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Oscars: 10 awful moments in Academy Awards history
Fox News ^ | 02/22/2013

Posted on 02/22/2013 10:23:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Though meticulously planned, film's most important night of the year rarely goes off without a hitch. When you get too many of Hollywood's biggest names in a room, there's bound to be some mayhem. Here are the 10 worst Oscar moments of all time.

10. James Franco and Anne Hathaway host the Oscars

James Franco and Anne Hathaway are great actors, but the two didn’t make such great Oscar hosts in 2011. They were called “boring,” “spectacularly bad” and the like by critics across the board. The worst moment of the night came when Franco dressed up as Marilyn Monroe, pretty much guarantying that he would never again host the awards show.

9. Jack Palance shows us he can do push ups

Jack Palance had already showed the world he was the best supporting actor out there in 1992, so he decided to show off his strength when he took the Oscars stage to accept the award. He used his time in the spotlight to show he could do a one-armed push up...in fact he did several. The actor then continued with a strange, rambling speech.

8. Sacha Baron Cohen dumps ashes on Ryan Seacrest

In 2012, Sacha Baron Cohen turned up at the Academy Awards dressed as his movie character “The Dictator” and dumped gray “ashes” on everyone’s favorite red carpet host Ryan Seacrest. The “American Idol” host handled the ambush like a pro and quickly returned to his red carpet interviews.

7. Rob Lowe sings and dances with Snow White

The 1989 Oscars opener featured a beyond awkward musical number, during which Rob Lowe sung and danced alongside Eileen Bowman dressed as Snow White. The ensemble is said to have destroyed the career of its producer, Allan Carr.

6. Michael Moore gets political 2003

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TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: academyawards; oscars
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To: Truth29

These insuffereable dolts should just be honest and have their thankyou speech simple be “I want to thank ME, MYSELF and I”


41 posted on 02/25/2013 9:50:39 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: lurk

Homosexuals, RINOs, and women with Homosexual “friends”.


42 posted on 02/25/2013 10:18:51 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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