Anything can happen at the Academy Awards.
Ask comedian Chris Rock, who was unexpectedly slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscar after committing a joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The subsequent ceremony was a huge number of termers, but many candidates will publish it in a comparative manner at this year’s award.
Conan O’Brien’s host debut on March 2nd (ABC and Hulu, ET/4 PT at 7pm), and some of the wildest and unexpected moments in the history of the awards show You can look back.
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12. Shale turns her head in a see-through dress (1988)
Bjork had her swan dress and golden eggs at the 2001 awards, while Celine Dion wore a backward tuxedo and diamond-studded sunglasses on the show in 1999. Headdress and bare belly gown. Her jeweled naked dress may have been her most boldest.
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11. John Travolta Butchers Idina Menzel’s name (2014)
The “Grease” actor launched a thousand memes when he introduced the performance of “let it go” by the “frozen” star.
10. Chris Rock Doesn’t Take the Inmates to His Far Opening Monologue (2016)
Stand-up comedians were made for the Oscar hosts, who burned in the second year of #OSCARSSOWHITE, and others, including Smith and Pinkett Smith, who boycotted the ceremony because of that. I’m aiming for the star. “Jada boycotting Oscars is like boycotting Rihanna’s panties,” he jabed. “I wasn’t invited!”
9. Rob Lowe opens the show with a bizarre duet (1989)
The actor was endlessly slapped for his participation in this trained opening number. There, she played a duet with Snow White rookie Irene Bowman and “Popular Mary.” Stars, including Paul Newman and Julie Andrews, denounced the disastrous 10-minute figures as “embarrassment” in an open letter, and Disney used the character to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Academy. Ta.
8. Angelina Jolie shares an unpleasant intimate moment with her brother (2000)
Taking the best support actress for “girl, interruption”, Jolie enthusiastically thanked her brother James Haven, saying, “I was shocked and I’m in love with my brother now “I’m.” The event spurs speculation about their mysteriously close relationship.
7. Streakers crash awards (1974)
Shortly before Elizabeth Taylor was set up to unveil Best Picture, gay rights activist Robert Opel stripped him naked and ran through the stage behind Oscar co-host David Niven. He was not arrested and simply explained that it was “one of those old things.”
6. Marlon Brando refuses to accept his Oscar (1973)
Instead of walking to the stage when he won the Best Actor of “The Godfather,” the brand was sent Native American activist Sachine Littlefeather to protest the misrepresentation of American Indians in Hollywood. This was one of the earliest examples of actors becoming political during Oscar’s speech, with Patricia Arquette portraying wage gaps and Leonardo DiCaprio dealing with climate change in recent years.
5. Adrien Brody has an uninvited kiss to Halle Berry (2003)
With a raised eyebrow movement, Brody brings Berry in for a long, nasty kiss as he stolen the podium to accept the best actor in “Pianist.” The unplanned moment came just a year after Berry became the first black woman to win the best actress for her performance in “Ball of Monsters.”
4. Marisa Tomei’s Confusion with the Winning of the Best Supporting Actress (1993)
After Tomei defeated veterans Vanessa Redgrave and Joan Plowright on the comedy tour De Force with “My Cousin Vinny,” conspiracy theory began to spread in entertainment publications. . The rumor was then exposed by footage from the academy and the ceremony. This indicates that you are reading the card.
3. “Crash” takes the best photos at “Brokeback Mountain” (2006)
Considered one of the greatest confusions in Oscar history, Paul Haggis’ race drama beat Ang Lee’s highly favored front runner and received a Golden Globe painting nomination It has become a rare film to win the highest award without it.
2. “La La Land” is accidentally awarded the best photo in the infamous envelope confusion (2017)
“There was a mistake.” These four words changed the course of Oscar history in 2017, two and a half hours later, after the acceptance speech of the supreme prime minister of the “Lalaland” team, and producer Jordan Horowitz said “Moonlight.” informed the crowd that he actually won. The distrustful jaw-dropping gaffe, frightened by the people in the room and at home, was the result of confusion by the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
1. Will Smith slaps Chris Lock (2022)
We all remember where we were during the “slap.” While giving the award, Locke jokes about Pinkett Smith’s bald head, saying he can’t wait to see her in “Gi Jane 2” (Demi Moore’s in the original film (Reference to a shaved scalp). Smith created a beeline for the stage, slammed the rocks, then returned to his seat, yelling, “Please drive my wife’s name out of your (explosive) mouth!” The unscripted moments were initially greeted with laughter in the room, but onlookers like Lupita Nyong’o quickly noticed. This was definitely not a bit.