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One of the directors of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Stan Lee before having his Oscars acceptance speech cut short.
Bob Persichetti was on stage alongside co-directors Rodney Rothman and Peter Ramsey when they ran out of time during the speech for Best Animated Film.
Speaking backstage, Persichetti said he was about to thank Lee and Steve Ditko, the co-creators of Spider-Man, for inspiring the filmmakers.
Lee, the founder of Marvel, died in November aged 95 while Ditko passed away in June at the age of 90.
Persichetti said: “We were just going to thank Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for inspiring this whole thing and for being a force of believing that all of us, human beings, have the potential, the capacity, to be heroes.”
Show all 21 1 /21Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Actor Rami Malek accepts the Actor in a Leading Role award for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Actress Olivia Colman accepts the Actress in a Leading Role award for 'The Favourite' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Film Oscars Show - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 24, 2019. Peter Farrelly accepts the Best Picture award for "Green Book."
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography winner for "Roma" Alfonso Cuaron poses in the press room with his Oscars during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 24, 2019
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay Best Original Screenplay nominees for "Green Book" Nick Vallelonga (R), Brian Currie (L), Peter Farrelly (C)accept the award for Best Original Screenplay for during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Regina King with her best supporting actress Oscar for If Beale Street Could Talk in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner Mahershala Ali poses backstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Original Score Best Original Score nominee for "Black Panther" composer Ludwig Goransson accepts the award for Best Original Score during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 24, 2019
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Original Song Lady Gaga poses with the Music (Original Song) award for 'Shallow' from 'A Star Is Born' backstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz , Kevin Willmott and Charlie Wachtel accept the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "BlacKkKlansman" onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Live Action Short Guy Nattiv (L) and Jaime Ray Newman winners of the Short Film (Live Action) Award for 'Skin' pose in the press room during the 91st annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, USA, 24 February 2019 ETIENNE LAURENT
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, J. D. Schwalm and Tristan Myles accept the Best Visual Effects award for "First Man" onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Documentary Short Melissa Berton (center L) and Rayka Zehtabchi (center R) accept the Documentary (Short Subject) award for 'Period. End of Sentence.' onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Animated Short Becky Neiman-Cobb (left) and Domee She with the award for best short film (animated) for Bao in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Sound Editing Nina Hartstone and John Warhurst with the award for Best Sound Editing for Bohemian Rhapsody in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Sound Mixing Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali with the award for best Sound Mixing for Bohemian Rhapsody in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Production Design Jay Hart and Hannah Beachler with the award for best production design for Black Panther in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Costume Design Ruth Carter with the award for Best Costume Design for Black Panther in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Makeup and Hairstyling Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney with the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for Vice in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood,
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature Free Solo filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi pose with awards backstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California
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Oscars 2019: all the winners from the Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller with their Oscars for best animated feature film for Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse in the press room at the 91st Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles
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He said from “day one” the filmmakers wanted the movie to “challenge the audience to believe in themselves and believe in their neighbour and really be positive and make a difference in the world”.
Spider-Man ‘s Oscar win was a first for all three directors, while Ramsey became the first African American to win in the Best Animated Film category. The award was first presented in 2001.
Show all 5 1 /5The 5 best Oscars hosts The 5 best Oscars hosts Jon Stewart After a tepidly received turn hosting in 2006, Stewart made the most of his second chance in 2008, giving a confident performance presenting the 80th Academy Awards. The former Daily Show comedian’s jokes were tighter and better delivered, and he showed a real aptitude for letting others take the limelight. Perhaps most commendable of all, Stewart used one of his transitions to invite Marketa Irglová back on-stage to finish her acceptance speech for Best Original Song after being abruptly cut off.
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The 5 best Oscars hosts Whoopi Goldberg Goldberg was not only the first African American person to host the ceremony, but the first woman too. Having already won an Oscar for her supporting turn in 1990’s Ghost, the actress won over audiences with her elaborate costume changes and sharp sense of humour. Over the course of her four stints in the role, she would also prove deft at handling more sensitive moments, presiding over the Oscars in which Schindler’s List took Best Picture, as well as the first ceremony post-9/11. Goldberg recently suggested herself for the host after Kevin Hart was removed from the 2019 ceremony amid a scandal surrounding homophobic tweets.
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The 5 best Oscars hosts Ellen DeGeneres The comedian and talk show host wasn’t met with the fondest reception when she hosted the ceremony in 2007. But her 2014 return was a much tighter affair, and was instrumental in reconfiguring the Oscars for social media age. DeGeneres was a consummate luvvie and kept the humour low-key and respectful. The ceremony peaked with a star-studded selfie live on air, taken with a host of A-listers that included Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. The image would quickly become the most popular tweet of all time (now sitting in third), with a current total of over 3.3 million retweets.
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The 5 best Oscars hosts Billy Crystal Crystal is credited with reinventing the role of Oscars host during his four-year run from 1990 to 1993. A more high-energy personality than most of his predecessors, the When Harry Met Sally... star proved himself a versatile awards show entertainer, and would return again five times over the years. He was comfortable with showmanship, not to mention self-promotion: at the 1991 awards, to promote City Slickers, he closed the ceremony by riding offstage on a horse. Crystal’s most recent appearance as host came in 2012, when he was brought in as a steady hand on the tiller after James Franco and Anne Hathaway’s disastrous spell the year previously.
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The 5 best Oscars hosts Bob Hope For decades, the comic stylings of Bob Hope were synonymous with the Oscars. The comedian hosted (and co-hosted) the awards ceremony 19 times between 1940 and 1978, presenting for the final time on the Oscar’s 50th Anniversary. Hope was popular for his charm and assuredness, as well as his droll one-liners. Jack Lemmon presented him with a unique gold medal for his services to the Academy during the 1966 Oscars. Accepting the award, he quipped “anyone that wants to look at this can come to my place and it’ll be in the shrine”.
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Starring Shameik Moore as Afro-Latino teenager Miles Morales, Into The Spider-Verse features several different versions of the web-slinging superhero. The film was celebrated for its diversity for having a non-white Spider-Man take centre stage.
Ramsey said: “Anyone can wear the mask; everyone is powerful and everyone is necessary, and that is the spirit of the movie.”
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Try for free Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse won ahead of nominees including Pixar’s Incredibles 2 , Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet , Isle of Dogs and Mirai .
The 2019 Oscars saw Rami Malek take home Best Actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Olivia Colman for The Favourite and Alfonso Cuarón took home Best Director for his Netflix drama Roma . Green Book won Best Picture, proving a controversial choice over Roma .
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