Inside the Governors Ball, where stars got their Oscars engraved and snacked on chicken nuggets with caviar
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The highlight of the Governors Ball, the first stop of the night for many winners after the Oscars, is the stage where victors get their Oscars engraved.Or if you didn’t win, there was still plenty to savor Sunday night, including buffet stations bursting with sliders, spring rolls and short rib bao buns.An escalator ride up from the Dolby Theatre (guests wearing gowns were warned to scoop up their dresses), the ballroom was bursting with 12,500 flowers — including blush roses, otherworldly anthurium and bright orchids.Spotted on the engraving stage at the back of the ballroom: Maggie Kang, co-writer and co-director of “KPop Demon Hunters,” who won the Oscar for animated feature; Kate Hawley, winner for costume design on “Frankenstein”; Joachim Trier, director of “Sentimental Value,” which won international feature; and Autumn Durald Arkapaw of “Sinners,” who made history as the first female cinematographer to win an Oscar.Awards Autumn Durald Arkapaw, with her win for ‘Sinners,’ became the first woman to take home the Oscar for cinematography.Looking ecstatic and dazed, Arkapaw, who’s also the first Black director of photography to win an Oscar, ascended the platform to get her statue engraved beside her young son.
With shoulder-length brown hair, the boy stayed close to his mother on the night of her historic win as fans and photographers swarmed them both.At one point, Arkapaw rushed off the engraving platform to retrieve her phone from an assistant to document the moment.The engravings were broadcast on a screen at the back of the ballroom for those on the far ends of the packed hall.
A scrum of photographers captured the winners with their new hardware.As she descended the stage stairs back into the crowd, Kang exclaimed “yay” while holding her gleaming statuette.She took pictures with fans who thanked her.
During her acceptance spe...