Named after Argentine football player Lionel Messi, the seven-year-old border collie was a huge sensation in his home country of France long before the Oscars rolled around. His owner Laura Martin Contini is a professional dog trainer and she did a great job preparing him for the role of a lifetime in Anatomy of the Fall.

Messi was a part of some of the film’s most memorable scenes, and the director Triet told The Hollywood Reporter that his character Snoop “was not just another character or some animal running around [but] as much a part of the film’s ensemble as any of the other actors.”

Messi was honored with the Palm Dog at the Cannes Film Festival, and his star kept on rising once Anatomy of the Fall became an international sensation. He attended the Oscars luncheon after the film received five nominations, and later hit the red carpet at the 96th Academy Awards and had his own seat in the audience.

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Messi won everyone from Ryan Gosling to Billie Eilish over this award season, and his owner and trainer Laura Martin Contini is grateful to everyone who showed him love.

“There were a few interviews in France, but what we’ve been experiencing here in America -with the attention to this dog and his acting — it’s beyond anything we anticipated. It’s probably the maximum that you can accomplish in this field,” Contini told The Hollywood Reporter.

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Alexandr Dmitriev and his wife, Mariya, decided to adopt Messi from a zoo in 2016 and the couple raised him as a house-pet. The big cat follows a strict grooming routine – he gets washed in the bath, have his teeth cleaned and nails trimmed, and gets a special brush-down every single day. As for his meals, Messi eats twice a day and his diet includes turkey, beef, some chicken breast and bones.

The couple shares Messi’s adventures on social media and now the young puma is a certified internet star with 514k followers on Instagram and over 800k YouTube subscribers.

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Named after Argentine football player Lionel Messi, the seven-year-old border collie was a huge sensation in his home country of France long before the Oscars rolled around. His owner Laura Martin Contini is a professional dog trainer and she did a great job preparing him for the role of a lifetime in Anatomy of the Fall.

Messi was a part of some of the film’s most memorable scenes, and the director Triet told The Hollywood Reporter that his character Snoop “was not just another character or some animal running around [but] as much a part of the film’s ensemble as any of the other actors.”

Messi was honored with the Palm Dog at the Cannes Film Festival, and his star kept on rising once Anatomy of the Fall became an international sensation. He attended the Oscars luncheon after the film received five nominations, and later hit the red carpet at the 96th Academy Awards and had his own seat in the audience.

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Messi won everyone from Ryan Gosling to Billie Eilish over this award season, and his owner and trainer Laura Martin Contini is grateful to everyone who showed him love.

“There were a few interviews in France, but what we’ve been experiencing here in America -with the attention to this dog and his acting — it’s beyond anything we anticipated. It’s probably the maximum that you can accomplish in this field,” Contini told The Hollywood Reporter.

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The post Meet Messi, the Adorable Dog Who Stole the Show at the Oscars appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.

Alexandr Dmitriev and his wife, Mariya, decided to adopt Messi from a zoo in 2016 and the couple raised him as a house-pet. The big cat follows a strict grooming routine – he gets washed in the bath, have his teeth cleaned and nails trimmed, and gets a special brush-down every single day. As for his meals, Messi eats twice a day and his diet includes turkey, beef, some chicken breast and bones.

The couple shares Messi’s adventures on social media and now the young puma is a certified internet star with 514k followers on Instagram and over 800k YouTube subscribers.

The post This Puma Lives Comfortably in a Russian Apartment appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.