolia. He said, "Some things you keep to yourself."

Trey Parker said he's milking this time until the Academy Awards because he can't imagine his South Park song winning.

Toni Collette, Oscar nominee, said she had no clue she'd be nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar for The Sixth Sense.

Hilary Swank, up for best actress for Boys Don't Cry, said she's keeping herself grounded through all this Oscar hoopla.

Haley Joel Osment, supporting actor nominee for The Sixth Sense, hadn't seen any of the other nominated movies, "'cause they're rated R, and I'm not allowed to see R movies."

Julianne Moore, nominee for actress in a leading role in The End Of The Affair, giggled as she admitted, "I have no expectation of winning, so it's something I'm really not thinking of."

But Russell Crowe, nominee for actor in a leading role in The Insider, was humbled. "To be acknowledged at this level by your peers is not something that happens in everybody's career, and you have to accept it with a great deal of grace, I think."

For some of the actors, it's a bit strange to be competing against each other, after having worked so hard on their respective films. "There's this sort of unnatural pitting of us against each other that we don't feel," said Spacey. "I don't feel that at all."

For Oscar's class of '99, the luncheon was a time to get together, discuss their common art, maybe make an informal deal or two. Plenty of time to worry when The Big Night arrives.

The Oscars will be presented Sunday, March 26, in Los Angeles.