The Opening of the Academy Awards in 1996

[@vapalaca]

Back in the day .... when Nicolas Cage was married to Patricia Arquette. Brad Pitt was dating Gwyneth Paltrow. Tom Cruise was married to Nicole Kidman. Susan Sarandon together with her partner Tim Robinson. Emma Thompson was still married to Kenneth Branagh. Mira Sorvino dating Quentin Tarantino. Dude, did I miss anything out?

[@akiracastillo]

Russell and Goldie Hunt

[@vapalaca]

@@akiracastillo they are still a couple since 1983

[@akiracastillo]

@@vapalaca I saw in different magazine's articles.

[@Cutay7BOOTAY]

Jessica Lange was still with Sam Shepherd.

[@Bachingchung]

At least Tom Hanks is still w/ Rita Wilson.

[@got2bjosh]

Whoopi slayed that rapid fire monologue. A pro!

[@Thebribonicplague]

She got her start in spoken word. She did brilliant slam poetry way back in the day.

[@grizzfan08]

She kept the whole thing under 6 minutes too.

[@blurdreamer]

I can't believe Oprah is doing the red carpet interview.

[@bringiton5282]

Why ? You get to talk to everybody ? Who wouldn't want to do it ?

[@mustafa-cx2fg]

@uknow who but now she can purchase you and your whole family

[@MaryBlanche]

blurdreamer she did it in part for her daytime talk show!

[@sumeetkumarbordoloi4512]

@@mustafa-cx2fg Not back then that was his point you dumb ass.

[@ikexbankai]

@@sumeetkumarbordoloi4512 but even back then she could buy everything lol

[@iyaoshun]

She was so amazing, super intelligence, bold on the political jabs, quick on the jokes, you had to be bright to catch some of them. I remember this. So happy to see it.

[@ElleMS-14]

I remember watching this at 7 years old. I use to be obsessed with the Oscars & Whoopi.

[@chuckychuck8318]

I was 1

[@justinmacosky9083]

ME TOO!!!!! STILL AM…

[@emmanuelventura4252]

Me too! I would never miss an oscars back in the 90's-00's. It was such an event back then!

[@rontom7344]

I'm sad that many of the stars I see in this video I don't ever see anymore today. I miss the 90's cinematic culture.

[@omadjourney]

Aaron Francis reality TV is the death of real talent.

[@fazyt86]

Sooooo much!

[@emilycunningham8125]

@@omadjourney nailed it.

[@lucius0malfoy]

Woowww so true !!!

[@DippyHippie]

That’s bc they’re DEAD!

[@matheuscpn]

Wow Whoopi slayed the opening monologue and even threw some shade at David Letterman for hosting the 1995 Oscars, which was very, very, very boring.

[@clauderenaud229]

I love how Oprha totally ignored Tom Cruise while speaking with then wife Nicole Kidman!

[@ClayfordC]

yeah, why is that?

[@Aquosdi8236]

Claude Renaud that's why he got him revenge in 2005

[@mustafa-cx2fg]

@@Aquosdi8236 yes he broke her hands

[@RaymondHng]

That entire red carpet was taped and edited. And later aired as the intro. I'm sure Oprah said hello to Tom Cruise, but Kidman was a nominee, so he was left out of the edit.

[@couch.patati-patata]

And he jumped on her sofa.

[@thethirdcrouch]

THIS. IS. OPENING. MONOLOGUE.

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

That's Whoopi. : )

[@TShay92]

She should be asked to host again!

[@grizzfan08]

+Wes B At least she knows how to host.

[@serenaistheb.o.a.t]

No thank you. Would love if she had hosted it a couple more times back then, but Whoopi nowadays is a completely different person to the Whoopi of the 80s and 90s.

[@lucius0malfoy]

@@serenaistheb.o.a.t Its true!!! .

[@colorpurple4623]

@@serenaistheb.o.a.t that called maturity, progress growth, knowledgeable, wisdom, understanding etc etc etc.

[@AtlasUniverse]

One of the strongest years. I was rooting for Sharon Stone and her amazing acting in Casino but Susan Sarandon deserved it

[@grahammaio9801]

My favorite group of Best Actress nominees. All 5 were incredible

[@maxipazz8214]

Casino was too violent for the old academy members

[@LittleJ1576]

Whoopi is hilarious as usual, but what stuck out to me was how some of the "Stars" were treating Oprah like she was an annoying bum begging for change in the interviews. Now she can buy all of their careers!!! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@peshable]

LittleJ1576 she can buy their careers, their whole families and have a lot more change 😂😂😂

[@tommaccammon7158]

She still is an annoying, pathetic bum and one of the most irrelevant people in history.

[@joncerda351]

Oprah is annoying and horrible person overall.

[@badideabearcub2747]

In 1996 she could buy their careers already. She was already appearing on the lists of both the most influential and the richest people of the planet.

[@zed4643]

Tom MacCammon fuck you Tom

[@jaquan6499]

goodness! they had her host so many times! such a gem.

[@brentholcomb7842]

One thing that has not changed: Nicole Kidman still slaying it on the red carpet! ⚡

[@bennyton2560]

Omg watching this in 2017 is like peeking from a time warp. I was born in 1996, and it feels surreal. The couples attending together, Brad Pitt & Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise, Susan Sarandon & Tim Robbins, how many people still remember they were once together? Mel Gibson and Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson seemed so young. Oprah doing red carpet interview? And seeing Jackie Chan is definitely a pleasant surprise!

[@hihenry22]

omg Pierce Brosnan looks so hot!!

[@olafurssonkyllian8153]

Enrique Munguia fuck yeah he is pure beauty and class personified

[@МаксимОрлов-о8б]

I do still think Sense and Sensibility should had won in more categories

[@davidl2569]

I Love how Winona appears so much, Oh and Nicole is just stunning...

[@sean1672able111]

I miss the 90s so much. What a fabulous decade, I was living in. Always enjoyed watching the Academy Awards back in those days. Still watch them.

[@lois1677]

I was born in '94 but by just watching this makes me miss the 90s.

[@maduumanis]

I loveeee Whoopiii. Shes an amazing host.

[@Biprov]

Of the 4 times Whoopi hosted, this was her finest hour.

[@learntospellpeople]

God, *20 years* already?!

[@babyshark154]

25 at this point

[@jaimezetinajr648]

Pleeeease get her to host the 87th Academy Awards! She would be perfect! If not bring back Ellen Degeneres ;)

[@elchasai]

Man the 90's bring me back, I was 16 then and realize now we were sold into celebrity culture like Rumplestilskin's collateral.

[@Jolene8]

I miss this opening! Music from my favorite movie!

[@KolorMeyellow]

That moment when Tom Cruise was just starting to buzz and Oprah totally ignored her.

[@itz_aljk2338]

I demand Whoopi to return as host in the oscars!..

[@jusdubzzz]

Hard to believe 20 years ago looks so dam old...

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

I love how confident Whoopi was here

[@RobertoLorenzPianist]

WOW, that's the year when "Colors of the wind" was a still brandnew song ..

[@scottvasquez1401]

I like how Whoopi did two nods to last year, did you miss me, reference to Letterman bombing with the audience, and the Uma Oprah joke from last year.

[@MrDuffmann22]

whoopi is gorgeous

[@edpaulpb]

Oprah was a red carpet interviewer! :D

[@WavvyPrince]

The announcer called Laura Dern an Oscar winner at 1:22...which she wasn’t. Fast forward 24 years later & she got it 🏆

[@nezryan]

On quincy jones changing the title of Apollo 13.... "Whitney HOUSTON, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM!" LOL LOL LOL

[@scottmoyer1357]

I strolled in on the red carpet and right when I passed Oprah, a whole phalanx of photographers snapped pictures of her. I ended up in the pictures which can be seen in her fashion pictures where she is wearing this stunning dress.

[@josephsmith4806]

wow, a Keith Richards "dead man walking" joke...22 years ago lmao

[@ske7568]

It’s funny how only a few of those couples are still together. Awesome job Whoopy

[@randombrokeperson]

wow - back before Oprah became a VIP of these award shows.

[@Andthewinneriss]

I wish the award shows were still this grand

[@dlw1221]

OfficialKingcofield Grand ole days Indeed!!..speaking of Grand, enter Vanessa Williams on that Red Carpet geesh

[@SerAbiotico]

Not anymore for a while since covid all around

[@maxipazz8214]

I love the way Oprah ignores Tom cruise and all her conversations with beautiful Australian Nicole

[@08davey]

I remember this year because Christopher Reeve made a surprise appearance and received a lengthy ovation.

[@monkiboi14]

Who are those 2 bored girls in the front row??? Did one of them bring a book? LMAO

[@ryszardnanke3860]

She is simply gorgeous !

[@nahuelma97]

I just love Whoopi so much

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

Co-Producer Musician Quincy Jones and Producer David Saltzman produces the 68th Annual Academy Awards in 1996. Congrats! : )

[@jahaziellanceramos3194]

Imagine having to make those people laugh in a formal event she's a living legend..

[@taramega1334]

Hey this version of oscar is so much more enjoyable!

[@pikespeaklosangeles]

I've been waiting for this! Whoopi went IN on everybody. So funny. Thanks for uploading this!

[@muhammadandraaditya4802]

1:53 Winona Ryder looks like late 20's-early 30's fashionista 👍👍 9:29 a clear reference to last year when Letterman emcees the Oscars

[@giovannycolmenares5311]

Omg. Kate winslet.

[@danalong1237]

The 68th Oscar telecast was the first one in 7 years that Bill Conti did not serve as musical director; Jazz musician Tom Scott held those duties instead.

[@jozefcavis6150]

Whoopis jewelery is amazing !❤❤❤❤

[@emilycunningham8125]

The 68th Academy Awards was excellently produced. I miss that quality.

[@grizzfan08]

That was a good year for films too.

[@Pixiedust8399]

Wow Goldie Hawn looks gorgeous

[@ssmhty]

Ohh, how time flies!

[@boonebeargrub2705]

the Harvey Weinstein era, just beginning actually.

[@seamac206]

The year it began

[@oscarfun100]

Indeed. Next year Miramax's The English Patient won 9 Oscars.

[@ikexbankai]

@@oscarfun100 I’m disgusted even thinking about it

[@leonardodp34]

Despite I didn't agree with some awards that year, I swear that ceremony was the best one of Oscar history in terms of show, party and everything else.

[@ledepi34]

12:01 - The last classy and elegant person to play the agent.

[@wheninrome345]

Bring back this Whoopi. She's good as a host for the show.

[@AlexandelHowl]

at 6:48 is perfection. Nicolas Cage , Jim Carey and Brittany Murphy is fucking beautiful. R.I.P Brittany Murphy

[@manoliskasioumis1115]

Where is Brittany Murphy? The girl that Nicolas Cage is with is Patricia Arquette

[@AlexandelHowl]

@@manoliskasioumis1115 😲 ohhh god!! i though that was brittany 🤷‍♂️

[@sebastianhein3147]

It looks like whoopi and Sharon stone wearing the same earrings. My first oscars ive watched by the way

[@amexred]

I lived all whoopi's hosting gigs

[@elspethturk4273]

Wow. Tom Cruise cutting through camera shot with his back to Oprah while she was interviewing Nicole!

[@AllenMQuinn]

I miss THIS Whoopi. She was so vibrant and fresh back in the '80s to early '2000s. Since The View, she's kinda lost it and become miserable.

[@DavidBerto]

Me too.

[@xavierrobinson200]

It's a miserable world

[@TShay92]

Ahmad Ali That in no ways erases the fact that she is a dud! she is farting on live television! She has lost it

[@ger5565]

20 years ago from when you posted, and now 22. Let's see how (vibrant and fresh) you are when you are 60/62.

[@Luisofbrazil]

Ahmad Ali and that makes her incredibly dull. Involving yourself with politics by only looking a one side over an issue simply kills the admiration fom many. How do you think of all her conservative and right leaning fans feel about it? It's really hard to admire someone when they attack you for your political beliefs.

[@GGSLM]

1:20 I think Laura Dern doesn't have an Oscar...

[@szymonszrajer3281]

actually she has two

[@szymonszrajer3281]

I thought she got one in 1992(before that video) but she was only nominated and one in 2015 but situation is same, mb.

[@RaymondHng]

@@szymonszrajer3281 Dern has two Academy Award nominations: 1992 _Rambling Rose_ Best Actress 2015 _Wild_ Best Supporting Actress

[@austinbond2527]

That Pat Buchanan joke is an all timer

[@flaccidusminimus2170]

Although this was a weak year for nominees, the show was dynamite! One of the best ever, and Goldberg had a lot to do with that.

[@strikelee3369]

Lol, time goes by so fast, didn't realize some of the movies mentioned were from 1996 and that's 23 years ago lol.

[@katbowl9971]

Did they say "Oscar winner Laura Dern"? They were about 24 years too early. 😂

[@ronaldechon8908]

Still watching this. 2018. :)

[@ChickenGeorgeClooney]

In case you were wondering, the ceremony starts at 6:20

[@rheamangles1]

you can tell celebs are trained now to answer red carpet questions.

[@TaushaTW]

They should have got Whoopi this year (2019).

[@AtlasBlizzard]

The ceremony itself begins at 6:17

[@tomhorak6532]

Smart witty and always funny - god I love this woman 👏🏻

[@urdivine]

I did not want Whoopi to host AT ALL, BUT......I give her high praise when she acknowledged the great work of Gene Siskle [of Siskle & Ebert], when the academy did not include him in their "In Memorium" for this year or the other year she hosted.

[@maeinureyes]

Just pure nostalgia for me

[@moniehookemomolu2845]

I need to go back in 1990s. This brings soooooo many great and peaceful memories from from that era. Nowadays, with social media, I feel like I'm on a war front everyday. I used to laugh at my parents, reminiscing about the 70s and called them daydreamers. Now I understand their feelings. I would do anything to get back in the 90s. Best decade in my books.

[@ajsky1066]

These were uploaded way back in 2013. And I couldn't find these back then. Why the heck are these showing up in my recommendations alluva sudden?

[@mac_c]

Two things that are wrong about this clip: 1. Laura Dern doesn't have an Oscar 2. Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins were never married, and yet they called Tim, Susan's husband

[@Fun_with_a_gun]

10:20 Oh my god I love this womans whole energy it's pure Gold❤

[@jerrylorosae2690]

Oprah was so stunning. Future Oscar winners who were "hidden figures with talent" sitting next to their husbands: Nicole Kidman and Patricia Arquette. RIP Kelly Preston

[@SurahOnline]

*LOOOOL all those ribbons!!! Haha* 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tillyboos]

I remember watching this when I was in college - ye gods, I’m old. To be honest, this was back when Oscars was REALLY good.

[@janyou17]

Whoopi is the best ever host for Oscars. Years after years.

[@dmorenod29]

Whoopi looks so stunning but Oprah was beautiful, in shape, georgeous

[@canadianmike711]

CTV completely Preempt the E.T. Movie theme music in 1996

[@apergisn]

And now I gotta ask, who is the one sitting next to Mel Gibson, and the one next to her, that dont clap for ANYTHING Goldberg says? Goldie Hawn and Sharon Stone should have been front row. Goldie Hawn should be front row for ever!!

[@valentina47734]

His wife, Robyn

[@blinkxx3240]

Whoopi was amazing

[@AtenRa]

"Cool and professional Naomi Campbell?" If only whoever wrote that could have seen the future.

[@brandonmumek1282]

+AtenRa Ain't that the truth xD

[@heavenboundsonliibaan52]

I Think they already knew it

[@mr.e347]

Whoopi is awesome! No one can be better than that! Oscars should be more political,more critical than the usually shit we see

[@serenaistheb.o.a.t]

Lol do you still believe that?

[@patriciabrower532]

Mr. Entringer Politics is so over rated. Ugh

[@dmorenod29]

I miss those Oscar awards with hosts so talent

[@plissken2156]

1:12 - Steven Seagal at the Oscars? I thought this was just a gag from Naked Gun 33 1/3.

[@CitzenVain714]

"...with Oscar Winner Laura Dern" She's not an Oscar winner!

[@dylanpsinakis7930]

Eddie1919 thats why i wondered

[@matthewfirth9911]

She is now.

[@babykangaroo2945]

@@matthewfirth9911 yeah she is now hahahaa 2020

[@JavierRodriguez17565]

Sarandon and Robbins were never married

[@mattd9274]

Bring her back as host!!! Can someone please explain to me the Jesse Jackson reference?

[@hamursh]

I know that during the red carpet montage they use instrumentals of "That's Entertainment" and "Now Business Like Show Business" but what's the third song that they use from 3:09 to 5:55?

[@mrjones29]

"Luck Be A Lady" by Frank Sinatra.

[@Sillybillyilly]

Everyone is soooooooo young.... and my most beautiful lady is hosting