Liza Minnelli was shut out of Ellen's star-studded Oscar selfie

Ellen DeGeneres just earned the most retweeted tweet of all time with her star-studded Oscar selfie, but one luminary was left out: Liza Minnelli. Though she was invited to join the shot, poor vertically challenged Liza Minnelli found herself on the outside looking in amid the crush of A-listers. Harry Clayton-Wright immortalized the moment in this brutal snapshot:
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Laura Prudom is a freelance entertainment reporter, formerly of The Huffington Post, whose work has appeared on TV Fanatic, Moviefone, Vulture, and in the pages of Signature LA Direct magazine. A devourer of all things geek, she'll happily bore you with talk of Star Wars, Batman, and the underrated masterpiece that is Flash Gordon.
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