15 Moments That Made History in Oscars (Academy Awards)

everybody it's heavy [Music] in Oscar history the academy awards ceremony sometimes presents memorable moments that keep the audience engaged even though the trophies had been handed out here are 15 moments that made history in Academy Awards [Music] number one the first black Oscar winner at the 1940 academy awards ceremony actress Hattie McDaniel made a history when she became the first African-American to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy and gone with the win I present the Academy Award for the best performance of an actress in supporting roles the happy with Daniel even though she has won the award for best supporting actress McDaniel was seated at the edge of the room separated from the other white cast members I shall always be a credit to my race and to the molten pitcher industry my heart is too full to tell you just how I feel and may I say thank you God bless you number two the shortest acceptance speech ever at the 1968 Academy Awards the legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock was awarded the Irving G thalberg Memorial award to honor his Works in cinema but instead of delivering a long speech the influential director only said a few words making it the shortest acceptance speech in Oscar history thank you indeed number three tied for best actress at the 41st Academy Awards in 1969 actress Barbara Streisand had to share the Oscar with Catherine Hepburn for best actress and it's also the first Oscar tie in a major category in more than three decades the winner it's a tie the winners are Catherine heifer in Lion in the winter and Barbra Streisand [Applause] number four the longest standing Novation ever during the 1972 academy awards ceremony the legendary comedian Charlie Chaplin was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for his film career the 82 year old actor was greeted with a 12-minute standing ovation which was the longest Standing Ovation in Oscar history [Applause] [Music] look at that number five Marlon Brando gets political Marlon Brando is not only known as the greatest actor of his time he is also known as an activist when he won an Oscar for best actor at the 45th Academy Awards he refused to take the trophy it's a protest to Hollywood over the portrayal of Native Americans and movies at the time I'm representing Marlon Brando this evening that he very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award and the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry excuse me [Music] number six the Easter winner ever at the 46th Academy Awards young actors take them O'Neill made a history when she became the youngest person ever to win an Oscar for her role as Annie Loggins in gunpaper Moon 1973. she was 10 years old at the time all I really want to thank is my director Peter Park Donovan my father thank you number seven honoring the master the legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa is known to have inspired many great Hollywood directors such as George Lucas Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese at the 1990 academy awards ceremony the director of Seven Samurai was finally awarded an honorary Oscar by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas making it one of the most memorable moments in Oscar history I don't feel that I understand Cinema yet number eight Cuba Gooding Jr finishes his long speech the tradition at the Oscar ceremony to keep the acceptance speech as short as possible or the orchestra will play music to cut it off but it didn't work out for Cuba Gooding Jr when he won the best supporting actor for Jerry Maguire the orchestra tried to cut off his long speech but he still managed to finish it um I just wanna oh here we go okay of the studio I love you and Cameron Crowe and Tom Cruise I love you brother everybody involved with the movie I love you number nine Heath Ledger's post-huma swim after his tragic death in 2008 the following year Heath Ledger had won an Oscar posthumously for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight this moment was something that rarely happens in Oscar history and the Oscar goes to Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight number 10 the first woman to win best director at the 82nd academy awards ceremony Catherine Bigelow became the first woman to win the best director for her movie The Herd Locker she dedicated the award to the women and men in the military who risked their lives around the world and the winner is well the time has come through [Applause] number 11 Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins his Oscar after being nominated six times in his film career actor Leonardo DiCaprio finally won his first ever Oscar at the 2016 Academy Awards he earned the best actor for his role as Hugh glass in 2016's the Revenant back then the poor actor was often being joked by people that he would never win the award and the Oscar goes to Leonardo DiCaprio This is the first the first Oscar and sixth nomination for Nation Bernardo Academy number 12 best picture mix-up at the 89th Academy Awards Delaware land was declared as the winner for best picture Oscar after the cast and crew went on stage to accept the award they found out that there had been a mistake in the envelope and the real winner was Moonlight this was the first time in Oscar history that the Best Picture Winner had been wrongly announced there's a mistake Moonlight you guys won best picture this is not a joke Moonlight best picture number 13 the first foreign language movie to win best picture at the 2020 academy awards ceremony parasite made a history as the first foreign language movie to ever win the best picture the movie also earned best original screenplay and best director for bong Juno uh winning best International feature I thought I was done for the day and was ready to relax [Music] number 14 Will Smith's Max Chris Rock in 2022 the Academy Award shocked the world when Will Smith went up the stage and slapped the Oscar host Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and this moment will forever be remembered it's the most violent moment in Oscar history that was a greatest night in the history of Television okay number 15 the first Asian to win best actress at the 95th academy awards ceremony International icon Michelle yo made a history when she became the first Asian to win best actress for her leading role in the movie everything everywhere all at once ladies don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your Prime not only that her co-star Kihei Quinn also won best supporting actor making him the first Asian male to win this category in 38 years during one of the commercial breaks I I ran up to Steven Spielberg and he gave me a big hug he put his armies around me and he says key you are now an Oscar winning actor what do you think was the most historic moment in Oscar history let us know in the comments thank you to the academy this is history in the making thank you foreign [Music]

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Published: Wed Mar 15 2023