20 Iconic Award Show Moments

And the Oscar goes… to the wrong movie

The Academy Awards have always been the most prestigious of awards, and winning the Oscar for Best Picture is probably every filmmaker’s dream. But apparently, even the biggest award show in the world can’t go flawlessly. In 2017, when acting legends Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented the award for Best Picture, they received the wrong envelope and declared the winner to be La La Land.

It was only after the entire cast and crew went on stage and were giving their speeches that the mistake was corrected. As La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz whispered what happened, he said, “‘Moonlight,’ you guys won.” Needless to say, the entire crowd – as well as the viewers at home – were stunned.