Fixing the mess: Oscars auditors apologise for best picture mix-up

La La Land didn’t actually win.

Although the mishap caused a great deal of embarrassment for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Price Waterhouse Coopers – the accounting firm that tallies the Oscars votes – Minnie wasn’t the only star who thought it was a brilliant Oscars moment.

Post the historical debacle of announcing the wrong victor at the 89 Oscar Awards 2017, there’s finally an explanation as to how it happened. The Moonlight cast, along with practically everyone in the audience, broke into tears as they stormed the stage to accept their award. Beatty was obviously bewildered, checking and double-checking and triple-checking before eventually making Dunaway read the words “La La Land” off the card. Actually, Beatty looked at the card and was confused. He showed it to Dunaway, who barely looked at it before announcing La La Land. The team went on stage to deliver their acceptance speeches and thank their loved ones.

The victim count from the ceremony is likely to grow as the PwC investigation unfolds, with Jimmy Kimmel being the first to assume some blame, concluding the evening’s entertainment by pledging that his debut hosting of the Academy Awards would be his one and only. He tweeted. “Call me Warren Beatty”. “They hesitated quite a bit in announcing the victor as they were trying to make an on the spot judgment of the validity of the card in the envelope to which they judged incorrectly”.

Clearly, he should’ve stopped and asked somebody. He knew he had the wrong card, or he at least suspected something was very off with this situation. “And then I said, ‘Oh my God, they are going to say it”.

The producers of the musical were already concluding their speeches when it was revealed there had been a mix-up and Moonlight had in fact scored the top prize of the night. “I think it’s a good outcome but a very odd happening for Oscar history”. “He was looking, and then he showed it to her, and she said La La Land”.

It’s thrilling that this little movie that could has come so far and been given its due reward. It was a beautifully written script acted by brilliant performers throughout.

Moonlight chronicles the coming-of-age story of a young black man growing up gay, in what has been a critically-acclaimed turn for gay black characters in film today.

According to a Forbes article, two copies of the victor cards are made.