The award season is under way in Hollywood, and nominees for the Academy Awards, or Oscars, shared their excitement Monday at a luncheon in Los Angeles on February 2, 2015.
Oscar Nominees Luncheon
![Rosamund Pike, Best Actress nominee for her role in the film "Gone Girl," arrives at the 87th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, Feb. 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5B128244-0358-4B80-BF67-4C78487E5608_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rosamund Pike, Best Actress nominee for her role in the film "Gone Girl," arrives at the 87th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, Feb. 2, 2015.
![Oscar® nominee Don Hall (L), Bob Iger and Oscar® nominee Roy Conli (R)at the Oscar® Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Feb. 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9E70263B-883B-45CB-B461-29553ADE190D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Oscar® nominee Don Hall (L), Bob Iger and Oscar® nominee Roy Conli (R)at the Oscar® Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Feb. 2, 2015.
![Bradley Cooper arrives at the 87th Academy Awards nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Feb. 2, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California.](https://gdb.voanews.com/CE37F475-5160-4393-ADA0-78C695DA3465_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bradley Cooper arrives at the 87th Academy Awards nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Feb. 2, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California.
![Oscar® host Neil Patrick Harris arrives at the Oscar® Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Feb. 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/D1F15D1D-286C-45A0-B2BE-A127B5DFC09A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Oscar® host Neil Patrick Harris arrives at the Oscar® Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Feb. 2, 2015.