These Photos Show The Most Surprising And Memorable Oscar Moments

The 93rd Academy Awards are this weekend, and while everyone has opinions about the nominees, we all agree that some Oscar moments are timeless.

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Pia Peterson
by Pia Peterson

BuzzFeed News Photo Editor

Lady Gaga and Cooper sit at the piano
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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper at the Oscars in 2019

Angelina, wearing a black gown, hugging her brother
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Angelina Jolie and brother James Haven at the Academy Awards on March 26, 2000

Jennifer rests on the steps to the stage
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Jennifer Lawrence trips on her dress after winning the Best Actress award for Silver Linings Playbook during the Oscars, held at the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, 2013.

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Brad Pitt poses with the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role backstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 9, 2020.

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Whoopi Goldberg with her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost on March 25, 1991

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Host Ellen DeGeneres poses for a selfie taken by Bradley Cooper with (clockwise from left) 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 on March 2, 2014.

Cher dressed in a midriff-baring long black gown with a plumed headpiece
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Cher backstage at the Academy Awards on March 24, 1986

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La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz holds up the winner card reading actual Best Picture winner Moonlight onstage after a mixup during the 89th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 26, 2017.

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Writer-director Bong Joon-ho, winner of the Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and International Feature Film awards for Parasite, attends the 92nd Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 9, 2020.

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Kristin Chenoweth performs a song from Enchanted during the 80th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 24, 2008.

Spike Lee jumps into Jackson's arms
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Spike Lee accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for BlacKkKlansman from Samuel L. Jackson on Feb. 24, 2019.

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New Zealand director-actor Taika Waititi poses with his award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

Björk wearing her white "swan dress"
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Björk arrives at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards on March 25, 2001.

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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck hold their Oscars for Best Original Screenplay for the film Good Will Hunting on March 23, 1998.

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Kobe Bryant with his Oscar for Best Animated Short Film award for Dear Basketball on March 4, 2018

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone at the Shrine Auditorium for the 72nd Academy Awards on March 26, 2000

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Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for The Revenant during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 28, 2016.

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Adrien Brody "surprises" presenter Halle Berry with a kiss after he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his work in The Pianist at the 75th Annual Academy Awards in 2003. It remains a controversial moment at the Oscars.

Angelina Jolie bares her leg through the slit in her black gown
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Angelina Jolie arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 26, 2012.

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Host Ellen DeGeneres with a pizza delivery person onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014.

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Lupita Nyong'o attends the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014.


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