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The 74th Academy Awards, 2002 - An overwhelmed Halle Berry accepts the Oscar for Best Actress for 'Monster's Ball' (2001).

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The 75th Academy Awards, 2003 - Nicole Kidman is kissed by presenter Denzel Washington after she received an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in 'The Hours' (2002).

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The 75th Academy Awards, 2003 - Film director Michael Moore makes an impassioned anti-war statement as he accepts his Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002).

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The 77th Academy Awards, 2005 - The late Robin Williams prepares to present the award for Best Animated Feature to 'The Incredibles' (2004).

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The 77th Academy Awards, 2005 - As if still in character, Jamie Foxx celebrates after winning the Best Actor Oscar for 'Ray' (2004).

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The 78th Academy Awards, 2006 - The 'March of the Penguins' (2005) team and, er, several gatecrashers enjoy the win for Best Documentary Feature.

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The 78th Academy Awards, 2006 - Ben Stiller arrives onstage, dressed in a green jumpsuit used in computer animation, to present the award for Achievement in Visual Effects.

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The 79th Academy Awards, 2007 - Alan Arkin accepts his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Little Miss Sunshine' (2006).

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The 79th Academy Awards, 2007 - Double act: Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton present the Oscar for Best Picture.

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The 79th Academy Awards, 2007 - Steven Spielberg takes a picture of host Ellen DeGeneres and Clint Eastwood as Beyoncé watches.

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The 79th Academy Awards, 2007 - After picking up the Best Actor Oscar for 'The Last King of Scotland' (2006), Forest Whitaker adopts a suitably regal pose.

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The 80th Academy Awards, 2008 - Tilda Swinton faces up to her Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress in 'Michael Clayton' (2007).

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Daniel Day-Lewis goes in to kiss George Clooney on the cheek before he takes the stage to receive the Oscar for Best Actor for 'There Will Be Blood' (2008).

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The 81st Academy Awards, 2009 - Cast member Rubina Ali from the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' (2008) holds the Oscar belonging to director Danny Boyle.

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The 81st Academy Awards, 2009 - Philippe Petit balances the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, won by 'Man on Wire' (2008), squarely on his chin.

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Host Hugh Jackman performs his comedic opening monologue.

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The 82nd Academy Awards, 2010 - Co-hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin stepping out in style.

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The 82nd Academy Awards, 2010 - Jeff Bridges eyes the heavens after winning the Best Actor award for 'Crazy Heart' (2009).

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The 83rd Academy Awards, 2011 - Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas jokes on stage.

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The 84th Academy Awards, 2012 - Best Actor winner Jean Dujardin of France carries Uggie the dog on stage after 'The Artist' (2011) wins the Oscar for Best Picture.

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The 85th Academy Award, 2013 - In a rare slip-up in her career, Jennifer Lawrence stumbles as she approaches the stage to accept the award for Best Actress for her role in 'Silver Linings Playbook' (2012).

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The 86th Academy Awards, 2014 - Steve McQueen jumps for joy after accepting the Oscar for Best Picture for '12 Years a Slave' (2013).

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The 87th Academy Awards, 2015 - Eddie Redmayne reacts wildly as he takes the stage to accept the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in 'The Theory of Everything' (2014).

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The 88th Academy Awards, 2016 - Michael Keaton snacks on cookies as host Chris Rock closes the show.

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The 89th Academy Awards, 2017 - A bemused Warren Beatty holds the card for the Best Picture Oscar awarded to 'Moonlight' (2016), after announcing by mistake that 'La La Land' (2016) had won.

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During her acceptance speech for Best Actress for 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (2017), Frances McDormand promoted the notion of an  "inclusion rider." This is a contract stipulation that calls for diversity amongst a movie's cast and crew.

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Presenting the Oscar for Best Costume Design, Melissa McCarthy pulled off her best impression of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Anne (from 2018's 'Mary Queen of Scots' and 'The Favourite'), while Brian Tyree Henry went for the Mary Poppins look in homage to 'Mary Poppins Returns' (2018).

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Glenn Close made her contribution to 2021's ceremony in a skit toward the end of the night. Comedian Lil Rel Howery asked a few audience members about whether certain songs had history at the Oscars, with DJ Questlove supplying the tracks. When it got to Close's turn, the Oscar-nominated actress shocked everyone with her knowledge of the 1988 Experience Unlimited single 'Da Butt,' which she noted was featured on Spike Lee’s film 'School Daze.' 

"That’s 'Da Butt!' It was a classic song by the great Washington, D.C. go-go band EU. Shout outs to Sugar Bear and the Backyard Band and the whole DMV,” she said. “My friends at the Oscars missed it, and it wasn’t nominated so it couldn’t have won, which I think is just an effin’ tragedy."

Then, as if hearing Glenn Close say "shout out" wasn't enough, she proceeded to show off her moves, shaking her butt on the international broadcast and earning instant viral fame. Scripted or not, it was a legendary moment in Oscars history, and many viewers say it was the best moment of the otherwise lackluster 2021 ceremony.

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In 2022, the world was shocked to see Will Smith march onstage and slap Chris Rock after the comedian made a dig at Jada Pinkett Smith, who struggles with alopecia. "Jada, I love you. G.I. Jane 2, can't wait to see it, all right?" Rock quipped, referencing her recently shaved head. Smith left his seat, climbed onto the stage, and slapped Rock in the face. When he returned to his seat, Rock tried to maintain composure and said, "Wow, Will Smith just smacked the s—t out of me!" Smith then yelled back, "Keep my wife's name out of your f—king mouth." Later, Smith won Best Actor for his role in 'King Richard' and apologized for his outburst, relating himself to his winning role. "Art imitates life, I look like the crazy father," he said. "Love will make you do crazy things." It was certainly the wildest thing to occur at the Oscars in many years. Smith received a 10-year ban from the Academy while Chris Rock turned down his invitation to present again at the 2023 ceremony. 

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On a more pleasant note, Troy Kotsur made history in 2022 as the first deaf man to earn an acting Oscar. He received the award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie 'Coda.' 

See also: The best of the worst: Stars nominated for Oscars and Razzies

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