Emma Stone includes Taylor Swift’s song title in 2024 Oscars speech
Emma Stone, Taylor Swift.
Getty Images (2)Emma Stone‘s acceptance speech at the 2024 Oscars has caught the attention of Swifties.
While receiving the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role on Sunday, March 10, Stone, 35, was mentioned in passing Taylor Swift‘s song ‘Bigger Than the Whole Sky’.
“I know I have to wrap up, but I really just want to thank my family,” the actress said as she celebrated her performance Poor things. “My mother, my brother Spencermy father, my husband Daaf. I love you so much. And most importantly: my daughter who will be three in three days and has given our lives a technical color.”
Stone added, “I love you more than all of heaven my girl, so thank you so much.”
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“Bigger Than the Whole Sky” is a song on Swift’s tenth studio album, Midnights. The Grammy winner and Stone have been friends for years after first meeting at the Young Hollywood Awards in 2008.
“I listened to some of her music, and I wrote her an email saying I liked her music, I swear,” Stone said. MTV News about the early days of their friendship in April 2010. “And then we started talking and hanging out.”
Whether supporting each other at red carpet premieres or at Hollywood’s biggest awards shows, the pair have continued their friendship as their careers soar to new heights.
“My friends are amazing and I’m so grateful to have them, [but] those who are like sisters to me are Selena Gomez and Emma Stone,” Swift, 34, shared PopSugar in 2011. “They can predict my thoughts; I’ve known them for so long, it’s really cool to have friends who are so close.”
Most recently, Swift was able to cheer on Stone at the 2024 Golden Globes in January, when she won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
When asked about Swift’s enthusiastic reaction to her win, Stone joked backstage, “What a hole, am I right?”
“I’ve known her for almost 20 years, so I’m really glad she was there,” Stone continued. “She was nominated tonight too, which was great, and yeah, what an asshole.”
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Swift had her own awards show at the 2024 Grammys in February, when she received several trophies, including Album of the Year.
But on Oscar Sunday, Stone took center stage — in a “broken” dress — and gave credit to her fellow nominees, including Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Huller And Carey Mulligan for their hard work over the past year. Stone also praised the men and women behind the scenes who make films so memorable.
“It was such an honor to do this together and I hope we can continue to do more together,” she told her fellow nominees. “It’s not about me. It’s about a team that came together to create something greater than the sum of its parts. That’s the best thing about making films.”