Oscars host Ellen Degeneres manages to pull of an epic selfie in the middle of Oscars, crashes Twitter, most retweeted ever

Los Angeles: Ellen DeGeneres' goal of setting a retweet record with her star-studded selfie was achieved before the Oscars telecast was even over.

During a comic bit, the Oscars host prevailed upon actor Bradley Cooper to take a picture with her and several other stars crowding around, including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Spacey, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

Long before midnight Sunday, the photo had been retweeted more than 2 million times, breaking a record set by President Barack Obama with the picture of him hugging First Lady Michelle Obama after his re-election in 2012.

Twitter also sent out an apology because all of the retweeting disrupted service for more than 20 minutes after 10 pm ET.

Host Ellen Degeneres is clearly having a good time hosting this year's Academy Awards. In the middle of announcing a winners of various categories, Ellen Degeneres decided to get a selfie with actress Meryl Streep. But it became more fun when Ellen called almost everyone around sitting in the front row to be a part of the selfie.

So the picture has Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Lupita Nyong'o, Channing Tatum and Jared Letto posing with Degeneres and Streep. This one is an epic selfie for sure! ####