The Oscar Awards is the prestigious platform in the world of cinema, where every year the best films in the world are honored with many talented artists. But some such moments have also been recorded in the history of this glamor, which had created a storm of controversies around this award ceremony. Sometimes the announcement of the wrong name, sometimes the Oscar has been in the discussion due to the scuffle that was on the stage. Let's look at the 5 controversies related to the Oscar, which stained the golden history of the Oscar.
The 'Oscar 2022' award was in the discussion due to Hollywood actor Will Smith's 'slap scandal' more than the winning films. In fact, in this ceremony, Chris Rock, the host of the award function in front of Will Smith, made a lot of fun of the baldness of Willa's wife Zaida Pinket Smith. The Will was very angry with this act and he came on stage and slapped Chris Rock. After this slap, not only Hollywood, but the actor was very disgraceful in the whole world.
In the year 2017, an incident occurred in the history of Oscar, which surprised the whole world. Actually, the Best Picture Award at the 2017 Oscar was given to 'La La La Land', while the real winner film was 'Moonlight'. The announcement of the wrong name made by presenter Warren BT and Fay Dunave, who presented this award, caused panic on the stage. Later it was discovered that this mistake was made due to changing the envelope. But this incident raised questions on the credibility of the Oscar.
In 2003, Michael Moore won the Best Documentary category for the film 'Boling for Colombo'. In his winning speech (speech) he opposed US President George W Bush's Iraq war policy. Moore was caught in controversies over his speech. But still he remained adamant on his point.
Roman Polnsky was awarded the Best Director Award for the film 'The Pianist' at the 2003 Oscar. But at that time Polnski was declared a fugitive in the case of sexual harassment. This incident raised questions on the morality of the Oscar.
In 1973, actor Marlon Brando refused to take the Best Actor Award for the film 'The Godfather'. He had sent his place to Sachen Littlefeder, who opposed the abuse being done by the US government on behalf of Marlon on the Oscar stage.
