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LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s a whole different show happening off-screen. at the Oscars that the local public does not see on television. Here it is what The Associated Press saw that the cameras did not capture.
THE OSCARS START AT… AT 7?
Things started late, about 6 minutes late and not everyone made it to their seats at the start of the show. Among the last seated around 7:06 p.m. EDT were Martin Scorsese, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. However, Carey Mulligan missed the moving cut and missed Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue and the supporting actress award standing to the side, but she had her husband Marcus Mumford there to keep her company.
3 MINUTES TO CHAT
At the first commercial break, people jumped out of their seats to look for their friends. Emma Stone immediately found her old friend Jennifer Lawrence and the two ran out of time laughing and gesticulating wildly while their husbands looked on.
Greta Gerwig made a beeline for Robbie and America Ferrera, all in good spirits after the supporting actress award went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph. And yes, Mulligan and Mumford finally found their seats.
EMMA STONE COMES OUT AT THE WRONG TIME
Emma Stone I was in the lobby bar with a glass of champagne in hand when “Poor Things” won best production design. She screamed and jumped up and down and watched the speech carefully.
He then turned to Florence Pugh, who was standing nearby, and the two talked animatedly about Pugh’s “splattered dress.”
Suddenly, Pugh laughed and looked at the monitor to see John Cena almost naked. “Oooh, it’s because he looks like Oscar!”
A few seconds later “Poor Things” also won for costume design and Stone jumped and screamed again.
“I miss you all,” he shouted. “It’s not right, it’s wrong, I’m going home.”
GRETA GERWIG AND THE COSTUME DESIGNERS
In the lobby, Gerwig had a fan who wanted to talk to her about something very specific: Ann Roth’s cameo in ‘Barbie.’
“I want you to know how much that meant to me,” said Eduardo Castro, a member of the academy’s board of directors, who works in the field of costume designers.
Roth, 92, played the woman at the bank in “Barbie,” a bit that Kimmel even imitated in her opening. She is a two-time Oscar winner for “The English Patient” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
Castro, whose credits include “Ugly Betty” and “Bride and Prejudice,” said he considers Roth a mentor.
“She’s special,” Gerwig said. “She said ‘Greta, I don’t know if I can do it, I can’t do it! Just give me a martini.’”
Castro laughed: “She loves a martini.”
By this time, Gerwig’s husband, Noah Baumbach, had already approached her and they headed to the bar. (They didn’t order martinis, though.)
KENERGY IN THE LOBBY (AND ON STAGE)
About a half hour before Gosling turned the Oscars into a wildly fun concert for a few precious minutes, the Kens were in the lobby warming up. Wearing cowboy hats, some stretched, others ran in place, and everyone found their Kenergy.
During the performance, the Dolby Theater took on the feel of a Taylor Swift concert, with everyone in the room on their feet and breaking into spontaneous, joyful dancing. And the biggest fan in the room was Gerwig, who got her own personal Ken right in her face.
During the commercial break, Mark Ronson found Gerwig, Robbie and a crowd of admirers. The entire house was buzzing long after the performance, Ronson perhaps more than anyone: he returned to his seat proudly wearing his pink Ken T-shirt, which he wore for the rest of the show.
AN OPPENHOMIE MOMENT
The Oppenhomies stayed on stage for a few minutes after the cameras went off, hugging each other and celebrating all the victories. Downey lifted the trophy from him with a small gesture with his fist. Some of the last to take the stage were Emily Blunt and Kimmel, who chatted casually and walked out.
WHEN THE SHOW ENDS, THE AFTERNOON JUST BEGINS
On the way to the Governors Ball, Cord Jefferson beamed down the lobby, jumping and clutching his Oscar. Kate McKinnon had a moment with Marlee Matlin and Steven Spielberg came out in a mask.
And although Gerwig and “Barbie” went home almost empty-handed, she was in great spirits, still vibing to “I’m Just Ken,” which she called “legendary.”