Cocaine Bear joins Elizabeth Banks on stage at the Oscars
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When Elizabeth Banks presented the Oscar for best visual effects at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night, she shared the stage with one of Hollywood's hottest characters.
Banks, who directed this year's box office smash "Cocaine Bear," announced the nominees alongside a co-presenter wearing a full bear costume. Banks' new thriller, which has earned $65 million globally since it opened just weeks ago in theaters, is inspired by the true story of a 175-pound black bear in Georgia 40 years ago that ingested a massive dose of cocaine apparently dropped from a plane piloted by a convicted drug smuggler.
"I recently directed the film 'Cocaine Bear,'" Banks said at the Oscars. "And without visual effects, this is what the bear would look like. It's terrifying."
