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Michelle Williams Shades ‘Crash’ Winning Best Picture Oscar Over ‘Brokeback Mountain’ by Asking: I Mean, What Was ‘Crash’?

"Crash" winning the Oscar for best picture over "Brokeback Mountain" in 2006 remains one of the most controversial moments in Academy Award history.

Michelle Williams appeared on “Watch What Happens Live” to promote her new FX series “Dying for Sex.” During the interview, host Andy Cohen took a brief moment to call out one of her most acclaimed movies: Ang Lee’s “ Brokeback Mountain.” Willians earned an Oscar nomination for playing Alma, the increasingly isolated wife of Heath Ledger’s damaged cowboy. “I remember doing the junket, you don’t get an opportunity to see a lot of grown men cry, and that was the moment I think that we all knew it was going to be special to people.” Cohen then brought up the infamous 2006 Oscars where “Crash” shockingly won best picture over presumed frontrunner “Brokeback Mountain.” Many industry pundits to this day consider the decision to be one of the Academy’s worst in history.

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