The 86th Academy Awards were upon us this year and the awards were hosted by the one and only Ellen DeGeneres in Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Although, the broadcast of the Oscars was scheduled for a week before March 2, but due to a conflict between the broadcasting times with the winter olympics they moved the date. Everyone who watched the Oscars can agree that it was a great time as it should have been due to such a great year in film production. The winners included 12 Years a Slave for best picture, Matthew McConaughey for best actor in a leading role in Dallas Buyers Club, Cate Blanchett for best actress in a leading role in Blue Jasmine, and many, many more. While we congratulate all the winners we would also like to congratulate all the nominees and their amazing performances in cinema.
Although, of course there were the highlights of the night. For example, Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, took home 7 awards that evening including best cinematography, best directing, best film editing, etc. Also, there were amazing performances by Pharrell Williams, Karen Orzolek, U2, Pink, Bette Midler, and Idina Menzel whose song “Let it Go” won best original song. Although, John Travolta did mispronounce her name before she went up to perform, but he is sincerely sorry and that’s all that matters. And there were so many more such as Lupita Nyong’o’s beautiful speech, and oh, yeah, the pizza guy. Unexpected delivery! Who says you can’t get famous over night?
Edgar Martirosyan, the now infamous pizza deliveryman, had no idea that he was going to be delivering his pizza to the stars of Hollywood that Sunday night. Martirosyan, had originally thought that he was delivering the pizza to a group of writers and producers at the Dolby Theatre. However, as he was waiting backstage, Ellen DeGeneres, who was hosting the Academy Awards, asked him to follow her up onstage. The day after, he was on her show, where she gave him a whopping tip of $1,000 for the pizza. Big Mama’s and Papa’s Pizzeria, the pizzeria at which Martirosyan is co-owner (and apparent deliveryman) has seen a considerable influx in business–most likely due to the free advertising that it got by Ellen featuring it at the Oscars and her show.
Of the whole affair, Martirosyan said that it was all “really crazy”, and that “[he] didn’t know it was going to be something [like] this.”
