One thing Halle Berry did right before ‘getting revenge’ on Adrien Brody with kiss 22 years later

Last night (2 February) saw Hollywood's finest descend on Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre for the 97th Academy Awards and Halle Berry saw it as the perfect opportunity to 'get revenge' on a fellow actor after 22 years.

The evening's big winner was Anora, which scooped up an impressive five Oscars - Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role for star, Mikey Madison.

Other acting award winners included A Real Pain's Kieran Culkin, Emilia Pérez's Zoe Saldaña and The Brutalist's Adrien Brody.

But, Brody's award win wasn't his only memorable moment of the night with previous Best Actress winner Halle Berry getting revenge' on him on the red carpet.

Berry, 58, grabbed Brody, 51, and pulled him in for a kiss as soon as they came face-to-face, leaving everyone on the red carpet and at home in shock.

The actress joked that the surprise kiss was 'payback' for when he'd done the same to her back in 2003 after he'd won an Oscar for his role in The Pianist.

When Brody had taken to the stage to accept the award, he'd embraced Berry before kissing her and joking: "I bet they didn’t tell you that was in the gift bag."

In 2017, she spoke about the ordeal - which made headlines around the globe - on Watch What Happens Live: "I was there the year before and I know the feeling of being out of your body, I just f**king went with it. "But I was like, 'What the f**k is going on right now?'"

While it's clear that there's no bad blood between the two A-listers all these years later, Berry just couldn't help herself but get revenge on Brody as the opportunity presented itself.

But she made sure she did one important thing before she locked lips with the actor.

As they met on the red carpet, Berry looked at Brody's girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, and apologised in advance, saying: "I'm sorry, Georgina, but I got to do it."

Fortunately, Chapman seemed to take it all in good spirits as she smiled on.

Speaking to Variety after her 'revenge', Berry addressed the 2003 incident, saying: "That was one hell of a night for him, and for me as well.

"To be a part of his moment … tonight I had to pay him back," she explained. "I’ve seen him out at parties, but this is the first time since that night that I’ve seen him on the red carpet somewhere. He’s nominated this year. He deserved that."

The most shocking Oscars moments ever

Angelina Jolie locks lips with her brother on the red carpet (2000)

A sweet shoutout from Jolie to her brother James Haven after winning Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted turned into something much more bizarre on the red carpet after the event.

Jolie said during her acceptance speech: "I’m in shock, and I’m so in love with my brother right now.

"He just held me and said he loved me, and I know he’s so happy for me. And, um, thank you for that."

So far so innocuous, but the pair then went on to lock lips on the red carpet after the ceremony in front of paparazzi.

Reflecting on the incident in 2007, James said: “I did not give Angie a French kiss. It was something simple and lovely. She was about to go off to Mexico to finish filming Original Sin with Antonio Banderas.

"I congratulated her on the Oscar win and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. It was snapped and became a big thing."

Adrien Brody surprises Halle Berry with a kiss after winning Best Actor (2003)

The last time Brody was up for Best Actor, he took Berry and everyone else by surprise when he passionately kissed her as she presented him with the award.

Berry said in 2017: “I was like, ‘What the f**k is happening right now?’ That is what was going through my mind.”

She was sympathetic for how the moment may have gone to Brody’s head, however, adding: “I was there the year before and I know the feeling of being out of your body, I just f**king went with it.”

On the campaign trail for The Brutalist this year, Bordy said of the moment in an interview with Variety: “We live in a very conscious time, which is a wonderful thing.

“And nothing that I ever do or have done or would’ve done is ever done with the intention of making anyone feel bad.”

John Travolta absolutely butchers Idina Menzel’s name (2014)

Most people would have no trouble pronouncing Frozen star Idina Menzel’s name, but John Travolta isn’t most people.

The Grease legend ended up calling her Adele Dazeem when welcoming to her onstage to perform. Quite how he arrived at that pronunciation is anyone’s guess.

Travolta later apologised, saying in a statement: “I've been beating myself up all day. Then I thought ... what would Idina Menzel say? She’d say, 'Let it go, let it go!'

“Idina is incredibly talented and I am so happy Frozen took home two Oscars Sunday night!"

The La La Land and Moonlight fiasco (2017)

Back in 2017, the most prestigious award of the night, Best Film, was about to be announced.

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the gong had gone to La La Land, the Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone musical which was widely considered the favourite to win.

Two and half minutes later, when the La La Land team were midway through their acceptance speeches, a producer on the film Jordan Horowitz was shown another envelope that revealed they hadn’t won after all.

There’s a mistake," he said. "Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture. This is not a joke.”

It turned out Beatty had somehow been handed the envelope for Best Actress, which went to Emma Stone for La La Land earlier in the evening.

It turned into a mortifying experience for all involved. Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said afterwards: “I noticed the commotion but I was speechless when the result was altered. I've never seen that happen before.”

The slap heard around the world (2022)

Easily the most dramatic thing to ever happen at the Oscars, Smith strode on stage and walloped presenter Chris Rock, after he made an ill-advised joke about the Men in Black star’s wife Jada Pinkett-Smith.

Rock said on stage: “Jada, can't wait for G.I. Jane 2,” a reference to her shaved head. Jada has been open about her struggles with alopecia, which made this a low blow in many people’s eyes.

Cue Smith striding on stage and smacking Rock, later yelling at him: “Keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth.”

The upside of all this was that Smith was banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years, although he did awkwardly go on to pick up the award for Best Actor later that evening.

Smith apologised for his behaviour several times in the months following, saying: “One of the things about that moment, I just didn’t realise, I wasn’t thinking, but how many people got hurt in that moment.”