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17 amazingly candid Oscars photos from the 1980s
WHAT’S BETTER THAN looking at celebrities back when they were little babies and wearing ill-advised gunas?
NOTHING!
With that in mind, we present these beautifully candid shots from Oscars ceremonies of yore.
1. The stage during the 1988 telecast
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2. And the lobby afterwards
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3. Tom Cruise, back when he was little baby
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4. Mayim Bialik AKA Blossom/Amy from The Big Bang Theory!
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5. A reminder that Meryl Streep > you
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6. Meryl laughing at something Kurt Russell just said > everything
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7. Jodie Foster = you on a night out
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8. Tom Hanks looking like a startled baby deer
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9. Drew Barrymore and Corey Feldman
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10. Geena Davis is a princess
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11. River Phoenix
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12. Kevin Kline and John Cleese
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13. Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson
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14. Morgan Freeman staring into your soul
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15. Kim Basinger in an, ahem, interesting guna
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16. The one and only Robin Williams
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17. And, of course, our own Brenda Fricker
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More photos are available to view on Alan Light’s Flickr. Be warned: you’ll want to spend hours on it.Â
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