Neil Patrick Harris Acknowledges 'Lego Movie' Oscar Snub Ahead of 'Big Hero 6' Win (Video)

Everything was not awesome enough about “The Lego Movie” to net it an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature and host Neil Patrick Harris acknowledged what many considered a major snub during the ceremony on Sunday.

Before introducing presenters Zoe Saldana and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who announced winner “Big Hero 6,” NPH joked, “If you’re at the Oscar party with the guys who directed ‘The Lego Movie,’ now would be a great time to distract them.”

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Those guys would be Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who helped make Warner Bros. $468.7 million around the globe by co-writing and co-directing the blockbuster that scored a 96-percent “fresh” approval rating from critics counted on Rotten Tomatoes.

Despite the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ (AMPAS) reluctance to honor the film, which features the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman and Elizabeth Banks, the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) named “The Lego Movie” Best Animated Feature film earlier this year.

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At least “Everything Is Awesome” — the undeniably catchy song written by Shawn Patterson — was nominated for Best Original Song.

Tegan and Sara, the pop duo who performed the track for “The Lego Movie,” were joined on stage by comedy group The Lonely Island and a number of other stars in attendance to perform the song.

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Watch NPH joke about the snub above, and then watch everything get awesome at the Oscars below:

Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos)

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Jennifer Lopez ("Boy Next Door")
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Meryl Streep ("Into the Woods")
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Lady Gaga and Keira Knightley ("The Imitation Game")
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Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club")
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Justin Theroux ("The Leftovers") and Jennifer Aniston ("Cake")
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Scarlett Johansson ("The Avengers")
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Nicole Kidman ("Paddington")
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Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game") with wife Sophie Hunter
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Jennifer Hudson
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Kerry Washington ("Scandal")
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Jessica Chastain ("A Most Dangerous Year")
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Director Ava DuVernay ("Selma")
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Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave")
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Reese Witherspoon ("Wild")
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Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder")
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Supermodel Chrissy Teigen
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Jennifer Aniston ("Cake") and Emma Stone ("Birdman")
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Ellar Coltrane
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Rita Ora ("Fifty Shades of Grey")
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Chloe Grace Moretz ("Kick-Ass")
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Cate Blanchett ("The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies")
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Bradley Cooper ("American Sniper")
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Zoe Saldana ("Guardians of the Galaxy")
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Sienna Miller ("American Sniper")
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Naomi Watts ("Birdman")
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Rosamund Pike ("Gone Girl")
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Recording artist Adam Levine with model Behati Prinsloo
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Julianne Moore ("Still Alice")
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Marion Cotillard ("Two Days, One Night")
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David Oyelowo ("Selma") and Michael Keaton ("Birdman")
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Steve Carell ("Foxcatcher") with wife Nancy Carell
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Melanie Griffith with daughter Dakota Johnson ("Fifty Shades of Grey")
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Laura Dern ("Wild")
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Margot Robbie ("Focus")
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Joanna Newsom ("Inherent Vice") and Andy Samberg ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine")
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J.K. Simmons ("Whiplash")
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Carmen Ejogo ("Selma")
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Oscars host Neil Patrick Harris with husband David Burtka
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Recording artists Faith Hill, in J. Mendel, and Tim McGraw
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Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood") wears wears Rosetta Getty, with sister Rosanna Arquette
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Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke ("Boyhood")
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Actor and recording artist Common ("Selma")
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Recording artists Tegan Quin and Sara Quin ("Everything Is Awesome" from "The Lego Movie")
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Model Karolina Kurkova rocks Marchesa
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Anna Kendrick ("The Last 5 Years") in Thakoon
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Josh Hutcherson ("The Hunger Games")
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Gina Rodriguez ("Jane the Virgin")
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Jamie Chung in Yanina Couture
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America Ferrera in Jenny Packham
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Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck
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Kelly Preston and John Travolta
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Ryan Seacrest
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TV personalities Charissa Thompson and Mario Lopez
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Michael Strahan
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Set decorator Tatiana MacDonald ("The Imitation Game") and production designer Maria Djurkovic ("The Imitation Game")
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Michael Keaton with "Birdman" director Alejandro González Iñárritu
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"Good Morning America" TV personality Robin Roberts
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Composer Hans Zimmer ("Interstellar")
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Disney Channel star Zendaya
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Kevin Hart ("Get Hard")
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John Stamos ("Full House")
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Oscar statues outside the entrance of the Dolby Theatre
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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