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More than 160 2013 Oscar nominees gather for lunch at Beverly Hilton

Actress Quvenzhane Wallis attends the 85th Academy Awards nominations luncheon in Beverly Hills, on February 4, 2013. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Published: Feb. 5, 2013 at 8:59 AM

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Seventeen of this year's 20 Oscar-nominated actors and actresses attended a luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Among the 160-plus nominees who attended Monday's event were Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Quvenzhane Wallis, Naomi Watts, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix and Denzel Washington.

Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Christoph Waltz, Amy Adams, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt and Jacki Weaver also attended the Oscar nominees' luncheon.

Missing from the event were acting nominees Alan Arkin, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Emmanuelle Riva.

Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles.

Seth MacFarlane is to serve as host of the ceremony.

Topics: Naomi Watts, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt, Alan Arkin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Seth MacFarlane, Beverly Hilton, Bradley Cooper, Christoph Waltz, Sally Field

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