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Everything Everywhere Team Packs Into Party Bus for Oscars
The makers of Everything Everywhere All at Once had a celebratory solution for the task of transporting everyone everywhere all at once on Oscar night: a fleet of party buses. The best picture-winning team hit the town in supersized rides, traversing from the 95th Oscars to afterparties including Vanity Fair’s event and A24’s private bash at Soho House West Hollywood. Producer Jonathan Wang detailed the plan days before the show, saying “the legendary icons with big, beautiful gowns” (aka Michelle Yeoh) had to ride separately. Wang credited Daniel Kwan, one half of Daniels directing tandem, for the convoy idea. “Dan Kwan loves a party bus; who doesn’t?” Good point, but it’s also worth noting that the idea has roots in the duo’s awards show past. “We took a party bus to the VMAs [in 2014] when we were nominated for [DJ Snake and Lil Jon’s] ‘Turn Down for What.’ So, this was a nice bookend.”
Oscars Producers Explain That Last-Minute Lady Gaga Performance
The Oscars didn’t secure Lady Gaga to perform her nominated track “Hold My Hand” from
Top Gun: Maverick until two days before the broadcast. The makeup-free performance from the singer was entirely her idea, director-producer Glenn Weiss tells THR. “She wanted to really strip it down and do it not as an ‘Oscar performance’ but as her,”
explains Weiss, who teamed with partner Ricky Kirshner on the telecast. Conversations kicked off Thursday, and confirmation didn’t come until Friday, two days before the show. “Not to pat ourselves on the back,” Kirshner says, “but we’ve built up trust in the relationship with Gaga over the years. I did the Super Bowl with her, and Glenn has done many awards shows with her, including the ‘Shallow’ perfor- mance at the [2019] Oscars.”
An Oscar Changed Sian Heder’s Life (but Not Her Car)
At the March 4 Spirit Awards, THR asked Sian Heder whether winning an Oscar — for adapted screenplay for CODA last year — had changed her life. The answer, she explained, is yes and no. “I wish my house had changed a little bit more. I wish I didn’t drive my crappy Subaru and have to park it with my eyes down in an ashamed way,” she said with a laugh. “But other things have really changed because as an independent filmmaker, your life is largely built on struggle and fighting to get your projects made. There’s an incredible relief that comes when those doors open and you’re supported in what you want to make and how to have your voice heard.”