Best Oscars moments in history

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1/14Gwyneth Paltrow cries as she receives the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in "Shakespeare in Love" during the 71st Academy Awards 21 March 1999 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Photo: AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY

Host Ellen DeGeneres poses for a selfie taken by Bradley Cooper with Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o, Angelina Jolie, Peter Nyong’o Jr. and Bradley Cooper during the 86th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo credit Ellen DeGeneres/Twitter via Getty Images)

2/14Host Ellen DeGeneres poses for a selfie taken by Bradley Cooper with Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o, Angelina Jolie, Peter Nyong’o Jr. and Bradley Cooper during the 86th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo credit Ellen DeGeneres/Twitter via Getty Images)

Angelina Jolie arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

3/14Angelina Jolie arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Taylor laughs as she remarks that she was upstaged by streaker Robert Opal before presenting the Oscar for Best Picture at the 46th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles, California, April 2, 1974. At right, Opal darts across the stage naked just as David Niven was introducing Taylor. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

4/14Elizabeth Taylor laughs as she remarks that she was upstaged by streaker Robert Opal before presenting the Oscar for Best Picture at the 46th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles, California, April 2, 1974. At right, Opal darts across the stage naked just as David Niven was introducing Taylor. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Billy Crystal made his entrance as Hannibal Lecter, wheeled in by men in white coats! This was the year that Silence of the lambs won Best Picture on March 30, 1992, the 64th Annual Academy Awards. Photo: supplied

5/14Billy Crystal made his entrance as Hannibal Lecter, wheeled in by men in white coats! This was the year that Silence of the lambs won Best Picture on March 30, 1992, the 64th Annual Academy Awards. Photo: supplied

Michael Jackson and Madonna: The King and Queen of Pop stunned on the red carpet at the 1991 Academy Awards, although both denied they were a new couple! (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)

6/14Michael Jackson and Madonna: The King and Queen of Pop stunned on the red carpet at the 1991 Academy Awards, although both denied they were a new couple! (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)

26th March 2000: Trey Parker, Matt Stone,and Marc Shaiman, American creators of,’South Park, Bigger, Longer and Uncut,’ (nominated for Best Song) at the Oscars, Los Angeles, California. Parker wears a facsimile of Jennifer Lopez’s green Versace Grammy Award dress, Stone wears a copy of Gwyneth Paltrow’s pink Ralph Lauren gown from the 1999 Oscars, and Shaiman wears a furry blue jacket and fedora. (Photo by Paul Fenton/Fotos International/Getty Images)

7/1426th March 2000: Trey Parker, Matt Stone,and Marc Shaiman, American creators of,’South Park, Bigger, Longer and Uncut,’ (nominated for Best Song) at the Oscars, Los Angeles, California. Parker wears a facsimile of Jennifer Lopez’s green Versace Grammy Award dress, Stone wears a copy of Gwyneth Paltrow’s pink Ralph Lauren gown from the 1999 Oscars, and Shaiman wears a furry blue jacket and fedora. (Photo by Paul Fenton/Fotos International/Getty Images)

Jennifer Lawrence trips after winning the Best Actress award for “Silver Linings Playbook” during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

8/14Jennifer Lawrence trips after winning the Best Actress award for “Silver Linings Playbook” during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Flashing the flesh: Cher wears a barely there outfit designed by Bob Mackie as she holds her Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in director Norman Jewison’s film, ‘Moonstruck,’ Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California.11th April 1988: (Photo by Darlene Hammond/Getty Images)

9/14Flashing the flesh: Cher wears a barely there outfit designed by Bob Mackie as she holds her Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in director Norman Jewison’s film, ‘Moonstruck,’ Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California.11th April 1988: (Photo by Darlene Hammond/Getty Images)

Faye Dunaway takes breakfast by the pool with the day’s newspapers at the Beverley Hills Hotel, 29th March 1977. She seems less than elated with her success at the previous night’s Academy Awards ceremony, where she won the 1976 Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for ‘Network’. (Photo by Terry O’Neill/Getty Images)

10/14Faye Dunaway takes breakfast by the pool with the day’s newspapers at the Beverley Hills Hotel, 29th March 1977. She seems less than elated with her success at the previous night’s Academy Awards ceremony, where she won the 1976 Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for ‘Network’. (Photo by Terry O’Neill/Getty Images)

John Travolta Mispronouncing Idina Menzel’s Name! John Travolta introduces Idina Menzel who sang “Let It Go” from Frozen by calling her “Adele Dazeem” onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

11/14John Travolta Mispronouncing Idina Menzel’s Name! John Travolta introduces Idina Menzel who sang “Let It Go” from Frozen by calling her “Adele Dazeem” onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Host Ellen DeGeneres with actor Brad Pitt and actress Meryl Streep in the audience during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

12/14Host Ellen DeGeneres with actor Brad Pitt and actress Meryl Streep in the audience during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Adrien Brody suprises presenter Halle Berry with a pash after he won the Oscar for best actor for his work in The Pianist at the 75th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles 23/03/2003. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

13/14Adrien Brody suprises presenter Halle Berry with a pash after he won the Oscar for best actor for his work in The Pianist at the 75th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles 23/03/2003. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Kate Ledger (C), sister of late Heath Ledger, accepts the award for Best Supporting Actor for “The Dark Night” with father Kim (L) and mother Sally (R) during the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

14/14Kate Ledger (C), sister of late Heath Ledger, accepts the award for Best Supporting Actor for “The Dark Night” with father Kim (L) and mother Sally (R) during the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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