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The Most Memorable Moments in Award Show History
The Most Memorable Moments in Award Show History
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With award show season on pause for the time being, it's time to look back at some of the most memorable moments from award shows gone by
Ellen DeGeneres poses for a selfie taken by Bradley Cooper with (clockwise from L-R) 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. The selfie became the most retweeted photo, beating Barack Obama's previous record. (Photo credit Ellen DeGeneres/Twitter via Getty Images)
Host Ellen DeGeneres hands out pizza to the audience at the 2014 Oscars, including Brad Pitt and Meryl Streep. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga warmed the hearts of the nation with their performance of Shallow during the 91st Annual Academy Awards 2019. The chemistry between the pair was so convincing that the rumour mill exploded with reports that they were together. (Photo by Matt Sayles - Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
Madonna took a tumble on stage the BRIT Awards 2015 at The O2 Arena on February 25, 2015 in London, United Kingdom (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns via Getty Images)
Presenter Emma Thompson arrives onstage during the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards with her shoes and a martini in hand. (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway accidentally announced the wrong winner for Best Picture, revealing La La Land to be the winner when actually Moonlight had scooped the prize during the 89th Annual Academy Awards 2017. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Adele broke her Album of the Year award on stage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards. She took the opportunity to speak of her favourite artist Beyoncé, saying “I can’t possibly accept this award, and I’m very humbled, and I’m very grateful and gracious, but the artist of my life is Beyoncé.” Rumour has it that Adele broke the award in two to share the honour with Beyoncé, now that's friendship! (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Actress Jennifer Lawrence trips on her dress while making her way to the stage after winning the Best Actress award for "Silver Linings Playbook" during the Oscars on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Beyonce performs announced her pregnancy while onstage at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on August 28, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)
Need we say more? Actor Leonardo DiCaprio broke his streak of bad luck when he won Best Actor for 'The Revenant,' at the 88th Annual Academy Awards. DiCaprio had been nominated six times the past before finally beating out the competition. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Singer Lady Gaga wore the now infamous meat outfit at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. She later explained that she was also using the dress to highlight her distaste for the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Actor Jon Hamm decided to crawl onstage to accept Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award for 'Mad Men' from actress Tina Fey onstage during the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Nicki Minaj calls out Miley Cyrus as she accepts the Best Hip Hop Video award for "Anaconda" onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. "Miley, What's good?". (Photo by Kevin Winter/MTV1415/Getty Images For MTV)
John Travolta struggled to pronounce Idina Menzel's name during the 2014 Oscars, instead calling her 'Adele Dazeem'. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Singer Pink wowed us all when she appeared onstage performing aerial ballet while singing during the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Kanye West famously jumped onstage after Taylor Swift won the "Best Female Video" award during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Lil Mama joins the list of stage invasions as she joined, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performing onstage during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2009 in New York City. She later explained that the she felt the song so strongly and couldn't help but get onstage. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
Michael Jackson speaks after Britney Spears presented Michael with a birthday cake at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards. Britney referred to Michael Jackson as 'the artist of the millennium', causing Michael to accept the non-existent MTV Artist of the Millennium award. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)
An honourable mention to Steve Harvey, who managed to announce the wrong winner of Miss Universe in 2015, leading to this awkward moment. He named Gutierrez Arevalo as the winner instead of Wurtzbach during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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