“Shade Purple ”stars Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey reunite, and extra intel from 2025 Oscars rehearsal

The Oscars are nearly right here, and Leisure Weekly obtained a sneak peek on the stars rehearsing for Hollywood's largest evening, together with reunited unique The Color Purple stars Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey.

EW was invited inside Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre on Saturday to look at a portion of the non-public rehearsals forward of Sunday's 97th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Among the many highlights was seeing Goldberg and Winfrey all smiles as they made a top-secret presentation. We additionally heard Gayle King popped by to say howdy to her longtime bestie.

Each actresses had been beforehand nominated for his or her roles in Steven Spielberg's 1985 movie primarily based on Alice Walker's novel of the identical title, Goldberg for Finest Actress and Winfrey for Finest Supporting Actress (as was costar Margaret Avery). Though neither scored a win then, Goldberg went on to win Finest Supporting Actress in 1991 for Ghost.

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Among the many different presenters we obtained to look at had been Sterling Okay. Brown and Ana de Armas easing by their speeches for Finest Dwell-Motion Brief, and the pleasant pairing of Andrew Garfield and Goldie Hawn, rehearsing handy out Finest Animated Brief and Finest Animated Function trophies. Garfield stored his arm across the Oscar-winning actress throughout their speech, as Hawn made positive they had been doing issues in the correct order earlier than the principle occasion.

Additionally on the follow had been Miley Cyrus, final 12 months's Finest Supporting Actress winner Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, Miles Teller, and two-time Finest Actress winner Emma Stone. The La La Land and Poor Issues star stumbled over her phrases throughout one a part of her speech, joking, "That is gonna go nice!"

See beneath for extra images from the rehearsal, forward of Sunday's ceremony, hosted by Conan O'Brien, on Sunday, starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and Hulu. Earlier than then, make certain to make amends for all of the 2025 nominees and EW's predictions for who will take residence the gold.

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Goldie Hawn and Andrew Garfield

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Da'Vine Pleasure Randolph

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Sterling Okay. Brown and Ana de Armas

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Miles Teller

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The 2025 Oscars air Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and Hulu, with the official crimson carpet presentation starting at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.

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