Gene Hackman was unexpectedly game for a little fun during an L.A. Times photo shoot the year 'The Royal Tenenbaums' came out. But the real surprise came when the actor ad-libbed for the camera.

The Times was inside the room at the Governors Ball, the official after-party of the Oscars. Here are some of our favorite moments and photos from the night.

“It was definitely the most challenging shoot of my life, but also the most rewarding,” declares “Lady in the Lake” star Natalie Portman about starring in and producing her first series.

And on Tuesday, Amazon/MGM released the first photo of the co-stars in character. Nicolas Cage, the 61-year-old veteran of more than 120 films, will take the role of Madden.

At 29, Adrien Brody set a new Oscar record as the youngest Best Actor winner in 2003 and 22 years later, that record has yet to be beat. He’s nominated again this year for “The Brutalist ...