As Hollywood buckles up for four months of Oscar season on the road to Feb.ย 26, the civil rights love story “Loving” held it’s L.A. premiere at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills on Thursday night.
A plurality of industry experts currently have the Focus Features drama on their early lists of probable nominees for categories like Best Picture, Lead Actress (Ruth Negga), Lead Actor (Joel Edgerton) and director (Jeff Nichols).
On Thursday, as the sprawling team of filmmakers and cast took the Academy stage, flanked as always by two giant Oscars, the atmosphereย of awards season hung over the industry-heavy event.