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Pics: Why Quvenzhané Wallis is owning the Oscar parties this year

Because everyone else is boring.
11.24am, 5 Feb 2013
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THE TRADITIONAL ACADEMY Awards Nominees luncheon took place yesterday in Tinseltown, with more than 160 contenders gathering to acknowledge their mutual greatness.

You’d think there would have been some interesting outfits.  Alas, there was not.  Aside from Quvenzhané Wallace, without whom the red carpet would be a very boring place this year.

Here are the highlights from yesterday’s event.

Pics: Why Quvenzhané Wallis is owning the Oscar parties this year
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  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Oh look, another black dress. Great. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    More purple lacey stuff from Jessica Chastain. A little bit "Irish wedding" though, no? (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Naomi Watts took the LBD route. Snore. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Jacki Weaver looked resplendent in orange. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Jennifer Lawrence: luminous of course. Still no colour though. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    At last! Some colour from Amy Adams. We like this swishy frock. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Helen Hunt was literally grey. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Kathryn Bigelow wore a nude ensemble. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Sally Field looks nice. She also looks like she's about to take off, perhaps a nod to her days as the flying nun? (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Thank God for Quvenzhané and her doggy handbag, a little cute goes a long way. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Tim Burton looked like Tim Burton. Imagine he showed up to an event rocking proper old Hollywood glamour? THAT would be interesting. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    Inside, Bradley Cooper and Robert Deniro were having a great laugh. Would it be so wrong to keep thinking of them as the father and son due they are in Silver Linings Playbook? (John Shearer/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    We couldn't not show you this photo of Roman Coppola in the portrait studio at the event. What a magnificent level of creep he's bringing here. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

  • Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    And finally - look at Quvenzhane having the lols with her Beasts of the Southern Wild director Benh Zeitlin. Where would we be without her? (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
  • Oh look, another black dress. Great. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • More purple lacey stuff from Jessica Chastain. A little bit
  • Naomi Watts took the LBD route. Snore. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
  • Jacki Weaver looked resplendent in orange. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • Jennifer Lawrence: luminous of course. Still no colour though. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • At last! Some colour from Amy Adams. We like this swishy frock. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • Helen Hunt was literally grey. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • Kathryn Bigelow wore a nude ensemble. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • Sally Field looks nice. She also looks like she's about to take off, perhaps a nod to her days as the flying nun? (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • Thank God for Quvenzhané and her doggy handbag, a little cute goes a long way. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • Tim Burton looked like Tim Burton. Imagine he showed up to an event rocking proper old Hollywood glamour? THAT would be interesting. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • Inside, Bradley Cooper and Robert Deniro were having a great laugh. Would it be so wrong to keep thinking of them as the father and son due they are in Silver Linings Playbook? (John Shearer/Invision/AP)
  • We couldn't not show you this photo of Roman Coppola in the portrait studio at the event. What a magnificent level of creep he's bringing here. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
  • And finally - look at Quvenzhane having the lols with her Beasts of the Southern Wild director Benh Zeitlin. Where would we be without her? (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

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