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February 27th, 2012, 13:30 GMT · By

Oscars 2012: Angelina Jolie's Right Leg Steals the Show

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Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace at the Oscars 2012
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One would imagine it's hard for Angelina Jolie to do anything and be ridiculed for it, but this is precisely what happened at last night's Academy Awards 2012. Read on for more details.

Always a very composed and gracious presence on the red carpet, this year, at the industry's biggest awards show, Angelina was forced to pull some very unnatural poses just so she could make her dress stand out.

In return, the Internet has created memes especially for her right leg, which also has its own Twitter account now.

Let's take this from the start.

For the red carpet ceremony, Angelina appeared to be her usual self in terms of elegance, class and, just as important, choice for an appropriate gown.

She matched her black Atelier Versace (she's always been very comfortable in dark tones) with understated Neil Lane jewelry, peeptoes from Salvatore Ferragamo and a Jaime Mascaro clutch.

For the big night, the star wore her hair naturally, and opted for dramatic red lipstick and minimal makeup.

In other words, she had all the right ingredients to make yet another splashing red carpet appearance – if not for the awkward posing.

Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace at the Oscars 2012
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To illustrate, we should note that, instead of adopting one of the usual poses, Angelina stuck her right leg out (the dress had a thigh slit), bent and twisted her body a bit to allow all the weight to fall on that leg and, at the same time, put an arm on her waist.

It was, to say the least, a very unnatural pose and it seemed as if Angelina was making quite an effort to draw attention to the slit.

As noted above, the pose has already become an Internet meme. Buzzfeed already has a top 10 of the best photos of Angelina's right leg, but you can also find it on Twitter under the handle @AngiesRightLeg.

If that's not enough to show you just how ridiculous Jolie's posing at the Oscars was, there's also a legbombing trend making the rounds online.

Here is a video of the three screenwriters whom Angelina presented with an Oscar for their work on “The Descendants.” Not even they could resist the temptation of having a bit of fun about her pose.


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Comment #1 by: Jame on 27 Feb 2012, 14:11 UTC reply to this comment

She was vamping on purpose and on stage mimicked the guy as he was mimicking her. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/02/27/oscars-jim-rash-angelina-jolie-right-leg/


Comment #2 by: jc on 27 Feb 2012, 17:16 UTC reply to this comment

I agree, I thought she was doing it very tongue in cheek, as if she had been told "make sure people see the slit", so she was sort of vamping and almost making fun of it. She's just too understated and elegant to do anything but do that on purpose. And then you had J.Lo...


Comment #3 by: tracker on 28 Feb 2012, 03:46 UTC reply to this comment

I think it's quiet obvious Angie loves the attention. Possibly because she did not receive it when she was younger. She needs the "look at me"


Comment #4 by: Ruby on 28 Feb 2012, 07:30 UTC reply to this comment

She looked ridiculous. Hope her desperate need for valadation doesn't go the way of Demi Moore.

Comment #4.1 by: dumas w on 29 Feb 2012, 03:01 GMT

Of course it was ridiculous, it was intentional, but because of then ridicule she had to save face and say it was a joke.


Comment #5 by: BCarmouche on 29 Feb 2012, 15:22 UTC reply to this comment

Hello Jolie ! You are a hot mess ! Say hello to Brady for us all ! Betrice D. Carmouche of Houston,TX & America Ms. 2012


Comment #6 by: RB on 24 Jul 2012, 19:43 UTC reply to this comment

I do not believe that she was joking around on purpose like she is trying to portray. She must have suddenly realized how ridiculous she appeared. She is the type that HAS to have all the attention & make sure that happens one way or another. Why do you think she is one of those types that has to steal other people's boyfriends or husbands. It makes her feel like she is superior to the other women. People seem to forget how she was "in your face", talking about sex, knives, blood in viles and all that kind of crazy. That is who I believe she truly is...not this other person she is pretending to be - the elegant, classy, international ambassador. All fake to look good. No woman who feels the need to hurt people by stealing their husband, fiance, boyfriend is classy. (Which she has done on numerous occasions, not just with Brad. Billy Bob was engaged when she decided she wanted him.) That is trashy and so is she. Miss "I like to use knives while I have sex" and tell everyone we just f'ed in the limo.... People think she is elegant and classy just because she is beautiful. Well, a woman can be beautiful and trashy. I laughed when she suddenly became this "other person" and became an ambassador and all that (which only happened because she was famous). Overnight she portrayed this other new person who all the sudden had class. Adopting children from around the world - that was for show. She may love the kiddos now, but that started out because she wanted to make this new persona for herself. Stunts like the leg thing show that she is hiding behind this "elegant facade" - her true self comes out now and again, despite her trying to hide it. I bet it comes out all the time behind closed doors. Some guys may say "lucky Brad" because he gets to be with a very beautiful woman, but I say "poor Brad" because I bet she is a pschopath beeatch behind closed doors.

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