Isabella Rossellini paid a subtle tribute to David Lynch at the Oscars - Oscar-nominated actor starred in acclaimed director’s 1986 film ‘Blue Velvet’

Oscars were full of surprises, but many felt the tribute to James Bond could have been replaced as a tribute to David Lynch's monumental impact on cinema

After the passing of her Blue Velvet director David Lynch in January, Isabella Rossellini took to social media and expressed her love for him. Rossellini, who dated Lynch for five years, paid another tribute to the filmmaker as she went to the Oscars clad in a blue velvet robe on Monday.

Honoring members of the film industry who died last year, this year’s In Memoriam sequence featured members of Hollywood from actors and songwriters to producers and publicists. Over the swelling strings of Mozart’s “Lacrimosa,