The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony took place last night and, much like every year, people were painfully waiting for the big categories to be announced so they could enjoy some much-needed slumber. As with past iterations of the show, last night seemed to drag on incessantly but, thankfully, there were several moments keeping us entertained throughout the evening. From Billie Eilish's meme-worthy reaction to Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig, Parasite's absolute domination, and Eminem's shock performance of "Lose Yourself," there was enough keeping us on our toes to wait for the eventual Best Picture announcement. The crowd appeared to be feeling Em's eighteen-years-late stage show, singing along to his world-famous track but one man legend was notably a little sleepy during the ordeal.
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Martin Scorcese, director of The Irishman (of which the harshest critics have ironically referred to it as a three-and-a-half-hour snoozefest), was captured on the hard camera during Eminem's surprise show-out but he did not look to be enjoying the performance one bit. Perhaps just trying to get through the rest of the night, the 77-year-old icon was dozing off in the middle of the high-energy display, clearly not too into Slim Shady.
As noted by Highsnobiety, Scorcese wasn't the only person not totally turned on by the random nature of Eminem's performance; Billie Eilish (who recently critiqued the state of rap music) and Idina Menzel both looked pretty perplexed during the showing.
Relive the moment below.
YBN Cordae On Working With Martin Scorcese In Coke Ad: "I Didn’t Know Who He Was"
YBN Cordae reflects on his latest milestone.
Fresh off an appearance at the 2020 Grammys where he was up for two awards for his The Lost Boy debut, YBN Cordae is entering a mainstream rite of passage with a feature in new Super Bowl commercial set to air during the Big Game Sunday evening.
The brand that has tapped Cordae is Coca-Cola has he will start opposite filmmakers Martin Scorcese and Jonah Hill for the company’s newest Coca Cola Energy drink. In a new interview with Billboard, however, Cordae reveals that prior to the new project, his only point of reference for Scorcese was a Drake lyric.
“I didn’t know who Martin Scorsese was. I was born in ‘97, but I heard him in a Drake line [on “Tuscan Leather”] that was tough: ‘Life is soundin’ crazy, 40 on Martin Scorsese/ And I wouldn’t change a thing if you paid me’.”
Elsewhere in the chat, Cordae opened up about his plans for the coming year, voicing his interest in working with more female artists while also exploring his bounds on a personal level.
“Just stay true to myself,” he told the publication of his current goals. “That’s not even my goal. That’s what you always have to do, ‘cause at the end of the day when the cameras are off and you put your phone down, you got to live with yourself, be comfortable and sleep at night with the decisions you’ve made so I’m just always myself unapologetically. And if you like it, that’s dope. If you don’t, that’s cool, too.
