February 9, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Toni Thompson

Oscar® Nominees Honored
at 25th Academy Luncheon

Beverly Hills, CA — Seventeen of the 20 nominees in the acting categories will be among the more than 100 nominees from 24 categories who will gather at noon for the traditional pre-Academy Awards fete when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors this year’s Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon on Monday (February 13), at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

From the Leading Actor and Actress categories Philip Seymour Hoffman, Terrence Howard, Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix, Felicity Huffman, Keira Knightley, Charlize Theron and Reese Witherspoon are expected to attend. Amy Adams, Catherine Keener, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, George Clooney, Matt Dillon, Paul Giamatti, Jake Gyllenhaal and William Hurt are set to represent the supporting categories.

All five nominees from the Directing category — Clooney, Paul Haggis, Ang Lee, Bennett Miller, Steven Spielberg — are also scheduled to attend.

This will be the 25th time that the Academy has hosted the Nominees Luncheon. The first was held on March 9, 1982.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2005 will be presented on Sunday, March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST. A one-hour red carpet arrivals show will precede the telecast at 4 p.m. Information about the 78th Annual Academy Awards can be accessed on line at www.oscar.com.

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