Oscars 2017: 'Moonlight' awarded Best Picture... after 'La La Land' was announced winner
In an awkward slip-up, presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway first announced 'La La Land' as winner of the top prize
The Oscars are Hollywood's biggest night and you'd think everything is planned to a tee.
But today, we learned there's always room for error.
In what has to be one of the most awkward moments in Oscar history, presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway initially announced that the romantic musical "La La Land" had won. As the casts of both films stood awkwardly on stage, Beatty explained he had been given the wrong envelope to open. “I want to tell you what happened. I opened the envelope and it said, “Emma Stone, ‘La La Land.’”
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Twitter seems to be having a field day with the mix-up.