- Brad Pitt, who is Oscar-nominated for best supporting actor this year, attended the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon with fellow stars yesterday.
- The household name was spotted wearing a name tag during the event—a charming moment that sent the Internet into a craze.
Have you heard of Brad Pitt? He's going to be a huge deal. Apparently, he's nominated for the supporting actor Oscar this year—for a movie called Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood—which is quite a feat for a newcomer. His career is really going to take off!
Yesterday, he mingled with A-listers including Robert De Niro and Charlize Theron at the 2020 Oscar Nominees Luncheon, just days ahead of the official Academy Awards ceremony. Dressed in a dusty-brown suit and an off-white polo, Pitt humbly introduced himself while wearing a name tag that read in all-caps bold type, "BRAD PITT," probably in hopes that more people would learn his name, or that he would get the opportunity to be in more movies, or both.
Kevork Djansezian//Getty ImagesPitt puts his name tag on with a little help.
ROBYN BECK//Getty ImagesBrad Pitt, wearing his name tag, chats with Cynthia Erivo, who is not wearing a name tag.
In all seriousness, though, Pitt—who's earned seven Oscar nominations and has been the Hollywood heartthrob since before Gen Zers were born—needs no introduction. We could spot him from a mile away, even when he's casually incognito (which the paparazzi have been doing for years). Fans online did, however, appreciate the seeming humility that Pitt's gesture represented: He's not too big of a star to wear a name tag, in case you don't know who he is.
Fellow nominees including De Niro, Theron, Renée Zellweger, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Pryce, and Greta Gerwig didn't wear name tags. Young stars like Little Women's Florence Pugh and 1917's Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay, and directors Noah Baumbach and Todd Phillips did. Leonardo DiCaprio most certainly did not wear a name tag, but he did wear a pair of spiffy dark shades indoors.
Watch Pitt (although probably sans name tag) at the 2020 Oscars on Sunday, February 9, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Erica Gonzales is the Senior Culture Editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage on TV, movies, music, books, and more. She was previously an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There is a 75 percent chance she's listening to Lorde right now.
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