Between winners and losers, artistic performances, hilarious gags and engaging speeches, many emotions were experienced during the famous Oscar night, March 10, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Less known, but equally intense and certainly more spontaneous, the scenes behind the scenes, which featured the big names of Hollywood cinema. A couple of days before the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has organized the event for 96 editions, disclosed a series of shots directly from backstage. We present a selection of the most beautiful and curious.
The look of love between Cillian Murphy and his wife
He won his first Oscar for Best Actor and it was only the latest, and highest, award in a long series for his performance in Oppenheimer. The Irish actor Cillian Murphy, 47 years old, known to the general public for having starred in Peaky Blinders and in the Dark Knight trilogy (Batman), he has been married to Yvonne McGuinness for twenty years. They are both artists and met when Murphy still believed that his main path was music. Together, they have two sonsMalachy, 18, and Carrick, 16. The look of love between Cillian and Yvonne, surrounded by other stars, moments after the actor’s coronation, is wonderful.
The Spider-Man reunion
It is a very sweet moment, the one in which Emma Stone, awarded on March 10th with her second Oscar for Best Leading Actress for Poor Creatures! (the first arrived in 2017 with La La Land) takes the face of her older colleague in her hands Sally Field. Both, in fact, were part of the cast of the saga The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 and 2014): the 35-year-old as Gwen Stacy and the 77-year-old as the protagonist Peter’s aunt, May Parker. It can be said that the reunion was just missing Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone’s ex, who played Spider-Man at the time. It was Sally Field who presented the Oscar to the talented actress.
Solidarity between stars
If we often see them together, even in the official photos of the ceremony, it is because Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Lawrence, Sally Field as we said but also Jessica Lange and Charlize Theron they had the task, at the 96th Academy Awards, of jointly presenting the award to the best actress. Il support of the team of actresses of different ages and careers it was fundamental for Emma Stone who, as we know, went on stage moved, with her famous Louis Vuitton dress in iridescent colors which even broke when she collected the statuette.
Nude (semi) integral
In the aftermath of the Oscars there is a lot of talk about the clothes on the red carpet, but there are those who did more, showing up dressed… only with the envelope with the winner’s name covering their private parts, and a pair of Birkenstock sandals. Getting rid of every dress code rule. We are talking about John Cena, professional wrestling player, but also actor and former rapper. An even more ironic presence, given that the prize he presented was the one al costume designthen best costume design (won by Holly Waddington for Poor Creatures!). The image from backstage shows him in the last moments before bursting onto the stage.
Robert Downey Jr.’s first Oscar
Robert Downey Jr.’s career began alongside Robert Downey Sr., his father, when he was only five years old. Now that he is 58 and has a fame that precedes him, the actor of Ally McBeal e Iron Man wins his first Oscar, another statuette for Oppenheimerin the role of supporting actor, therefore supporting actor. In the speech delivered on stage, among the most widespread on the web after the ceremony, he made a point of thanking first his “terrible childhood” and then the Academy which awarded him the award. In the end, he reached out to his wife, Susan, with a romantic message: “You met me when I was like an abandoned puppy and if I’m here today it’s because you brought me back to life.”
The rest of the warriors
The actors Chris Hemsworth e Ania Taylor-Joy, on the evening of March 10, they were designated to present the Oscar for best animated film and short film, which won respectively The boy and the heron by Hayao Miyazaki and War is Over! by Dave Mullins. The ambassador of the Dior maison, of which she wore a splendid creation, and the star of Thor, are accomplices: they are acting together on the set of the next apocalyptic film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Before Ania Taylor-Joy, the character of Furiosa was played almost ten years ago by Charlize Theron.
Space for music
Leading the awarding of the statuette for best original song in a film was the unreleased duo composed of Cynthia Erivo in green (Louis Vuitton) e Ariana Grande with voluminous puffy dress (Giambattista Valli) baby pink. Together, they rewarded the young star Billie Eilish for his What Was I Made For?soundtrack by Barbie. In the photo, the moment of the embrace between powerful idols of Generation ZAriana with her princess style and the ‘bad girl’ Billie.
The selfie of reconciliation
The cute self-timer from backstage could appease the criticisms that have arisen online against Robert Downey Jr: intent on enjoying his first golden statuette, it would have been rather careless and rude towards Ke Huy Quanwinner of the same Best Supporting Actor title in 2023 for Everything Everywhere All At Once. And to think that he was at the Dolby Theater to present the award to Robert Downey Jr. With a selfie behind the scenes, Quan perhaps managed to attract more attention from him than on stage.
The different twins
Who remembers Danny DeVito e Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins by Ivan Reitman? 36 years have passed since the release of the comedy but not the harmony between the two actor friends. They were called upon to introduce the awards for Best Special Effects (Godzilla Minus One) and for Best Editing (Oppenheimer). Their skit during the Oscar show was one of the most comical and appreciated moments of the entire evening.
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– 2024-03-14 16:40:41
