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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
(131,118 posts)Upthevibe
(8,072 posts)elleng
(131,118 posts)NOT!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Wing it?
Brother Buzz
(36,466 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
(32,898 posts)JudyM
(29,277 posts)Response to JudyM (Reply #8)
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longship
(40,416 posts)It was really won by Moonlight.
They corrected it.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)bdamomma
(63,922 posts)Jimmy Kimmel said.
Wow envelope screw up. Well the cast of La La Land were very gracious.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)That was just a beauty contest. If it hadn't been Warren Beatty, the man would never work in this town again.
miyazaki
(2,249 posts)But I bet Steve Harvey is the happiest man in the world tonight.
MrPurple
(985 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,228 posts)Warren Beatty knew there was something wrong when he looked at he card.
Cirque du So-What
(25,984 posts)You know the rest.
SunSeeker
(51,709 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,984 posts)even color-coding isn't sufficiently idiot-proof.