{"id":20763,"date":"2021-04-26T21:18:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T21:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=20763"},"modified":"2021-04-27T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:44:01","slug":"naya-rivera-oscars-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/naya-rivera-oscars-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Noticed Naya Rivera Was Left Out Of The Oscars \u2018In Memoriam\u2019 Segment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20767\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-large wp-image-20767\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/naya-rivera-oscars-memorium-.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Naya Rivera \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naya Rivera (Photo: Greg Doherty\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of the many snubs during the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/racial-inequality-oscar-speeches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">93rd Academy Awards<\/a>, the absence of the late <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/celebrity-death-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naya Rivera<\/a> in the Oscars \u2018In Memoriam\u2019 Sunday evening was unacceptable according to many of the actress\u2019 fans. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rivera, who was best known for her antagonizing role as <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/gwyneth-paltrow-glee-naya-rivera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santana Lopez on <\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, was excluded from the Academy\u2019s tribute, alongside others like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/04\/01\/824683454\/fountains-of-waynes-adam-schlesinger-dies-at-52-after-contracting-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Schlesinger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/03\/jessica-walter-dead-actress-arrested-development-1234721873\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Walter<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/naya-rivera-confirmed-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivera died July 8, 2020<\/a>, at Lake Piru, near Santa Clarita, California. She was 33. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Still at a loss from Rivera\u2019s untimely death, fans stormed Twitter creating their own form of memorial for the late singer and actress. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitter user @<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margotsnaya\/status\/1386515497840152586\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">margotsnaya<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted: \u201cSince the academy, along with the Grammys, decided yet again not to include Naya Rivera in the tribute section of their 3 hour long show, we again have to do it for them. You\u2019re with us forever and your talent \/ legacy will span beyond generations. I love you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">since the academy, along with the grammys, decided yet again not to include naya rivera in the tribute section of their 3 hour long show, we again have to do it for them.<\/p>\n<p>you\u2019re with us forever and your talent \/ legacy will span beyond generations. i love you.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Oscars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3wxYZntp7L\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/3wxYZntp7L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mikayla \u30df\u2606 (@margotsnaya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margotsnaya\/status\/1386515497840152586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">April 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IN MEMORIAM OF NAYA RIVERA <\/p>\n<p>actress, dancer, singer, mom! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Oscars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VOSC2qo8tw\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/VOSC2qo8tw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; gaby &amp; ana conta de casal (@nayafavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayafavs\/status\/1386517331124310017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">April 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rivera was also excluded from the 2021 Grammys memoriam in March which began the social media call outs of excluding the <em>Glee<\/em> star. Rivera\u2019s career spans over a decade, beginning <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at the age of four when she landed the role of Hillary Winston on the short-lived <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sitcom <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Royal Family<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, earning a nomination for a Young Artist Award at the age of five. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a series of recurring television roles and then guest spots as a teenager, Rivera worked on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for over six years. For the role, she received critical acclaim and various awards, including a SAG Award and ALMA Award, as well as earning two Grammy Award and one Brit Award nominations. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With what feels like a longer than usual Oscar season, there unfortunately will be a wider margin of deaths to include. Viewers alone felt the \u201cIn Memoriam\u201d section this year felt rushed and out of place as they quickly slid from name to name.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29095,"featured_media":20767,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fans Noticed Naya Rivera Was Left Out Of The Oscars \u2018In Memoriam\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Naya Rivera, who was best known for her antagonizing role as Santana Lopez on Glee, was excluded from the Academy\u2019s tribute, alongside others like Adam Schlesinger and Jessica Walter.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/naya-rivera-oscars-in-memoriam\/\" \/>\n<meta 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