Brad Pitt's Oscars Luncheon Move Wins Hearts

Actor wore a name tag—just in case
By Arden Dier,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 29, 2020 1:40 PM CST
Internet Swoons at Brad Pitt's Oscars Luncheon Move
Cynthia Erivo, left, shakes hands with Brad Pitt at the 92nd Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at Los Angeles' Loews Hotel on Monday.   (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

Brad Pitt managed to win (more) hearts on Monday with the simple act of putting on a name tag. The actor was photographed at the 92nd Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at Los Angeles' Loews Hotel sporting a tag with his name and nomination as best supporting actor for Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood. The tags were provided by the event, per Entertainment Tonight, but Harper's Bazaar reports most established actors—Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron, Renée Zellweger, and Greta Gerwig, to name a few—chose not to wear theirs.

As "one of the most famous men on Earth," Pitt clearly could've done without his, too, per Vogue. Instead, he wore it "dutifully … as if he were registering for his company's annual sales convention." Twitter users swooned over the "seeming humility," per Harper's Bazaar. "Everyone should aim to be as humble as Brad Pitt wearing a name tag to an Academy event," remarked writer/producer Liz Hannah. Another noted "even squirrels know who you are." Also dutifully sporting their name tags were best supporting actress nominee Florence Pugh and 1917 stars Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay, among others. (More Brad Pitt stories.)

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