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Epic Oscars 2017 Disaster
The 2017 Academy Awards ended in a disastrous scandal, as actor Warren Beatty announced that “La La Land” won for Best Picture.
However, once the stars of that film were on stage for their acceptance speeches, the award was taken away and announced that “Moonlight” was actually the Best Picture winner.
The terrible end to an otherwise triumphant show left the audience gasping in horror as Beatty revealed he had incorrectly read 'La La Land' as the winner.
Beatty blamed the epic mishap on being given the wrong envelope, saying he had seen the name Emma Stone from 'La La Land' when he opened his envelope.
'I wasn't trying to be funny,' he told the shocked crowd when he returned to the stage to try and explain the error.
It has since emerged that there are back up envelopes for every category and Beatty was given the Emma Stone back up envelope by mistake.
Off stage they realized that they still had two best picture envelopes. The Best picture envelope for Moonlight hadn't been opened.
Executives from Price Waterhouse who tally the Oscar results immediately realized there was a problem when Dunaway read out the name La La Land.
An official tried to get on stage to immediately rectify the mistake.
Just seconds before, confusion was etched across Beatty's face after he opened the envelope. He could be seen taking a second glace inside the winner's envelope before handing it over to Dunaway who read out La La Land.
Host Jimmy Kimmel tried to take some responsibility away from Beatty, suggesting it was his fault the program ended the way it did. He said he would never host the Oscars again as the program went off the air.
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