In the 94-year history of the Academy Awards,
the Oscars ceremony has provided some amazing,
historic and unforgettable moments – like these:
2001 Swan Dress Singer Bjork took to the red carpet in one of the most memorable Oscar outfits ever, the notorious swan dress.
2017 Wrong Winner Moonlight wins best picture after La La Land was originally wrongly announced by Warren Beatty as the winner.
2014 Epic Selfie Bradley Cooper (using host Ellen DeGeneres’ phone ), snapped a selfie with superstar nominees which quickly became the most retweeted photo of all time.
1977 PUSH-UPS When Jack Palance won best supporting actor for City Slickers at the age of 70 he did one-armed push-ups on stage to demonstrate his physical prowess.
1999 Best Victory Walk When Italian actor-director Robert Benigni won for Life is Beautiful, he climbed over chairs and through the audience in celebration.
1972 Longest Ovation The longest standing ovation in Oscars history – 12 minutes – was given to Charlie Chaplin when the silent film legend returned to Hollywood to accept a special lifetime achievement Oscar.
1973 Brando’s Stand-In Marlon Brando didn’t show up to accept his Best Actor trophy for The Godfather but sent in his place, as a protest at Hollywood’s treatment of American Indians, NativeAmerican activisit Sacheen Littlefeather.
1974 The Streaker Naked stage invasion: Robert Opel streaked nude across the stage prompting co-host David Niven to quip: “Probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings.”