The Photo & Speech Of The Night

Oh my who knew a picture could take down Twitter, but this one did.  Taken at last night's Academy Awards, it is quite the 'selfie' photo with so many people included.  Appears many versions followed only after Twitter was back up and running.  There were several memorable moments from the evening.  Ellen was having fun and it showed ordering in pizza an having it served to the audience.  Her showing up on stage as Glenda the Good Witch.  But one item of note was a very heart felt speech given by Jared Leto who won for his role as a transsexual in 'Dallas Buyers Club' a role that really got a lot of attention and was his first movie in 6 years.  Here is the speech as copied from The Independent:

To my fellow nominees, I’m so proud to share this journey with you. I’m in awe and have so much respect for you all. To the Academy, thank you.

"In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school dropout and a single mom, but somehow she managed to make a better life for herself and her children.

"She encouraged her kids to be creative, to work hard and to do something special. That girl is my mother and she’s here tonight. And I just want to say, I love you, Mom. Thank you for teaching me to dream.

"To my brother, Shannon, the best big brother in the world, you’re a true artist. Thank you so much for sharing this insane and amazing adventure that is 30 Seconds to Mars, and for being my best friend. I love you. Thank you.

"To all the dreamers out there around the world watching this tonight in places like the Ukraine and Venezuela, I want to say we are here and as you struggle to… to make your dreams happen, to live the impossible… We’re thinking of you tonight.

"And this is, is incredibly special as well because there’s so many people that helped me get here. And I just want to say thank you to Focus Features, to Mick Sullivan, to Jim Toth, to Jason Weinberg, to Emma Ludbrook, to Kelly Adams, to the entire Dallas Buyers Club team. Matthew, I love. Jean-Marc.

"And this is for the 36 million people who have lost the battle to Aids and to those of you out there who have ever felt injustice because of who you are or who you love, tonight I stand here in front of the world with you and for you. Thank you so much and goodnight."