2017 Oscar Recap
by
Kam Williams
La
La Land, I Mean Moonlight, Wins Best Picture
Climactic
Moment Ruined by Monumental Blunder
The
Academy Awards ended on a sour note when Faye Dunaway announced that
favorite La La Land had won the Oscar for Best Picture. Trouble is,
she and co-presenter Warren Beatty had been handed the wrong
envelope.
So,
while La La's producers were taking turns delivering heartfelt
acceptance speeches, they were abruptly interrupted so that the
audience could be informed that Moonlight was the real winner.
Immediately, that film's cast and crew descended upon the stage while
the suddenly-deflated La La entourage quietly exited via the wings.
Emcee
Jimmy Kimmel confronted Warren Beatty with "What did you do?"
But the epic flub wasn't Warren or Faye's fault, since the card
inside the envelope was actually for Best Lead Actress and read "Emma
Stone - La La Land."
Besides
Best Picture, Monlight landed awards for Best Supporting Actor
(Mahershala Ali) and Adapted Screenplay. La La can take some solace
in the fact that it nabbed the most honors overall, 6, including Best
Director (Damien Chazell), Score and Song ("City of Stars").
Otherwise,
Hollywood's biggest night represented a remarkable reversal of its
recent lily-white preferences, picking the predominantly-black cast
Moonlight as Best Picture, along with African-Americans Viola Davis
(Best Supporting Actress), Mahershal Ali (Moonlight), Barry Jenkins
(Best Adapted Screenplay) and Ezra Edelman (director of O.J.: Made in
America).
Edelman,
the son of legendary children's rights attorney, Marian Wright
Edelman, dedicated his victory to Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown
Simpson as well as to victims of police brutality. His wasn't the
only politicized acceptance speech, with many recipients hurling
thinly-veiled barbs at Donald Trump.
The
most virulent attack on the President came from came from Iranian
Ashgar Farhadi, writer and director of Best Foreign Film-winner, The
Salesman. He boycotted the festivities, but had a spokesman read a
statement excoriating Trump for issuing an executive order
temporarily banning travelers from his country and a half-dozen other
Muslim countries.
Jimmy
Kimmel took a lot of indirect potshots at the president, too, like
when he asked Meryl Streep whether her gown was from Ivanka's fashion
line. When the O.J. Simpson doc won, he quipped, " O.J., you can
get an extra slice of baloney on your sandwich tonight." Kimmel was very smooth
delivering his funny but never mean-spirited jokes, so don't be
surprised if he's asked to host again next year, especially given
that the Oscars air on ABC, the same network as his late night show.
Complete
List of Oscar Winners
Best
Picture: Moonlight
Best
Director: Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Best
Actor: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Best
Actress: Emma Stone (La La Land)
Best
Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Best
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis (Fences)
Best
Original Screenplay: Manchester by the Sea
Best
Adapted Screenplay: Moonlight
Animated
Feature: Zootopia
Foreign
Language Film: The Salesman
Documentary
Feature: O.J.: Made in America
Cinematography:
La La Land
Costume
Design: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Production
Design: La La Land
Film
Editing: Hacksaw Ridge
Makeup
and Hairstyling: Suicide Squad
Original
Score: La La Land
Best
Song: La La Land ("City of Stars")
Sound
Editing: Arrival
Sound
Mixing: Hacksaw Ridge
Visual
Effects: The Jungle Book
Animated
Short: Piper
Documentary
Short: The White Helmets
Live-Action
Short: Sing
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