15 Bizarre Things That Happened At The Oscars

The numbers involved in the Oscar ceremony are really great: 44 million dollars were invested in the most recent edition of the event, which received 3,300 guests and was broadcast live to 225 countries.

For these and other reasons, the Oscar is a first class party. Still, not even having the best of organizations, it is possible to be totally immune to the unforeseen.

Inspired by the recently held 91st Academy Awards, the awesome.club prepared a list of the most bizarre situations that occurred during the history of the most important cinema award. Follow!

At the 45th edition of the Oscars, Marlon Brando won the statuette for best actor for his performance in “The Godfather”, but the actor refused to attend the event. In his place, an actress unknown to the general public took to the stage, explaining that Brando had sent her as a sign of the need to protect indigenous rights in the film industry.

According to the rules of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (which awards the award), there can be no tie in awarding the Oscar. However, in 1969, a unique case occurred: two actresses received the same number of votes, causing both to receive the statuette for best actress. They were Katharine Hepburn, by the movie The Lion in Winter, and Barbra Streisand, who played Fanny in Funny Girl — A Genius Girl🇧🇷 Katharine did not attend the ceremony, leaving then-newcomer Barbra free to steal the spotlight.

In 1974, as British actor David Niven was announcing an award, a completely naked man ran across the stage. It later turned out to be Robert Opel, a photographer and activist for LGBT rights. Thanks to his act, the world became aware of the important causes for which he fought.

Richard Gere was supposed to announce the nominees for a certain category, but instead he gave a speech against the policies applied by China, which had invaded Tibet — the region is dominated by the Chinese until today. Because of this, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences banned the actor from attending the event for 20 years.

Adrien Brody won an Academy Award in 2003 for his performance in the film. The pianist🇧🇷 The actor was so happy with his achievement that, very grateful, he kissed Halle Berry, who was standing on stage waiting to deliver the statuette. Since then, the actress has only attended the ceremony.

Anne Hathaway and James Franco were chosen to present one of the editions of the Oscar, but the duo lost everything. The actors made bad jokes, overacted and behaved inappropriately. Critics picked them as the worst presenters in Oscar history.

In 2012, Angelina Jolie appeared at the Oscars wearing a black Versace dress. Decided to highlight the cut of the piece, the actress made sure to exaggerate her leg while posing on the red carpet. The attitude made Angelina become a meme of worldwide proportions, and her leg even won a profile on Twitter.

In 2012, eccentric actor and producer Sacha Baron Cohen appeared on the red carpet dressed as the character Haffaz Aladeen from his film The dictator. In his hands he held an urn. While being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest, Sacha poured what would be Kim Jong-il’s ashes over the American presenter.

Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence will forever be remembered for falling twice at the award ceremony. In 2013, when she tripped over her own dress, the actress fell down the stairs as she went on stage to receive the award for her work in The good side of life🇧🇷 Exactly one year later, she stumbled again, this time on the red carpet. Luckily for her, security managed to catch her in time.

The 86th Academy Awards (in 2014) were hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. And like a true hostess, she was concerned not only with making the ceremony fun and interesting, but even thought about the food. She came down from the stage with a delivery man and started handing out slices of pizza to celebrities. Afterwards, she still asked for collaborations for the tip of the delivery guy. And still one of the most famous selfies in historywith a group of stars of the first magnitude, such as Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep and Bradley Cooper, among others.

The Oscars have already been the scene of several kisses: from the passionate kiss between Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban to the impactful gesture of Angelina Jolie, who kissed her brother, James Haven. But the most bizarre case was played by John Travolta. In 2015, on the red carpet, he ran into Scarlett Johansson, who was posing for photographers. The photo of the stolen and inconvenient kiss went viral on social media and generated countless memes.

The story between Leonardo DiCaprio and the Oscar generated a lot of comments, as the talented actor took a long time to snap up the award. But in 2016, the dream of the artist and his fans came true, and DiCaprio was recognized for his performance in The Return🇧🇷 Only that same night, he forgot the statuette in the restaurant where he had gone to celebrate. Leaving the establishment, DiCaprio was reached by a man who returned his award.

In 2017, when the time came to announce the chosen one as best film, the envelopes were changed. Therefore, the presenters stated that the winner was La La Land: Singing Seasons🇧🇷 However, the organization rushed to correct the error, delivering the prize to the rightful owner: the feature film Moonlight: Under the Moonlight.

American actor Billy Porter surprised everyone at the 2019 Oscars thanks to his chosen look: he appeared on the red carpet in a beautiful tuxedo dress. The creator of the play was Christian Siriano, winner of the fourth season of the reality show Project Runway🇧🇷

Many netizens began to comment on social networks, saying that Porter had won the best dressed award even before the ceremony began. There were also those who compared the actor to the villain Ursula, The Little Mermaid🇧🇷

Even during the 2019 edition of the Oscars, before announcing the winner of the best adapted screenplay category, Samuel L. Jackson decided to play a joke on his friend Spike Lee. Knowing that Lee is a fan of the New York Knicks basketball team, Jackson said from the stage, “Spike, I’m glad you’re sitting down. After 18 straight home losses, the Knicks won. I repeat: the Knicks won today in San Antonio.” Afterwards, Jackson handed Lee the statuette for the film. Infiltrated the Klan🇧🇷

Do you like to follow the Oscar ceremony? What’s your favorite category? Comment!