Katie Lowes, Abington native Adam Shapiro bring taste of Philadelphia to the Oscars

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Stars graced the 95th Oscars red carpet, which -- for the first time since 1961 -- is not red.

But things quickly started to feel like Philadelphia.

Stars Katie Lowes and Abington, Pennsylvania native Adam Shapiro brought a taste of Philly straight to the Oscars champagne carpet.

But forget the swag bags -- how about a Philly pretzel for the Oscars guests?

"It's a Philly pretzel company in Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel is one of our favorite customers and he called a couple of weeks ago. He's like, 'I want to put a Philly pretzel under every seat at the Oscars,'' Shapiro told our Alicia Vitarelli Sunday evening.

The pretzels get twisted over at Shapiro's Shappy Pretzel Co. in Los Angeles.

"There's about 4,000 pretzels in the theater right now. Adam's been at the bakery since midnight, " added Lowes who's married to Shapiro. "Did I ever think I would be going to the Oscars as the 'pretzel queen?' No, and I'm thrilled about it."

Actor Adam Shapiro is known for his work in films like Mank and Steve Jobs. But during the pandemic he started making Philly style pretzels and now it's become a thriving busines.

Shapiro started the business during the pandemic.

"We've been in Los Angeles for 25 years and I really missed Philly. And I was like during the pandemic, I gotta learn how to make a Philly pretzel and it just turned into this insane company."

Shapiro also gave a shoutout to Eagles fans, dropped a "jawn" reference and even showed off his Philly pretzel cufflinks during the interview with Action News.