15 of the Funniest Oscars Moments Ever
Getty Images1/17The Oscars are the biggest award show night of the year, every year. Actors, actresses, directors, writers, and other generally famous people all converge in Los Angeles, pull out their best dresses and tuxedos, and go all the way out on the red carpet and during the ceremony. The Academy itself is not without its criticisms, but the show has allowed for moments that make just as many headlines as the movies they're awarding.
Ahead, see 15 of the most iconic Oscars moments of all time, from the flat-out funny to the downright uncomfortable. Hey, anything can — and has — happened. That's just the magic of the movies.
WireImage2/17Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park showed up to the 72nd Annual Academy Awards dressed as Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow...and by that we mean they borrowed the dresses from their closets. Sort of.
2005 Getty Images3/17Fun fact: did you know that someone once streaked at the Oscars ceremony? In 1974, Robert Opal bared all on stage, but Elizabeth Taylor wasn't flustered by it in the least — she still presented the Oscar for Best Picture despite the streaker crossing the stage as her name was announced.
Getty Images4/17When Dame Helen Mirren — who has played both of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeths — presents you with your Oscar, you do as Daniel Day-Lewis did, and ask her to knight you.
Getty Images5/17In which one half of Bennifer seemingly became distracted when the other half of Bennifer was kissing them.
AFP/Getty Images6/17And, in which Adrien Brody got a little too overzealous and kissed Halle Berry when she presented him with his Best Actor Oscar. (Need we remind you: passionately kissing someone who does not want to be kissed by you? Not the greatest idea.)
AFP/Getty Images7/17Yes, that is Ben Stiller in Avatar-inspired makeup. No, we won't be able to sleep after seeing that, either.
AFP/Getty Images8/17James Franco's hosting abilities were (deservingly) critiqued when he and Anne Hathaway shared the stage in 2011. But you can't tell him that he can't impersonate Marilyn Monroe like the best of them.
AFP/Getty Images9/17But speaking of people who can rock the hell out of a dress, Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz showed everyone how it's done in 2012, long before Meghan Trainor was all about that bass.
WireImage10/17Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you: the leg that spawned countless "Angelina's right leg" memes.
Getty Images11/17Yes, Jennifer Lawrence fell when she went to collect her Oscar...but like, she still won an Oscar, so did she really fail here? No, she did not.
Getty Images12/17The selfie that needs no explanation.
WireImage13/17Remember how we told you not to kiss people who didn't want to be kissed? John Travolta didn't get the memo. Awkward.
WireImage14/17Here, we witness Jared Leto staring at two actual icons. He is clearly in awe. How lucky he is to be in the presence of the combined greatness of Beyoncé, Lupita Nyong'o, and his own hair!
WireImage15/17Normally, Chris Pine is the center of attention in photographs of Chris Pine. Not this time! (Hi, Patton Oswalt.)
WireImage16/17And then there was that time Leonardo DiCaprio finally won his Osc....
...wait, nevermind.
