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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhoa, they handed out the Best Pic Oscar to the wrong film!
Crazy.
Whole group from La La Land was on stage and handed it over to the Moonlight crew.
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Warren Beatty explained, "I opened the envelope. And it said Emma Stone, 'La La Land'. That's why I took such a long look at Faye and at you. I wasn't trying to be funny."
Crazy indeed!
elleng
(130,905 posts)Upthevibe
(8,051 posts)elleng
(130,905 posts)NOT!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Wing it?
Brother Buzz
(36,433 posts)because they were announcing best picture, then passed the envelope to Faye, and all she saw was La La Land. Weird.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)What the hell? Thank god they figured it out before it was over I guess. But damn!
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)JudyM
(29,248 posts)Response to JudyM (Reply #8)
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longship
(40,416 posts)It was really won by Moonlight.
They corrected it.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)Jimmy Kimmel said.
Wow envelope screw up. Well the cast of La La Land were very gracious.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)That was just a beauty contest. If it hadn't been Warren Beatty, the man would never work in this town again.
miyazaki
(2,243 posts)But I bet Steve Harvey is the happiest man in the world tonight.
MrPurple
(985 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,224 posts)Warren Beatty knew there was something wrong when he looked at he card.
Cirque du So-What
(25,938 posts)You know the rest.
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,938 posts)even color-coding isn't sufficiently idiot-proof.