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London:
The King Speech co-producer SimonEgan's daughter sent the Best Picture Oscar trophy to hospitalafter the golden man slipped from her hands and suffered somebruises.
The movie team was celebrating their big win at theOscars with a party when they stopped in their tracks when theprize for the Best Picture tumbled onto the concrete floor.
Lara Egan, the 15-month-old daughter of Simon Egan,was posing for a picture with her father's best picture Oscarwhen she suddenly she dropped it, the Telegraph reported."Everybody just stopped and it was quite breathless.
She had no clue to the damage she had done," Egan said.
The trophy was damaged considerably and Egan phonedthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences about theaccident and was advised to take the statuette to the "Oscarhospital," located on the seventh floor of the Academy'sBeverly Hills headquarters.
There, Egan says, the Oscar was taken by aglove-wearing woman and returned within 15 minutes, minus thescratches and scrapes that resulted from the fall.
Egan now says little Lara is afraid to go near thestatuette, which is back to its original glory.
The King Speech co-producer SimonEgan's daughter sent the Best Picture Oscar trophy to hospitalafter the golden man slipped from her hands and suffered somebruises.
The movie team was celebrating their big win at theOscars with a party when they stopped in their tracks when theprize for the Best Picture tumbled onto the concrete floor.
Lara Egan, the 15-month-old daughter of Simon Egan,was posing for a picture with her father's best picture Oscarwhen she suddenly she dropped it, the Telegraph reported."Everybody just stopped and it was quite breathless.
She had no clue to the damage she had done," Egan said.
The trophy was damaged considerably and Egan phonedthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences about theaccident and was advised to take the statuette to the "Oscarhospital," located on the seventh floor of the Academy'sBeverly Hills headquarters.
There, Egan says, the Oscar was taken by aglove-wearing woman and returned within 15 minutes, minus thescratches and scrapes that resulted from the fall.
Egan now says little Lara is afraid to go near thestatuette, which is back to its original glory.