A selfie orchestrated by 86th Academy Awards host Ellen DeGeneres during the broadcast is the second-most retweeted tweet ever . DeGeneres said she wanted to homage Meryl Streep 's record 17 Oscar nominations by setting a new record with her , and invited other Oscar celebrities to join them . The resulting photo of twelve celebrities broke the previous retweet record within forty minutes and was retweeted over 1.8 million times in the first hour . By the end of the ceremony it had been retweeted over 2 million times , less than 24 hours later , it had been retweeted over 2.8 million times . , it has been retweeted over 3.4 million times . The group selfie effort was parodied by Lego and Matt Groening with The Simpsons . It beat the previous record , which was held by Barack Obama , following his victory in the 2012 presidential election
86th Academy Awards
86th Academy Awards
Ellen DeGeneres