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[Blader]

They took the Best Picture card out of Beatty's hand and showed it to the camera. It was Moonlight.

There was no wrong card given.

No, the stagehands brought the right envelope out afterward.

 

[El_Mau]

It would be sad if moonlight gets eclipsed by the controversy.

 

[metalslimer]

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Someone is getting fired now

 

[Goodstyle]

The biggest shock of the night for me is still Denzel crying like a little bitch after losing. I would expect him to have more class and dignity than that, especially since he already won an Oscar before.

 

[Einchy]

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Like I said earlier in the thread, they totally gave him the backup for female leading role. This is a fuck up on whoever deals with the envelopes, there was no way 2 people would have read it wrong and like he said, he was confused since it said Emma Stone.

 

[Bold One]

Well Done to Moonlight and bae Naomie Harris!!


There has been a triggering,

can you feel it?

 

[Icolin]

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Someone's gonna have to make a movie about this and the inevitable fallout. It writes itself.

 

[Granjinha]

What's with this guy just snatching the card out of Beatty's hand. Have some respect you clown.

poor beatty boo hoo

i mean it's not like the guy made a mistake and made an entire team of dedicated people think that they won an oscar

so sad that he had a card snatched out of his hand huh

 

[mreddie]

So is anyone thinking the producers planned this or was this a legit fuck up?

After 2016, I think the latter.

 

[Discotheque]

I'm late with this, but it's pretty incredible that The Amazing Spider-man 1/2's leads both got best actor nominations, ahahahaha.

they're good actors. particularly garfield, who is probably the best actor to play a superhero since Christian Bale tbh.

 

[Mix Master]

CRINGE

they're good actors. particularly garfield, who is probably the best actor to play a superhero since Christian Bale tbh.

Foh with that lukewarm take. Ben the gawd wont be disrespected.

 

[BadAss2961]

How dare he disrespect Dick Tracy.

 

[MG310]

Wouldn't it have been better to leave the wrong card with Beatty if true?

Scrambling while La La Land is accepting an award they didn't win. Both cards are still on the stage at that point - you can see the other on the left side of the gifs.

 

[VeryGooster]

La La Land

 

[NYR]

https://twitter.com/HawkeyeOnAir/status/836083731647574016

Wow Warren Beatty knew something was wrong and then the lady didnt even read it, she just looked and said La La Land since she saw the actress on it lol

Actually, it says lala land at the bottom of the card. Emma's name would have been larger though.

 

[Meowster]

It would be sad if moonlight gets eclipsed by the controversy.

If anything, I hope it gets a huge boon from the controversy. More people need to see it!

 

[jack_package_200]

Lot's of "suck it, haters" and "salt" talk before/when La La Land was announced... Not that I care much either way, it's just funny to me.

Arrival was my horse in this race but the amount of smug gloating from some of you all is really off-putting.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

lmao. my man is still sly as hell.

offensive calling them senile when he's pulling off moves like that.

Dude is not senile whatsoever. Straight G move to let her scream LA LA LAND

What a time to be etc. etc.

 

[fr0st]

Should just say L L L

 

[MIMIC]

GOD DAMMIT CAN MY LOCAL NEWS GO OFF SO THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FUCK UP

 

[Claude Augario]

Is Faye Dunaway okay? She pretty much Instant Transmission'd out of the building once the screw up became apparent.

 

[starchild excalibur]

I feel bad for Beaty and for the producers of LLL who were overjoyed to win.

But I feel pretty damn good for Jenkins & co.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

It would be sad if moonlight gets eclipsed by the controversy.

It already did.

 

[teiresias]

Had this happened, it would've changed so many things.

Square Soft and Square Pictures would still be around :'(

Nah, film would have still lost a boatload of cash.

 

[walei]

lol

https://twitter.com/MissUniverse/status/836086012950503426

 

[TiredofWinning]

Any video of this awkwardness around?

 

[KHarvey16]

Yeah the kid was better Michelle was better and considering his competition,

Denzel was fucking better he won though so you don't need to cry

You realize he was the lead and they weren't, right? I don't think I'm the one with tears here.

 

[traveler]

The biggest shock of the night for me is still Denzel crying like a little bitch after losing. I would expect him to have more class and dignity than that, especially since he already won an Oscar before.

Don't know where the tears are coming from. Affleck was paying tribute to him in his speech. Bit presumptuous to assume he's a sore loser or heartbroken....

 

[louiedog]

Huffington Post did an article on what would happen if the wrong name was read just yesterday.

Throughout the telecast, Cullinan and Ruiz are stationed on opposite sides backstage. The duo will have memorized the winners, thereby preventing the need to list them on any documentation that could land in the wrong hands. As the night progresses, Cullinan and Ruiz ensure every category’s presentation is factual. Should a presenter declare a false winner for any reason, they are prepared to tell the nearest stage manager, who will immediately alert the show’s producers.

Cullinan and Ruiz, who spoke to The Huffington Post last week, say the exact procedure is unknown because no mistake of that kind has been made in the Oscars’ 88-year history.

“We would make sure that the correct person was known very quickly,” Cullinan said. “Whether that entails stopping the show, us walking onstage, us signaling to the stage manager — that’s really a game-time decision, if something like that were to happen. Again, it’s so unlikely.”

Cullinan is one of the people you see running out there to correct things.

 

[Not]

If anything, I hope it gets a huge boon from the controversy. More people need to see it!

Yup. La La Land already has the box office.

 

[Kayhan]

ENHANCE

Emma Stone wins Best Picture!

 

[giga]

tbh

 

[SexyFish]

poor beatty boo hoo

i mean it's not like the guy made a mistake and made an entire team of dedicated people think that they won an oscar

so sad that he had a card snatched out of his hand huh

He didn't announce it. He was obviously confused?

Whoever handed him the wrong card is fucked. No need to shit on a great actor for something that wasn't even his fucking fault.

 

[Dufoos]

oh fuck lol

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Arrival was my horse in this race but the amount of smug gloating from some of you all is really off-putting.

I assume you were also saying this when people thought La La Land won?

 

[hey_monkey]

Bro I'm crying

RIP in peace, me

this whole thing

 

[overcast]

Casey Affleck won 🙌🏻

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

That was the backup card, brought out from offstage. Beatty had the backup/duplicate Best Actress card, which was given to him by mistake. There are duplicates of all the envelopes and cards that are opened offstage to confirm the winner read onstage.

There's no conspiracy or presenter error here (aside from maybe Beatty should have called out the problem instead of handing it to Dunaway), this is a production error.



There are duplicate envelopes opened offstage to confirm the wins.

If that's the case that's actually a FARRRRRRRRR bigger fuck up than just some old man who may have needed glasses.

 

[mreddie]

The 89th Academy Awards |OT| The Night Of SWERVES

 

[LakeEarth]

Dick Tracy figured it out but didn't speak up in time.

Yeah, 5% his fault for not salvaging the situation in time, 5% Faye for not noticing the problem, 90% envelope guy's fault.

 

[Window]

Poor Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

Yeah terrible situation to be put in really. I imagine the Academy will have even more trouble getting presenters next year.

 

[Faddy]

Poor Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

They got screwed over so hard

 

[Trigonometrize.]

The biggest shock of the night for me is still Denzel crying like a little bitch after losing. I would expect him to have more class and dignity than that, especially since he already won an Oscar before.

I don't see what "class" has to do with showing emotion after a tough loss.

 

[msdstc]

poor beatty boo hoo

i mean it's not like the guy made a mistake and made an entire team of dedicated people think that they won an oscar

so sad that he had a card snatched out of his hand huh

He didn't make the god damn mistake

 

[GravityInsanity]

Emma Stone

 

[Jin]

His face when he sees the card right before snatching it

 

[Cormano]

lol

https://twitter.com/MissUniverse/status/836086012950503426

Amazing

 

[cj_iwakura]

That after party is gonna be awkward as f.

 

[What did he mean by this?]

Glad they took it away from "my beautiful blonde-haired, blue-eyed wife" guy

Very weird thing to say

 

[TheGameshark]

What's with this guy just snatching the card out of Beatty's hand. Have some respect you clown.

He's mad and he has every right to be.