'Moonlight' or 'La La Land'? Best Picture Mix-up at Oscars

There was confusion all around as Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the wrong best picture winner at the 2017 Oscars- saying 'La La Land' had won when Moonlight was the actual winner.

[arinaz]

Every time I think I messed up I just watch this video.

[jilianjilianson]

I hate how they say “they read the wrong thing” instead of “they were given the wrong card”. Totally putting the blame on the presenters

[piustwelfth]

The producer for "La La Land" did the right thing by holding the correct card up to the cameras. That action eliminated a lot of phony conspiracy theories.

[kReels]

Let's face it. The producer of La La Land did everything in his hands to make it look at least awkward for everyone involved as possible. Much respect!

[KennyG]

And I thought this would be the most memorable moment in Oscars history.

[myenimtown]

I'm just imagining like 15 people's heads snapping up in management when he said "la la land" and suddenly they've sent people running across the building to sort it out

[anysn]

I imagine now, years after this, the La La Land cast trying to sleep and being like "Man, that was so awkward..."

[flightofthebumblebee]

The La La Land crew handled it with absolute class and dignity. I think just getting nominated for Best Picture is truly a reward itself.

[estars]

I love how the one guy is like "we lost by the way"

[angele]

I feel so so bad for Warren, it wasn't his fault at all he even tried to understand and show the card to Faye... he felt so embarrassed when he finally got it

[Thnawiga]

If you listen to it attentively at 0:20 you can hear Warren saying "It says Emma Stone" and Faye answering "What???"

[jordanmartin]

“Personally I blame Steve Harvey for this”
Could you imagine if Steve Harvey rushed the stage and slapped Kimmel 😂

[stephenjames]

"I'm going to be really proud to hand this to my friends from Moonlight." What a chap. What a total chap.

[apokalyps]

3:28 "I'm gonna be really proud to hand this to my friends from Moonlight."
Keeping it classy in the face of a crazy situation.

[JC]

That third guy knew it was Moonlight but gave his speech anyway. lol

[leobrussel]

For those who don't know what actually happened, here it is:
There were two Price Waterhouse people present, one on each side of the stage in order to accomodate presenters who would show up on one side or the other. Each held a full set of envelopes. As one would hand as envelope to a presenter, the other would place the duplicate in his briefcase.
The award just before Best Picture was Best Actress. That went to Emma Stone. The Price Waterhouse guy with the duplicate, however, failed to put his duplicate back in the briefcase. So, he held both that envelope and the Best Picture envelope in his hand as Beatty approached him to get the envelope for the Best Picture. He (the accountant) then showed Beatty the easiest way to open the envelope. During this demonstration, the envelopes got switched. So, when Beatty open his on stage, it said "Emma Stone La La Land." Beatty was confused and just focused on the La La Land. So, the blame rests with the accountant. As for Beatty, should he have had the presence of mind to say " Hey, we have a problem here. This is the wrong envelope"?
Maybe. But its a high pressure situation, so I'm not going to presume to say that he bears the blame and whether his age factors in. The blame clearly rests with the Price Waterhouse guy.

[kavyareddy]

It wasn't Warren's fault and yet he got blamed for everything 🤦🏻‍♀️

[MeltedToast]

“La La Land”

Behind the scenes: GET TO THE

[whitehusky]

You might think the Academy would be embarrassed about things like this happening, but they're not. They love it. It's great publicity.

[ravensong]

Jordan gave a speech all about humility and kindness, and a few seconds later he gave an unbelievably powerful demonstration of how to actually ACT out of humility and kindness.