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Rita Moreno seemed delighted by Frances McDormand.
Holly Hunter and Anjelica Huston looked to be having a full-on conversation at one point.
We wonteversee anything like this again on an Oscars telecast.
The Oscars should not be shortened, of course.
By far the most indulgent choice was reserved for the acting categories.
As with the Oscars Family Album, this was another way to connect the Oscars past with its present.
Goldie Hawn isso sweetly complimentaryto Taraji P. Henson.
Does Anthony Hopkins subtly call upon the memory ofMeet Joe Blackwhen addressing Brad Pitt?
Give em a little razzle-dazzle.
One of the more famous/infamous of these occasions was the Best Costume Design presentation at the 68th Academy Awards.
Tyra Banks and Patricia Velasquez stomped the runway in Jenny Beavan and John Brights looks fromSense and Sensibility.
Marcus Schenkenberg and Frederique van der Wal struck poses in Shuna Harwoods costumes fromRichard III.
Tyson Beckford looked for all the world like a vacuum-packed sous-vide in a postapocalyptic hazard suit from12 Monkeys.
As a time capsule, the moment is divine.
It captures the very instant supermodel culture reached its mainstream apex.
These days, youre lucky to get even a snippet while the nominees are read.
(And indeed, Original Score was one of the eight banished categories this year.)
By the mid-aughts, they were largely phased out in favor of … well, nothing.
She put on ashow.
Dont you want Debbie Allen and Tyson Beckford and Goldie Hawn and the Alvin Ailey Dance Company?
Dont you want the Oscars back?
