Marshall and the Movies

The Academy Award nominees all gather for a luncheon just before the ceremony, and they take a giant group picture like a graduating class.  This picture gets published all over the web, really as a “Where’s Waldo?” activity for all the actors.  I always enjoy seeing the little Hollywood clicks and who gets left out or hangs out with a different crowd.  It’s a fun picture to dissect, much further than the obvious Annette Bening sitting on Jeff Bridges’ lap front and center.

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Here are some of my favorite observations from the picture:

• Natalie Portman is REALLY pregnant.
• Christopher Nolan’s grin is creepy.
• James Franco is standing next to the Pixar guys.
• Amy Adams is up front but her co-stars from “The Fighter,” Mark Wahlberg and Melissa Leo, are way up top.
• Poor Hailee Steinfeld looks so alone up there…
• John Hawkes is so lost among the crowd.
• Colin Firth and Michelle Williams together … interesting.
• Why can’t we be friends – Jesse Eisenberg and Geoffrey Rush, despite being in the dueling Best Picture candidates, are right next to each other.
• The guy with the long, curvy beard in the bottom right SCARES ME.