8 March, 2024 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 4 categories

With this year’s Academy Awards just days away, it’s time to relive some of my favorite Oscar moments from its 96 years! While there are so many moments to choose from, I picked the moments from the Oscar ceremonies over the years that live rent free in my head, these are the moments I best remember and often look back on and rewatch them. A lot of the moments remembered are from my younger years watching the Academy Awards, but that is how I know these are My Top Ten Oscar Moments, because I have remembered them all this time and never forget these Oscar Sunday memories!

Oscar Moments…

10. Burt Bacharach “Best Original Song” Montage…

At the 72nd Academy Awards, often called Oscars 2000, pianist, composer, songwriter, producer, and three time Oscar winner, Burt Bacharach performed a Best Original Song Montage featuring musical legends Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Issac Hayes, and Dionne Warwick on March 2, 2000. The montage received an enormous amount of attention before it even aired, Whitney Houston was originally scheduled to join her aunt, Warwick, in the montage but canceled after rehearsals that day did not go well, her people would say it was a throat problem, but years later we would understand it was her drug abuse that was beginning to effect her performances as her heath declined. Faith Hill was asked to replace her hours before the montage and sang the Oscar winning Best Song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” instead.

The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by husband-and-wife producing team Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the seventh time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 70th ceremony held in 1998. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Salma Hayek. American Beauty won five awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included The Matrix with four awards, The Cider House Rules and Topsy-Turvy with two, and All About My Mother, Boys Don't Cry, Girl, Interrupted, King Gimp, My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York, The Old Man and the Sea, One Day in September, The Red Violin, Sleepy Hollow, and Tarzan with one. The telecast garnered almost 47 million viewers in the United States.

Singers stand after performing the past's original songs medley during the 72nd Academy Awards 26 March 2000 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. From left are: Ray Charles, Garth Brooks, Burt Bachrach, Dionne Warwick, Faith Hill, Isaac Hayes and Queen Latifah. AFP PHOTO/ Timothy A. CLARY Photo credit should read Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

At the 72nd Academy Awards, often called "Oscars 2000," Burt Bacharach performed a "Best Original Song" Montage featuring Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Issac Hayes, Dionne Warwick on March 2, 2000. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

At the 72nd Academy Awards, often called "Oscars 2000," Burt Bacharach performed a "Best Original Song" Montage featuring Garth Brooks singing three of the nominated Songs from the category on March 2, 2000. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

At the 72nd Academy Awards, often called "Oscars 2000," Burt Bacharach performed a "Best Original Song" Montage featuring Faith Hill singing two of the nominated Songs from the category on March 2, 2000. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

At the 72nd Academy Awards, often called "Oscars 2000," Burt Bacharach performed a "Best Original Song" Montage featuring Ray Charles singing three of the nominated Songs from the category on March 2, 2000. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

At the 72nd Academy Awards, often called "Oscars 2000," Burt Bacharach performed a "Best Original Song" Montage featuring Queen Latifiah singing two of the nominated Songs from the category on March 2, 2000. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

At the 72nd Academy Awards, often called "Oscars 2000," Burt Bacharach performed a "Best Original Song" Montage featuring Issac Hayes singing one of the nominated Songs from the category on March 2, 2000. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

At the 72nd Academy Awards, often called "Oscars 2000," Burt Bacharach performed a "Best Original Song" Montage featuring Dionne Warwick singing one of the nominated Songs from the category on March 2, 2000. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

Grammy Winner Whitney Houston backstage at the Grammy Awards Show, February 23, 2000 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images

Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick perform onstage at the 2011 Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute To Industry Icons Honoring David Geffen at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 12, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Whitney Houston Dead at 48. New York City Newspaper Headline Coverage on the Queen of Pop. Photo by Walter McBride/Corbis via Getty Images

Faith Hill during 2000 Oscar Awards ceremony at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc

"Over the Rainbow", also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song. About five minutes into the film, Dorothy sings the song after failing to get Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farmhands to listen to her story of an unpleasant incident involving her dog, Toto, and the town spinster, Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). Aunt Em tells her to "find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble". This prompts her to walk off by herself, musing to Toto, "Someplace where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train. It's far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain", at which point she begins singing.

Best Original Songs Featured:

Garth Brooks – “Everybody’s Talking at Me” – Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Faith Hill – “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” – The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Ray Charles – “Secret Love” – Calamity Jane (1953)

Queen Latifah – “The Man That Got Away” – A Star is Born (1954)

Ray Charles – “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” – Born to Dance (1936)

Ray Charles – “All The Way” – The Joker is Wild (1957)

Garth Brooks – “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” – Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969)

Issac Hayes – “Theme from Shaft” – Shaft (1971)

Faith Hill & Queen Latifah – “The Way We Were” – The Way We Were (1973)

Garth Brooks – “When You Wish Upon a Star” – Pinocchio (1940)

Burt Bacharach & Dionne Warwick – “Alfie” – Alfie (1966)

9. Kim Basinger wins Best Supporting Actress…

Cuba Gooding, Jr. presenting Kim Basinger with the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in L.A. Confidential at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998 is a great moment, not only does Gooding Jr. make reference to his memorable rambunctious over time acceptance speech the year before, Basinger is in a state of shock at winning and produced one of the funnest thank you speeches in Academy history, she thanked everyone she ever met in her entire life. She then goes on to thank her director Curtis Hanson, her former husband Alec Baldwin, and her newborn baby Ireland. She ends the acceptance speech by dedicating it to her father who had passed away.

Kim Basinger wins the Best Supporting Actress Oscar® for her performance in "L.A. Confidential" at the 70th Academy Awards® in 1998. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

Directed by Curtis Hanson, Screenplay by Brian Helgeland, and Curtis Hanson, Based on L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy, Produced by Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson, Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, and Danny DeVito. Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the show, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 1997. The ceremony, which was televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the sixth time. He had first hosted the 62nd ceremony held in 1990, and most recently the previous year's awards. Nearly a month earlier in an event held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 28, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Ashley Judd. Titanic won eleven awards, including Best Picture, a number that is tied with Ben-Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Other winners included As Good as It Gets, Good Will Hunting, and L.A. Confidential with two awards, and Character, The Full Monty, Geri's Game, The Long Way Home, Men in Black, A Story of Healing, and Visas and Virtue with one. The telecast garnered more than 57 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscars broadcast in history.

Director Curtis Hanson as Kim Basinger wins the Best Supporting Actress Oscar® for her performance in "L.A. Confidential" at the 70th Academy Awards® in 1998. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

Former husband Alec Baldwin as Kim Basinger wins the Best Supporting Actress Oscar® for her performance in "L.A. Confidential" at the 70th Academy Awards® in 1998. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

8. Kathryn Bigelow wins Best Directing…

Director Kathryn Bigelow made history with her Oscar win at the 82nd Academy Awards when she won for Best Directing in 2010. She became the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Director for The Hurt Locker. She was the fourth woman in history to be nominated for the honor, and only the second American woman. A competitor in the category was her ex-husband, James Cameron, who directed the sci-fi film Avatar.

Director Kathryn Bigelow accepts the Oscar at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards for Best Directing held at the Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. on March 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

Winner for Best Director Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker" gives her acceptance speech at the 82nd Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California on March 07, 2010. Photo Credit: Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images

The Nominees for the Oscar at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards for Best Directing held at the Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. on March 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, California and presented by Barbra Streisand. Photo Credit: Siobhan Day/AMPAS

The Hurt Locker, starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce; directed by Kathryn Bigelow; written by Mark Boal for producers Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro for Voltage Pictures, Grosvenor Park Media, Film Capital Europe Funds, First Light Productions, and Kingsgate Films and distributed by Summit Entertainment (2008)

Director Kathryn Bigelow poses in the press room at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards with her Oscar for directing held at the Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. on March 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Photo Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage

Since 1927, 444 men have been nominated as best director, and only five women as of 2018. The women were: Lina Wertmüller in 1977 for Seven Beauties, Jane Campion in 1994 for "The Piano," as well as in 2022 for "The Power of the Dog," Sofia Coppola in 2004 for "Lost in Translation," Kathryn Bigelow in 2010 for "The Hurt Locker," Greta Gerwig in 2018 for "Lady Bird" As of 2018, Bigelow is the only woman to win best director Photo Credit: BBC

7. Cuba Gooding Jr. wins Best Supporting Actor…

Cuba Gooding Jr. winning his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Jerry Maguire during the 69th Academy Awards in 1997, was a truly memorable moment. The awards were held in the Shrine Auditorium. When Gooding Jr. won he was elated and overly excited while provided the Academy with a historic moment of what to do when you go over time and just enjoy the gravity of the moment. He literally jumped for joy as he left the stage with his Oscar, but not before thanking his wife, as Tom Cruise reminded him before the ceremony, he also thanked Cruise telling him “I love you brother!” It was one of the purest responses to winning in Academy Award history.

Cuba Gooding Jr wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in "Jerry Maguire" during the 69th Academy Awards 24 March. The awards were being held in the Shrine Auditorium. Photo Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr holds his Oscar after winning the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in "Jerry Maguire" during the 69th Academy Awards 24 March. The awards were being held in the Shrine Auditorium. Photo Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Directed by Cameron Crowe, Written by Cameron Crowe, Based on Leigh Steinberg, Produced by James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, Laurence Mark, and Cameron Crowe, Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr, and Bonnie Hunt, with Cinematography by Janusz Kamiński, and Edited by Joe Hutshing, with Music by Nancy Wilson, Production companies: TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films, and Vinyl Films, Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing (1996)

The 69th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 24, 1997, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented the Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 1996. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates, and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the fifth time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 65th ceremony held in 1993. Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on March 1, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Helen Hunt. The English Patient won nine awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Fargo with two awards and Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien, Dear Diary, Emma, Evita, The Ghost and the Darkness, Independence Day, Jerry Maguire, Kolya, The Nutty Professor, Quest, Shine, Sling Blade, and When We Were Kings with one.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr holds up his Oscar after winning the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in "Jerry Maguire" during the 69th Academy Awards 24 March. The awards were being held in the Shrine Auditorium. Photo Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Nicole Kidman, and then husband Tom Cruise while Cuba Gooding Jr wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in "Jerry Maguire" during the 69th Academy Awards 24 March. The awards were being held in the Shrine Auditorium. Photo Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr.'s wife as he accepts his Oscar after winning the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in "Jerry Maguire" during the 69th Academy Awards 24 March. The awards were being held in the Shrine Auditorium. Photo Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Tom Cruise while Cuba Gooding Jr wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in "Jerry Maguire" during the 69th Academy Awards 24 March. The awards were being held in the Shrine Auditorium. Photo Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

6. Aaliyah performs at the Academy Awards…

Aaliyah‘s performance at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998 was a meaningful achievement in her career, she had mainstreamed her effort as a young musician to a national audience, by being asked to be sing the song “Journey to the Past” for the animated film Anastasia at the ceremony, the song was nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars. She performed that night to a nationwide audience viewing, seemingly nervous but flawless in her performance, the same year she performed she was in good company, as Celine Dion was also there to perform the Original Song winner that night, “My Heart Will Go On” from the film Titanic. This career defining moment would live on in her fans hearts after she tragically passed away in August 2001 after a plane crash took her life.

Aaliyah's performance at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998 for the Original Song nominee "Journey to the Past" from the animated film "Anastasia" Photo Credit: Google Images

Aaliyah during the 2000 Teen Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. Photo Credit: FilmMagic, Inc

Kraft conceived the idea of using "Journey to the Past" to promote the film to a broader audience, following Disney's example of hiring popular singers to record commercial versions of theme songs from some of their animated films, some of which became successful singles. Kraft recruited record producer Guy Roche to produce a pop version of "Journey to the Past" before expressing interest in American singer Aaliyah to record it. After listening to the demo, Roche determined that Aaliyah "would be perfect" to cover the song. Although being more associated with hip hop and R&B music, Roche believed the singer's "character, smile, and looks exuded something very, very sweet and gentle, very kind and peaceful", in addition to feeling that the tone of Aaliyah's voice suited his arrangement of "Journey to the Past". Additionally, both Ahrens and Flaherty were excited to hear that Aaliyah would be recording the song, describing themselves as "over the moon" upon learning that they would be working with the "young, beautiful star on the rise". Once final arrangements were made for Aaliyah to record a pop rendition of "Journey to the Past", the songwriters wanted to personalize the song to better suit the singer's "unique vocal style", agreeing to change some of its lyrics and tailor the melody to her voice.[3] Ahrens and Flaherty then approved Roche's "contemporary pop" arrangement of their song. Photo Credit: Google Images

Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Screenplay by Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Adaptation by Eric Tuchman, Based on "Anastasia" by Arthur Laurents, "Anastasia" by Marcelle Maurette, Produced by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Starring: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lansbury, and Edited by Bob Bender, Fiona Trayler, with Music by David Newman, Production companies: Fox Family Films, and Fox Animation Studios, Distributed by 20th Century Fox. (1997)

Celine Dion in a promotional cover for My Heart Will Go On (1997)

Celine Dion sings the song from the movie "Titanic" "My Heart Will Go On" during the 70th Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium March 23, 1998. "My Heart Will Go On" won Oscar for Original Song. Photo Credit: Timothy A. Clary/Afp via Getty Images

Composer James Horner, Celine Dion & lyricist Wilbur Jennings, with their Oscars for 'Titanic'. Photo Credit: Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images

An eyewitness claimed the late singer Aaliyah was drugged and carried — unconscious — aboard the plane before her fatal 2001 crash in the Bahamas. Photo Credit: AP; WireImage

5. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon win Best Original Screenplay…

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon winning an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for co-writing Good Will Hunting at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998 was a personal favorite of mine. I had dreams of screenwriting and had loved the film and to see these two young guys winning the award, gave me hope to pursue writing in any shape or form. They were so overjoyed, surprised and so funny when accepting their Oscar, and I felt that for them, even as a teenager. The award was presented by another generations “Ben and Matt,” Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, and upon announcing they had won Lemmon screamed their names and cheered in celebration, he was genuinely happy for them and I loved that moment. Affleck had also just become the youngest writer to ever win an Oscar for screenwriting, he was 25 years old, and still holds that record to this day.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon winning an Oscar® for writing "Good Will Hunting" - 70th Annual Academy Awards® in 1997. The award was presented by another generations "Ben and Matt," Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Photo Credit: AMPAS

Ben Affleck (L) and Matt Damon hold up their Oscars after winning in the Original Screenplay Category during the 70th Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium 23 March. The two won for their Original Screenplay "Good Will Hunting." Photo credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Ben Affleck at the 1998 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles. Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

4. Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins Best Actor…

Leonardo DiCaprio, winning Best Actor for The Revenant at the 88th Academy Awards on February 28, 2016 was a long time coming. After years of being nominated for Best Actor six times and not winning, as well as being snubbed in other roles where it was felt he deserved a nomination, DiCaprio finally won Best Actor in 2016 for his film that included a scene where he climbed inside the carcass of a dead horse to survive the harsh winter weather was the film that finally got him the recognition his peers felt he deserved. One of those peers was his long time friend and co-star in Titanic, Kate Winslet, who was also nominated that night, and gets up to congratulate him for finally winning.

Leonardo DiCaprio, winner of Best Leading Actor for 'The Revenant,' speaks onstage the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Screenplay by Mark L. Smith, and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Based on "The Revenant" by Michael Punke, Produced by Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, and James W. Skotchdopole, Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, with Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki, and Edited by Stephen Mirrione, with Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Alva Noto, Production companies: Regency Enterprises, RatPac Entertainment, New Regency, Anonymous Content, M Productions, and Appian Way Productions, Distributed by 20th Century Fox (2015)

The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. PST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by David Hill and Reginald Hudlin and directed by Glenn Weiss. Actor Chris Rock hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 77th ceremony held in 2005. In related events, the academy held its 7th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 14, 2015.On February 13, 2016, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Olivia Munn and Jason Segel. Spotlight won two awards including Best Picture, making it the first film since The Greatest Show On Earth to win Best Picture while only winning one other award and Mad Max: Fury Road won six awards, the most for the evening. The Revenant earned three awards including Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, his first win after five previous nominations spanning two decades. Brie Larson won Best Actress for Room, while Mark Rylance and Alicia Vikander won supporting acting honors for Bridge of Spies and The Danish Girl, respectively. The telecast garnered 34.42 million viewers in the United States.

US actor Leonardo DiCaprio arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020. Photo by Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images

THE OSCARS® - The 92nd Oscars® broadcasts live on Sunday, Feb. 9,2020 at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood and will be televised live on The ABC Television Network at 8:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. PST. Photo Credit: Arturo Holmes via Getty Images In Photo: Kathy Bates, Brie Larson, Brad Pitt, Camila Morrone, Leonardo Dicaprio, Bong Joon Ho, Taika Waititi

Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the Best Actor award for 'The Revenant' onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, winner of Best Actor for 'The Revenant,' speaks onstage the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role award for "The Revenant" onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, winner of Best Actor for 'The Revenant,' poses in the press room during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images

Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Revenant" (2015) Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio (L) and Kate Winslet attend the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Photo Credit: Christopher Polk/Getty Images

Directed, and written by James Cameron, Produced by James Cameron, and Jon Landau, Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Bill Paxton, with Cinematography by Russell Carpenter, Edited by Conrad Buff, James Cameron, and Richard A. Harris, with Music by James Horner, Production companies: Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Lightstorm Entertainment, and Distributed by Paramount Pictures (United States and Canada), 20th Century Fox (International) (1997)

3. Envelopegate

In one of the wildest moments in recent history at the Oscars, the craziest most emotionally filled wild moment was “Envelopegate,” the infamous wrong Best Picture was announced and realized on stage in real time with five minutes left the broadcast. The wild moment took place at the 89th Academy Awards when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, co-stars in the 1967 film, Bonnie and Clyde, were presenting the last award of the evening, Best Picture. Dunaway announces the film La La Land as Best Picture, everyone cheers as they do for the big award of the night, and the producer Jordan Horowitz proceeds to the stage with the cast and crew to accept the award, its only when he’s handed the envelope traditionally given the the winner, and reads it, the Best Picture winner was Moonlight. He discovers this in real time while accepting confers with Dunaway and Beatty, even host Jimmy Kimmel comes into the fray of the chaos that has now ensued on stage, while everyone in the audience is jaw dropped watching not understanding what is going on. Horowitz holds up the envelope to reveal the real winner, and it takes a few minutes for everyone in the room to realize what’s going on, the cast of Moonlight rushes to the stage in a state of shock with Director Barry Jenkins, and the producers of the film. They take it all in while accepting the Oscar and giving their thanks, trying to beat the clock for the end of the three hour ceremony. Kimmel returns to the stage, in shock himself at what has just happened, makes a joke about it and then ends the night and broadcast. Beatty claimed he was given the wrong envelope, which turned out to be true, but due to the writing being so small he did not catch the mistake until after the presentation. The following year the envelope writing was made large and with bold print, so as not to ever re-live “Envelopegate” again.

"La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz (L) shows the card reading Best Film 'Moonlight" next to US actor Warren Beatty after the latter mistakingly read "La La Land" initially at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, at 5:30 p.m. PST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd and directed by Glenn Weiss. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the first time. In related events, the academy held its 8th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12, 2016. On November 25, 2016, the AMPAS announced that no anime shorts would be considered for this year's ceremony. On February 11, 2017, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by hosts John Cho and Leslie Mann. In the main ceremony, Moonlight won three awards including Best Picture—after La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner—as well as Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. La La Land won six awards, the most for the evening, out of its record-tying 14 nominations, including Best Actress for Emma Stone and Best Director for Damien Chazelle. Hacksaw Ridge and Manchester by the Sea won two awards each with Casey Affleck winning Best Actor for the latter. Viola Davis won the Best Supporting Actress honor for Fences. The telecast was viewed by 33 million people in the United States.

US actors Faye Dunaway (L) and Warren Beatty present on stage the Best Film award at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. / AFP / Mark RALSTON Photo credit: Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Image

Directed by Arthur Penn, Written by David Newman, and Robert Benton, Produced by Warren Beatty, Starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, with Cinematography by Burnett Guffey, and Edited by Dede Allen, with Music by Charles Strouse, Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures, and Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967)

(L to R) Faye Dunaway, Wareen Beatty as Bonnie an Clyde in "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) Photo Credit: Warner Bros Pictures

Actors Faye Dunaway (L) and Warren Beatty speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Directed by Damien Chazelle, Written by Damien Chazelle, Produced by Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Gary Gilbert, and Marc Platt, Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, J. K. Simmons, with Cinematography by Linus Sandgren, and Edited by Tom Cross, with Music by Justin Hurwitz, Production companies: Summit Entertainment, Marc Platt Productions, Impostor Pictures, and Gilbert Films, Distributed by Lionsgate (2016)

''La La Land' producers Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt accept the Best Picture award due to a presentation error (the award was later given to 'Moonlight') from actors Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Closeup detail shot of Oscar statuettes as 'La La Land' producer Jordan Horowitz (L) accepts Best Picture after a presentation error (later awarded to 'Moonlight') with actor Warren Beatty onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Prior to learning of a presentation error, 'La La Land' producers Jordan Horowitz (speaking at microphone), Fred Berger and Marc Platt accept the Best Picture award for 'La La Land' (later awarded to actual Best Picture winner 'Moonlight') onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

'La La Land' producer Marc Platt (below center, at microphone) speaks with producers Jordan Horowitz (L) and Fred Berger (R) as production staff consult behind them regarding a presentation error of the Best Picture award (later awarded to 'Moonlight'), while actor Emma Stone, director Damien Chazelle, musician John Legend and actor Warren Beatty look on onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

'La La Land' producer Jordan Horowitz (C) stops the show to announce the actual Best Picture winner as 'Moonlight' following a presentation error with actor Warren Beatty (L) and host Jimmy Kimmel (R) onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Actor Warren Beatty (R) explains a presentation error which resulted in Best Picture being announced as 'La La Land' instead of 'Moonlight' with host Jimmy Kimmel onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

'La La Land' producer Jordan Horowitz (L) holds up the winner card reading actual Best Picture winner 'Moonlight' with actor Warren Beatty onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

'La La Land' producer Jordan Horowitz (L) holds up the winner card reading actual Best Picture winner 'Moonlight' after a presentation error with actor Warren Beatty and host Jimmy Kimmel onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

The cast of "Moonlight" and ""La La Land" appear on stage as presenter Warren Beatty (C) shows the winner's envelope for Best Movie "Moonlight" on stage at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. / AFP / Mark RALSTON Photo credit:Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

Detail shot as 'La La Land' producer Jordan Horowitz holds up the winner card reading actual Best Picture winner 'Moonlight' onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Directed by Barry Jenkins, Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Produced by Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner, Starring: Trevante Rhodes, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, André Holland, with Cinematography by James Laxton, and Edited by Nat Sanders, and Joi McMillon, with Music by Nicholas Britell, Production companies: A24, Plan B Entertainment, and Pastel Productions, and Distributed by A24 (2016)

Host Jimmy Kimmel (R) speaks onstage as cast/crew of 'Moonlight' celebrate winning Best Picture during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Writer/director Barry Jenkins (C) celebrates winning Best Picture for 'Moonlight' with editors Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Producer Adele Romanski (bottom R), actor Ashton Sanders, writer/director Barry Jenkins and actor/singer Janelle Monae accept Best Picture for 'Moonlight' as actor Warren Beatty looks on onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

THE OSCARS(r) - The 89th Oscars(r) broadcasts live on Oscar(r) SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018, on the Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Television Network. Photo Credit: Patrick Wymore/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images In Photo: Moonlight Cast And Crew, La La Land Cast And Crew

Writer/director Barry Jenkins, producers Adele Romanski and Jeremy Kleiner (all center) and cast/crew members accept Best Picture for 'Moonlight' onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Producer Adele Romanski (C), writer/director Barry Jenkins, producer Jeremy Kleiner and cast/crew members accept Best Picture for 'Moonlight' onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Actors Faye Dunaway (L) and Warren Beatty (R) speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Actor/filmmaker Warren Beatty who holds the envelope containing the wrong award announcement for Best Picture during the 89th Annual Academy Awards Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Photo Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

The Academy ensured that there would not be a repeat of last year at the 90th annual Oscars ceremony. Their solution: ensure that this year’s PWC accountants would not use phones or be on social media during the show, but perhaps more notably, have type so large and clearly labeled that it would be impossible to not notice that you have the wrong envelope. Photo Credit: Time Magazine

2. Robin Williams wins Best Supporting Actor..

Robin Williams winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Dr. Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting at the 70th Academy Awards is by far my favorite of all Oscar moments. I was such a fan of his work in comedy, and as an actor, and he had pivoted into dramatic acting, and he was really good at it. This win for him solidified the bold move he had taken in his career and it’s one of his best roles in his career. What I found most moving about the moment was that his best friend of decades, Billy Crystal was hosting the Oscars that year, so when Williams wins and is shocked and excited at the same time, while he’s giving his acceptance speech the camera pans to Crystal who is crying tears of joy while smiling and clapping from the side of the stage. But the moment of all moments for me in his win, when Robin walks off stage and sees Billy there, he runs to him let’s out this profound sound of excited relief while he embraces his best friend in a hug so happy that he was there to share in the moment and history with him. This will remain a bittersweet moment, and one of my favorite moments to remember Robin Williams, since Robin took his own life on August 11, 2014 after experiencing depression, anxiety, and increasing paranoia related to a Parkinson’s Diagnosis. His autopsy found “diffuse Lewy body disease” and Lewy body dementia professionals said his symptoms were consistent with dementia with Lewy bodies.

Robin Williams winning an Oscar® for Actor in a Supporting Role for "Good Will Hunting" at the 70th Annual Academy Awards® in 1997. The award was presented by Mira Sorvino, who won the previous year for Actress in a Supporting Role. Photo Credit: AMPAS

The nominees for Actor in a Supporting Role at the 70th Annual Academy Awards® in 1997. Robert Forester, Anthony Hopkins, Greg Kinnear, Burt Reynolds, and Robin Williams. Photo Credit: AMPAS

Robin Williams and Matt Damon in a scene from Good Will Hunting (1997)

ST. PAUL, MN - AUGUST 4: Comedians Robin Williams and Billy Crystal talk with reporters on the red carpet before the 2012 Starkey Hearing Foundation's "So the World May Hear Awards Gala on August 4, 2012 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images for Starkey Hearing Foundation)

Billy Crystal's Titanic Entrance for the 70th Academy Awards. (1997)

Billy Crystal reacting to Robin Williams winning an Oscar® for Actor in a Supporting Role for "Good Will Hunting" at the 70th Annual Academy Awards® in 1997. The award was presented by Mira Sorvino, who won the previous year for Actress in a Supporting Role. Photo Credit: AMPAS

Billy Crystal hugging Robin Williams after winning an Oscar® for Actor in a Supporting Role for "Good Will Hunting" at the 70th Annual Academy Awards® in 1997. The award was presented by Mira Sorvino, who won the previous year for Actress in a Supporting Role. Photo Credit: AMPAS

Actors-writers Matt Damon (L) and Ben Affleck (R) pose with actor Robin Williams with their Oscars they won for "Good Will Hunting" at the 70th Annual Academy Awards 23 March in Los Angeles. Damon and Affleck won Best Original Screenplay and Williams won for Best Supporting Actor. (Photo credit should read HAL GARB/AFP via Getty Images)

Robin took his own life on August 11, 2014 after experiencing depression, anxiety, and increasing paranoia related to a Parkinson’s Diagnosis. His autopsy found "diffuse Lewy body disease" and Lewy body dementia professionals said his symptoms were consistent with dementia with Lewy bodies. Photo Credit: CNN News

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 25: 66th ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS -- Pictured: (l-r) An image of the late Robin Williams appears while actor/comedian Billy Crystal speaks on stage during the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theater on August 25, 2014. (Photo by Mark Davis/NBC/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

1. Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock…

The slap heard around the world. At the 94th Academy Awards, Chris Rock was the presenter for Best Documentary Feature, and Will Smith was in the audience nominated for Best Actor for his role as Richard Williams in King Richard. Rock proceeded to make a joke about the nominees in front of him before announcing the winner, and as he mentions Smith, he notes that his wife is there with him, Jada Pinkett Smith, and references her bald head by saying he can’t wait to see her in G.I Jane 2. Well, let’s just say Will Smith wasn’t happy, apparently Smith‘s wife was still upset with Chris Rock over a joke he made about her when he hosted the 88th Academy Awards, and her clearly uncomfortable look as a result of the joke, led Smith to get up from his seat and walks up onstage and slaps Rock across the face. He walked back to his seat as people in attendance assumed this was a skit, and realize it was not, as Smith gets back to his seat and screams up to Rock, “keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!” As the live telecast is still going on, Rock looks shocked as he finally announces the winner of the Oscar. Smith ultimately won the Oscar that night, but was banned from the ceremony for ten years, and gave up his membership to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board that allows him amoung many things, to vote for the nominees every year.

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage at the 94th Annual Academy Awards

The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The awards were scheduled after their usual late February date to avoid conflicting with both the 2022 Winter Olympics and Super Bowl LVI, with the latter being held in nearby Inglewood, California. During the gala, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories honoring films released from March 1 to December 31, 2021. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Will Packer and Shayla Cowan and was directed by Glenn Weiss. Actresses Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes hosted the show for the first time. Two days earlier, in an event held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom of the Ovation Hollywood complex in Hollywood, the Academy held its 12th annual Governors Awards ceremony. CODA won three awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Dune with six awards, The Eyes of Tammy Faye with two, and Belfast, Cruella, Drive My Car, Encanto, King Richard, The Long Goodbye, No Time to Die, The Power of the Dog, The Queen of Basketball, Summer of Soul, West Side Story and The Windshield Wiper with one. The telecast drew 16.62 million viewers in the United States. During the ceremony, Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, whose head was shaved due to alopecia areata. The Academy banned Smith from attending its events for a decade as punishment.

In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Chris Rock is seen backstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Al Seib/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images

Chris Rock during the show at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Photo Credit: Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

(L-R) Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Will Smith as Richard Williams in "King Richard" (2021) Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Written by Zach Baylin, Produced by Tim White, Trevor White, and Will Smith, Starring: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, Jon Bernthal, with Cinematography by Robert Elswit, and Edited by Pamela Martin, with Music by Kris Bowers, Production companies: Westbrook Studios, Star Thrower Entertainment, and Keepin' It Reel, Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (2021)

US actor Chris Rock speaks onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett watch the show at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Photo Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Will Smith watches the show at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Photo Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Jada Pinkett Smith at the 94th Academy Awards held at Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on March 27th, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Chris Polk/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images

Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith at the Oscars

Chris Rock hosts the awarding ceremony of the 88th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater on February 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, United States. Phot Credit: Xinhua/Aaron Poole via Getty Images

Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars

US actor Will Smith (R) walks away after slapping US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

(L to R) Nicole Kidman, and Kieth Urban reacting to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Al Seib/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images

Denzel Washington talks to Chris Rock onstage during the show at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Photo Credit: Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Will Smith yelling at Chris Rock after slapping him at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Photo Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Chris Rock speaks onstage at the 94th Academy Awards held at Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on March 27th, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Chris Polk/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images

Chris Rock (L) holds an award onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

(L-R) Joseph Patel, Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson, Robert Fyvolent (top), and David Dinerstein accept the Documentary (Feature) award for ‘Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)’ from Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Will Smith Receives Oscar after assaulting Chris Rock on stage. (2022) (© A.M.P.A.S.)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences statement on how they would handle Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. Photo Credit: CNBC

Will Smiths statement after slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards on resigning his membership to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Photo Credit: CBS News

(L-R) Tom Pierce, P. Gregory Garrison, Joyce Kim, Bradley J. Oltmanns, and Vivian Wu of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Academy Award Balloting Team, prepare ballots to be mailed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences February 2, 2005 in Beverly Hills, California. The Academy Awards will be presented February 27, 2005. Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Based on “My Top Ten Oscar Moments” list above, I would have to say my favorite year for the Oscars were the 70th Academy Awards, without a doubt the 1997 Oscars were my favorite, and I love them all, but that year sticks out the most when it comes to my memory. There were so many other moments in Academy history but as usual on my blog I stuck to the top ten of those moments. As we head into the 96th Academy Awards this Sunday hosted for the fourth time by Jimmy Kimmel, I can not wait to see what new moments will be added to the cannon of Academy moments, as well as the new winners that will be added to the list of Oscar winners. I hope you found this list a nice ride down Oscar memory lane and don’t forget to tune into the Oscars at their new time, 7:00 P.M., on March 10, 2024!