{"id":8269,"date":"2023-03-11T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/11\/the-oscars-2023-snapshots-from-the-rehearsals\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T21:50:00","slug":"the-oscars-2023-snapshots-from-the-rehearsals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/11\/the-oscars-2023-snapshots-from-the-rehearsals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oscars 2023: Snapshots from the Rehearsals"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Andie MacDowell<\/strong> ripped open the envelope and took a long look at the \u201cwinners\u201d listed inside. They weren’t the actual Oscar recipients, just nominees selected at random for the purposes of this Saturday morning rehearsal for Sunday night’s Oscar broadcast<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the Oscar goes to \u2026\u201d MacDowell said, before hesitating on the stage of the Dolby Theatre. \u201cI hope I pronounce it correctly. I wish Hugh was doing this part. But \u2026 I will<\/em> do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHugh,\u201d of course, was Hugh Grant<\/strong>, her love interest from the 1994 romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral<\/em>. Much about the rehearsals must be kept secret: 1.) which award the presenters were assigned, 2.) the scripted banter they exchanged, and 3.) which famous faces stared at them from the mostly empty theater. Out there in the aisles, poster boards emblazoned with celebrity headshots stood in the seats so the camera crews could practice reaction shots.<\/p>\n

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