The annual event was postponed because of the L.A. wildfires, but finally returned as part of Oscars week, but without the applause meter (or Karla Sofía Gascón).

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Ariana Grande arrives at the Oscars Nominees Dinner on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

The stars were out for an Oscar nominee event held Tuesday. The Academy opted to hold a dinner for nominated artists prior to this Sunday’s Academy Awards instead of the annual luncheon, which had been canceled in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year.

Oscar nominees gathered for the 97th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Dinner and took the annual Oscar Class Photo. This year's nominees include Zoe Saldaña, Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Monica Barbaro,

Tuesday night's event at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was a stand-in for the annual Oscars luncheon usually held about a month earlier but scrubbed because of the Southern California wildfires.