Some of Hollywood's biggest stars attended the 2024 Oscars luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, on Monday.
Oscar-nominated stars, filmmakers and more convened at The Beverly Hilton for the annual event, a pre-awards show gathering where the nominees mingle and pose for the iconic "Oscars Class Photo."
MORE: Oscar nominations 2024: Full list of nomineesBradley Cooper and Emma Stone were photographed at the luncheon, and "Oppenheimer" stars Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy were all smiles as they posed for photos on the carpet together.
MORE: Academy adds new Oscars category for castingCheck out highlights from the Oscars luncheon below.
"Maestro" stars Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, who are nominated for best actor and best actress, respectively, spoke with "Good Morning America" Digital at the luncheon and talked about how working together on the film impacted both of them.
"Working with [Mulligan] impacted me as an actor because she's incredible," Cooper said of his co-star. "It's true, that impacted me as an actor in every single way."
Added Mulligan, "Working with [Cooper] in all the ways, not just acting but being directed by him, has totally changed how I want to work going forward -- in a big way, I would say."
Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, whose song "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" is nominated for best original song, shared who they had in mind when writing the Grammy-winning song.
"Barbie! I was thinking about this feeling that I got from watching that movie and seeing life through her eyes and then for myself," Eilish said. "And then for all people in the world -- women, girls and everyone, honestly. It's a song for anyone who feels something when they listen to it."
"We were in a little of a creative rut and I think that this song made us feel so relieved because we were so proud of it," O'Connell added. "That we then kind of went into working on our new record with a little bit more bravery than I think we'd had before the song."
Mark Ronson, whose song "I'm Just Ken," which he co-wrote with Andrew Wyatt, is also nominated for best original song, said that the script for "Barbie" inspired the Kens' anthem.
"We were obviously really inspired by the script. That was the main thing, but then I think also knowing Ryan was already playing [Ken] -- you're reading the script, you can see him saying all these lines -- so we really kind of fell in love with his character," Ronson said.
"I just had the idea for that line, 'I'm just Ken, anywhere else I'd be a 10.' And then we just started writing the song," he added.
As for what he envisions an Oscars performance of this song to look like, Ronson said it would involve Gosling, a thousand Kens and a unicorn.
"Past Lives" director Celine Song, whose film is nominated for best original screenplay and best picture, shared what it means to know what the film has meant for audiences.
"My favorite kind of feedback around 'Past Lives' is when an audience member or somebody who has just seen the movie or anybody who comes up to me and says, 'I just wanted to tell you that I needed this movie,'" Song said. "To have made a movie that somebody needs, like, what an incredible gift is that?"
America Ferrera, who is nominated for best supporting actress for her role in "Barbie," reflected on her journey in Hollywood and her Oscar nomination.
"I had a crazy dream to have a fabulous career as an actress, and I think this is for so many people the mountaintop," she said. "I remember watching Halle Berry win and Julia Roberts win, and kind of feeling like that seems like an impossible gulf to cross from here to there. But you gotta try, right?"