Oscars 2017: Big Winners and a Real Hollywood Ending

Danny Nguyen, Secretary, Staff Writer, and Co-Ediotr of Overall News & Features

Things took a twisted turn at this year’s 89th Annual Academy Awards, an evening that celebrated the movies of last year. The ceremony was filled with nostalgic appearances, deserving wins, political statements, memorable powerful speeches, great performances, and wonderful running gags instigated by host Jimmy Kimmel as he turned up the heat taking his first shot at the prestigious awards ceremony honoring the best of film.

But of course, the thing that has people talking is that weird ending that had viewers at home and the live audiences present in the crowd confused.

The presenters of the best picture award, 1967 “Bonnie and Clyde” co-stars Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, said the wrong winner for the big prize, giving it to the producers of “La La Land” – the film musical revolving around two artists and dreamers that fall in love in the city of angels – when the award actually belonged to “Moonlight” – a serious drama spotlighting an African American homosexual young boy living in the projects of Miami.

Prior to the false announcement of best picture, Beatty closely examined his envelope, puzzled as supposed to whether it was the right envelope, and later handing it to Dunaway, who in a split second incorrectly named “La La Land” as the winner.

What happened? Well, Beatty and Dunaway were falsely given to them instead of the best picture envelope. The show’s producers and accountants later arrived on stage to inform the producers of “La La Land” of the mistake already proceeded to give out their acceptance speeches

The best actress award was previously awarded to Emma Stone for her performance in “La La Land,” who later told the press backstage after receiving her award that she had her best actress envelope the whole time.

Other big winners of the evening included Casey Affleck, who received his best actor award for his role in “Manchester by the Sea,” Viola Davis for her supporting role in “Fences,” Mahershala Ali with his best supporting actor win for “Moonlight,” Damien Chazelle for his direction of “La La Land,” Barry Jenkins and co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney for their adapted screenplay of “Moonlight” and Kenneth Lonergan for his original screenplay of “Manchester by the Sea.”

For the complete list of Oscar winners, visit http://oscar.go.com/winners