Prepception March 2014 | Page 17

Best Twitter Hijack: Ellen DeGeneres and the Hollywood A-List By Buket Mat RC is swashing with the 86th Academy Awards. Why would we watch academy awards? Nowadays The Oscars are more than honoring the best films of the year, they are establishing a yearly rapport between the people who make films and people who watch them and people behind the scenes. The Oscars is also responsible from people all over the planet. To have fun, make jokes… The Academy Awards started with originality as expected. This year’s host, Ellen DeGeneres, step on the stage with a fairy costume. -a photo of Ellen DeGeneres from Then Ellen didn’t stop to amuse audience. Early in the broadcast, she joked about having pizza delivered to the A-list crowd. A few minutes later, she surprised the audience by having several boxes from Los Angeles-based Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria brought out on stage. “Guess what?” DeGeneres said. “Pizza’s here.” As she continued to distribute the pizzas, DeGeneres brought up a touchy subject: paying the deliveryman. “I don’t have any money,” she said, eliciting laughter from the audience. “Sandy?” she said to “Gravity” star Sandra Bullock. -a photo of Ellen DeGeneres from Oscars “You’ve got a lot of money,” she said, perhaps referring to the report that the actress is set to earn $70 million for her 2013 blockbuster. “You can tip him, right?” got laughs from the crowd. Deliveryman collected tips from crowd and left the stage with $1000 tip. As predicted for months, “Gravity’’ is the great winner at the 86 th Annual Academy Awards. Gravity leads all the films with seven total Oscar wins. As a whole, the night was surprisingly free of surprises. “12 Years a Slave” followed Gravity with 3 awards and also “Dallas Buyers Club” won 3 awards.