Since 1952 the Oscar night has been televised, which was a good thing because otherwise we've would have been robbed off of some great moments.
Since 1952 the Oscar night has been televised, which was a good thing because otherwise we've would have been robbed off of some great moments. Here's a look at a few of them that are both famous and/or plain bizarre
In 2000 Angelina Jolie shockingly kissed her brother James Haven on stage after accepting the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She declared, “I am so in love with my brother right now.”
In 1998, Titanic director James Cameron proudly showed off his Oscar and by declaring “I’m the King of the World!” at the end of his acceptance speech.
After being shut out six times, Director Martin Scorsese accepts the Oscar for Best Director for his work on The Departed at the Oscars in 2007. “Could you double-check the envelope?” Scorsese said during his speech.
With many wiping away tears, the audience gave the tuxedo-clad Christopher Reeves a standing ovation in 1996 as he sat before them in his respirator-equipped wheelchair. Paralysed from the shoulder down in a horse-riding accident, the Superman actor urged Hollywood to produce more movies about social issues.
“Life is Wonderful” for director and actor Roberto Benigni who showed his acrobatic skills in excitement after winning the Oscar for best foreign language film for Life Is Beautiful during the 1999 awards ceremony.
Veteran character actor and perennial villain Jack Palance picked up an Oscar for spoofing his bad guy image in 1991’s City Slickers. After receiving his statue, he got down on the floor of the auditorium and did one several one armed push-ups.
In 1974, actor David Niven was introducing Best Picture presenter Elizabeth Taylor when a completely nude man streaked across the stage. David followed by taking a jab at the streaker’s family jewels. “Isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?” he quipped.
Woody Allen’s absences at the Oscars were famous. He hadn’t even attended the ceremony in 1978, when his film Annie Hall got four awards. It was almost shocking seeing him at the 2002 ceremony. After the unfortunate events of 911 the producers decided to pay a tribute to the city of New York with a clip of some of the best movies filmed there. Nobody better than Woody could have been picked up to present the segment.
— Compiled by Ankit Ajmera
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