Oscars 2024 In Memoriam segment is branded 'disgraceful' as the likes of Suzanne Somers and Angus Cloud are left out while viewers struggle to read the names of those included because of 'distracting' dance routine

The 2024 Oscars In Memoriam segment was branded 'disgraceful' and 'disrespectful' by viewers who were shocked when a troupe of dancers began twirling around the stage while the names of those lost flashed up on screen. 

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences remembered those who have passed away with the annual segment which was set to a new version of Andrea Bocelli's classic song Time to Say Goodbye, which he sung on stage with his son Matteo.

While several Hollywood greats were honored there were still plenty of high-profile actors who were left out like Suzane Somers, Angus Cloud and Lance Reddick.

Others such as Ron Cephas Jones, Burt Young, writer/producer Norman Lear and filmmaker Terence Davies.

While arguments can be made that many of those actors left more of a mark on television than they did on film, they have all still done notable work on film.

The 2024 Oscars In Memoriam segment was branded 'disgraceful' and 'disrespectful' by viewers who were shocked when a troupe of dancers began twirling around the stage

While several Hollywood greats were honored there were still plenty of high-profile actors who were left out like Suzane Somers and Angus Cloud

For those who were honoured, viewers from home were unable to see their names, as they blamed the Academy's shoddy camera work and zooming out to show the dancers who accompanies the Bocellis on stage. 

Taking to X/Twitter, viewers lamented: 'Trying to watch that poorly shot #Oscars In Memoriam'; 'Wake up #Oscars this is the In Memoriam we DO NOT need to see dancers we NEED to see the faces and names of those we lost. This was an amazing ceremony so far, but how do you screw this up again? Shame! #Oscars2024';

'#oscars How about a full screen of view of the in memoriam video so we can read the names? This is a terrible set up. Respectfully, the singers should not be the focus.';

'How many people can we fit on the stage at once for in the in memoriam segment to distract from honoring those that passed? #Oscars'; 'Will never understand shooting the #Oscars In Memoriam from across the room, where no one can read the names.'

'I may be old-fashioned, but I preferred it when the In Memoriam was about the people who died and not about the singing and the dancing. #Oscars #InMemoriam'; 'Would have been good to be able to see the In Memoriam instead of squinting at the TV #Oscars2024 #OSCARS';

'Well-intentioned In Memoriam segment. Beautiful at times even. I just wish we weren’t distracted by what was happening on the stage and could focus on those we lost #Oscars';

'I am infuriated by this In Memoriam. it should be a full screen for the viewers, without distraction from the stage. this is a disgrace. if my loved one were in this, I would be so sad at how this is handled. #Oscars'; 

'Uhhh in case you couldn't read the quickly flashed "hey look we didn't miss anyone this time" list at the end of the #Oscars In Memoriam montage, here you go'; 'Most poorly staged, directed, and produced In Memoriam segment ever. The people we lost were an afterthought. #Oscar #oscars #Oscar2024 #Oscars2024'

'congrats! You win the award for the most disrespectful and worst in memoriam! you did nothing to honor those who passed. you focused on music and dancers. Wrong!'; 

'When did these In Memoriam segments become production numbers? Totally disrespectful to those we’ve lost. Shame on you @TheAcademy! #Oscars #Oscars #oscars'.

The annual segment was set to a new version of Andrea Bocelli 's classic song Time to Say Goodbye, which he sung on stage with his son Matteo

Viewers struggled to read the names of those we have lost and claimed the dancers on stage were a 'distraction' 

Viewers rushed to X/Twitter to blast the segment for prioritising the performance over the tribute itself 

As well as during the televised portion, the Academy honoured those lost on their website. Yet not everyone made the cut.  

Somers passed away in October 2023 in her Palm Springs, California home from breast cancer, which had recently returned.

She also started her career on the big screen with small roles in Bullitt, American Graffiti and Magnum Force, before she became a household name on Three's Company, which ran for 100 episodes between 1977 to 1981.

She also appeared in movies such as Serial Mom before returning to the small screen with Step By Step, which ran for seven seasons for 164 episodes from 1991 to 1998. 

Euphoria star Cloud died from an 'accidental overdose' of cocaine, meth and fentanyl last summer. 

The 25-year-old was found unresponsive in his family home in Oakland, California, on July 31, and pronounced dead on the scene by responders.

Cloud was discovered by Euphoria casting director Jennifer Venditti while working as a waiter in Brooklyn, which lead to him making his acting debut on the HBO series as the drug dealer Fezco.

He would go on to star in movies such as North Hollywood with Vince Vaughn and Miranda Cosgrove and The Line with Alex Wolff and Halle Bailey, with three more films either filming or in post-production.

Lance Reddick was not included in the segment. He passed away in March 2023 from heart disease at just 60 years of age, just five days after the 2023 Oscars (pictured 2014) 

Ron Cephas Jones passed at 66 from a long-term pulmonary issue he had, and while he was best known for the hit TV series This Is Us, he also appeared in movie Dolemite Is My Name

Burt Young was best known for playing Rocky Balboa's brother Paulie in the Rocky film series, having passed away in October 2023 at 83 from cardiac arrest

Norman Lear was a legendary TV creator of All in the Family and Sanford and Son, but he also wrote movies like Divorce American Style, The Night They Raided Minsky's and Cold Turkey

Reddick passed away in March 2023 from heart disease at just 60 years of age, just five days after the 2023 Oscars.

While Reddick is best known for his work on the small screen in shows like Oz, The Wire, Fringe and Bosch, he was no stranger to the big screen either.

Reddick played Charon, the concierce at the Continental Hotel in the John Wick film series, and other notable movies include White House Down, Oldboy and The Guest.

Cephas Jones passed at 66 from a long-term pulmonary issue he had, and while he was best known for the hit TV series This Is Us, he also appeared in movies Dolemite Is My Name, Across the Universe and Half Nelson.

Young was best known for playing Rocky Balboa's brother Paulie in the Rocky film series, having passed away in October 2023 aged 83 from cardiac arrest.

Lear was a legendary TV creator of All in the Family and Sanford and Son, but he also wrote movies like Divorce American Style, The Night They Raided Minsky's and Cold Turkey. 

Oscar winners 2024 full list - see who received trophies for this year's Academy Awards

 Best Picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Past Lives

Poor Things 

The Zone of Interest

Oppenheimer was the biggest winner of the night with seven including top honor Best Picture; Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, and Charles Roven are seen 

 

Best Director 

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon 

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer - WINNER

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

 

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Emma Stone, Poor Things - WINNER

Emma Stone earned a shock win in the Actress in a Leading Role category for Poor Things

 

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer - WINNER

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

America Ferrera, Barbie

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers - WINER 

Da’Vine Joy Randolph triumphed in the Actress in a Supporting Role category for The Holdovers 

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer - WINNER

Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things 

 

Animated Feature Film

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

 

Cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro 

Oppenheimer, Hoyte van Hoytema - WINNER

Poor Things

 

Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari - WINNER 

The Holdovers, David Hemingson

Maestro, Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

May December, Samy Burch (Story b Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)

Past Lives, Celine Song

 

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction, Cord Jefferson - WINNER

Barbie, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach

Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan

Poor Things, Tony McNamara

The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer

Cord Jefferson won Adapted Screenplay for American Fiction

 

Achievement in Production Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek - WINNER

Achievement in Sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn - WINNER

 

Original Song 

'The Fire Inside' from Flamin' Hot

'I'm Just Ken' from Barbie

'It Never Went Away' from American Symphony

'Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)' from Killers of the Flower Moon

'What Was I Made For?' from Barbie, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell - WINNERS

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell earned Original Song for Barbie's What Was I Made For?

 

Original Score  

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson - WINNER

Poor Things

 

Live Action Short Film

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson and Steven Rales - WINNER

 

Animated Short Film

Letter to a Pig

95 Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko - WINNER

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko won Animated Short Film; Dave Mullins and Brad Booker pictured 

 

Documentary Feature Film

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER

 

Documentary Short Film

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

The Last Repair Shop - WINNER

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

 

International Feature Film

Io Capitano, Italy

Perfect Days, Japan

Society of the Snow, Spain

The Teachers' Lounge, Germany

The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom - WINNER

The Zone Of Interest took home two Oscars including International Feature Film; Jonathan Glazer and James Wilson are pictured 

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston - WINNER

Society of the Snow 

 

Achievement in Costume Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things, Holly Waddington - WINNER

 

Achievement in Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame - WINNER

Poor Things 

 

Visual Effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima  - WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

Godzilla Minus One won the Visual Effects award as Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya and Tatsuji Nojima are pictured