The Hollywood Reporter (Weekly)
ARRIVALS AND WINNERS
9 Yeoh delighted in watching the engraving of her Oscar. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” said the first Asian woman to win best actress in her acceptance speech.
10 Guillermo del Toro, winner of best animated film for Pinocchio, declared “animation is cinema” in his speech. “Animation is not a genre, and animation is ready to be taken to the next step.” 11 Best actor winner Brendan Fraser (left, in Giorgio Armani) with his Whale director, Darren Aronofsky, whom the actor thanked “for throwing me a creative lifeline.”
12 From left: Karim Saleh and his partner, best actress nominee Andrea Riseborough (in Alexander McQueen), and Nicole Kidman (in
Armani Privé) and husband
Keith Urban.
13 Wearing Atelier Versace,
Ariana DeBose stopped to take a selfie with fans.
14 M.M. Keeravani (left) and
Chandrabose after winning best song for RRR’s “Naatu Naatu.” Citing his childhood love of the Carpenters onstage, Keeravani sang,
“RRR has to win/pride of every Indian/and must put me on the top of the world.”
15 Ruth E. Carter, the best costume design winner for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, became the first
Black woman to garner two Oscars, after winning in 2019 for Black Panther.
16 Wearing Louis Vuitton, Blonde nominee Ana de Armas blended modernity with Old Hollywood glamour in a silk-organza mermaid gown with a scalloped train crafted to create a 3D effect. De Armas said that playing
Marilyn Monroe influenced her look: “It’s a little bit of the silhouette of Marilyn and the ’50s … she’s always the inspiration.”
17 Women Talking’s
Sarah Polley won for best adapted screenplay.
18 Austin Butler (right, in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello) chatted with fellow nominee Bill Nighy. Butler told ET he was thinking of Lisa Marie Presley, who died Jan. 12: “I’m carrying a lot of her with me tonight.”
19 From left: Top Gun: Maverick’s Jennifer Connelly (in Louis Vuitton) and The Fabelmans’ directing nominee Steven Spielberg and Paul Dano (in Dolce & Gabbana).