LOS ANGELES (news agencies) — What you see on the television broadcast is only part of the story at the Oscars.
There’s a whole world of action happening in between commercial breaks, and at the lobby bar in the Dolby Theatre — where nominees and winners convene, commiserate and celebrate.
Here’s a chronological recap of things you didn’t see happen on TV:
Nick Offerman, the Oscars announcer took a moment on stage reminding people to keep their speeches short and pay attention to the countdown. When the play off music started up for him, he feigned incensed: “I’m the announcer, I announce the show. You can’t start the show without me!”
Sure, everyone in the Dolby was standing after the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande medley but Jeff Goldblum and Bowen Yang seemed the most excited in the crowd.
A man in a bright turquoise hoodie is escorted into the Dolby, near the stage. It was, of course Adam Sandler, right behind Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who giggled along to Conan O’Brien’s headshot bit.
Soon, the cameras took their place in front of him and he joined the joke too. He high fived dozens of people on his way out of the theater.
Emma Stone was the first to jump, quite literally, out of her seat to applaud Kieran Culkin’s win.
Ten minutes later, Stone ran to the bar after the supporting actor prize with her husband Dave McCary and Jack Antonoff.
Stone, a producer on “A Real Pain,” was celebrating Culkin’s win and regaling Antoff with the story about how he tried to drop out of the film two weeks before shooting.
“I literally got on the plane,” she said about bringing him, his wife and kids to Poland. “Jesse was going to murder him. I’m so proud of him. He’s such a little (expletive.) He’s so crazy. I want to punch him and I’m so proud of him.”
Culkin credited her with “Jedi mind tricking” him to do it.
Immediately after Culkin won, “Anora” nominee Yura Borisov made his way to the lobby bar with his costar Mark Eydelshteyn.
The bartender reached for a fresh bottle of champagne, but Borisov stopped him.
“Can we drink some shots?” he asked.
He could, he was told.
The order? Vodka, no ice.
“I’m Still Here” star Fernanda Torres grabbed some trail mix to eat and chatted with someone in Spanish. Nearby, Miles Teller chose the same snack, along with a beer. He and his wife commandeered a hightop.
Sebastian Stan spoke to Universal chair Donna Langley, while off to the other side “Nickel Boys” stars Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson were rapt watching the Lisa and Doja Cat performance honoring the James Bond franchise.
Zoe Saldaña got a standing ovation when her name was called, naturally, but only Grande jumped up to applaud at the end of her teary speech. Grande then turned to Selena Gomez, sitting behind her, and the two hugged for a moment.
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