Al Pacino has blamed the 2024 Oscars‘ producers for his weird Best Picture winner announcement on Sunday – which noticed the star fail to call the nominees.
The Oscar winner, 83, left audiences surprised when he introduced the coveted Best Picture winner as Oppenheimer – however didn’t learn out fellow nominees Barbie,
American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon and Maestro.
Announcing the most important award of the evening, Al Pacino mentioned: ‘Ten fantastic movies are nominated, however just one will take the award for Best Picture. And I’ve to go to the envelope for that. And I’ll. Here it comes. And my eyes see Oppenheimer, sure!’
Speaking to TMZ, the Scent of a Woman star mentioned producers selected to nix itemizing the nominees as that they had been ‘highlighted individually’ all through the evening.
He mentioned: ‘There appears to be some controversy about my not mentioning each movie by identify final evening earlier than asserting the Best Picture award.
Oscars followers are satisfied Al Pacino’s weird Best Picture announcement for Oppenheimer has a hidden which means after he didn’t learn out the checklist of nominees
The Oscar winner, 83, left audiences surprised when he introduced the coveted Best Picture winner as Oppenheimer – however didn’t learn out fellow nominees Barbie, American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers. Killers of the Flower Moon and Maestro
‘I simply need to be clear it was not my intention to omit them, reasonably a alternative by the producers to not have them mentioned once more since they had been highlighted individually all through the ceremony.
‘I used to be honored to be part of the night and selected to comply with the best way they wished for this award to be introduced.”
‘I realize being nominated is a huge milestone in one’s life and to not be fully recognized is offensive and hurtful.
‘ I say this as someone who profoundly relates with filmmakers, actors and producers so I deeply empathize with those who have been slighted by this oversight and it’s why I felt it necessary to make this statement.’
Social media was buzzing with posts about the awkward end to the show as one commented that Pacino’s announcement ‘couldn’t have been more chaotic or confusing.’
Oppenheimer walked away the biggest winner from the star-studded night, bagging seven awards total including huge wins for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, and Christopher Nolan.
The blockbuster hit nabbed awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Original Score, Actor in a Leading Role (Cillian Murphy), Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert Downey Jr), Cinematography and Achievement in Film Editing.
Barbie received a staggering nine nominations at the award show, but went home with only one Oscar for Original Song, What Was I Made For?’ by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Meanwhile Emma Stone led Poor Things to an impressive four including her Best Actress win and UK film The Zone Of Interest won two at the gala event held at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
The Scent of a Woman star said producers chose to nix listing the nominees as they had been ‘highlighted individually’ throughout the night
Social media was buzzing with posts about the awkward end to the show as one commented that Pacino’s announcement ‘couldn’t have been more chaotic or confusing’