Al Pacino Makes Huge Mistake Announcing Best Picture Winner

The award for the biggest Oscar blunder goes to Al Pacino, who failed to name all the Best Picture nominees before announcing the winner, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Things got off to a bad start for the Scarface actor, 83, when he made a bizarre joke about reading Shakespeare as he first took to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to present the final award of the night.

He said, ‘Wow. What… thank you. Oh, my friends. Thank you, thank you. I don’t know. Should I do a little Shakespeare now? That’s in order, isn’t it? ‘To be… no, I’m not going to, sorry. Well, it’s time to present the last award of the evening. And it’s an honor for me to present it.’

Pacino, who won best actor for his role in the 1992 film The Weekend, did not give the other nominees their due, continuing: “There are ten wonderful films nominated, but only one will win best picture. And I have to go get that envelope. And I will. There it is. And my eyes see Oppenheimer, yes!”

Social media users couldn’t understand the blunder, saying it “couldn’t have been more chaotic or confusing.”

“He did a shitty job! He didn’t even introduce the nominees,” wrote another.

A third said it was “so embarrassing” while a fourth wrote: “He was tired, he’s 83.”

Other films nominated in the category were American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest.

Oppenheimer was the night’s big winner, taking home seven of the 13 nominations he was up for.

The other big winner of the night was Poor Things, which received four awards – including best actress in a leading role for Emma Stone.