The source said Pitt "just wanted to support and congratulate his friends Sam Rockwell and Richard Jenkins on their Oscar nominations."
Rockwell is nominated for his first Oscar for his supporting role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, while Jenkins is nominated in the same category for his performance in The Shape of Water, which marks his second Oscar nomination. Rockwell starred with Pitt in the films Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, while the Oscar winner also co-produced his latest acting project, Adam McKay's new movie Backseat, in which he plays former President George W. Bush.
Pitt and Jenkins starred together in the films Burn After Reading and Killing Them Softly, while the former star also served as an executive producer on Eat Pray Love, which stars the latter actor.
At the pre-Oscars party, Rockwell was joined by his longtime partner, actress Leslie Bibb, and his father, Pete Rockwell. Bibb gushed all night to friends about her "amazing husband," and gave him a big hug and kiss when he arrived, with a Tequila Don Julio margarita in hand.
Other celeb guests at the party included Oscar-nominated stars of I, Tonya, Allison Janney and Margot Robbie, the latter of whom who may appear with Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's new film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Janney and Robbie were in great spirits at the party, toasting their nominations over flowing glasses of Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Champagne. Janney was spotted giving hugs and starting a dance party with Bibb. She took home a specialty engraved bottle of Don Julio 1942 that read, "The Oscar goes to…Allison Janney."
Also in attendance: Elizabeth Olsen, Angela Bassett, Tiffany Haddish, Adam Driver, Kathryn Hahn, John Slattery, Joe Keery, Elizabeth Perkins and Missi Pyle.
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