Posted on 02/27/2017 2:55:33 AM PST by SkyPilot
In the most shocking mix-up in Oscars history, Moonlight won best picture at the Academy Awards — but only after presenter Faye Dunaway announced La La Land as the winner, setting off mass confusion inside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
“I want to tell you what happened,” co-presenter Warren Beatty explained after the mix-up was revealed. “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.”
“Well, I don’t know what happened. I blame myself for this,” Kimmel joked after the moment. “Let’s remember, it’s just an awards show. I mean, we hate to see people disappointed, but the good news is we got to see some extra speeches. We have some great movies. I knew I would screw this show up, I really did. Thank you for watching. I’m back to work tomorrow night on my regular show. I promise I’ll never come back. Good night!”
Speaking after the mix-up had been rectified, Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said, “Very clearly, very clearly in my dreams this could not be true. But to hell with my dreams. I’m done with it because this is true. Oh my goodness.”
He added a note of praise to his La La Land opponents: “And I have to say it is true. It’s not fake. We’ve been on the road with these guys for so long. My love to La La Land. My love to everybody. Man.”
After the Oscars, PricewaterhouseCoopers — which tabulates the Oscar votes — released a statement apologizing for the flub: “We sincerely apologize to Moonlight, La La Land, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement...
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I stopped counting Trump’s wins because there are too many of them!
Seriously, just ensuring Hillary wasn’t made president was enough of God’s blessing for me. All else I am grateful for, but all that is icing on the NO HILLARY WIN cake!
We need a Putin/Russia hacked the Oscars meme!
Steve Harvey?....He’s happy as a clam that his yuge mistake has instantly faded into obscurity to be replaced but this Oscars FUBAR.
Trump Nation Laughs at them.
Steve Harvey handled what happened as well as possible, and in the end, he turned it into a positive for him.
They also included some woman who’s still alive in the death scroll remembrances.
#FakeOscars
Hey, it works for university admissions, job hirings, lawsuits, etc.
I agree but I bet he is still happy to see the spot light moved off his onto the Oscars.
Moonlight? Is that the movie with Michael Dukakis in drag?
“Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.” Psalm 35:4
Screen Junkies did an Oscar(TM) ‘trailer’ preview and they called the nomination of Moonlight a no-brainer.
Honest Trailers - The Oscars (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o-aEUulEDQ
I hate Hollywood as well, but the significance is that last night the Oscars were the front lines on the political and culture war. They bashed Trump two dozens times. And, the highlight of the night was an Affirmative Action disaster.
Ex-president Obama should considered giving them his Nobel Peace Prize as a consolation prize, he isn’t using it.
Al Sharpton will speak up if he can figure out an angle to shakedown the corporations for more money to make him go away.
Sad part about this scenario is that after real people made these fake people famous and wealthy, the fake people tell the real people how to live their lives?
As a total percent of their income, blacks spend more money on movies than do white people.
Really, they spend a higher percent of their incomes on just about every single entertainment form.
Since, it is the nomination that is important.
Why don’t they just hand out participation trophies for everyone.
And why do they have to have separate awards for men and women, that’s sexist.
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