The 89th Academy Awards was filled with many memorable moments which is to be expected when you pack a room with Hollywood’s most prestige artists. However, Sunday night featured one moment that was particularly unforgettable. Perhaps the most talked about moment came at the very end when the Oscar for Best Picture was given to the wrong movie.
Faye Dunway and Warren Beatty were handed the wrong envelope before presenting the award to “La La Land” instead of the actual winner of the best picture Oscar, “Moonlight.” The mistake was corrected on stage as host of the night Jimmy Kimmel made light of the situation to ease the awkwardness.
“Personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this,” Kimmel said, referring to the comedian crowning the wrong winner of Ms. Universe 2015.
Call me Warren Beatty. I can help you get through this! #Oscars
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) February 27, 2017
Although “La La Land” did not get the biggest award of the night, there were still may highlights for the film that collected 12 statues including Best Actress awarded to Emma Stone.
The award for Best Actor was given to Casey Affleck for “Manchester by the Sea” which many considered an upset, beating out Denzel Washington for his performance in “Fences.”
But Washington’s co-star Viola Davis won Best Supporting Actress and became the first African-American actor to win an Oscar, Emmy and a Tony.
The rest of the night was filled with digs against President Trump by both Kimmel as well as foreign stars including Iranian director Asghar Farhadi who did not attend the ceremony in protest of Trump’s travel ban to seven predominantly Muslim nations. Farhadi won best foreign film for “The Salesman” and Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian astronaut, read a statement from Farhadi.
“I’m sorry I’m not with you tonight,” it read. “My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S.”
With the historical Best Picture mishap coming at the end of the night, Kimmel attempted to end the show on a positive note.
“Let’s remember this is just an award show,” Kimmel said.
Here is a full list of the 89th Academy Award winners:
Best Picture: “Moonlight”
Actor: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Actress: Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, “Fences”
Animated Feature: “Zootopia”
Cinematography: “La La Land”
Costume Design: “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
Direction: Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Documentary Feature: “O.J.: Made in America”
Documentary Short: “The White Helmets”
Film Editing: “Hacksaw Ridge”
Foreign Language Film: “The Salesman”
Makeup and Hairstyling: “Suicide Squad”
Score: “La La Land”
Song: “City of Stars” from “La La Land”
Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Production Design: “La La Land”
Animated Short: “Piper”
Live Action Short: “Sing”
Sound Editing: “Arrival”
Sound Mixing: “Hacksaw Ridge”
Visual Effects: “The Jungle Book”
Adapted Screenplay: “Moonlight”
Original Screenplay: “Manchester by the Sea”
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