Oscars "Moonlight" Mishap

These people should be awarded “Most Embarrassing Award Show Moment” for what they did at the end of the Oscars this year, and John Travolta should be a runner up for what he did in 2014.

Source: Uproxx

The 89th Annual Academy Awards took place on February 26, 2017 and featured a stunning array of celebrity attendees, including that of the cast of the movie musical, La La Land, and the cast of the film, Moonlight.

The awards show was filled with unforgettable moments, including performances from Lin Manuel Miranda in honor of the new Disney film, Moana, and a brilliant acceptance speech made by Viola Davis. But none were as unforgettable as the moment when La La Land seemed to have won Best Picture, until one of the members of the cast corrected themselves and rightfully gave the award to Moonlight.

Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty were tasked with presenting the award of “Best Picture” that evening. The nominees for the award included: Lion, Arrival, Hell or High Water, Hacksaw Ridge, Manchester by the Sea, Fences, Hidden Figures, La La Land, and Moonlight. When it came time to announce the winner, Warren Beatty opened the envelope containing the title of the winning movie to read aloud to the audience. He looks out into the audience, but before he says anything, he pauses and looks back down at the slip of paper. He then looks up again and says, “The Academy Award…” before looking down once more. Faye Dunaway is right by his side cheering him on. Warren eventually gives the slip of paper to her, and Faye Dunaway faces the crowd and confidently proclaims that the winner of Best Picture was La La Land.

But Faye Dunaway had read from the list of runner-ups on the paper. The true winner of the night was the film, Moonlight. It wasn’t until after the entire cast of La La Land went up and gave their acceptance speech that they announced the real winner. If one cares enough to pay close attention to what’s happening behind the men giving their speeches, you can see a man with a headset most likely telling everyone that the presenters named the wrong movie. One might even be able to catch Emma Stone repeating “Oh my god,” to herself as the situation unfolds.

Many may have differing opinions on what happened that night, but no other person could have described it better than Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the 70th Academy Awards. In his exact words, “That was very unfortunate, what happened. Personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this.”