{"id":5619,"date":"2012-02-27T16:12:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T16:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=5619"},"modified":"2013-02-26T12:42:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T12:42:36","slug":"the-top-five-worst-oscar-acceptance-speeches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/02\/27\/the-top-five-worst-oscar-acceptance-speeches\/","title":{"rendered":"The top five worst Oscar acceptance speeches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aren&#8217;t the Academy Awards just <em>inexplicably<\/em> gross these days? If the closed minded, Hollywood-saturated shortlists weren&#8217;t reason enough to flick past BBC1&#8217;s 84th anniversary coverage last night, recent years have produced an influx of cringe-&#8217;til-you-cramp acceptance speeches. After a good few hours of tormented deliberation, here&#8217;s a our breakdown of the very worst&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) Halle Berry, 2002.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMTfuyEUJ3A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) Gwyneth Paltrow, 1999.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xh2c61\"><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xh2c61_gwyneth-paltrow-winning-an-oscar-for-quot-shakespeare-in-l_shortfilms\" target=\"_blank\">Gwyneth Paltrow winning an Oscar&reg; for&#8230;<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/nervemedia\" target=\"_blank\">nervemedia<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) Cuba Gooding Jr. 1996.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xh2c5x\"><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xh2c5x_cuba-gooding-jr-39-s-ecstatic-oscar-acceptance-speech_shortfilms\" target=\"_blank\">Cuba Gooding Jr._#39;s ecstatic Oscar&reg;&#8230;<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/nervemedia\" target=\"_blank\">nervemedia<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) Roberto Benini, 1999.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xh2cfs\"><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xh2cfs_roberto-benigni-goes-wild-at-the-oscars_shortfilms\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto Benigni goes wild at the Oscars&reg;<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/nervemedia\" target=\"_blank\">nervemedia<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>(5) Sally Field, 1980.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xh2cfw\"><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xh2cfw_sally-field-best-actress-oscar-quot-places-in-the-heart-quo_shortfilms\" target=\"_blank\">sally field best actress oscar _quot;places in&#8230;<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/nervemedia\" target=\"_blank\">nervemedia<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re more pure at heart than us and did catch The Oscars, you&#8217;ll know that The Artist pretty much swept the board. Check out our <a href=\"\/2012\/01\/paws-for-thought-uggie-qa\/\">interview<\/a> with the film&#8217;s canine-inclined star, Uggie, from early January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aren&#8217;t the Academy Awards just inexplicably gross these days? If the closed minded, Hollywood-saturated shortlists weren&#8217;t reason enough to flick past BBC1&#8217;s 84th anniversary coverage last night, recent years have produced an influx of cringe-&#8217;til-you-cramp acceptance speeches. 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