La La Land mistakenly announced as Best Picture at Oscars; Moonlight wins (VIDEO)
Moonlight has won Best Picture at the Oscars – but before that, La La Land was announced as the winner by mistake. Watch the flub below.
WATCH: 'La La Land' announced as #Oscars Best Picture winner, but only until a mistake is realized with 'Moonlight' being the real winner. pic.twitter.com/wYsUngcdwe
— ABC News (@ABC) February 27, 2017
The cast and crew of La La Land were already on the stage to give their acceptance speech, when one of the producers, holding the envelope up to the camera, said that Moolight had actually won the award.
#MOONLIGHT WON BEST PICTURE! @dailydotpic.twitter.com/IAfQoeiHKy
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) February 27, 2017
WATCH: Moment where crew/cast of 'La La Land' realizes a mistake had been made and 'Moonlight' actually won Best Picture. #Oscarspic.twitter.com/WCCopwsJ66
— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 27, 2017
Presenter Warren Beatty reportedly paused for so long because he had been given the envelope for the wrong category, which read, “Emma Stone, La La Land.”
Envelope in Warren Beatty’s hands read “ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE” when announcing Best Picture. https://t.co/naq6LCfSrE#Oscarspic.twitter.com/YmXWXcudfu
— ABC News (@ABC) February 27, 2017
Actress Faye Dunaway, however, quickly read the name 'La La Land.
WANTED: Envelope Handler for Oscars 2018. Must have experience handling envelopes. Congratulations @moonlightmov! #TheAcademy
— Amanda Lo (@violinistamanda) February 27, 2017
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel joked following the blunder: “I knew I would screw this show up. I really did.”
“Personally I blame @IamSteveHarvey for this.” - Jimmy #Kimmel#Oscars
— Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) February 27, 2017
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has monitored the Academy’s ballot-counting process for the past 83 years, issued a statement saying they deeply regret what happened.
“We sincerely apologize to Moonlight, La La Land, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for Best Picture,” the statement said.
“The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered, was immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred. We appreciate the grace with which the nominees, the Academy, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel handled the situation.”
La La Land went into the Oscars with a record-tying 14 nominations, eventually winning six, and making 32-year-old Damien Chazelle the youngest person to win an Oscar for Best Director.
La La Land won the popular vote, but it was unable to win the electoral vote that Moonlight managed to win #Oscars
— Shane (@FourScore64) February 27, 2017
Emma Stone won Best Actress for her role in La La Land, while Manchester by the Sea’s Casey Affleck was named Best Actor.
Dead #Oscarspic.twitter.com/ObLZKZ4S3J
— B Marvin (@BMarvelouss) February 27, 2017
Viola Davis and Mahershala Ali were named Best Supporting Actress and Actor for their roles in Fences and Moonlight.
Putin admits to #Oscars screwup.
— Gwilym McGrew (@GwilymMcGrew) February 27, 2017
"We are everywhere in Hollywood these days."#fayedunaway#Oscars2017#WarrenBeatty#MAGApic.twitter.com/sZLWAqd9j5
Moonlight also took home Best Adapted Screenplay, while Manchester by the Sea won Best Original Screenplay.
When you win the oscar right after you lost the oscar #lalaland#Moonlight#Oscars#BestPicturepic.twitter.com/MCnucgD5BD
— rhea lahiri (@RheaForReal) February 27, 2017