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Chalamet, Grande and Moore mingle at Oscars dinner

Wicked actor Ariana Grande wore a black dress with pink feathers to the Oscar nominees dinner. (AP PHOTO)

Timothee Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Demi Moore and other Oscar nominees have celebrated at a film academy dinner that gave the contenders a chance to mingle before the red-carpet awards show.

All the more than 200 nominees, from actors to directors, producers, sound editors, make-up artists and others, were invited to the event on Tuesday at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Chalamet, nominated for his portrayal of musician Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, arrived in all black and clipped his name tag to his front pants pocket.

Timothee Chalamet arrives at the Oscars nominees dinner
Timothee Chalamet arrived in all black to the Oscars nominees dinner. (AP PHOTO)

The actor later chatted at the bar with his competitor, The Brutalist star Adrien Brody.

Wicked actor Grande wore a black dress with pink feathers, a favourite colour of her character Galinda in the prequel to The Wizard of Oz.

Moore, nominated for her role as a fading celebrity in The Substance, chose a white pant suit.

Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana and Cynthia Erivo at the Oscars dinner
Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana and Cynthia Erivo arrive at the Oscars nominees dinner. (AP PHOTO)

Other attendees included Guy Pearce, Sebastian Stan, Cynthia Erivo, Isabella Rossellini, Fernanda Torres, Edward Norton, Zoe Saldana, Colman Domingo and Jeremy Strong.

Before being seated for dinner, the nominees gathered for the annual group photo.

The picture is usually taken at a nominees' luncheon, but that event was cancelled when wildfires hit Los Angeles and disrupted Hollywood's awards season.

Guy Pearce arrives at the Oscar nominees dinner
Australian Guy Pearce, nominated for his supporting role in The Brutalist, attended the dinner. (AP PHOTO)

The Academy Awards show on Sunday would offer "community and an atmosphere of support" for people recovering from the fires while also celebrating the top performances in film, Academy President Janet Yang told the nominees at the dinner.

"We simply must honour the talent - your talents - this year, as we have every year, as part of a tradition that is now 97 years old," Yang said.

"We must, because it brings so much joy to people all over the world."

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