Desperate to fill time, Lewis told jokes, danced, played the trumpet and offered to show "Three Stooges" shorts "to cheer up the losers." He even grabbed a baton to conduct the orchestra, shouting, "We may get a bar mitzvah out of this!" NBC finally pulled the plug and cut to a documentary on pistol shooting. The following are some notable high points and faux pas from years past: * Bob Hope, who hosted or co-hosted the Oscars a record 18 times between 19 but never took home a statuette for any of his film roles, opened the 1968 show by saying, "Welcome to the Academy Awards, or as they're known at my house, Passover." * Jerry Lewis, a co-host in 1959, did his manic best to keep the proceedings going when the show ran 20 minutes short. While hardly the most triumphant hosting performance, it was also far from the most disastrous. Despite DeGeneres's flair for putting those around her at ease, some critics complained that her playfulness, including several routines in which she ventured into the audience to clown with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, was an unsuitable fit for the Oscars. DeGeneres, only the second woman to fly solo as Oscar host - Whoopi Goldberg was the first - will be judged against a wide range of previous performances, including her first, when she drew mixed reviews for a low-key, breezy, daytime-TV style. Sounds pretty down to earth to us.By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The job of hosting the Academy Awards telecast, one of the most prestigious and demanding assignments in Hollywood, falls for a second time on Sunday to comedian and talk-show star Ellen DeGeneres, who made her debut as Oscar emcee in 2007. More cynical minds have since started questioning the authenticity of Lawrence’s cool-girl persona, culminating in a Saturday Night Live sketch in which pop luminary Ariana Grande impersonated the actress, sighing: “ They told me not to do a game show, but I was like, ‘Screw it, I can have fun, I’m a regular person!’” Lawrence’s response? In Vogue’s September 2017 issue, she praised Grande’s performance, calling it “ spot-fucking-on”. After lifting her light-pink Dior Haute Couture gown and ascending the remaining steps, Lawrence quipped: “ You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell. But unlike some of her more reserved Hollywood peers, she quickly established herself as down to earth and relatable - a reputation she further cemented when she tripped up the stairs on her way to accepting the Best Actress accolade during the 2013 Academy Awards for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook.
Lawrence’s meteoric rise to fame made her a bona fide red-carpet maven.
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Thus my surprise Sam took me for a closet case! Feel free to laugh.” After all, more diversity in Hollywood makes everyone a winner. Thankfully, any rumours of bad blood were quickly dispelled as Black took to Twitter once more, clarifying his response was only meant in jest: “ Dear Internet: and are pals. ” In an interview with NME, Smith later apologised for the mix-up, confessing: “I was gutted - there were 90 million people watching that show I wanted to say something positive and I fucked up.” Shortly after, Black tweeted a video of his own acceptance speech from 2009, with the caption: “ Hey if you have no idea who I am, it may be time to stop texting my fiancé. During their impassioned acceptance speech, the singer erroneously proclaimed: “ I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen and he said no openly gay man had won an Oscar.” Still, few are better than none - a lesson Sam Smith learned the hard way when accepting the accolade for Best Original Song at the 2016 Academy Awards.
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