44 EW.COM MARCH 10, 2017OSCARS★ 2017
THE FINALE TO THE 89TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS WAS
jaw-dropping, but it must have felt a little familiar to fans ofLa
La Land. Just like that film’s bittersweet conclusion, where the
magic of true love is pierced by the realities of life, the Best
Picture Oscar was literally within the grasp of the filmmakers
when it all slipped away like a dream that was not to be.
After presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given
the wrong envelope and then accidentally announced La Laas
the winner—an incident that had never happened to this degree
in Academy Awards history—La Laproducer Jordan Horowitz
learned thatMoonlight, not his film, had won instead. In a
moment of impressive grace, he passed the torch (and the
golden statuettes) to his competitors.
“I got to give my Oscar acceptance speechandI got to be a
presenter,” Horowitz joked at the Governors Ball after the
show. “It was a real crazy thing that happened, but if it had to
happen, I’m glad I got to be the one to give it to them.”EMMA STONEwill portray Billie Jean King inBattle of the Sexes. VIOLA DAVISis attached to Steve McQueen’s heist movie,Widows, and is
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Leonardo
DiCaprio and
Emma Stone;
Mahershala
Ali; Viggo
Mortensen and
son Henry;
Casey Affleck
and Brie
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