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Hal Holbrook, left, a Best Supporting Actor nominee for "Into the Wild," arrives with his wife, actress Dixie Carter, at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. A Hollywood tradition, this year's lunch, like this year's Oscars, was shadowed by the 13-week wtriter's strike.
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Oscar nominee Marion Cotillard, who portrayed Edith Piaf in "La Vie En Rose," poses for a photograph in Beverly Hills Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. The 80th annual Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Kodak Theatre on Feb. 24.
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Spanish actor Javier Bardem, a Best Supporting Actor nominee for "No Country for Old Men," poses at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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George Clooney, a Best Actor nominee for "Michael Clayton," arrives at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. Like other Oscar hopefuls, Clooney expressed optimisim that a last-minute writer's strike settlement would save the televised Oscars ceremony.
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Laura Linney, a Best Actress nominee for "The Savages," arrives at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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Ellen Page, nominated for actress in a leading role, for "Juno," poses for a photograph in Beverly Hills Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. She joked that her black and white outfit was made of an old prison uniform.
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Filmmaker Michael Moore, nominated for an Oscar for his documentary "Sicko," arrives at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. Many celebrities have said they wouldn't cross a picket line to attend the Oscars, leaving it in much the same situation at this year's cancelled Golden Globes festivities.
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Viggo Mortensen, a Best Actor nominee for "Eastern Promises," interacts with photographers at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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Actress Ruby Dee, nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress, for "American Gangster," poses for a photograph in Beverly Hills Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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Casey Affleck, a Best Supporting Actor nominee for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," arrives at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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British actress Julie Christie, a Best Actress nominee for "Away from Her," arrives at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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French actress Marion Cotillard, a Best Actress nominee for "La Vie en Rose," poses at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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Amy Ryan, left, a Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Gone Baby Gone," shares a laugh with fellow cast member Casey Affleck at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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Ellen Page, nominated for actress in a leading role, for "Juno," poses for a photograph in Beverly Hills Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
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Actor George Clooney poses for a photograph in Beverly Hills Calif., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.
