The Oscars® Nominees Luncheon Recap

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: View of atmosphere the Los Angeles Premiere Of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jeffrey Wright (L) and Elijah Wright attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Bridgid Coulter (L) and Don Cheadle attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson (L) and Aziz Ansari attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Jeffrey Wright, Author Percival Everett and Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Jeffrey Wright, Author Percival Everett and Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Erika Alexander, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Author Percival Everett, Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson, Sterling K. Brown and John Ortiz attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: John Ortiz attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Vanessa Estelle Williams attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson, Cord Jefferson, Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios and Jermaine Johnson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander and Adam Brody attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jeffrey Wright (L) and Sterling K. Brown attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jeffrey Wright (L) and Sterling K. Brown attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Elijah Wright (L) and Jeffrey Wright attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jeffrey Wright (L) and Tracee Ellis Ross attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Tracee Ellis Ross attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Producers Nikos Karamigios, Ram Bergman and Ben LeClair attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Page Kennedy attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Page Kennedy attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Evan Ross attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Evan Ross attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Sterling K. Brown attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Sterling K. Brown attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Adam Brody (L) and Leighton Meester attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Erika Alexander attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Erika Alexander attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Producers Nikos Karamigios, Jermaine Johnson and Ben LeClair attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Producers Ben LeClair attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Cord Jefferson attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Deborah Joy Winans attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Deborah Joy Winans attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Latasha Gillespie attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Cedric the Entertainer attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Kevin Fredericks (L) and Melissa Fredericks attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Producer Jermaine Johnson and guest attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Azie Tesfai attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Aldis Hodge attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Rian Johnson (L) and Karina Longworth attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Shaun Ross attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Hilda Rasula attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Cristina Dunlap attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Laura Karpman attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Mike Hopkins, Courtenay Valenti, Erika Alexander, Jennifer Salke, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sue Kroll, Julie Rapaport, Sterling K. Brown, guest, and John Ortiz attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson, Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Tracee Ellis Ross, Cord Jefferson, Jeffrey Wright, Erika Alexander, Adam Brody, Sterling K. Brown and Jermaine Johnson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Adam Brody (L) and Leighton Meester attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Producers Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios and Ben LeClair attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Cedric the Entertainer attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Kevin Fredericks (L) and Melissa Fredericks attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Kevin Fredericks (L) and Melissa Fredericks attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Aldis Hodge attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Aldis Hodge (L0 and Azie Tesfai attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Bridgid Coulter (L) and Don Cheadle attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke (L) and Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Author Percival Everett (L) and Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Jeffrey Wright, Author Percival Everett and Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Jeffrey Wright, Author Percival Everett and Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jeffrey Wright attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Writer/Director/Producer Cord Jefferson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander and Adam Brody attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K. Brown and Erika Alexander attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K. Brown and Erika Alexander attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sterling K. Brown attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jeffrey Wright (L) and Sterling K. Brown attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Evan Ross (L) and Tracee Ellis Ross attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Evan Ross, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sterling K. Brown attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jeffrey Wright (L) and Tracee Ellis Ross attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Jesse Williams attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Tracee Ellis Ross attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Tracee Ellis Ross attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Leighton Meester attends the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: Executive Producer Ram Bergman (L) and Producer Jermaine Johnson attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Nikos Karamigios, Ram Bergman and Ben LeClair attend the Los Angeles Premiere of MGM's "American Fiction" at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for MGM)