Legendary actors Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway made one of the biggest mistakes in Oscar history when they announced the wrong winner at the 89th Academy Awards.
The duo awarded Best Picture to La La Land, when Moonlight was actually written on the winning envelope.
The massive gaff was only noticed when the La La Land cast and crew were halfway through their acceptance speeches.
Beatty explained, saying his envelope had the card for the best actress winner – Emma Stone – in it.
“I opened the envelope and it said La La Land, that’s why I took such a long look … I wasn’t trying to be funny.”
“It’s just an awards show. We hate to see people disappointed, but we got to see some extra speeches,” host Jimmy Kimmell joked after the mix-up was realised.
Earlier in the ceremony, two New Zealanders were among the winners.
Dan Lemmon won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for The Jungle Book alongside fellow animators Robert Legato, Adam Valdez and Andrew R. Jones, while Wellington’s John Gilbert won Best Editing for his work on the Mel Gibson WWII drama Hacksaw Ridge.
Other big winners include La La Land, which despite the controversy, picked up the best director for Damien Chazelle and its star, Emma Stone, won this year’s Best Actress award for her role in the musical film.
Manchester By The Sea star Casey Affleck was named Best Actor.
Following the #OscarsSoWhite controversy of the past two years, the Academy made strides to increase the diversity of the nominations, honoring six black actors — a record — and including diverse films Moonlight, Fences and Hidden Figures in the best picture race.
Full list of 2017 Academy Award winners
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Best cinematography
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
Best supporting actor
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea)
Dev Patel (Lion)
Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)
Best documentary
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
OJ: Made in America
13th
Best foreign language film
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann
Best actor
Casey Affleck (Manchester By the Sea)
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Denzel Washington (Fences)
Best costume design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Best score
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
Best song
Audition (La La Land)
Can’t Stop the Feeling! (Trolls)
City of Stars (La La Land)
The Empty Chair (Jim: The James Foley Story)
How Far I’ll Go (Moana)
Best sound editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Best sound mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours
Best documentary short
4.1 Miles
Extremis
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Best production design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
Best original screenplay
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester By the Sea
20th Century Women
Best adapted screenplay
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Best animated feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life As a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Best animated short
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
Best supporting actress
Viola Davis (Fences)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester By the Sea)
Best film editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
Best live-action short
Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
Best actress
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving)
Emma Stone (La La Land)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)
Best director
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester By the Sea)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Best visual effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best makeup and hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
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