Oscars DISASTER: Academy Announces The WRONG Best Picture Winner…
In an absolutely astonishing moment at the 89th annual Academy Awards Sunday night, co-presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the multi-Oscar winning musical La La Land as winner of Best Picture – only to soon discover that the real winner was actually Moonlight.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which tabulates Oscar votes, released a statement after the event:
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 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.
Hollywood Reporter on Twitter
Oscars shocker: Warren Beatty reads the wrong Best Picture winner, ‘La La Land’ didn’t win – ‘Moonlight’ did. https://t.co/iB6TLxyTn5
The Flippist on Twitter
BestPicture craziness at the #Oscars this year. #lalaland & #moonlight …totally HARVEY’D! https://t.co/gfsIx4YzCQ
B Marvin on Twitter
Dead #Oscars
Chloe Owens on Twitter
Steve Harvey watching the #Oscars right now. #Moonlight #WarrenBeatty
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