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Ridgewood NJ, Hollywood’s biggest night is here! The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, will honor the best in film tonight at 7 PM ET. As we await the results, let’s explore the origins, cultural impact, and voting process behind the most prestigious award in cinema.
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Ellen DeGeneres, the Oscars, and the Selfie That Broke Twitter
Nick Gillespie|Mar. 3, 2014 8:34 am
While hosting the Academy Awards last night, Ellen DeGeneres tweeted this selfie that quickly set a record as the most retweeted item EVAH. Her caption: “If only Bradley’s arm was longer. Best photo ever.” The traffic on Twitter was so massive the service actually couldn’t keep up for a while.
As the Los Angeles Times wrote, the popularity of the image above easily busted the previous retweet record, which was held by President Barack Obama, who sometime in 2012 tweeted, “Four more years.”
https://reason.com/blog/2014/03/03/ellen-degeneres-the-oscars-and-the-selfi