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Frances McDormand stole the night at the 90th Academy Awards with a powerful and inclusive speech after winning Best Actress for her work on "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri." The actress and activist called for Hollywood to take notice of the women in the room and work with them. Later that night, though, someone took notice of her Oscar and stole it away from her.
In a weird confluence of events involving a New York Times reporter, Wolfgang Puck's photographer and the work of local security and law enforcement, the Oscar was returned and the man arrested (he's now facing felony charges of grand larceny). But that wasn't to be the end of it, as social media got a hold of the story on Monday morning and couldn't believe the audacity of someone stealing from McDormand, of all the winners.
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View StoryThe man, identified as Terry Bryant, was captured in a photograph, and took video of himself holding the Oscar, according to TMZ, before the photographer got the Oscar back and it was able to be returned to McDormand. At the time, the actress said to let the man go.
The consensus online, where Twitter users got "Frances McDormand's Oscar" trending Monday morning, was that the thief is lucky the authorities caught him. Frances McDormand is a force of nature and righteous fury in "Three Billboards," and her passionate activism as herself isn't far removed from that personification. The bottom line, as far as Twitter was concerned, was that this man was a fool who took his life into his own hands when he messed with the wrong woman.
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View StoryBelow are some of the funniest reactions to Grand Theft Oscar 2018:
Security at the Governors Ball are looking for this guy, who grabbed Frances McDormand's Oscar and ran out with it. Wolfgang Puck's photographer stopped him, got the Oscar back, and the guy disappeared back into the ball. Apparently Frances has said to let him go. #Oscars #Drama pic.twitter.com/5tlsx4Ulwt
@caraNYT
Terry Bryant won himself a pair of handcuffs after he stole Frances McDormand's Oscar last night. Never steal an Oscar from an actress who played a legendary cop. Bryant remains in the Lapd jail for grand theft & Frances after a few tears has her statue back
@LAcrimes
Guy grabs Frances McDormand's Oscar. She runs after him, grabs it back, bashes him over the head with it, drags him to the curb and spits on him. (Well, it could have been like that.)
@drhug
Frances McDormand's Oscar thief has been found. pic.twitter.com/vl1qOyDHZN
@coolcam101
Anyone who would try to steal Frances McDormand's Oscar clearly did not watch the movie she won it for. You do not @#&% with that lady.
@BucketOfJeff
The real thief of Frances McDormand's Oscar was found and arrested. pic.twitter.com/UiuOAnA0NQ
@coolcam101
Instead of prosecuting the guy who ran off with Frances McDormand's Oscar, why not let her punish him the way her character did those kids who threw a soda at her car?
@buzzblog
Footage of me sneaking into the Dolby Theater last night attempting to steal Frances McDormand's Oscar so I could give it to Natalie Portman for Jackie pic.twitter.com/bBbplbxIqW
@prasejeebus
So did the person who stole Frances McDormand's Oscar get fed to a wood chipper?
@TheForestFuller
Someone stealing Frances McDormand's Oscar should be the plot of Ocean's 9.
@PopBangHugh
"Frances McDormand's Oscar" Had the tuxedoed dimwit who temporarily purloined her Oscar actually seen "Three Billboards" - he might have had the brains to pick someone else's Oscar to run off with.
@MichaelEddy6
I think I know who stole Frances McDormand's Oscar. pic.twitter.com/yeWDTlHEEO
@chrisdmytriw1
If you steal Frances McDormand's Oscar, you either have huge balls or are a complete idiot. I'm going with the latter.
@dgrunert
How you black and steal Frances McDormand's Oscar, pretending it's yours when only 2 black folks won an Oscar that night?! You either Jordan or Kobe & bruh man don't look like either.
@ball_hog
He's lucky the police caught him before she did. You don't mess with Frances McDormand's Oscar ! What a stupid A$$
@ItsChaosB_Kind
At first, I thought that was O.J. that stole Frances McDormand's Oscar. 👀 pic.twitter.com/KCOTp7WcDF
@Cali_Verb
Did someone tell that brotha that stole Frances McDormand's Oscar that were actually winning them legally now?
@Cali_Verb
Maybe back in the day you'd actually have to steal to take one home but we're making moves. pic.twitter.com/V90J8I79Il
The man who stole Frances McDormand's Oscar, must really needed to have Botox done on his face because after her speech at the #Oscars you don't really want to get Frances angry. #FrancesMcDormand
@MelCaillavet
Clearly the person who stole Frances McDormand's Oscar has never seen a Frances McDormand movie. He would have been better off stealing Sam Rockwell's Oscar. pic.twitter.com/FnL8avQcrb
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