Oscars was live and wild. It was being conducted with intense zing and fervor. There was this last and the most awaited award: Best Picture. There came the announcers and with them came an envelope which had winner’s name written on it. Perhaps one more thing accompanied them: Blunder.
For the Best Picture award, came Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway who looked as pleasant as ever. Warren was apparently indulging in surprise pangs or perhaps he could not believe what was written. Not only this, Beatty took repeated glances at Dunaway. For all audience and onlookers, it was rather funny and absurd moment, especially the probable contenders: La La Land and Moonlight.
As a winner would do, the whole team came onto the stage. People were applauding their movie, while movie producers flocked in numbers to deliver their not-so-long speeches. Well, just while they were speaking, in the backdrop was another story altogether. Within a couple of minutes of announcement, there was a huge commotion at the back. Oscar officials rushed to the stage and snatched the envelope from Beatty. The producers of the La La Land film handled the mistake with optimum grace.
Why didn’t the producers of the show rush to the stage when the wrong winner had been announced?! I feel bad for #lalaland producers AWKWARD pic.twitter.com/bs2S7rj325
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) February 27, 2017
WATCH: ‘La La Land’ announced as #Oscars Best Picture winner, but only until a mistake is realized with ‘Moonlight’ being the real winner. pic.twitter.com/wYsUngcdwe
— ABC News (@ABC) February 27, 2017
La La Land producer, Beatty held up the envelope with Moonlight’s name on it. He then delivered a clarifying statement, thereby claiming that it was really not intended to make a joke. He addressed the audience, “I want to tell you what happened. I opened the envelope and it said Emma Stone, La La Land. That’s why I took such a long look at Faye and at you. I wasn’t trying to be funny.”
Beatty was handed over a wrong envelope which said Best Actress Award: Emma Stone.
The Moonlight team came up on the stage to receive the award confidently, some of them still doubting if it was a joke.
Here is the list of major Oscar winners:
The 2017 OSCAR Best Actress In a Leading Role was awarded to Emma Stone for portraying Mia in La La Land.
Emma first thanked the other nominees in her category, which include Isabelle Huppert, Ruth Negga, Natalie Portman and Meryl Streep. “You are all so extraordinary and I look up to you and I admire you more than I can put into words,” said Stone. At the outset, she grabbed the opportunity to thank her family and friends. She added, “I’m going to hug the hell out of you when the feeling re-enters my body.”
#Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Emma Stone for ‘La La Land.’ https://t.co/yOZ5X2ihdG #Oscars pic.twitter.com/p0diLi6rh8
— ABC News (@ABC) February 27, 2017
Other major winners in different categories were:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis, Fences
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Zootopia
CINEMATOGRAPHY
La La Land
COSTUME DESIGN
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
DIRECTING
La La Land
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
La La Land
“City Of Stars” from La La Land
Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
For whatever it was on the stage, the 2017 Oscars night will be imprinted in the history of Oscars. There have been a major glitch of this sort at the Miss Universe pageant too in 2015 by Steve Harvey. While it is a pack of fun for the audience, we are still empathetic for the wrong-called candidate.
