Holy Shit - how did that happen

[malaise]

Moonlight won

[suffragette]

1. Wow! Beatty just explained it, but wow!

[onecaliberal]

3. They handed warren the wrong envelope

[elleng]

5. OY!

[malaise]

9. That's why he hesitated

I did wonder

[onecaliberal]

12. Yeah he knew it was wrong.

[Raine1967]

31. HE passed it on to Dunaway -- why did she read it? nt

[mucifer]

32. A lot of pressure a gazillion people in that room.

[BainsBane]

35. I thought they were too busy flirting

Or too vain to wear their glasses.

[Renew Deal]

13. That's the way it seems

Oops

[oasis]

4. Colossal screw up!!!!

Big time.

[pinboy3niner]

27. Thanks, Obama

[fishwax]

6. So I guess they gave Beatty and Dunaway the Best Actress envelope?

[Beartracks]

17. I wondered that, but... Didn't that envelope already walk off the stage, opened??

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[malaise]

20. Must have had two Best Actress award envelopes

but they both hesitated - this will be the talk for days

[anneboleyn]

40. Yep. Emma had actually taken one with her. But they keep one envelope at each side of the stage

and clearly Warren was given the Best Actress envelope. Warren knew it too, to his credit. Faye actually created a worse blunder by yelling "LaLaLand" when it said "EMMA STONE" on top of the film name since it was the wrong card. Warren was looking offstage for help as he KNEW it was the wrong card.

[Rollo]

7. Effup at the Oscars

Well I guess it could happen to anybody, but

HE'S SO VAIN, HE PROBABLY THOUGHT THE OSCARS WERE ABOUT HIM

[Iggo]

46. Thread winner!

[Rollo]

49. Chicken Dinner!

[Grassy Knoll]

8. Lol, Kimmel: I Blame Steve Harvey

[Upthevibe]

10. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[pnwmom]

11. That was bizarre!

[3catwoman3]

14. That was totally wierd.

That must be a first.

Is Kimmel just being gracious saying that he takes responsibility? How would that be his fault?

Too bad we can't correct the POTUS election results that easily.

[fishwax]

15. La La Land was just the Alternative Winner

Fake Awards Show!

[lunasun]

16. I thought something was wrong with Beatty but No something was wrong with the envelope

Unbelievable !

[malaise]

23. They both knew something was wrong

They looked and looked and then called it

[oasis]

28. That's why Beatty stalled before announcing the winner. He suspected

something was wrong.

[HipChick]

18. Moonlight was the better picture.....I wonder what other awards were wrong too?

[Jim Beard]

26. Fay Dunaway should have taken up for Moonlight(ing)

Woops, that was Cybil Shepard, my bad.

[Rollo]

19. And then there's...

[pinboy3niner]

21. I'm waiting for the early morning tweet blaming it on Hillary...

[malaise]

25. Have to wonder if it wasn't deliberate

Election parallel

[MrPurple]

29. or it was just a stunt to boost their ratings...

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In this case, it looks like a genuine mistake. But, they are supposed to be the world's best actors.

[malaise]

30. Could it have been sabotage??

I don't want to go there

[Renew Deal]

22. Just rewatched it. Beatty clearly hesitated. He looked in the envelope again.

He announced it. La La Land started the speeches. A couple minutes later, guys are coming from off the stage checking the envelope and with a new one.

Someone then came from off the stage with the correct envelope. Crazy

[malaise]

24. Major mistake - first thing on the late news

Damn - just like the elections

[anneboleyn]

41. Beatty KNEW IT WAS WRONG. Dunaway said it and chided him for hesitating. He was

looking offstage for help as he clearly recognized that the card was for Best Actress (Emma had one with her, and one was incorrectly given to Warren as they keep one on either side of the stage).

[2naSalit]

33. Sounds like the election....nt

[BainsBane]

34. They put the wrong paper in the envelope

It was the slip for Emma Stone, La La Land. Turned out not to Bonnie and Clyde's fault.

[malaise]

36. No

The truth is that as soon as they saw Emma Stone and best actress on it, they should have stopped and sorted it out.
All they had to do was show the audience the paper and get the correct envelope. It would have been a gaffe but it would not have been as bad as this fugg up.

[former9thward]

38. Maybe they will ask you to do it next year.

Since you so clearly know what to do.

[malaise]

39. Go back and watch it

He handed it over to Fay - washed his hands

I don't qualify for any role in the Oscars' production

[anneboleyn]

43. Warren tried -- he was gesturing to the offstage folks but Faye scolded him and pulled it away

from him and I think that really threw him off (she also acted like he was pulling a stunt on purpose)

[malaise]

45. I think you're right

Looked at it again

[a kennedy]

37. I was shocked......i turned it off immediately after they announced La la Land, and woke this

morning to Moonlight winning!!! WTH?? I thought it was a good show despite the error. Loved Jimmy Kimmel, thought he did an amazing job. Hope he's back next year.

[malaise]

42. Well we can now use the following sentence ad nauseum

ReTHUGs live in LaLaLand - it takes on a whole new meaning :evigrin:

[mnhtnbb]

44. Did the same thing. Missed all the hoopla by turning it off right after the announcement.

I thought La La Land was totally overrated (unlike Meryl who is a National Treasure).

[kentuck]

47. Cartoon

[malaise]

48. Perfect