Oscars 2018: Backstage

Host Jimmy Kimmel and Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro are shown with producer J. Miles Dale backstage at the Academy Awards. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water”) backstage at the 90th Academy Awards. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Oscar winner Guillermo Del Toro poses with Jimmy Kimmel pal Guillermo Rodriguez at the 90th Academy Awards. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins and winner Frances McDormand talk backstage at the Academy Awards. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Oscar winners Helen Mirren and Alexandre Desplat backstage at the 90th Academy Awards. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer have a laugh while Helen Mirren and Frances McDormand talk nearby after the Oscars. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Host Jimmy Kimmel chats with Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer as Helen Mirren and Frances McDormand talk nearby backstage at the Oscars. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Host Jimmy Kimmel holds onto Helen Mirren, seated on the jet ski won by Mark Bridges, who earned an Oscar in costume design for “Phantom Thread.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Gary Oldman, after winning for lead actor. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lead actor Gary Oldman (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lead actor Gary Oldman, with Helen Mirren, center, and Jane Fonda. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Frances McDormand after winning lead actress for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lead actress Frances McDormand (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lead actress Frances McDormand with Jodie Foster, center, and Jennifer Lawrence. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Guillermo Del Toro after winning for directing “The Shape of Water.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Director winner Guillermo Del Toro (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Alexandre Desplat after winning for original score for “The Shape of Water,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Guillermo del Toro after winning for best director and presenter Emma Stone backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, with presenter Emily Blunt after winning for original song, backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Robert Lopez and Emily Blunt backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Alexandre Desplat after winning for original score for “The Shape of Water,” backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Roger Deakins, the cast of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and the audience, from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Roger Deakins, after winning for cinematography for “Blade Runner 2049,” with presenter Sandra Bullock backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Jordan Peele and Nicole Kidman backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

James Ivory with presenters Chadwick Boseman, left, and Margot Robbie after winning for adapted screenplay for “Call Me by Your Name” backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Annabella Sciorra, left, Salma Hayek and Ashley Judd backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Activist Tarana Burke, Salma Hayek and Annabella Sciorra backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Allison Janney, winner for best supporting actress in “I, Tonya,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Jordan Peele after winning best original screenplay for “Get Out,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Jordan Peele onstage after winning best original screenplay for “Get Out,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Glen Kean, right, and Kobe Bryant winning best animated short film for “Dear Basketball,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lee Smith winning best film editing for “Dunkirk” with Matthew Matthew McConaughey, from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Greta Gerwig and Laura Dern backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Laura Dern and Greta Gerwig backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant winning best animated short film for “Dear Basketball,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Allison Janney hugs Margot Robbie after Janney won for supporting actress for “I, Tonya,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Allison Janney backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Performance for the movie “Coco,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Gael Garcia Bernal backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Gael Garcia Bernal, from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

James Ivory after winning for best adapted screenplay for “Call Me by Your Name” backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lee Smith after winning for editing for “Dunkirk,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Gina Rodriguez and Tom Holland backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Adrian Molina, left, Lee Unkrich, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt and Darla K. Anderson from “Coco” backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Sam Rockwell after winning best supporting actor in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” with presenter Viola Davis, from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

BB-8, the droid from the “Star Wars” movies, backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Rita Moreno backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Ansel Elgort and Eiza Gonzalez backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Mary J. Blige backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson, from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Oscar statues backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Allison Janney onstage after Janney won for best supporting actress for “I, Tonya,” from backstage at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Oscars 2018: Backstage

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