Remember this? Looking back at some of the most iconic, unexpected moments in Oscars history

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As movie fans hole for the Oscars, we're looking backmost astatine immoderate of the astir memorable moments successful the Academy Awards' astir 100-year history.

While the amusement is typically known for high-honor awards and breathtaking philharmonic performances, immoderate of the astir talked astir moments each twelvemonth are the unexpected surprises that ever look to marque their mode into the program.

From viral personage moments to heartwarming, affectional speeches, these are immoderate of the astir iconic Oscars moments of each time.

1969: "It's a tie!"

In this April 14, 1969 record photo, histrion and vocalist Barbra Streisand poses with her Oscar for her relation successful "Funny Girl" astatine the 41st Academy Awards successful Los Angeles.

An Oscar ballot seldom results successful a tie. In fact, it's lone happened six times successful the grant show's astir 100-year run.

The assemblage gasped erstwhile it was announced that 2 of the biggest stars of the time, Katharine Hepburn successful "A Lion successful Winter" and Barbra Streisand successful "Funny Girl," tied for the grant of champion histrion successful 1968.

Streisand took the signifier with Hepburn's director, Anthony Harvey, since the histrion was not contiguous astatine the ceremony.

The past clip determination was a tie? In 2013, "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall" tied for champion dependable editing, a class that nary longer exists.

1974: Man streaks crossed stage

In this Feb. 4, 1974 record photo, a streaker aboriginal identified arsenic Robert Opel appears connected signifier astonishing David Niven, right, astatine the Academy Awards successful Los Angeles.

Viewers were shocked during the 46th Academy Awards erstwhile a bare man, aboriginal identified arsenic Robert Opel, ran crossed the signifier portion flashing a bid sign.

Despite the large surprise, histrion David Niven was astir unfazed arsenic helium introduced Elizabeth Taylor.

He was speedy to marque a jab astatine the streaker, asking the audience, "Isn't it fascinating to deliberation that astir apt the lone laughter that antheral volition ever get successful his beingness is by stripping disconnected and showing his shortcomings?"

1976: Muhammad Ali vs. Rocky

In this March 28, 1977 record photo, Muhammad Ali, left, makes a astonishment quality astatine the Academy Awards, playfully sparring with Sylvester Stallone, right, successful Los Angeles.

When "Rocky" prima Sylvester Stallone took the signifier to contiguous the champion supporting histrion Oscar to Beatrice Straight for "Network" successful 1976, helium was amazed by nary different than real-life boxing fable Muhammad Ali.

"Can't you spot I'm working?!" Stallone said. "I'm the existent Apollo Creed!" Ali replied.

The 2 past fake-tussled earlier returning to their presenting duties. But not earlier Stallone gushed implicit Ali.

"I conscionable person to accidental 1 thing. I whitethorn not triumph thing present contiguous successful the signifier of an Oscar, but I truly consciousness it's an astonishing privilege to beryllium lasting adjacent to a 100% certified fable and it's thing I'm going to treasure for the remainder of my life. Unbelievable," Stallone said.

1992: Billy Crystal's Hannibal Lecter entrance

Billy Crystal, wearing the disguise from the movie The Silence of the Lambs, greets histrion Anthony Hopkins during the Academy Awards ceremonies successful Los Angeles, March 30, 1992.

When helium archetypal took the signifier to big the 64th Academy Awards successful 1992, the assemblage laughed arsenic Billy Crystal was strapped to a gurney successful a Hannibal Lecter disguise from "Silence of the Lambs."

He past stared astatine the assemblage and placed his manus connected his look without saying a word.

Fittingly, Crystal entered the assemblage and pulled Anthony Hopkins from his spot to ask, "I'm having immoderate of the academy implicit for dinner. Care to articulation me?"

This is conscionable 1 of galore iconic moments from Crystal implicit the years. He has hosted the Oscars 9 times.

2001: Bjork's swan dress

Singer Bjork, wearing a Marjan Pejoski swan gown, arrives astatine the 73rd yearly Academy Awards Sunday, March 25, 2001, successful Los Angeles.

While reddish carpet looks ever conjure up media buzz and opinions from each over, fewer dresses person sparked conversations similar vocalist Bjork's 2001 swan dress.

The formal resembled a swan, with its agelong cervix draped astir Bjork's ain cervix and its beak resting connected her chest.

The short, tulle formal was paired with a mesh bodysuit covered successful crystals. As for accessories, the vocalist dropped a way of eggs arsenic she walked down the reddish carpet.

Bjork was successful attendance that nighttime due to the fact that she was nominated for champion archetypal opus for "I've Seen it All" from "Dancing In The Dark."

While the swan formal became a punchline successful popular culture, the formal has since go 1 of the astir fondly-remembered Oscars looks of each time.

In 2015, the formal was exhibited arsenic portion of MoMA's Bjork show. And successful 2019, it was featured successful The Met's Camp: Notes On Fashion.

2002: Halle Berry's affectional champion histrion win

In this March 24, 2002 record photo, histrion Halle Berry is seen aft accepting the Oscar for champion histrion astatine the 74th yearly Academy Awards successful Los Angeles.

In what would go 1 of the astir memorable Oscars acceptance speeches of each time, Halle Berry was the archetypal Black pistillate to triumph the grant successful 2002 for her show successful "Monster's Ball."

When her sanction was announced, the camera chopped to Berry successful the audience, who looked highly shocked.

Through tears, Berry delivered a code that brought tears to the eyes of viewers everywhere.

"This infinitesimal is truthful overmuch bigger than me," she said. "This infinitesimal is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It's for the women that basal beside me, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica Fox. And it's for each nameless, faceless pistillate of colour that present has a accidental due to the fact that this doorway contiguous has been opened."

2007: The Comedian Song

Jack Black, left, John C. Reilly, center, and Will Ferrell execute during the 79th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, successful Los Angeles.

Critics person agelong felt that Oscar voters thin to snub comedians successful favour of much melodramatic roles and films.

In 2007, comedians Will Ferrell and Jack Black took to the signifier to execute a opus astir feeling near out.

"A comedian astatine the Oscars, the saddest antheral of all. Your movies whitethorn marque millions, but your name, they'll ne'er call," Ferrell sang.

Black and Ferrell got large laughs erstwhile they threatened to combat immoderate nominees, similar Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Gosling, but stopped abbreviated of lobbing akin threats to Mark Wahlberg.

However, the opus took a crook erstwhile chap comedian John C. Reilly roseate from the assemblage to instill anticipation successful Black and Ferrell, encouraging them to instrumentality connected much superior roles. Reilly was, successful fact, nominated for champion supporting histrion for his relation successful 2003's "Chicago."

2013: Jennifer Lawrence trips

This Feb. 24, 2013 photograph shows Jennifer Lawrence stumbling arsenic she walks to the signifier to judge the grant for champion histrion during the Oscars astatine the Dolby Theatre successful Los Angeles.

While connected her mode to the signifier to judge her champion histrion Oscar for her show successful "Silver Linings Playbook," Jennifer Lawrence tripped and fell connected the signifier steps successful 2013.

"You guys are conscionable lasting up due to the fact that you consciousness atrocious that I fell and that's truly embarrassing, but convey you," Lawrence joked during her lasting ovation.

The infinitesimal became an instant meme, and the photograph of her lying connected the steps was shared countless times online.

Instead of genuinely tripping her up, the infinitesimal solidified J-Law's representation arsenic a relatable, down-to-earth actress.

Many online commenters agreed that the precise quality infinitesimal conscionable made her each the much likable.

2014: The selfie that broke the internet

Ellen DeGeneres takes a photograph with, from left, Kevin Spacey, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jared Leto during the Oscars connected March 2, 2014, successful Los Angeles.

When Ellen DeGeneres hosted the 86th Academy Awards successful 2014, it wasn't her opening monologue that made headlines, but instead, a stunt she pulled successful the audience.

DeGeneres, Samsung telephone successful manus (they were a sponsor that year), entered the assemblage and began posing for selfies with the stars. First, it was a mean photograph with Liza Minnelli.

But erstwhile DeGeneres approached histrion Meryl Streep, she said she hoped to interruption Twitter's grounds for astir retweets of a photo.

Quickly, galore stars joined in, and the photograph ended up including DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Lupita Nyong'o, Peter Nyong'o, and Jared Leto (barely).

On Twitter aft the show, DeGeneres called the changeable the "best photograph ever" and quipped that much celebrities could person acceptable into the framework "if lone Bradley's limb was longer."

For immoderate clip the tweet was, successful fact, the astir retweeted ever, though it has since been dethroned.

2014: Adele Dazeem?

John Travolta and Idina Menzel are seen astatine the Oscars astatine the Dolby Theatre successful Los Angeles successful this March 2, 2014 record photo.

While galore celebrities person flubbed a sanction oregon 2 portion presenting astatine the Oscars, John Travolta's instauration of Idina Menzel sparked a large absorption astatine the 2014 ceremony.

While introducing the "Frozen" star, who was performing "Let it Go," Travolta stumbled implicit her sanction and ended up calling her well, thing else.

"Please invited the wickedly talented, 1 and only, Adele Dazeem," helium said successful the infamous clip, which rapidly went viral online.

Funny enough, Menzel got her revenge connected Travolta astatine the 2015 Oscars.

"Please invited to the stage, my precise beloved friend, Glom Gazingo," Menzel said. "I deserved that," Travolta said with a laughter aft helium joined her connected stage.

2015: Lady Gaga channels Julie Andrews successful the 50th day tribute to "The Sound of Music"

Lady Gaga channels Julie Andrews successful the 50th day tribute of 'The Sound of Music'

The hills were live astatine the 87th Oscars successful 2015 arsenic Lady Gaga belted retired a show-stopping tribute to "The Sound of Music" successful grant of the film's 50th anniversary. Gaga's medley included "The Sound of Music," "My Favorite Things," "Edelweiss" and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain."

After a lasting ovation, Gaga welcomed Julie Andrews to the signifier to contiguous the adjacent grant for champion archetypal score. Andrews said Gaga's tribute "really warmed my heart" and past reflected connected her experiences making "that joyous film."

"How fortunate tin a miss get?" Andrews beamed.

2016: Leonardo DiCaprio yet wins an Oscar

It mightiness beryllium hard to judge that Leonardo DiCaprio didn't triumph an Oscar for his touching portrayal of Jack Dawson successful "Titanic." But, alas, it wasn't his clip yet. In fact, his clip wouldn't travel for astir 20 years. DiCaprio didn't triumph his archetypal Oscar until 2016 erstwhile helium was honored for his portrayal of Hugh Glass successful "The Revenant."

DiCaprio, who received a lasting ovation from the audience, utilized the extremity of his acceptance code to rise consciousness astir clime change.

"It is happening close now," helium said. "It is the astir urgent menace facing our full taxon and we request to enactment collectively unneurotic and halt procrastinating."

DiCaprio ended with, "Let america not instrumentality this satellite for granted. I bash not instrumentality contiguous for granted."

He had antecedently been nominated successful 1994, 2005, 2007 and 2014.

2017: Wrong victor announced

ABC's Dayna Bucchus has much connected however it happened and reaction.

It was possibly the biggest daze successful Oscars past erstwhile the biggest grant of the night, champion picture, was wrongly presented by "Bonnie and Clyde" stars Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty astatine the 89th Academy Awards.

The presenters looked confused erstwhile they took the paper retired of the envelope aft speechmaking the nominees. Beatty adjacent looked backmost successful the envelope earlier passing the paper to Dunaway arsenic helium stalled to work aloud what the paper said.

Dunaway work "La La Land" and the formed and unit took to the stage. It wasn't a immense daze since the movie had already won six Oscars that nighttime and was nominated for a record-tying 14 awards.

However, "La La Land" shaper Jordan Horowitz stopped his colleagues' acceptance speeches abbreviated aft whispers and shocked looks traveled crossed the signifier arsenic they realized determination was a mistake.

"I'm sorry, no. There's a mistake. 'Moonlight,' you guys won champion picture," Horowitz said. "This is not a joke. Come up here."

The camera past chopped to the now-iconic changeable of Horowitz holding the close card, which, successful fact, listed "Moonlight" arsenic the champion representation winner.

It turns retired that Beatty and Dunaway had been wrongly handed the envelope for champion actress, which had "Emma Stone, 'La La Land'" written connected it. No wonderment they looked truthful confused.

2017: Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon's (faux) feud rages on

What amended clip for Jimmy Kimmel to adhd substance to the occurrence of his good-hearted feud with Matt Damon than during his Oscars opening monologue?

Discussing the divisive quality of the caller statesmanlike predetermination during his archetypal crook arsenic Oscars big successful 2017, Kimmel said helium wanted to marque bully with idiosyncratic he's had issues with: Damon.

When it comes to "healing and bringing radical together," Kimmel said, it "starts with us."

Kimmel zinged Damon arsenic "a selfish person" but joked that Damon did thing precise unselfish by passing connected the accidental to prima successful "Manchester by the Sea," a relation that yet landed Casey Affleck a champion starring histrion win. Damon alternatively starred successful "The Great Wall," a movie that Kimmel said "went connected to suffer $80 million."

2018: Frances McDormand honors pistillate nominees during acceptance speech

While accepting her champion starring histrion Oscar for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," Frances McDormand acceptable her Oscar down connected the signifier level and asked each pistillate nominee successful the assemblage to stand: "The actors...the filmmakers, the producers, the directors, the writers, the cinematographers, the composers, the songwriters, the designers."

"Meryl, if you bash it, everybody other will," McDormand quipped. "Look around, ladies and gentlemen, due to the fact that we each person stories to archer and projects we request financed. Don't speech to america astir it astatine the parties tonight, invitation america into your bureau successful a mates of days...and we'll archer you each astir them."

She past encouraged those successful the country to propulsion for an inclusion rider, a contractual stipulation that ensures diverseness successful the hiring process.

By the extremity of the night, "inclusion rider" was among the most-searched presumption connected the Merriam-Webster website.

2019: Spike Lee wins his archetypal competitory Oscar

Spike Lee accepts the grant for champion adapted screenplay for BlacKkKlansman astatine the Oscars connected Feb. 24, 2019, successful Los Angeles.

It was a agelong clip coming erstwhile legendary director Spike Lee, with decades of acquisition and dozens of films nether his belt, won his archetypal competitory Oscar successful 2019. Lee, on with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott, won for champion adapted screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman."

"Before the satellite tonight, I springiness praise to the ancestors who built this country," Lee said during his acceptance speech. "We each link with our ancestors who volition person love, contented regained. We'll regain our humanity, it volition beryllium a almighty moment."

He concluded by calling connected the satellite to "make the motivation prime betwixt emotion versus hate. Let's bash the close thing!"

Lee had antecedently been nominated successful 1990 and 1998 and was fixed a non-competitive Academy Honorary Award successful 2015.

2019: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga execute "Shallow"

In 1 of the astir anticipated performances of the night, the ''A Star Is Born'' co-stars took the signifier for an intimate duet.

Viewers ever look guardant to the euphony astatine the Oscars, but fewer performances person generated arsenic overmuch buzz arsenic Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's duet of "Shallow" from "A Star is Born" astatine the 2019 ceremony.

Fans were excited but besides hesitant astir the show up of time. They knew Lady Gaga could perform, but would histrion and manager Bradley Cooper beryllium capable to support up?

The brace ended up delivering a touching, intimate show of the movie's deed song. So overmuch truthful that galore radical online started speculating if they were successful a narration off-screen.

Despite the undeniable chemistry, the celebrities aboriginal went connected the grounds and said they weren't dating, and the show was purposely choreographed to beryllium typical of their characters' emotion successful "A Star is Born."

"Shallow" went connected to triumph champion archetypal opus aboriginal that night.

2020: 'Parasite' makes champion representation history

Parasite wins Best Picture, becoming the archetypal movie not successful English to bash so.

South Korean movie "Parasite" took location the prize for champion picture during the Oscars soon aft the movie won 3 different awards, including directing for Bong Joon Ho, champion planetary movie and champion archetypal screenplay.

True to its name, "Parasite" simply got nether the tegument of Oscar voters, attaching itself to the American awards play and, ultimately, to history. The triumph was a watershed infinitesimal for the Academy Awards, which has agelong been contented to relegate planetary films to their ain category.

2021: Yuh-Jung Youn charms Oscar viewers

Yuh-Jung Youn has go the archetypal Korean histrion to triumph an Academy Award. She claimed the Oscar for champion supporting histrion Sunday nighttime for her show successful "Minari" arsenic a grandma who moves from South Korea to unrecorded with her daughter's farming household successful Arkansas.

The night's MVP was adorable best supporting histrion victor Yuh-Jung Youn, the feisty grandma from "Minari" who made Oscar past arsenic the archetypal Korean histrion to cod the Academy's Golden Boy.

"Brad Pitt-finally," Youn sassed flirtatiously to her presenter, who besides produced "Minari." She told her chap nominees, including eight-time loser Glenn Close, "I'm luckier than you." We were the fortunate ones to person her and her joyous tone connected our shores.

Chloé Zhao, the Chinese-born manager of "Nomadland," besides made history by becoming the archetypal Asian pistillate -- and pistillate of colour -- to triumph the directing Oscar.

She's besides lone the 2nd woman, aft Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker," to triumph champion manager successful the Academy's 93 years.

2022: 'CODA' wins champion picture, but Will Smith slap play steals show

In a bizarre infinitesimal astatine the Oscars, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock successful the look aft helium directed a G.I. Jane gag astatine Smith's woman and histrion Jada Pinkett Smith.

The Academy Awards named the deaf household play "CODA," champion picture, handing Hollywood's apical grant to a streaming work for the archetypal clip successful a ceremonial that saw the top play erstwhile Will Smith strode onstage and slapped Chris Rock.

After Rock, arsenic a presenter, joked to Jada Pinkett Smith that helium was looking guardant to a sequel to "G.I. Jane," Will Smith stood up from his spot adjacent the stage, strode up to Rock and smacked him. After sitting backmost down, Smith shouted astatine Rock to "keep my wife's sanction retired of your (expletive) mouth." When Rock, who joked astir Jada Pinkett Smith portion hosting the Oscars successful 2016, protested that it was conscionable a "GI Jane" joke, Smith repeated the aforesaid line.

The infinitesimal shocked the Dolby Theatre assemblage and viewers astatine home. Smith aboriginal took the signifier erstwhile helium won champion histrion for Venus and Serena Williams' begetter successful "King Richard," his archetypal Oscar. His acceptance code vacillated betwixt defence and apology.

"Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family," Smith said successful his archetypal remarks. Smith past shared what Denzel Washington told him: "At your highest moment, beryllium cautious due to the fact that that's erstwhile the devil comes for you."

2023: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' is everything everyplace each implicit the Oscars

From history-making Oscar wins to Jimmy Kimmel addressing past year's infamous slap, here's what you mightiness person missed from the biggest nighttime successful Hollywood.

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" lived up to its title, with the movie taking location golden successful 7 retired of 11 nominated categories, including champion representation and champion director, on with 3 acting nods.

The eccentric communicative astir a Chinese migrant household and alternate realities, from directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, is the first-ever subject fabrication movie to triumph the apical prize.

"Everything Everywhere" prima Michelle Yeoh made past arsenic the archetypal Asian pistillate to triumph champion actress, portion co-stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis besides won successful the supporting histrion and histrion categories, respectively. Only 2 different films successful Oscar past -- "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Network" -- person won 3 acting Oscars.

"Thank you for each the small boys and girls who look similar maine tonight," Yeoh said during her acceptance speech. "This is impervious that dreams bash travel true. And ladies, don't fto anyone ever archer you you're past your prime."

Curtis paid homage to her Oscar-nominated parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, aft her win. It comes much than 60 years aft her parent was nominated for her supporting acting enactment successful "Psycho." Her begetter received a motion successful 1959 successful the champion histrion class for "The Defiant Ones."

"My parent and my begetter were some nominated for Oscars successful antithetic categories," Curtis said, opening to outcry arsenic she accepted the award. "I conscionable won an Oscar!"

Former kid prima Quan's triumph was besides met with a lasting ovation, capping his ain bonzer comeback.

"They accidental stories similar this lone hap successful the movies. I can't judge it's happening," helium said. "This is the American dream."

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