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Posted: 12:43 pm PST, March 9, 2024
With the 96 Academy Awards Just a few hours away, actors, directors and Hollywood’s biggest stars arrived at the Dolby Theater on Saturday for the official dress rehearsal before the big day.
The walkthrough, held each year as a way to familiarize the hosts and production team with the flow of events before the movie’s biggest night, went off with only a few minor hiccups and a few major pauses to lock the camera and adjust the lighting for stars like Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Steven Spielberg, America Ferrera and more. ET’s Hope Sloop was inside the theater and watched as the show’s building blocks stacked on top of each other to reveal an exciting and fun night planned.
Earlier in the day, before ET entered the auditorium, Best Supporting Actor nominee. ryan gosling He went on stage to practice before his performance on Sunday. The actor will be one of five musical artists who will sing his Oscar-nominated song, which for Gosling means his powerful anthem of Barbie“I’m just Ken.” For the casual practice, Gosling sported a baseball cap, sunglasses and a Grave Diggers t-shirt, still giving off the hard rock and too-cool-for-school Kenergy of his character.
ET first appeared as Nyong’o, an Academy Award winner for her role in 12 years of slavery — was on stage with a mix of other presenters, represented by substitutes since the others involved were unable to attend rehearsal. As she stood patiently in a sweatshirt and padded vest, she listened attentively to the instructions and presentations of the nominees in their respective category. To maintain the element of surprise, ET has been asked not to divulge which category or categories each anchor will read on Sunday.
After exiting and taking a moment to change the stage and lighting colors, Zendaya was greeted with raucous applause as she stepped up to an imaginary microphone to announce an imaginary winner. The actress, still with a slightly hoarse voice. after losing my voice while promoting Dune: Part 2 — dazed in a dark green jacket, jeans and black loafers, stumbling just once over her lines while reading on the teleprompter.
Following Zendaya, Spielberg, an eight-time Best Director nominee, showed up for the presentation in the early hours of Saturday morning, sporting his best casual attire in jeans and a scarf as he presented. The two-time winner, clearly superstitious about cursing nominees in the category he presents, refused to announce a randomly chosen winner for the event, even after a member of the production told him he was fine. reading it.
“No, because it’s bad luck,” he said, laughing. “It is of bad luck”.
Ferrera, nominated herself in the category of Best Supporting Actress, and Kate McKinnon They practiced their speech to the crowd together, presumably wearing heels for the big show. While the “Weird Barbie” actress sported a traditional black suit and black heels, Ferrera added a pop of color with pink high heels to go with her jeans and black leather jacket. Graciously, both Barbie The stars failed and cursed when they both came in to read the same line.
“Oh, wait, fuck,” they said together as they both went to introduce the nominees. The audience, a small team of producers, stand-ins and technical workers, laughed as they worked together and the names of the nominees were read via voice-over. The hilarious chaos between the two comedy actresses continued as they began announcing the fake winner, which was accompanied by the host saying “just for this rehearsal” to ensure that no false reports are shared about the winner of each category.
“And the Oscar goes to…” McKinnon said as Ferrera quickly interjected “just for this rehearsal,” laughing together once again and causing the crowd to laugh with them.
At the end of the observable test, Catherine O’Hara and Michael Keaton They presented themselves together and held back their laughter as they spent a little time connecting with their categories. The couple also received two turns while waiting to hand out their practice Oscars.
In a hilarious moment before ET’s exit, Keaton presumably walked away from O’Hara, prompting her to yell “Michael” twice. The sound of Schitt’s Creek The actress’s voice resonated through the crowd, even without a microphone. The sound was eerily familiar to any fan of Home alone who has heard the classic (and iconic) “Kevin!” by O’Hara. line in the movie.
Those announced to be appearing together but not attending Saturday’s trial include Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga stars Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor joy as well as Barbie‘s issa rae and poor things‘ Ramy Youssef.
He 96 Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be delivered live at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California on March 10 starting at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT on ABC. In the meantime, stay tuned for ETonline.com to finish Oscars coverage.
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