{"id":544457,"date":"2026-03-16T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/544457\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:28:09","slug":"the-best-candid-photos-from-inside-the-2026-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/544457\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Candid Photos From Inside the 2026 Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI\u2019m honored to be the last human host of the Academy Awards,\u201d Conan O\u2019Brien joked last night in his opening monologue at the 2026 Oscars<\/a>. \u201cNext year it\u2019s going to be a Waymo in a tux.\u201d<\/p>\n

And with that, the second-time host kicked off Hollywood\u2019s biggest night of awards, heartfelt moments, and even some history-making. Sinners cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw<\/a> became the first woman ever to win the Oscar for best cinematography. Paul Thomas Anderson took home his first Academy Awards (plural!). Jessie Buckley<\/a> won best actress for her work in Hamnet. The women of Bridesmaids reunited<\/a>! And celebrities brought their A-game on the red carpet<\/a>, donning springtime pastels<\/a> and jaw-dropping jewels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All eyes were on the star-studded ceremony, from the moment nominees\u2014including Teyana Taylor<\/a> wearing custom Chanel by Matthieu Blazy, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a> in Givenchy by Sarah Burton, and Rose Byrne<\/a> in Dior by Jonathan Anderson\u2014arrived on the red carpet<\/a> at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, until the final award of the night, when One Battle After Another won best picture. (If you missed the fun, here\u2019s how to rewatch the Oscars<\/a>).<\/p>\n

While many placed their bets on who would take home the biggest prizes at the 98th Academy Awards, we kept our eyes peeled for the truly fun and unpredictable part of a room full of actors and filmmakers: the candid moments that happen off-screen and backstage. Moments like: Elle Fanning<\/a>, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, and Kylie Jenner<\/a> chatting and laughing; Nicole Kidman<\/a> flashing a peace sign; presenters (and onscreen couple<\/a> in the upcoming A24 wedding thriller The Drama) Zendaya<\/a> and Robert Pattinson backstage together; presenters Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver sharing a laugh, and more.<\/p>\n

Below, check out photos of all the best laughs, hugs, reunions, and other candid star moments from the Oscars that you didn\u2019t see on screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m honored to be the last human host of the Academy Awards,\u201d Conan O\u2019Brien joked last night in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,108742],"class_list":["post-544457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-oscars-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}