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.
The Hollywood Reporter on Twitter: “#Oscars shocker: Warren Beatty reads the wrong Best Picture winner, ‘La La Land’ didn’t win – ‘Moonlight’ did. pic.twitter.com/iB6TLxyTn5 / Twitter”
Oscars shocker: Warren Beatty reads the wrong Best Picture winner, ‘La La Land’ didn’t win – ‘Moonlight’ did. pic.twitter.com/iB6TLxyTn5
The Flippist on Twitter: “#BestPicture craziness at the #Oscars this year. #lalaland & #moonlight …totally HARVEY’D! pic.twitter.com/gfsIx4YzCQ / Twitter”
BestPicture craziness at the #Oscars this year. #lalaland & #moonlight …totally HARVEY’D! pic.twitter.com/gfsIx4YzCQ
B Marvin on Twitter: “Dead #Oscars pic.twitter.com/ObLZKZ4S3J / Twitter”
Dead #Oscars pic.twitter.com/ObLZKZ4S3J
Chloe Owens on Twitter: “Steve Harvey watching the #Oscars right now. #Moonlight #WarrenBeatty pic.twitter.com/IMJVq7exIn / Twitter”
Steve Harvey watching the #Oscars right now. #Moonlight #WarrenBeatty pic.twitter.com/IMJVq7exIn
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