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Moonlight Shocks Oscars, Winning Best Picture After Envelope Mix-Up Mistakenly Gave It to La La Land

A stunning upset in the most dramatic fashion imaginable.

David Bornfriend

The 2017 Academy Awards aired on ABC Sunday night, with La La Land leading the pack with a record-tying 14 nominations. But incredibly, just as La La Land was announced as the night’s Best Picture winner (as most had predicted), the victory speeches were cut short by La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz rushing out to announce that, shockingly, there had been a mistake with the envelopes and that Moonlight had actually taken the top honor. You can find the complete list of winners below.

Read more in Slate about this year’s Oscars.

Best Picture

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
**Moonlight

Best Actor in a Leading Role

**Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Isablle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
**Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

**Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

**Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best Directing

Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
**Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
**Zootopia

Best Adapted Screenplay

Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
**Moonlight

Best Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
**Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women

Best Foreign Language Film

Land of Mine (Denmark)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
**The Salesman (Iran)
Tanna (Australia)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Best Documentary Feature

Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
**O.J.: Made in America
13th

Best Original Song

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” La La Land
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls
**“City of Stars,” La La Land
“The Empty Chair,” Jim: the James Foley Story
“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

Best Original Score

Jackie
**La La Land

Lion
Moonlight
Passengers

Best Cinematography

Arrival
**La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence

Film Editing

Arrival
**Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight

Costume Design

Allied
**Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
**Suicide Squad

Production Design

Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
**La La Land
Passengers

Sound Editing

**Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully

Sound Mixing

Arrival
**Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Visual Effects

Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
**The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Documentary Short

Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
**The White Helmets

Best Animated Short

Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
**Piper

Best Live Action Short

Ennemis Intériuers
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
**Sing
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