Spielberg, Pitt, Streep attend Oscar lunch

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, George Clooney and Steven Spielberg were among those who attended Monday's Oscar nominees luncheon in Los Angeles.

Also attending the event at the Beverly Hilton where they posed for a "class picture" together were nominees Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Rooney Mara, Michelle Williams, Demian Bichir, Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman, Kenneth Branagh, Jonah Hill, Nick Nolte, Max von Sydow, Berenice Bejo, Melissa McCarthy, Janet McTeer and Octavia Spencer.

Nominated directors Michel Hazanavicius, Alexander Payne and Martin Scorsese also attended the affair.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.