Little did we know when we started the night that we’d have such a dramatic upset at the end of Sunday’s 89th Academy Awards Ceremony.
Film critic and Rotten Tomatoes contributor Alonso Duralde summed it up for us in one tweet.
https://twitter.com/ADuralde/status/836081383374139396
What happened: Film legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway misread the winner of Best Picture, awarding the honor to La La Land when the actual winner was Moonlight.
Watch the epically cringe-worthy moment when the error was revealed:
https://twitter.com/GMA/status/836082756157222912
Upon receiving the award, Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said: “Very clearly, very clearly, even in my dreams, this could not be true. But to hell with dreams. I’m done with it — because this is true! Oh, my goodness.”
https://twitter.com/BandryBarry/status/836087554084462592
https://twitter.com/misscecil/status/836085951013146624
https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/836086136137203712
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Apparently, someone handed Beatty and Dunaway the envelope for Best Actress category, which was awarded earlier in the evening to La La Land leading lady Emma Stone.
https://twitter.com/kimmasters/status/836085984504639488
https://twitter.com/RealLavender/status/836084609737756672
The accounting firm in charge of counting ballots and distributing the envelopes, PricewaterhouseCoopers, issued a statement Monday apologizing for the snafu:
“We sincerely apologize to Moonlight, La La Land, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for Best Picture. The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered, was immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred.
We appreciate the grace with which the nominees, the Academy, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel handled the situation.”
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https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/836081755106881537
https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/836085818007535616
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/836085115973423105
https://twitter.com/latimes/status/836275993329401856
Aside from the responses to that historic — and insane — end to the Jimmy Kimmel–hosted Oscars show, have a look through some of the other great social responses of the night from stars, film community social accounts, the media, and others watching.
https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/835993181544067072
https://twitter.com/Lavernecox/status/836036219322576897
https://twitter.com/BandryBarry/status/836000545638756352
https://twitter.com/TheRealStanLee/status/836007552672399360
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https://twitter.com/AliciaSilv/status/836036438323949568
https://twitter.com/FantasticBeasts/status/836036854013054976
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https://twitter.com/Lavernecox/status/836058852441260032
https://twitter.com/JudahWorldChamp/status/836053498051588097
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https://twitter.com/TIFF_NET/status/836068380004216836
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https://twitter.com/TOMFORD/status/836079638648664065
https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/836291620035186688
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https://twitter.com/ADuralde/status/836039722522726402
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https://twitter.com/TIFF_NET/status/836074301375795204
https://twitter.com/nerdist/status/836076189395496960
https://twitter.com/RottenTomatoes/status/836077800876466177
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https://twitter.com/womensmarch/status/836036225903570945
https://twitter.com/NARAL/status/836043558234771456
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Additional social reporting by Zoey Moore
UPDATE: This article was updated Monday with the statement released by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
