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February 13, 2026

Guillermo del Toro's 'jazz hands' at Oscar lunch a recreation of Shining photo, director says

The picture, taken with Paul Thomas Anderson at this year's Oscar nominee lunch, recalls the eerie image that closes Kubrick's 1980 horror classic

Guillermo del Toro's 'jazz hands' at Oscar lunch a recreation of Shining photo, director says

TL;DR

  • Guillermo del Toro and Paul Thomas Anderson attempted to recreate a pose from 'The Shining' at the Oscar nominee luncheon.
  • Del Toro confirmed their intention to replicate the 'Shining' pose in response to a social media post.
  • The original 'Shining' photo depicts Jack Nicholson among partygoers at the Overlook Hotel in 1921.
  • The photo Nicholson appears in is an edited version of a 1921 photograph from a Valentine's Day dance at the Royal Palace hotel in London.
  • Jack Nicholson's head was superimposed onto the image, replacing that of dance instructor Santos Casani.

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