Amidst Hollywood's most exciting and entertaining night of the year, there are surprising, suspenseful and sometimes emotional moments that catch everyone off guard. Tell us whether these moments are memorable or forgettable.
1. At the 46th Academy Awards® in 1974, co-host David Niven was upstaged by Robert Opal who ran naked across the stage, streaking the audience, including millions of TV viewers. Niven, the usually stiff upper-lipped British actor joked to the audience "The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping ... and showing his shortcomings."
2. In 1973, Marlon Brando attempted to make a political statement on behalf of Native Americans, by refusing to accept his Best Actor award for his role in The Godfather, and sending Sacheen Littlefeather, an activist, in his place to read a speech he had prepared.
3. Jack Palance didn't merely give an acceptance speech when he won Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for City Slickers, the then 73-year-old actor also gave a show of strength, by doing one-armed push-ups on stage.
4. Sally Field gave one of the most memorable, and often misquoted acceptance speeches when she won the Best Actress award in 1985 for her role in Places in the Heart and gushed "... I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" The speech is usually parodied with the one liner -"You like me, you really like me!"
5. After recently suffering a debilitating spinal chord injury, a wheelchair bound Christopher Reeve, who once portrayed Superman on screen, made a surprise visit to the Academy Awards® in 1995. When he took the stage to introduce a clip about films that deal with social issues, the audience gave him a very moving standing ovation.
6. Angelina Jolie raised a few eyebrows with her public displays of affection towards her brother, James Haven Voight, at the 2000 Academy Awards® where she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Girl, Interrupted. During her acceptance speech she declared, "I'm in shock. And I'm so in love with my brother right now, he just held me and said he loved me..."
7. An exuberant Roberto Benigni leapt over chairs and audience members, including Steven Spielberg, to make his way to the stage after being announced Best Actor for Life is Beautiful at the 1999 Academy Awards®. His excitement didn't end there as he exclaimed to the crowd, in broken English "I am not able to express all my gratitude because now, my body is in tumult because it is a colossal moment of joy ... I would like to be Jupiter and kidnap everybody and lie down making love to everybody because I don't know how to express, a question of love."
8. When Will Rogers announced the winner for Best Picture at the 1934 Academy Awards® by exclaiming "come on up and get it Frank", and excited Frank Capra went up to the stage, only to find out that it was Frank Lloyd who had won. Capra was able to live down his embarrassment by winning Best Director the following year for It Happened One Night.
9. At the 74th Academy Awards® in 2002, Halle Berry became the first African-American woman to win Best Actress. She delivered a tearful speech in which she said, "I'm sorry. This moment is so much bigger than me. ... It's for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened." The night took on even more significance as Denzel Washington was awarded Best Actor for Training Day and Sidney Poitier, the first African-American male to win Best Actor 39 years ago, was awarded an honorary award.
10. In 1989 Rob Lowe performed an opening number for the 61st Academy Awards® in which he sang a medley of tunes, including "Proud Mary" and performed a dance routine with an actress dressed like Snow White. The campy spectacle caused TV viewers to cringe and Disney to threaten a lawsuit.
1. At the 46th Academy Awards® in 1974, co-host David Niven was upstaged by Robert Opal who ran naked across the stage, streaking the audience, including millions of TV viewers. Niven, the usually stiff upper-lipped British actor joked to the audience "The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping ... and showing his shortcomings."
2. In 1973, Marlon Brando attempted to make a political statement on behalf of Native Americans, by refusing to accept his Best Actor award for his role in The Godfather, and sending Sacheen Littlefeather, an activist, in his place to read a speech he had prepared.
3. Jack Palance didn't merely give an acceptance speech when he won Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for City Slickers, the then 73-year-old actor also gave a show of strength, by doing one-armed push-ups on stage.
4. Sally Field gave one of the most memorable, and often misquoted acceptance speeches when she won the Best Actress award in 1985 for her role in Places in the Heart and gushed "... I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" The speech is usually parodied with the one liner -"You like me, you really like me!"
5. After recently suffering a debilitating spinal chord injury, a wheelchair bound Christopher Reeve, who once portrayed Superman on screen, made a surprise visit to the Academy Awards® in 1995. When he took the stage to introduce a clip about films that deal with social issues, the audience gave him a very moving standing ovation.
6. Angelina Jolie raised a few eyebrows with her public displays of affection towards her brother, James Haven Voight, at the 2000 Academy Awards® where she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Girl, Interrupted. During her acceptance speech she declared, "I'm in shock. And I'm so in love with my brother right now, he just held me and said he loved me..."
7. An exuberant Roberto Benigni leapt over chairs and audience members, including Steven Spielberg, to make his way to the stage after being announced Best Actor for Life is Beautiful at the 1999 Academy Awards®. His excitement didn't end there as he exclaimed to the crowd, in broken English "I am not able to express all my gratitude because now, my body is in tumult because it is a colossal moment of joy ... I would like to be Jupiter and kidnap everybody and lie down making love to everybody because I don't know how to express, a question of love."
8. When Will Rogers announced the winner for Best Picture at the 1934 Academy Awards® by exclaiming "come on up and get it Frank", and excited Frank Capra went up to the stage, only to find out that it was Frank Lloyd who had won. Capra was able to live down his embarrassment by winning Best Director the following year for It Happened One Night.
9. At the 74th Academy Awards® in 2002, Halle Berry became the first African-American woman to win Best Actress. She delivered a tearful speech in which she said, "I'm sorry. This moment is so much bigger than me. ... It's for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened." The night took on even more significance as Denzel Washington was awarded Best Actor for Training Day and Sidney Poitier, the first African-American male to win Best Actor 39 years ago, was awarded an honorary award.
10. In 1989 Rob Lowe performed an opening number for the 61st Academy Awards® in which he sang a medley of tunes, including "Proud Mary" and performed a dance routine with an actress dressed like Snow White. The campy spectacle caused TV viewers to cringe and Disney to threaten a lawsuit.
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