The Many Creative Ways Oscar Winners Pose With Their Trophies
After Oscar winners finish their speeches then get played off the stage (or vice versa), they head to a press room where photographers yell at them to strike a pose with their new gold best friend. But these photographers will not be satisfied with a mere trophy display: They demand creative stances! And the actors, still dazed from their victory, will do their best to accommodate, whether smooching their Oscar, swooning over it, sticking it in their ears, or any number of variations. It’s a tradition basically as old as the Academy Awards themselves, as illustrated by the following gallery of winner poses through the years: See Javier Bardem kiss his, Emma Thompson balance hers on her head, Audrey Hepburn fall head over heels for hers, Anthony Hopkins go full Hannibal-cannibal, and more. (If you’re a current Oscar nominee, maybe check these out between drafts of the speech you “didn’t” prepare.) Enjoy!
It's the classic pose that says, "I love you so much, I don't care if you make my mouth taste of polish."
Photo: FRANCIS SPECKER
When you've won as many awards as Meryl, you know the dangers of statue-mouth.
Photo: Jason Merritt/2012 Getty Images
It says, "I've won so many that just not dropping them is a superhuman accomplishment."
Photo: Hulton Archive
Lots of actors like to stay in character on set, but Sir Anthony Hopkins stayed in character as Hannibal Lecter right through the Oscars.
Photo: John...Lots of actors like to stay in character on set, but Sir Anthony Hopkins stayed in character as Hannibal Lecter right through the Oscars.
Photo: John T. Barr
It's the blasé pose that says, "What, this bird? Pssh. My mansion is staffed by full-size gold people."
Photo: Hulton Archive
Frank's blaséness, but updated with a millennial, keeping-it-real-ness.
Photo: Jason Merritt/2013 Getty Images
It's the smoking-a-cigarette-on-the-bridge-right-behind-campus of poses.
Photo: Ron Galella
Raising the arrow-through-the-head game up a few notches.
Photo: Jeffrey Mayer
It's the pose that says, "That's one devilishly handsome man. And the guy holding him ain't bad either!"
Photo: Gene Lester
The finishing-school pose says, "Sure, you can walk with a book on your head — if you're an Oscar loser."
Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd.
Historians call this the greatest romance in Hollywood history.
Photo: Ralph Morse/Time Life Pictures
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive ... as I live for praise and acknowledgements by my peers."
Photo: Dan MacMedan/2010 Dan MacMedan
It's the mischievious pose that says, "If this ever happens again, I'm totally going to boycott this thing. Psych!"
Photo: Michael Ochs Arc...It's the mischievious pose that says, "If this ever happens again, I'm totally going to boycott this thing. Psych!"
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives
It's the sexy, sexy pose that says, "Why don't we get a room and melt these things into one entwined statue?"
Photo: Jason Merritt/2009 Get...It's the sexy, sexy pose that says, "Why don't we get a room and melt these things into one entwined statue?"
Photo: Jason Merritt/2009 Getty Images
The award is aware of what it was rewarding.
Photo: Ron Galella
"The odds were ever in my favor."
Photo: SGranitz
"Look, Dad, I won one too! And it's as big as yours! Look at me, Dad! Looooooove meeeeeee!"
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Another classic pose that says, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
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Similar to the last one, but with a bit of an "It's all downhill from here" aftertaste.
Photo: Steve Starr/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
It's the passive-aggressive pose that says, "Okay. Ha! Fun times. I totally love that you guys are sharing in this moment, but what if we tried o...
It's the passive-aggressive pose that says, "Okay. Ha! Fun times. I totally love that you guys are sharing in this moment, but what if we tried one where it's just me? You know, for kicks."
Photo: Photoshot