Last night’s Oscars had moments of joy, humor, and confusion. Jimmy Kimmel charmed audiences with his monologues, usual Matt Damon jokes, and his ability to make candy fall from the sky. Although last night played host to possibly one of the most awkward and confusing moments in Oscar history, it was still an amazing award show. The awkward moment took place when veteran actors Warren Beatty and Ms. Dunaway were announcing the award for Best Picture. They opened the envelope and announced that La La Land won best picture. In the background of the heartfelt thank you speeches, there seemed to be a message that was being passed around in the sea of winners from La La land. When one of the members of La La Land mentioned, “We lost by the way”, audiences knew something was wrong. It was then confirmed that the film Moonlight actually won Best Picture. There was a mixture of emotions which included the disappointment from the cast and crew of La La Land and the exhilarating excitment from the cast and crew from Moonlight. The obviously embarrassed Mr. Beatty interjected, “I want to tell you what happened… 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. This is ‘Moonlight,’ the best picture.”
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Aside from that moment, it really was an entertaining and smooth award show production. There were uplifting performances by artist like Justin Timberlake, Sara Bareilles, Sting, John Legend, and Auli’i Cravalho, and moving speeches by actors like Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis. If you happened to miss last night’s Oscars, here is a complete list of the winners.
Best Picture
Moonlight - Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski, and Dede Gardner
Best Actor In A Leading Role
Casey Affleck in Manchester by The Sea
Best Actress In A Leading Role
Emma Stone in La La Land
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali in Moonlight
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Viola Davis in Fences
Best Animated Feature Film
Zootopia - Byron Howard, Clark Spencer, and Rich Moore
Best Costume Design
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them - Colleen Atwood
Best Cinematography
La La Land - Linus Sandgren
Best Directing
La La Land - Damien Chazelle
Best Documentary
O.J: Made In America - Caroline Waterlow and Ezra Edelman
Best Film Editing
Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
The White Helmets - Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best Film Editing
Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Suicide Squad - Allessandro Bertolazzi, Christopher Nelson and Giorgio Gregorini
Best Music (Original Song)
“City Of Stars” from La La Land - Music by Justin Hurwitz and Lyrics by Ben Pasek and Justin Paul
Best Music (Original Score)
La La Land - Justin Hurwitz
Best Production Design
La La Land - David Wasco
Short Film (Animated)
Piper - Marc Sandheimer and Alan Barillaro
Best Sound Editing
Arrival - Sylvain Bellemore
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Sing - Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy
Best Sound Editing
Arrival - Sylvain Bellemare
Best Visual Effects
The Jungle Book - Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, and Andrew R. Jones
Best Sound Mixing
Hacksaw Ridge - Andy Wright, Kevin O’Connell, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Moonlight - Barry Jenkins
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Kenneth Lonergan
