In perhaps the most unbelievable ending to an Oscar ceremony, "La La Land" was awarded the Academy Award for best picture, a mistake that was eventually corrected to honor the actual winner, "Moonlight."
After Warren Beatty apologized for the mix-up, the Internet lost its collective mind. Here are just a few bewildered reactions to the news.
I want to tell you what happened. I opened the envelope and it said Emma Stone, 'La La Land.' That's why I took such a long look at Faye [Dunaway] and at you. I wasn't trying to be funny."
Move over, Steve Harvey: Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty now hold the "world's biggest awards show snafu" award.
The "Bonnie and Clyde" costars were the unfortunate presenters who, reading from an incorrect card, mistakenly awarded "La La Land" the Oscar for best picture when "Moonlight" had won.
"This is very unfortunate what happened," host Jimmy Kimmel said, attempting to contain the situation. "Personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this."
Netflix’s “The White Helmets,” about a group of first responders in Syria, is a film pulsing with meaning, said director Orlando von Einsiedel backstage after snagging the Oscar for best documentary short.
“Right from the start this was about shining a very bright light on the heroes of our film, the white helmets, Syrian rescue workers,” said Von Einsiedel, who previously won best documentary for 2014’s “Virunga." “We [hope to] continue to magnify their voices.”
On the film’s cinematographer, Khaled Khateeb, who was denied entry into the U.S. due to “derogatory information” and therefore couldn’t attend the Oscars, producer Joanna Natasegara said they had just spoken to Khateeb.
In a moment that will go down as one of the strangest and most shocking in Oscar history, "Moonlight" was named Oscar winner for best picture only after "La La Land" was announced first.
The room was in disarray as they sorted out the error.
Here's how it went down:
With her win for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," costume designer Colleen Atwood is making new records in Academy Award history.
With four Oscars for her film work, Atwood now is tied with Milena Canonero for most wins in the post-Edith Head era. Head had eight wins and -- a record that will likely never be broken -- 35 nominations (partly because nominations in Head's day were given for color and black-and-white films).
With 12 costume design Oscar nominations, Atwood is ahead of Sandy Powell with 11 nominations and behind the late Irene Sharaff, who earned 15.
In case you were wondering, jewelry certainly matters, especially at the Oscars.
With Furiosa-worthy earrings, Charlize Theron shows she's so tough, even her earlobes can support a mine's worth of diamonds.
Chopard supplied the gems, featuring a 25-carat pear-shaped D-flawless diamond and 26-carat heart-shaped D-flawless diamond, plus 4.55 carats of pear-shaped diamonds and 4.35 carats of brilliant-cut diamonds set in 18-karat white gold from the Garden of Kalahari Collection.
Memes aside, Emma Stone does look really great tonight.
Oscars nominees and past winners are not exempt from the wrath of the Twitterverse. Host Jimmy Kimmel demonstrates.
NEW #MeanTweets #Oscars edition Casey Affleck @Lin_Manuel Eddie Redmayne @Miles_Teller Tilda Swinton @TheJeffBridges Robert De Niro & more pic.twitter.com/ZNs38UVkZW
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) February 27, 2017
Linus Sandgren, who marked the first big win of the night for “La La Land,” for cinematography, talked about the innate and unexpected charm of Los Angeles during a quick stop backstage with his statue.
“I think it’s a really beautiful, interesting mix of the urban gritty city and the beauty of nature,” he said. “It’s an incredible mix. Sometimes I drive home on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, and there are lots of telephone poles, but against this lovely sky and sunset. It’s remarkable.”
His favorite scene in the film is Emma Stone’s dream-like audition.