Oops! Major blunder mars La La Land's Oscar night

Woah! Hollywood actors Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the wrong name as the winner for best film at the 2017 Oscars. They called out for 'La La Land' instead of 'Moonlight,' the correct winner.

 

Dunaway had read the winner before Beatty could stop her. 

 

Soon the cast and crew of La La Land arrived on stage to accept the award before someone realised there was some confusion. 

Producer Jordan Horowitz said, "There's been a mistake," and he ran onstage. "Moonlight, you guys won."

 

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said he was shocked and speechless when the correct result was announced.

 

Warren Beatty later explained to the crowd, Dunaway had paused to look at the envelope, which read "Emma Stone, La La Land." Stone, who had just won best actress.

 

"That's why I took such a long look at Dunaway...I wasn't trying to be funny," she explained to the audience. 

 

She soon said, "This is Moonlight the best picture."

 

La La Land's cast and crew were halfway through their acceptance speeches when the mistake was realised.

 

Host Jimmy Kimmel joked: "Warren, what did you do?"

 

The Washington Post reported it as the most shocking Oscars moment ever in history, and the mistake was quickly picked up as a topic of discussion by viewers and social media.

 

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Here’s a list of the winners for the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress: 

 

Best Picture - 'Moonlight' by Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Emma Stone for 'La La Land'
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Casey Affleck for 'Manchester By The Sea'
Best Director - Damien Chazelle for 'La La Land'
Best Adapted Screenplay - Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney for 'Moonlight'
Best Original Screenplay - Kenneth Lonergan for 'Manchester By The Sea'
Best Original Song - 'City Of Stars' from 'La La Land' by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Best Original Score - Justin Hurwitz for 'La La Land'
Best Cinematography - Linus Sandgren for 'La La Land'
Best Live Action Short - 'Sing' by Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy
Best Documentary Short - 'The White Helmets' by Orlando Von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best Film Editing - John Gilbert for 'Hacksaw Ridge'
Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones and Dan Lemmon for 'The Jungle Book'
Best Production Design - David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco for 'La La Land'
Best Animated Feature - 'Zootopia' by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer
Best Animated Short - 'Piper' by Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer
Best Foreign Language Film - 'The Salesman' by Asghar Farhadi
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Viola Davis for 'Fences'
Best Sound Mixing - Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace for 'Hacksaw Ridge'
Best Sound Editing - Sylvain Bellemare for 'Arrival'
Best Documentary Feature - Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow for 'O J: Made In America'