According to established tradition, the magnificent and this year’s “happening” is arranged, namely the Oscars. This year’s 94th award ceremony is just around the corner, and this year is quite historic with two Oscar nominations by Norwegian “The World’s Worst Man”.
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We give you a deep dive into the most unforgettable moments, everything from the red carpet, presenters and from the stage.
Read out the wrong winner
Every award ceremony does not always go as smoothly, and for some it has been more challenging than others when the winner is read out.
During the 2017 awards ceremony, “La La Land” and “Moonlight” were two of the favorites to walk away with the award for best film.
When veteran actors Warren Beatty (84) and Faye Dunaway (81) entered the stage to read out the winner, everything went wrong.
Dunaway read out the wrong winner on the envelope.
She read “La La Land” as the winner of best film, when “Moonlight” was the real winner. There was complete confusion on stage, because the gang behind the romantic film then went up to receive the award, while the stage workers ran almost run to correct the mistake.
The envelope loss is due to the cards being accidentally shuffled, and that it was the winner of best female lead, which Emma Stone won in “La La Land”, instead of the winner of best film being read out by Dunaway.
– It was a mistake. Moonlight – you won best film, said one of the film’s producer Jordan Horowitz and proudly handed over the Oscar statue to the right owner.
The moment is named one of the worst mishaps in Oscar history.
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Stumbled on stage
Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence (31) is known for not taking herself so seriously. But when Lawrence won her very first Oscar, the big moment was hardly as she had imagined.
When the 31-year-old was to pick up the statuette for best female actress for the lead role “Silver Linings Playbook”, she stumbled on the stairs.
The room was filled with silence, but the actor quickly received help after the fall in the big Dior dress. The audience rose to wild cheers when Lawrence finally got on stage.
The actress took it all in stride, joking away the fact that the whole world had just seen her sniff during one of the biggest TV moments of the year.
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“You only stand because you have a bad conscience because I fell,” said Lawrence, addressing the audience standing upright.
– This is really embarrassing, Lawrence said in his speech of thanks.
Sent Indians in protest
It happens that actors use the opportunity during the award ceremony to come up with political tricks from the stage, but during the Oscars in 1973, the hall witnessed a political message without equal.
When Marlon Brando won for what is now considered to be one of his most famous roles, Don Vito Corleone in “The Godfather”, the actor was not in the hall to receive the award. Instead, he sent Sacheen Littlefeather, 75, an Apache Native American activist.
The whole hall was amazed when an Indian stepped on stage instead of Brando, and it was even more astonishing when she refused to accept the award on Brando’s behalf.
– Marlon Brando can unfortunately not accept this very generous award, Littlefeather told the award winners Roger Moore and Liv Ullmann (83).
The reason Brando was missing from the hall and his refusal to accept the award was his protest against Hollywood’s racist portrayal of Indians and indigenous peoples. The message was met with dissatisfaction when the audience interrupted and arched her.
Brando is the second person in history to ever turn down the award for best actor, after George C. Scott refused to accept his award in 1971.
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Lost Oscar job thanks to old tweets
The Oscars in 2019 are a dark chapter and the history of the awards, and it’s one big chaos with many controversies. It cost actor and comedian Kevin Hart (42) the program manager job.
The internet boiled over when several of the comedian’s old tweets appeared online again. Several of Hart’s tweets were homophobic statements.
“If my son comes home and tries to play with his daughter’s dollhouse, I’ll smash it over his head and ask him to stop, because only gays play with dolls.” it said in a tweet from 2011.
Hart quickly deleted the posts with a homophobic undertone on his Twitter account.
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In the wake of the controversy, Hart eventually resigned as Oscar host, without finding a replacement.
“I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from the past,” he wrote on Twitter.
The Oscars in 2019 thus became historic when the event was without a host for the first time in 30 years.
Leo finally wins the Oscar
One of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars, Leonardo DiCaprio (47) is not only known for his long and successful acting career, he is also known for never winning an Oscar.
After several nominations through the ages, the first time for the film “What’s wrong with Gilbert Grape” from 1993, he has never managed to go home with the golden statuette.
Until 2016, it was a big internet joke, and countless “memes” were made about the actor’s lack of an Oscar.
Apparently, DiCaprio was never bothered by the many jokes at his expense, and has said in interviews that he is touched by how many people want him an Oscar, but it is still not the prices that make him want to be an actor.
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But after his role in “The Revenant”, the joke could finally be buried when DiCaprio finally won best male lead in 2016.
It was not only he himself who was moved by the victory, he received standing ovations from the audience as well as a world that was proud on his behalf.
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Rob Lowe’s song number was sued by Disney
The opening of the Oscars always includes some humorous elements, and sometimes a song. In 1989, Jodie Foster (59) won her first Oscar, but that is hardly what people remember from that year.
During the same award ceremony 30 years ago, it was Rob Lowe (58) and Eileen Bowman (55) who stood on stage with a Snow White-inspired version of “Proud Mary”.
The show was not very well received, and ended up being sued by Disney along with a number of other stars.
Disney wrote the following in a letter:
“The performance was an embarrassment for us, but also for the whole industry.”
Sent political message – Was banned from the scene
In addition to making world-famous films such as “Pretty Woman” and “Days of Heaven”, Richard Gere (72) has spent much of his time on social and political purposes. He is a man who is passionate about his opinions, and therefore it came as no shock that he chose to use a large platform like the Oscars to share his political opinions.
The star was initially on stage to present an award, but dropped the script and chose instead to discuss how Tibet was occupied by China and the “terrible, terrible human rights situation”.
However, Gere’s statements had consequences and he was banned from future Oscar awards, but also banned from China for the rest of his life.
Susan Sarandon (75) and Tim Robbins (63) also spoke politically on stage about supporting Haitian refugees, both of whom were banned from future shows.
They were then banned for life, but it did not last long. Three years later, Sarandon won the award for best actress for the film “Dead Man Walking” and in 2004 Robbins won for “Mystic River”.
Gere has not yet won, but has still participated in the show several times in recent years.
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