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Frank Stallone slams Oscar for snubbing his brother Sylvester

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Sylvester Stallone's furious brother slammed the Academy insulting the big brother in the best supporting actor category at this year's Oscars.

The 69-year-old star was widely backed to bag the prize following a Golden Globe award for his critically acclaimed turn as the boxer in Ryan Coogler's spin-off movie 'Creed,' reports News.com.au.

But the statuette went instead to Britain's Mark Rylance for 'Bridge of Spies,' in one of the biggest shocks of the gala ceremony at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.

Frank Stallone took toTwitter to express his anguish, "The Academy should be ashamed of themselves. It's as clear as the nose on your face that Sly won. Mark who? It's total Hollywood bulls**t.

 

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First Published: Mar 01 2016 | 11:01 AM IST

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