The 2017 Oscars ended in an almighty mess early on Monday morning (February 27) as presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced that La La Land had won Best Picture.
As the La La Land cast and crew began to deliver their victory speeches, an interruption occurred somewhere in the back of the crowd and it was announced that the prestigious award had actually gone to Moonlight, which had won Best Adapted Screenplay earlier in the evening.
Confusion spread through the stage as host Jimmy Kimmel was forced to assure the Moonlight crew that it wasn’t a joke or a stunt (he later jokingly blamed Steve Harvey; a reference to his infamous Miss Universe disaster), beckoning them onto the stage. Beatty briefly took the microphone to explain that when he opened his envelope, the card read “Emma Stone — La La Land,” thus prompting his and Dunaway’s announcement. Emma Stone had won Best Actress in the previous presentation.
Madness aside, the win capped a magnificent evening for Moonlight, wherein actor Mahershala Ali became the first-ever Muslim to win an Oscar when he took the title of Best Supporting Actor.
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Since the ceremony ended the internet has exploded, settling somewhere in the space between jubilation and not knowing what the hell just happened.
Here’s the moment that it all went nuts on the Oscars stage tonight:
And of course, Twitter reacted with its trademark savagery…
In amongst the celebrations of anyone who is Team Moonlight, the La La Land crew and cast appeared to be devastated, still consoling each other in the theater a half an hour after the show had been brought to a close.
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