People.com Entertainment Movies Want to See What Happened Backstage at the 2020 Oscars? We Have the Photos! Steve Martin saw the statues, Brad Pitt cooled down and more stolen moments By Kate Hogan Kate Hogan Instagram Twitter Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. In her 14 years at the brand, she has covered everything from pets and babies to style and Sexiest Man Alive, interviewing celebrities including Céline Dion, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Chris Evans. Currently, she oversees the creation of photo galleries that complement breaking news and major PEOPLE moments like The Beautiful Issue and 100 Reasons to Love America. She has offered expert celebrity commentary on Good Morning America and Access Hollywood. Before joining PEOPLE in 2008, Kate was an editorial assistant at Morris Visitor Publications. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication and resides outside of Chicago with her husband and three kids. People Editorial Guidelines Published on February 9, 2020 11:21 PM Share Tweet Pin Email 01 of 16 Taika Waititi Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. The Best Adapted Screenplay winner, for Jojo Rabbit, celebrated his victory backstage. 02 of 16 Maya Rudolph & Kristen Wiig Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S Before hitting the stage for their hilarious presenting bit, the SNL alumni took a bet to prepare. 03 of 16 Mahershala Ali & Laura Dern Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S Last year's Best Supporting Actor winner Ali presented Dern with her Best Supporting Actress award. 04 of 16 Regina King & Brad Pitt Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S Likewise, 2019 Best Supporting Actress King gave Brad Pitt his Best Supporting Actor statuette. 05 of 16 Renée Zellweger & Bradley Cooper Kevin Winter/Getty Images The former couple - Zellweger up for Best Actress, Cooper as part of the production team behind Joker - caught up during a commercial break 06 of 16 Matthew A. Cherry Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S Cherry - who won Best Animated Short Film for his work Hair Love with Karen Rupert Toliver - celebrated as he walked off stage. 07 of 16 Steve Martin Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S. Martin, who opened the show with Chris Rock, got a peek at the shiny new statuettes backstage. 08 of 16 Brad Pitt Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S The newly minted Oscar winner had his trophy in one hand and a cool drink in another following his acceptance speech. 09 of 16 Mindy Kaling & B.J. Novak Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S The besties - who attended the show together - hung backstage before Kaling presented Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short Film. 10 of 16 Carol Dysinger, Jeff Reichert, Julia Reichert & Elena Andreicheva Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S The team behind Best Documentary Feature American Factory took it all in after leaving the stage. 11 of 16 Han Jin Won & Bong Joon Ho Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S The Best Original Screenplay winners, for Parasite, were victorious backstage. 12 of 16 Idina Menzel Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S The Frozen II star led a pack of Elsas from around the world to the stage to sing the Oscar-nominated song, "Into the Unknown." 13 of 16 Kelly Ripa & Laura Dern Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S The talk show hostess showed her love for the Best Supporting Actress winner from afar. 14 of 16 Rebel Wilson & James Corden Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S The Cats costars were game to poke fun at their film while presenting the award for Best Visual Effects. 15 of 16 Salma Hayek Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S Hayek took a moment to reflect before presenting awards for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing with Oscar Isaac. 16 of 16 Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Will Ferrell Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S The co-presenters had a laugh backstage before delivering laughs on stage.