section_path: Personal life/Oscar kiss
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paragraph_text: Oscar kiss
  
  At the 75th Academy Awards in 2003, Brody became the subject of significant attention while receiving his Best Actor Oscar for The Pianist when he passionately kissed the presenter, actress Halle Berry. The kiss was widely viewed as the 2003 Oscars' signature moment. While Berry was surprised, she has since said she was proud to be a part of his big moment, called the kiss "great" in the week after the ceremony, and had been waiting to recreate it throughout the years if they crossed paths at an awards show. The following year, as Brody presented Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards, Brody joked about the kiss using breath spray before announcing Charlize Theron, who eventually kissed Brody on the way to the stage. When announcing the nominees for the 77th Academy Awards, Brody came on stage and jokingly leaned in to kiss Academy president Frank Pierson, which Pierson rejected.
  
  In January 2025, Berry congratulated Brody on his Instagram for winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Brutalist. "Congratulations my friend. You are truly one of one!" On the 97th Academy Awards red carpet, Berry ran over and passionately kissed Brody in a reprise of the moment from twenty-two years before. His girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, had given Berry permission prior to it and celebrated the moment with them.
  
  At the 75th Academy Awards in 2003, Brody became the subject of significant attention while receiving his Best Actor Oscar for The Pianist when he passionately kissed the presenter, actress Halle Berry. The kiss was widely viewed as the 2003 Oscars' signature moment. While Berry was surprised, she has since said she was proud to be a part of his big moment, called the kiss "great" in the week after the ceremony, and had been waiting to recreate it throughout the years if they crossed paths at an awards show. The following year, as Brody presented Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards, Brody joked about the kiss using breath spray before announcing Charlize Theron, who eventually kissed Brody on the way to the stage. When announcing the nominees for the 77th Academy Awards, Brody came on stage and jokingly leaned in to kiss Academy president Frank Pierson, which Pierson rejected.
  
  In January 2025, Berry congratulated Brody on his Instagram for winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Brutalist. "Congratulations my friend. You are truly one of one!" On the 97th Academy Awards red carpet, Berry ran over and passionately kissed Brody in a reprise of the moment from twenty-two years before. His girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, had given Berry permission prior to it and celebrated the moment with them.