Ellen's selfie

During the Oscars this year, Ellen DeGeneres tweeted with a selfie photo with lots of movie stars, to make the most retweeted record. It was retweeted more than 3 million times (3,325,103 as of today) and counting.

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

It has also started a series of parodies including the Simpsons, which was retweeted by Ellen herself:

.@TheEllenShow Oscar® Selfie: A wider view. #thesimpsons pic.twitter.com/4rOSejhycW
— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) March 5, 2014

Lego version!

The real #Oscars #selfie…sort of #Oscars2014 @ellenDegeneres_ pic.twitter.com/PNSFiN1VXJ
— The LEGO Group (@LEGO_Group) March 4, 2014

And another one!



Grumpy cat...

Selfies. I hate them. #Oscars @TheEllenShow pic.twitter.com/QcrVBagmSu
— Grumpy Cat (@RealGrumpyCat) March 3, 2014

Snoopy...

Can the Peanuts gang break Twitter too, @TheEllenShow? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/bvaqbtvz69
— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) March 3, 2014

Doctor Who..

BTW, it seems that the most retweeted Tweet before Ellen's one was President Barak Obama's one with 781,617 tweets.

Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012

Kudos to the Twittter eng team recovering Twitter after Ellen literally broke it ;)

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