The nine greatest Oscar moments
(The Guardian Culture News)

Nine decades of Oscars have brought many unexpected highlights, from flubbed announcements to streakersWhat one of the first recorded Oscar blunders - the ceremony was first held 90 years ago this May - teaches us is always, always say the surname. Or at least wait for yours to be called. Frank Capra learned this the excruciating way when presenter Will Rogers announced best director with the words: ``I´ve watched this young man for a long time. Saw him come up from the bottom. It couldn´t have happened to a nicer guy. Come up and get it, Frank!` Capra, nominated for Lady for a Day, had almost walked to the stage when he noticed the spotlight was in fact on Frank Lloyd, director of Cavalcade. He had to slink back through the crowd - with VIPs shouting at him for ruining their view - and later wrote in his autobiography: `I wish I could have crawled under the rug like a miserable worm.` He collapsed back into his chair while his table of friends wept. Hopefully, the Oscars he subsequently won in 1935, 1937 and 1939 made up for what he called `the longest, saddest, most shattering walk in my life`. Continue reading...