Al Pacino’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Best Picture Oscars flub explained — maybe

Al Pacino caused quite a stir during the 2024 Oscars when he skipped over announcing all 10 of the Best Picture nominees. Instead, he just quickly blurted out “Oppenheimer.”

The Oscar winner, 83, was greeted by a standing ovation as he took to the stage at LA’s Dolby Theatre before he delivered the top award.

However, instead of building the tension like several previous presenters and allowing all the films one last chance to be recognized, the “Godfather” actor trudged straight ahead by announcing the victor.

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[mga]

At 80, you either have to be announcing Oscars or running for president.

[JK-zopd]

He got right to the point. Great job mr. Pacino. 👍

[DuckmanYaHeard]

That explained nothing. What is wrong with the person doing these? Are you outsourcing to AI?

[aydenmcmillen]

the faint "what happened?" as they cut away puts me in stitches every time.

[tvsrn]

He didn’t make any mistakes.
The teleprompter clearly directed him towards the envelope.
Clear explanation to this is the nominees for Best Picture and songs under Best Original Song were screened and performed during the ceremony. Al Pacino didn’t have to go through the nominations again just like Ariana Grande didn’t have to.

[minimalist]

Roses are red, violets are blue, my eyes see Oppenheimer too

[johnnynbk]

One of the greatest most dramatic of actors chose to present this award with all the excitement of a movie title written on the side of a trotting hog.

[ghostmantagshome-erpb]

"Dear occupant". Wrong letter oops"

[SwedishCinnabon]

Hey N.Y. Post, thanks for "explaining" that flub. Super insightful...

[cristianproust]

Al Pacino is in charge of this channel video titles

[frankm]

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are two of the best actors on earth. It’s sad they didn’t collaborate more in their prime. Their best so far was Heat.

[mindfulness]

He is Mr AL PACINO…….. he can read it any way he chooses.
A true living legend. 💙

[timthomas]

Im just happy to see him, my favorite actor 💎

[EAM-ov]

More snoozing than Cruising…..He was probably desperate to get home put his slippers on and enjoy his cocoa 😀

[HiveMind]

Honestly who cares he’s one of Nolan’s goat actors he probably didn’t think of this twice

[reedmartin]

This is why you want to always have two presenters. They could have paired Pacino with Steven Bauer or Michelle Pfeiffer or 100 other actors. How about John Leguizamo? Or Bill Hader?

[zackwalker]

just imagine how much worse that would've been if it hadn't been pretty much a foregone conclusion who was going to win.

[Dan-bjdi]

“Well here it says Oppenheimer”. That was the most disgusting reveal ever lolol

[asturiasceltic]

Al Pacino has the most beautiful eyes and face

[Fadzi]

He had an argument with John Cena off stage for the latter not wearing a suit for the meeting.