Oscars: French Media Questions Brigitte Bardot Omission From In Memoriam, After Alain Delon Snub

Given the tight time constraints of the Academy Awards telecast, it is perhaps inevitable that the solemn In Memoriam segment of the Oscars will fail to include every notable entertainment industry figure who has died over the last year. And so it was this year, with some viewers, and in one case, seemingly a whole nation, upset over the omissions made during the telecast.

This year, the telecast omitted the likes of James Van Der Beek, Eric Dane, Malcolm Jamal-Warner and Tom Noonan, and fans on social media were quick to point that out.

In France, the glaring absence of film icon Brigitte Bardot has caused much debate in mainstream media and on social media. Bardot, who died in December at 91, was undoubtedly a global star due to her appearance in classic films like And God Created Woman, The Truth and Contempt. But after her film career abruptly ended in the mid 1970s,…