Inside the Oscars winners’ room: Standing ovations, party plans, and media bingo | Ents & Arts News
After Oscar winners collect their golden statuettes on stage at the Dolby Theatre, they are brought into rooms outside to have their photos taken and answer questions from journalists. For this year’s Academy Awards, this was my spot – a front-row seat to the stars everyone is talking about. The room holds several hundred reporters and there’s an Oscar-worthy buffet in the hallway outside to keep us going all day. All the journalists are hoping to be selected to ask a question. Each winner is limited to answering about three to four and you show interest by holding up numbered cards. It’s then up to a moderator to select which reporters get to ask away. But it’s not just about questions. It’s about witnessing those little moments behind the scenes, the things you don’t get to see on TV. There’s a buzz in the room that builds and builds as the big winners come in towards the end, with one star in particular eliciting a lot of love from the journalists. Here are the best …
