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Ellen DeGeneres’ viral Oscar selfie was taken on March 2, 2014, 10 years ago.
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This photo caused an uproar on the Internet. Times have changed.
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Several of the stars in the photo have become persona non grata, irrelevant, or simply, uncool.
Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscar selfie that went viral online This was taken 10 years ago and wow, it has aged badly.
If you need a refresher while hosting the 86th Academy Awards, the then-ubiquitous TV personality gathered a host of Hollywood A-listers for a selfie on her phone midway through the ceremony.
This picture stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Lupita Nyong’o, her The photo, starring younger brother Junior, Channing Tatum, Kevin Spacey and a barely visible Jared Leto, went viral after DeGeneres posted it. The tweet was posted to Twitter and had been retweeted more than 2 million times by the end of the ceremony.
For a while, it was the most retweeted photo ever. Then there’s the laziest imitation of a selfie. It was later discovered that although Samsung denied offering the selfie phone and spent $20 million to sponsor the awards that year, it was just an elaborate marketing stunt designed to put their new phone in the most prominent position.
The revelation that the moment wasn’t spontaneous isn’t the only reason people’s feelings about the photo soured.Of course, when we learned that what we thought was an impromptu moment of well-intentioned A-list fun was a Smart form of product placementBut 10 years on, many of the stars in the photos have either become persona non grata, irrelevant or, simply put, uncool.
Let’s start with the obvious: Kevin Spacey appears in the middle, and despite not being in any awards season movies, he somehow found a seat close enough to the stage to jump in for a selfie later.
His illustrious career came to an abrupt end in 2017 after allegations of inappropriate behavior. Although he was exonerated and cleared of assault charges in trials in the US and UK, he still faced backlash whenever he was deplatformed.
And then there’s DeGeneres herself. In 2020, the former Screen anchor’s NBC talk show came under fire from guests and staffers for a toxic studio culture filled with fear and intimidation. resulting in huge censorship.this The series was canceled a year later, DeGeneres has not appeared in a regular television role since.
Meanwhile, things have gotten messier since the photo was taken when former Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie traveled to Splitville to finalize their divorce in 2019. The pair have been locked in a bitter legal battle over their joint winemaking estate in France since early 2022, as well as a custody battle over their children, with Jolie accusing Pitt of child abuse.
what else? Jared Leto may or may not be an aspiring cult leader, but Jennifer Lawrence has the backlash of public opinion and admittedly did little wrong except overexposure.
We saw this happening to Bradley Cooper in real time as he entered the Oscar campaign for “The Master.” The actor-director is arguably the uncoolest person in Hollywood right now, thanks to his serious effort to make an Oscar-worthy film, and it seems like every time he opens his mouth, He made things worse.
There’s not much to say about Channing Tatum, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, et al., except when was the last time you saw them in a movie that excited you?
If Oscar selfies are taken again at this year’s ceremony, I can’t imagine any of these stars showing up.
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