Ellen Degeneres' attempt at record-breaking broke Twitter with her Oscars selfies Sunday night. The hostess with the mostest aimed to get the most retweets in history with a cell phone shot of herself and a multitude of stars in the first few rows of the audience — but she had some other good ones, too.
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Look who I just found backstage. pic.twitter.com/rp5Mt1sYsx
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014So handsome. He's on my live show tomorrow. I love @JaredLeto pic.twitter.com/3LdPAlJHiz
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
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And as it turns out, the talk show host more than achieved her goal: According to Twitter, the A-list selfie currently holds the record for more than 1 million retweets!
The envelope please….to @TheEllenShow - this is now the most re-tweeted Tweet with over 1 million RTs. Congrats!
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