LOS ANGELES — It's still a thrill to be nominated — even if your Oscar isn't being presented during the live ceremony.
And at the annual Oscar nominees luncheon Monday, no one I spoke with in this Fairmont Century Plaza ballroom voiced any complaints, other than a handful of men lamenting that their coats fit a bit snugly after hanging in the closet for the last two years.
"We've said our piece," said Ben Proudfoot, director of the joyous Oscar-nominated documentary short "The Queen of Basketball." "Now it's time to have fun."
