Saltzman generally likes teaching actors more than common folk, in part because there's a specific goal: They need to learn certain songs to inhabit a particular character.

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

The 29-year-old actor has hit the usual stops, but the defining moments of his awards campaign have been distinctly online.

Guitarist Larry Saltzman had more than 50 sessions with the now Oscar-nominated actor, for 'A Complete Unknown." (Feb. 26)

Throughout his omnipresent, warmly received press tour for the Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown," Timothée Chalamet has leaned into his digital fluency and youthful charm. As the rare matinee idol under 30,

He's not a movie buff, so New York musician Larry Saltzman doesn't always watch the Oscars. This year, however, he's got a rooting interest. Saltzman taught actor Timothée Chalamet how to play guitar for the role of Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.

Timothée Chalamet wore a custom Gap look, designed by the brand's creative director Zac Posen, for the Academy Awards nominee dinner in Los Angeles on Feb. 25. The ensemble, inspired by Bob Dylan, marks the first custom men's look from GapStudio.

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In an accessible, thoroughly American brand Timothée Chalamet delivered on a movie star’s interpretation of Bob Dylan.