The 89th Annual Academy Awards were held at the Governors Ball at Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood California last Sunday night, February 26. That unforgettable night at the Oscars where veteran actor Warren Beatty was assisted by his Bonnie and Clyde co-star Faye Dunaway ended up announcing the erroneous winner for the award for Best Picture. “La la Land” was the first original announced winner.
Beatty seems reluctant to announce what’s printed in the paper. He explained that when he opened the envelope for Best Picture, the result card stated Emma Stone, Best Actress for La La Land, which is why he paused, and then glance to his co-presenter, Faye Dunaway – until the latter announced “La La Land”!
The La la Land group went up to the stage, after being called, accepted their trophy and even made their thank you speech. The producers behind the show, the accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCooper came up to the stage to inform the audience about the mix-up.
Beatty was obviously handed the wrong envelope on his way to the stage to broadcast the big winner, which resulted to uncomfortable circumstances.
In the middle of the confusion, Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel, even joked about Steve Harvey, who once announced the incorrect winner for the Miss Universe crown. “Personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this, ” while the La la Land group stepped aside to give Moonlight group the spotlight.
However, during the press conference, Emma said that the envelope and result card for best actress, which she won minutes earlier, was with her from the time she received her Oscar. Therefore, there was a mistake in printing. Yes, there were two envelopes, but both had identical results.
Ohhhh wow, someone will mislay his/her career for this major boo-boo. Here are the nominees and winner of the recently concluded Oscars Award: (winner are highlighted)
Best Picture
- “Arrival”
- “Fences”
- “ Hacksaw Ridge ”
- “ Hell or High Water ”
- “Hidden Figures”
- “La La Land”
- “Lion”
- “ Manchester by the Sea ”
- “Moonlight”
Best Directing
- Denis Villeneuve, “Arrival”
- Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge”
- Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
- Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
- Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Actor in a leading role
- Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
- Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
- Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
- Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
- Denzel Washington, “Fences”
Actor in a supporting role
- Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
- Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
- Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
- Dev Patel, “Lion” | Video| Interview
- Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”
Actress in a leading role
- Emma Stone, “La La Land”
- Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
- Ruth Negga, “Loving”
- Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
- Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Actress in a supporting role
- Viola Davis, “Fences”
- Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
- Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
- Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
- Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
Adapted screenplay
- “Lion,” by Luke Davies
- “Arrival,” by Eric Heisserer
- “Moonlight,” by Barry Jenkins
- “Hidden Figures,” by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder
- “Fences,” by August Wilson
Original screenplay
- “Manchester by the Sea,” by Kenneth Lonergan
- “Hell or High Water,” by Taylor Sheridan
- “La La Land,” by Damien Chazelle
- “20th Century Women,” Mike Mills
- “The Lobster,” by Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos
Cinematography
- Bradford Young, “Arrival”
- Linus Sandgren,“La La Land”
- Greig Fraser, “Lion”
- James Laxton, “Moonlight”
- Rodrigo Prieto, “Silence”
Documentary feature
- “Fire at Sea”
- “I am Not Your Negro”
- “Life, Animated”
- “OJ: Made in America”
- “13th”
Documentary short:
- “Extremis”
- “4.1 miles”
- “Joe’s Violins”
- “Watani: My Homeland”
- “The White Helmets”
Foreign language film:
- “Toni Erdmann,” Germany
- “The Salesman,” Iran
- “A Man Called Ove,” Sweden
- “Tanna,” Australia
- “Land of Mine,” Denmark
Sound editing
- Sylvain Bellemare, “Arrival”
- Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli, “Deepwater Horizon”
- Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright, “Hacksaw Ridge”
- Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan, “La La Land”
- Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, “Sully”
Sound mixing
- Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye, “Arrival”
- Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace, “Hacksaw Ridge”
- Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow, “La La Land”
- David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
- Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth, “13 Hours”
Original score
- WINNER: Justin Hurwitz, “La La Land”
- Mica Levi, “Jackie”
- Nicholas Britell, “Moonlight”
- Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O’Halloran, “Lion”
- Thomas Newman, “Passengers”
Original song
- WINNER: “City of Stars” (“La La Land”) | Interview
- “How Far I’ll Go” (“Moana”)
- “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” (“La La Land”)
- “The Empty Chair” (“Jim: The James Foley Story”)
- “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (“Trolls”)
Production design
- Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte, “Arrival”
- Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
- Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh, “Hail, Caesar!”
- WINNER: David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, “La La Land”
- Guy Hendrix Dyas, Gene Serdena, “Passengers”
Visual effects:
- Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton, “Deepwater Horizon”
- Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould, “Doctor Strange”
- Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon, “The Jungle Book”
- Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff, “Kubo and the Two Strings”
- John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Makeup and hairstyling
- Eva von Bahr and Love Larson, “A Man Called Ove” | Interview
- Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo, “Star Trek Beyond”
- WINNER: Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson, “S*****e Squad”
Costume design
- Mary Zophres, “La La Land”
- Madeline Fontaine, “Jackie”
- Consolata Boyle, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
- Colleen Atwood, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
- Joanna Johnston, “Allied”
Film editing
- Joe Walker, “Arrival”
- John Gilbert, “Hacksaw Ridge”
- Jake Roberts, “Hell or High Water”
- Tom Cross, “La La Land”
- Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon, “Moonlight”
Live-action short
- “Ennemis intérieurs,” Selim Azzazi
- “La femme et le TGV,” Timo von Gunten
- “Silent Nights,” Aske Bang, Kim Magnusson
- “Sing,” Kristof Deák, Anna Udvardy
- “Timecode,” Juanjo Gimenez
Animated short film
- “Blind Vaysha”
- “Borrowed Time”
- “Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
- “Pearl”
- “Piper”
Animated feature film
- “Kubo and the Two Strings”
- “Moana”
- “My Life as a Zucchini”
- “The Red Turtle”
- “Zootopia”
We thought that no one will be able to pull the “Steve Harvey” of Miss Universe but we stand corrected. Although it is just fine to make mistakes sometimes but these types of mistakes are the ones to be remembered forever – but in a positive way.
Waiting for the next big “Steve Harvey”? Stay tuned for more!
