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Fans have wild theory on Al Pacino's deeper meaning behind Oppenheimer Best Picture announcement
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Fans have wild theory on Al Pacino's deeper meaning behind Oppenheimer Best Picture announcement

The internet's gone into overdrive.

It wouldn't be live television without some mess-ups.

It appeared as if last night's Oscars (March 10) went quite swimmingly compared previous years, and I'm sure we're all pleased to know that no one was aggressively slapped across the face on stage.

But Al Pacino made a bit of a bit of an error while presenting the award for this year's Best Picture.

The likes of The Holdovers, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie were all nominated for the highly coveted award, with Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer going on to win.

However, rather than listing off the nominees before announcing the winner, Pacino simply steamed ahead and went straight to naming Oppenheimer.

His presenting was labelled as a little bit 'chaotic' by viewers, but entertaining all the same.

"I’m obsessed with the way Al Pacino announced Oppenheimer as Best Picture. Couldn’t have been more chaotic or confusing lol," one X user wrote.

Al Pacino caused chaos at the Oscars after failing to announce the Best Picture nominees.
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"Al Pacino announced Best Picture like this was the first time he had ever heard of a film called Oppenheimer," a second added.

Some, however, questioned if the 83-year-old actor was given the green light to skip past the nominees as there was a fair few of them this year.

But others have suggested that there may have been a deeper meaning to his suspected faux pas.

Noting that Barbie made a tongue-in-cheek dig at Pacino's movie The Godfather when the Kens take over Barbieland, one person suggested on social media: "The Academy bringing Al Pacino, from The Godfather, to deliver the Best Picture #Oscar to Oppenheimer instead of Barbie, a movie that mocked Kens’ obsession with The Godfather, is CRAZY."

People shared their theories online.
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Echoing similar sentiments, another said: "My wife Claire’s Oscar take: after the Barbie scene mocking Ken’s love of The Godfather, it’s hard not to see the Academy’s choice of Al Pacino to present Oppenheimer with best picture as anything other than a MIDDLE FINGER to Barbie."

A third went on to add: "I’m actually mad Barbie didn’t win best picture now even though I was [rooting] for Poor Things because can you imagine the absolute hilarity of Al Pacino presenting that after The Godfather joke in the movie, I mean come on??"

But, after decades in the movie business, it's very likely Pacino took the apparent Barbie jibe with a pinch of salt.

Let's not make something from nothing, folks.

Here are all of this year's Oscar winners in full:

Best supporting actress

Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple

America Ferrera - Barbie

Jodie Foster - Nyad

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers - WINNER


Best animated short

Letter to a Pig

Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - WINNER


Best animated feature

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse


Best original screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall - WINNER

The Holdovers

Maestro

May December

Past Lives


Best adapted screenplay

American Fiction - WINNER

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest


Best make-up and hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER

Society of the Snow


Best production design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER


Best costume design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER


Best international feature

Io Capitano

Perfect Days

Society of the Snow

The Teachers' Lounge

The Zone of Interest - WINNER


Best supporting actor

Sterling K Brown - American Fiction

Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer - WINNER

Ryan Gosling - Barbie

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things


Best visual effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One - WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon


Best film editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things


Best documentary short

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island In Between

The Last Repair Shop - WINNER

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó


Best documentary feature

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER


Best cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things


Best live-action short

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - WINNER


Best sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest - WINNER


Best original score

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things


Best original song

'The Fire Inside' - Flamin' Hot (Diane Warren)

'I'm Just Ken' - Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)

'It Never Went Away' - American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)

'Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)' - Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

'What Was I Made For?' - Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell) - WINNER


Best actor

Bradley Cooper - Maestro

Colman Domingo - Rustin

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer - WINNER

Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction


Best director

Anatomy of a Fall - Justine Triet

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan - WINNER

Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos

The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer


Best actress

Annette Bening - Nyad

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Emma Stone - Poor Things - WINNER


Best picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

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