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Hollywood legend Al Pacino, who didn’t name all the 10 nominees for Best Picture at the recently held 96th Academy Awards before announcing the winner, has issued a clarification detailing what led to the awkward moment on stage. He issued a statement amid questions surrounding his appearance during the 2024 Oscars ceremony, where he awkwardly presented the best picture category, reports ‘Variety’. The actor, who won an Academy Award for best actor in ‘Scent of a Woman’, simply opened the…

Hollywood Actor Al Pacino reveals that he was following the instructions of the Oscar producers, as he omitted the names of the best picture nominees while announcing the winner of the event’s biggest category. The academy award winning actor was Sunday night’s final presenter and announced ‘Oppenheimer’ as the best picture winner without naming the entire list of nominees. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oppenheimer (@oppenheimermovie) “I just want to be clear it…

Al Pacino says he was following the instructions of the Oscars producers when he did not name any of the other best picture nominees while announcing Oppenheimer as the winner of the show’s biggest category.The Oscar-winning actor was Sunday night’s final presenter and announced Oppenheimer as the best picture winner without naming the full slate of nominees, as is tradition.“I just want to be clear it was not my intention to omit them, rather a choice by the producers not to have them said again since they were…

At the 96th Academy Awards, veteran actor Al Pacino's presentation of the Best Picture award captivated the internet due to its unorthodox nature. The Godfather star diverted from the traditional format of "And the winner for Best Picture goes to... Oppenheimer", the 83-year-old actor simply declared, "Only one will take the award for Best Picture," as he stood before the stars at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre. Al Pacino presents the award for best picture during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby…

The Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino’s memoir Sonny Boy is set to release this October.The book, launched by Penguin Random House, is the “memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide”, according to a statement from the publisher. “All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels.”“The book’s golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose,” the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAl Pacino caused confusion at last night’s Oscars when he announced that Oppenheimer had won Best Picture without first reading out the names of the ten nominees for the ceremony’s biggest prize.However, The Godfather actor, 83, has now issued a statement to clarify that he was never asked to do so. “There seems to be some controversy about my not mentioning every film by name last…

Al Pacino's slip-up caused confusion at the Oscars on Sunday, 11 March, as he announced the winner of best picture.The Academy Award-winning actor, 83, was tasked with reading out who was taking home the biggest prize of the night.He read out Oppenheimer without announcing the full list of 10 nominees first, in a move that broke away from tradition.Pacino's questioning tone left the audience appearing to be confused."Best picture … uh, I have to go to the envelope for that. And I will. Here it comes. And my eyes see…

The Oscars – winner!Academy organisers promised a short and snappy ceremony – and the rest of us rolled our eyes. Don’t they do that every year? Well this time they meant it, delivering a ceremony that felt tightly scripted when needed, but enjoyably loose when there was capacity for it. The result was the most watchable Oscars in years, full of mischief and frivolity – John Cena streaking, I’m Just Ken – but never undercutting moments of real weight either. It helped that the big names turned up, by and large – where…

Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated American actor Peter Sarsgaard, 52, made his debut in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. His credits include The Batman, An Education, Jackie and The Lost Daughter, directed by his wife, actor-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, with whom he has two daughters. He plays Saul, a character with early-onset dementia, opposite Jessica Chastain in the forthcoming Michel Franco film Memory, for which he won the Volpi Cup for best actor at the 2023 Venice film festival.Congratulations on winning best actor at…

Johnny Depp is thankful to Al Pacino for getting him to helm Modi, over 25 years since his feature debut, Brave (1997). The story takes place over two days in the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, played by Riccardo Scamarcio, amid the backdrop of World War I in Paris. This film comes barely a couple of years since Depp’s legal win in his 2022 defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard. The Professor actor, 60, said in a recent interview that Pacino, who plays French art collector Maurice Gangnat in…