You've surely heard by now about the flub at last night's Oscars ceremony. At the climax of the awards show, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the wrong winner for Best Picture. The La La Land cast and crew took the stage and embarked on a series of acceptances speeches before it was revealed that there had been some kind of mistake and in fact Moonlight was the actual winner. As Beatty, La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz and host Jimmy Kimmel attempted to sort the situation out, the La La Land team shuffled off the stage and the rightful -- and stunned -- Best Picture winners came up to accept their award.
It was a crazy end to a typically long-winded telecast, but it's not the first time some odd moment, weird mistake, or controversial maneuver brought the crazy to the Oscars. Let's break down a few of those more notables instances.
Prior to last night's flub, this is perhaps the most infamous -- if innocuous -- Academy Awards show moment. During the 1974 show, host David Niven was was about to introduce Elizabeth Taylor when a naked guy appeared behind him. As the dude raced across the stage on live TV, he flashed the peace sign... as streakers of the 1970s were wont to do. (The streaker would later be revealed to be Robert Opel, a photographer and art gallery owner.) Niven didn't miss a beat, saying, "Well, ladies and gentlemen, that was almost bound to happen... But 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?"
At the 2014 ceremony, things got weird when Idina Menzel was about to take the stage to perform "Let It Go." John Travolta was assigned the task of announcing her performance, which he did... although he completely got Menzel's name wrong and opted for the very curious alternative -- if dramatically pronounced -- "Adele Dazeem." Travolta would make up for the mistake at the following year's show (while still being kind of weird, touching Menzel's facea lot), but at that point a million jokes and memes had already been born.
Documentary filmmaker and political commentator Michael Moore won an Oscar for Bowling for Columbine back in 2003, and during his acceptance speech he called out then-President George W. Bush and the invasion of Iraq. Moore got cheers and boos for his words, which also included talk of "fictitious election results" (14 years before "fake news"). As he was played off stage by the orchestra, Moore shouted "Shame on you, Mr. Bush."
The 1933 Academy Awards are said to have gotten awkward when two different directors named Frank (Capra and Lloyd) were nominated. But (kind of) like Thunderdome, two men enter, one man leave, and when the award was presented by Will Rogers, he reportedly said, "Come on up and get it, Frank." Unfortunately, Frank Capra headed to the stage but in fact it was Frank Lloyd who had won. Awkward -- if not for the fact that Frank Capra is now a Hollywood legend, so no biggie.
In 2003, Halle Berry presented the Best Actor Oscar to Adrien Brody for The Pianist, and Brody was so psyched at the honor that he swept the X-Men actress off her feet to give her an impromptu kiss. Well, more than a kiss really. A lot more.
The creators of South Park showed up for the 2000 Oscars wearing dresses that had, frankly, fit Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow much better at previous awards shows. The South Park creators would later admit that they weren't, ahem, of sound mind when they pulled off this stunt, but really the joke must've gotten kind of old even for them by the end of the hours-long show.
In 1973, Marlon Brando got political when he won Best Actor for The Godfather... but was a no-show. In his place, Brando sent Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who proceeded to make a speech about the portrayal of Native Americans in media -- and refuse the award. Like Michael Moore's speech in 2003, Littlefeather received both boos and cheers from the Hollywood elite in the audience.
What are your favorite weird or crazy moments from the Oscars? Let's discuss in the comments!
Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottCollura.
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