The Academy Awards could be a fraught affair. When most of the world’s largest stars collect to be validated for his or her artistry, the stress of parsing the winners from non-winners (not losers!) threatens to stultify the entire thing. However at Sunday night time’s Oscars ceremony — the place “Anora” (and Sean Baker) received massive, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande belted big-hearted songs, and Adrien Brody kissed and was kissed — our photographer caught the celebrities in unguarded moments of joyful help and celebration all through the night time.
