The 89th Annual Academy Awards were a mix of humour and political commentary, with critical favourite La La Land taking home the bulk of the Oscars. It wasn’t quite the runaway that many had predicted, however, and while presenting the final award of the night for Best Picture, presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway made a major gaffe after a production error.
Dunaway announced La La Land as the winner, but midway through the acceptance speech Beatty awkwardly tried to explain that it was, in fact, Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight that won the top prize. (You can watch the error in the video, above.)
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It turns out that Beatty was handed the Best Actress envelope, which listed Emma Stone, one of the stars of La La Land, as the winner.
It’s clear in the ceremony footage that Beatty was confused by what he read on the card.
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Several awards were spread among other contenders, including Mel Gibson’s little-known Hacksaw Ridge (film editing, sound mixing) and Moonlight (adapted screenplay).
In the acting arena, La La Land‘s Stone won Best Actress, while Best Actor race went to Manchester By the Sea’s Casey Affleck (beating out Canadian Ryan Gosling).
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Mahershala Ali won Best Supporting Actor for his work in Moonlight, and Viola Davis took home the Best Supporting Actress trophy for Fences (as was expected). Davis became the first African-American woman to win a Tony, an Emmy and an Oscar.
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The volatile American political climate infiltrated the ceremony, with first-time host Jimmy Kimmel striking that delicate balance between too much political commentary and too little.
(The updated winners list is below.)
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester By the Sea
** WINNER: Moonlight
Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
** WINNER: Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
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Best Actor
** WINNER: Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
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Best Supporting Actress
** WINNER: Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea
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Best Supporting Actor
** WINNER: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
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Directing
Arrival, Denis Villeneuve
Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson
** WINNER: La La Land, Damien Chazelle
Manchester By the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
Film Editing
Arrival
** WINNER: Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
** WINNER: The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann
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Original Score
Jackie
** WINNER: La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
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Production Design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
** WINNER: La La Land
Passengers
Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
** WINNER: The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
** WINNER: Moonlight
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Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
** WINNER: Manchester By the Sea
20th Century Women
Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
** WINNER: Zootopia
Cinematography
Arrival
** WINNER: La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
Costume Design
Allied
** WINNER: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
** WINNER: O.J.: Made in America
13th
Documentary Short Subject
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
** WINNER: The White Helmets
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
** WINNER: Suicide Squad
Original Song
“Audition,” La La Land
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls
** WINNER: “City of Stars,” La La Land
“The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story
“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana
Animated Short Film
Blind Vaysha
Boorowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarette
Pearl
** WINNER: Piper
Live Action Short Film
Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
** WINNER: Sing
Timecode
Sound Editing
** WINNER: Arrival
Deep Water Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Sound Mixing
Arrival
** WINNER: Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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