Women vying for Oscars salute their progress, snubs aside The mood at Diane von Furstenberg’s lunch for female Oscar contenders could have been downbeat, given the shutout of women directors for Sunday’s awardsBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The mood at Diane von Furstenberg’s lunch honoring this year’s female Oscar contenders could have been downbeat, given the shutout of women directors for Sunday’s awards. The 30-plus nominees who gathered at von Furstenberg’s home, tucked into elegant and secluded grounds, cheered as the women spoke in turn. Laura Dern, a best supporting actress nominee for “Marriage Story,” kicked things off Wednesday by recalling von Furstenberg’s first nominees’ lunch six years ago. Former studio chief Amy Pascal, who produced “Little Women,” offered an industry veteran's perspective. But ‘Little Women’ is the third movie in the history of the Oscars that is produced, directed and written” by women, Pascal said, drawing applause.

Source: ABC News February 06, 2020 10:30 UTC