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(47,474 posts) Mon Feb 27, 2017, 01:20 AM Feb 2017

'Moonlight' wins best picture after 'La La Land' incorrectly called [View all]

Source: LA Times

"Moonlight" won the best picture Oscar after "La La Land" was incorrectly called out. Emma Stone, Casey Affleck, Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis won acting awards. Barry Jenkins won the adapted screenplay award for Tarell Alvin McCraney's "Moonlight" and Kenneth Lonnergan for his original script, "Manchester by the Sea."

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-oscars-2017-89th-academy-awards-updates-20170226-htmlstory.html

I am sure we will hear more about this later tonight and tomorrow

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'Moonlight' wins best picture after 'La La Land' incorrectly called [View all] question everything Feb 2017 OP

Hilarious HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #1

Perhaps Warren Beaty should not have given that "honor" question everything Feb 2017 #6

He was understandably confused because it wasn't the right envelope. onenote Feb 2017 #13

Right. Sorry Warrne.. (nt) question everything Feb 2017 #62

He was only confused because it was the wrong card Saviolo Feb 2017 #26

Shouldn't there have been only... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #38

Also, I thought that the winner often get both the envelope and the statue question everything Feb 2017 #64

Stone had the envelope she was given. But there are two. onenote Feb 2017 #65

Thanks for the explanation. So now all of us know that there are two sets (nt) question everything Feb 2017 #67

Thanks for the clarification! proverbialwisdom Feb 2017 #43

Putin likes "LA LA LAND"? Who knew? Ken Burch Feb 2017 #2

Didn't something similar happen a few years ago? Or was that the Grammys? C Moon Feb 2017 #3

I think it was in a beauty contest then the host called the wrong name question everything Feb 2017 #12

Oh! That's right! C Moon Feb 2017 #17

Trump will be saying "Moonlight" won on illegal alien votes. Ken Burch Feb 2017 #4

He'll say it was rigged! angstlessk Feb 2017 #5

Spicer will ban the Academy from the White House press briefings. Ken Burch Feb 2017 #8

"Fake Awards". Ken Burch Feb 2017 #35

Lolololololol! [Inhales] Hahahahahahahaha! TheDebbieDee Feb 2017 #29

Maybe it's just me but I have a difficult time putting musicals and drama in the same category. onecaliberal Feb 2017 #7

Mee too...LLL might be the fave of some, but a tough gritty story out paces it by a mile! angstlessk Feb 2017 #9

To paraphrase Seinfeld, LLL was a movie about nothing HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #10

Not worthy of best anything. Just my .2 onecaliberal Feb 2017 #11

Saw "Manchester by the Sea" yesterday and "Hidden Figures" today question everything Feb 2017 #14

Same here. They zentrum Feb 2017 #16

Ben Affleck may get the bigger roles, but Casey Affleck is the better actor. n/t OnlinePoker Feb 2017 #57

Yeah, I think Ben is actually a better director than actor TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #60

Stopped watching zentrum Feb 2017 #15

LLL Most Saccharine! Worst Dancing! Alice11111 Feb 2017 #40

I believe you misunderstood the ending. Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #50

Agree. The ending certainly was not what one would have expected question everything Feb 2017 #66

I'm predicting a tweet storm from the Mandarin Manchild Dopers_Greed Feb 2017 #18

Kimmel tweeted and asked him if he was up and then tweeted again onecaliberal Feb 2017 #19

"Failing Oscars reward gays, junkies, and the blacks. Sad!" Ken Burch Feb 2017 #27

I thought it was staged elmac Feb 2017 #20

I wish the election got corrected instead! mvd Feb 2017 #22

True. Ken Burch Feb 2017 #24

That's entirely possible. Ken Burch Feb 2017 #28

yes, that would be great elmac Feb 2017 #61

Am I the only one here that loved La La Land? mvd Feb 2017 #21

It's a nice film Ken Burch Feb 2017 #23

I don't agree in this case mvd Feb 2017 #25

As I said, no disrespect to the film or you intended. Ken Burch Feb 2017 #30

Well, I have not seen Moonlight so I can't say.. mvd Feb 2017 #31

Understood. Ken Burch Feb 2017 #33

No, you are not. 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #39

My wife and I loved it. Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #49

I loved it SharonClark Feb 2017 #55

I enjoyed it... the problem with rating things like this is that it's a matter of taste... JHan Mar 2017 #69

Personally in times like this, I enjoy escapism like La La Land had mvd Mar 2017 #70

I get that... it's why I dislike the idea of contests in Art.. JHan Mar 2017 #71

Ok thanks, I would like to see it mvd Mar 2017 #72

too bad that when they make a mistake in a president al election, olddad56 Feb 2017 #32

Yes, I wish that La La Land guy could fix Trump being named POTUS. SunSeeker Feb 2017 #44

Jimmy funny to the end.. Cha Feb 2017 #34

Kimmel was very good in my opinion underpants Feb 2017 #45

Kimmel did a great job. Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #51

I bet he was good.. I can tell just from reading about Cha Feb 2017 #68

good La La Land sucks gopiscrap Feb 2017 #36

"movies should have some historical or political component to them" dhill926 Feb 2017 #41

Nothing says "Netflix and Chill" for me... Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #52

Really? Did you see it? SharonClark Feb 2017 #56

I thought it was terrific. Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #58

Yes I saw it gopiscrap Feb 2017 #59

people who saw moonlight were saying it should win long before all this JI7 Feb 2017 #37

Is it any wonder why a "mistake" would happen with a film like this? BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #46

I wonder why they had the card and envelope with " Best Actress" montana_hazeleyes Feb 2017 #42

There are two envelopes. One in OldHippieChick Feb 2017 #47

Someone at PriceWaterhouseCoopers fucked up. Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #53

Here's the culprit: Kingofalldems Feb 2017 #48

What a tempest in a teapot... Stuff happens.. Sheesh.... LakeArenal Feb 2017 #54

Conspiracy of the #NeverMoonlight faction Shrek Feb 2017 #63