Here are the most controversial moments in Oscars history that the world never stopped talking about.
“Not only towards their own people, but to Tibet as well.”
“Apparently, I’ve been rehabilitated.
It’s a crazy getup for attention” (viaThe New Yorker).
“They hated the way I dressed and I had young boyfriends so they thought I wasn’t serious.
What harm can it do?'”
Berry, meanwhile, remembered the kiss rather differently.
The real shocker came when the acting legend turned the honor down.
Through the confusion, producer Jordan Horowitz finally broke the news: “There’s a mistake.
‘Moonlight,’ you guys won Best Picture.”
Opel was shot dead in 1979 by burglars who broke into his gallery.
But all over in the press, another equally (if not more) culturally significant moment dominated headlines.
“It’s about the underrepresentation of all marginalized groups,” Reign toldThe New York Times.
The violent outburst seemed all too shocking to be true.
But it apparently was.
Its consequences were manifold.
But I’m not a victim, baby."
The statuette became so iconic that it sold for a whopping $426,732 at an auction in 2012.
But according to Cooper, who also directed the film, that was the whole truth.
C’mon up and get it, Frank!"
Except, there were two Franks nominated in the category that night.
The award had actually gone to Frank Lloyd for “Cavalcade.”
It wasn’t until the spotlight found Lloyd that Capra caught wind of the goof-up.
“That walk back through applauding V.I.P.s yelling ‘Sit down!
Down in the front!
