Oscars 2025: Best Behind The Scenes Moments
Last night, the 97th annual Academy Awards took place, celebrating the very best in film from the past year. Ultimately, Anora came out on top, winning Best Picture and four other awards, including Best Actress for Mikey Madison and Best Director for Sean Baker.
Adrien Brody, Zoe Saldaña, and Kieran Culkin also walked away with Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.
And while A LOT happened on stage and in the audience, the Oscars celebration also led to fun moments backstage, during a commercial break, on the red carpet, and at several afterparties.
So, here are 27 moments you might've missed:
First, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande shed quite a few tears backstage after their incredible Oscars opening performance honoring The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, and Wicked:
Sebastian Stan walked arm-in-arm with his mom, Georgeta Orlovschi, on the red carpet:
During a commercial break, Colman Domingo got the crowd up and moving:
You can watch the full video here.
And during a commercial break, all of this year's Best Actor nominees — Timothée Chalamet, Colman Domingo, Adrien Brody, Ralph Fiennes, and Sebastian Stan — posed for a photo together:
Here's Mikey Madison posing with her Oscar and the envelop that revealed her as this year's Best Actress winner:
Samuel L. Jackson and Selena Gomez posed for a selfie:
Robert Downey Jr. and Kieran Culkin posed for this cute picture after RDJ presented Kieran his award:
Selena Gomez was all smiles after seeing Zoe Saldaña backstage after Zoe won Best Supporting Actress:
Last year's Best Actor and Best Actress winners Cillian Murphy and Emma Stone reunited backstage:
Lisa was in the zone preparing before taking the stage alongside Margaret Qualley, Doja Cat, and Raye for a celebration of James Bond:
During a commercial break, Pauline Chalamet and Elle Fanning chatted up Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet:
And Monica Barbaro and Margaret Qualley got to catch up:
Hollywood icons Meg Ryan and Demi Moore reunited in the crowd:
After the show, Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña, and Kieran Culkin posed for the annual Oscar acting winners photos:
At Vanity Fair's Oscars Afterparty, Timothée Chalamet chatted with Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner:
Jenna Ortega got to reunite with her Scream costar Mikey Madison after Mikey's big Oscar win:
Olivia Rodrigo and Vanessa Hudgens posed for a photo on the red carpet at the VF Afterparty, which is just very important for any High School Musical and Disney kid:
Emma Stone and Kieran Culkin shared this deeply adorable moment at an afterparty following Kieran's big win:
Melanie Lynskey was all smiles as she embraced Natasha Rothwell at an afterparty:
John Lithgow and Sterling K. Brown adorably showed admiration for each other while walking the Vanity Fair afterparty red carpet:
Mark Eydelshteyn adorably crashed his Anora costar, Yuriy Borisov, afterparty red carpet moment:
Reneé Rapp and Sarah Paulson chatted and laughed in a corner at Vanity Fair's afterparty:
Halle Bailey showed something seemingly adorable to Hailee Steinfeld, and I really hope it's a pic of her adorable son, Halo:
Joe Locke, Olivia Rodrigo, Louis Partridge, and Maisie Williams kept the party going together at Vanity Fair's Oscars Afterparty:
And finally, Cynthia Erivo posed for Debbie Allen, and showed off ALL of her tattoos:
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