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Moonlight wins best picture after Oscar screw up
Posted On Feb 27 2017
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Moonlight star Mahershala Ali, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, was later pictured with La La Land lead and Best Actress victor Emma Stone. In the cringe-worthy moments to follow, Moonlight was the Oscar.
As the Sunday award show was coming to a close, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were presenting the final award.
As those involved with the movies up for the Best Picture award at Sunday’s Oscars were sitting on pins and needles, most people at home were just ready for the show to finally end.
When it became clear that La La Land hadn’t won, a gracious Horowitz fought through the shock and disappointment to ensure Moonlight basked in its Oscar moment. “Oh my god, he got the wrong envelope”, the LA Times reported.
But he said he had to act: “Listen, I’m a producer, I gather things together and I change direction and march things forward”.
Should you ever find yourself messing up in front of millions, let Sammy Davis Jr.be your guide.
But two minutes 22 seconds later, all hell broke loose. He looks at his co-presenter, Faye Dunaway.
Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz from PWC, the tax partner to the awards ceremony, were forced to intervene on stage amidst the confusion and chaos.
“I got to thank my wife and my son, so it’s all good”.
“Well, I don’t know what happened”.
“We hand each envelope directly to the presenter in each category”.
La La Land star Emma Stone, who won her first Academy Award for leading the cast of the Damien Chazelle modern musical, arrived at the party at around 12:30 a.m., sporting her ACLU ribbon pinned to a black blazer embellished with pearls.
– “Moonlight” took the best-picture award at the Academy Awards on February 26 after a gaffe that saw another film, “La La Land”, initially named the victor.
It was a freaky moment and one that had everyone asking – what happened with the envelopes? “I’m sorry, no, there’s a mistake”, he says.
He looked puzzled at the answer, but passed the card to his co-presenter Dunaway who read out La La Land as the victor.
The accounting firm vowed to investigate how the mistake occurred.
But for the most part, the speeches were mild or made general pleas for tolerance rather than direct attacks on Trump. “I will say, I saw two cards”.
Ali won the first Oscar of the 89th Academy Awards when he scooped the best supporting actor prize. “I can’t imagine being in their position and having to do that”.
Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins indirectly referred to the president, telling those who feel underrepresented: “For the next four years, we will not leave you alone, we will not forget you”. La La Land, an old Hollywood style movie about two white people saving jazz, and Moonlight, a film about a young black man growing up in Miami which was lauded for its diversity.
