‘La La Land’ Producer Talks Oscars’ Best Picture Error

In a never-before-seen moment of the Oscars, the wrong Best Picture victor was announced – and wasn’t discovered until the wrong recipient had already begun giving acceptance speeches.

“Our producers didn’t have the time to give their speeches and that’s a real shame”.

The debacle over the announcement is shaping up to be the biggest whodunit in Hollywood history. So when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty stepped on stage, and the veteran actor read the name of the victor as La La Land, it didn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone.

But is it still unclear who was responsible. From his controversial travel ban being protested by award winners to Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel taunting the president through tweets.

All those observers who spent three hours saying the Oscars were boring and predictable (OK, me) were made to look foolish. “I’m done with it because this is true”, he said. “I promise I’ll never come back!” Beatty handed the envelope to Dunaway, who then named “La La Land” – and not “Moonlight” – as the Oscar victor for Best Picture.

“The story of Desmond Doss and his courage and selflessness was as good as you get”, Gilbert said in his acceptance speech. “It’s why I was speechless – I wasn’t speechless because I won, I was so speechless that they had to do that”. He later added: “Call me Warren Beatty”.

While the company did not divulge exactly what was printed on the paper, reports have suggested that it was branded with Emma Stone’s name, who won Best Actress for her role in the acclaimed musical earlier in the evening. At this point, someone must have been pitching the most spectacular fit in Oscar history as they watched the whole show unravel before their eyes.

After Horowitz’s announcement, Beatty acknowledged as much and explained that’s why he hesitated to announce “La La Land” as the victor.

Former Oscar winning actress Salma Hayek was backstage as the drama unfolded. “I don’t think my life could be changed anymore than it has in the last 20 to 30 minutes”.

“My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of the other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S.”, he said.

While the Oscars of 2017 will be remembered for, quite literally, one thing, the “Moonlight”/’La La Land’ debacle can also perhaps be summed up in a single image.