Oscar nominees including Casey Affleck, Emma Stone and Natalie Portman read out rude messages about themselves in a special Mean Tweets segment of the Academy Awards ceremony.

The Hollywood stars read abusive messages that had been written about them on Twitter, with Stone reading: "Emma Stone looks like a crack whore in every role she plays."

Affleck read: "Casey Affleck is the real life version of Billy Bob Thornton's character in Sling Blade."

Mean Tweets is a popular segment of Kimmel's late night talk show, when stars have to read cruel online criticisms.

Samuel L Jackson kept a straight face as he read: "Samuel L Jackson has resting fart face" while Jessica Chastain was left baffled by the tweet: "I'm gong to white balance my TV on Jessica Chastain's chest," adding: "I don't know what that means!"

Other stars to read out mean messages in the segment included Eddie Redmayne, Miles Teller, Ryan Gosling, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Bridges and Robert De Niro.

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