Academy Awards 2017 aka The Oscars were last night, and was it something! The show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel was spectacular. But the biggest talk of the night is the blunder about wrong film getting announced for best picture. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunnaway announced La La Land as the winner, by mistake, instead of Moonlight. Here's a video:
As much as this sucks, we have to say that it was handled very well. Kudos to Warren, Jimmy and the La La Land team as well. It sucks for Team Moonlight, that they didn't get there moment, but at least they walk away with the award. But it sucks for the team La La Land the most, I guess. Since they were the ones who got embarrassed, and walk away without an award. But stuff happens, we need to get over it. Both La La Land and Moonlight are wonderful films in their own right and worthy of the oscar (hence the nominations). But only one can walk away with the award. This night, it was Moonlight. Congratulations to Barry Jenkins and the entire team.
The other well deserved award was best Supporting Actor to Mahershala Ali, for his amazing performance in MOONLIGHT. And so was Best Actress to Viola Davis for FENCES, great job. Although the best actor award for both male & female may have surprised some people, I think both Casey Affleck, who's still severely underrated, and Emma Stone had proved themselves worthy by their amazing performances on there individual films. Kenneth Loggerman very well deservedly won the best original screenplay award for MANCHESTER BY THE SEA. And Damien Chazelle's win as best director for LA LA LAND, was perfect. He did create a beautiful film after all!
The competition for Documentary was really hard this year, and I'm lil surprised that Ava Duvernay's 13th or I'M NOT YOUR NEGRO, didn't win. No award for LION either, which I expected to be strong candidate for Best adapted screenplay. There were few other shockers, but all in all, it was a good night.
But the best part of the night was Jimmy Kimmel. His hosting was just wonderful. He was funny, he was political, he was cool, and he was awesome. Even with the biggest blunder, he did his best to handle. The bit with tourists was pretty cool. And of course with Jimmy, you can expect food, although his mom didn't make it this time. It was candies and bagels etc etc. His hosting was a pleasure for the stars, the room audience and us the TV audience too. It was just great, and hopefully we see him again & again!
Here are all the winners and nominees:
BEST PICTURE
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
WINNER: Moonlight
ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
WINNER: Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
ACTOR
WINNER: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
DIRECTOR
WINNER: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
WINNER: Moonlight
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
WINNER: Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women
ORIGINAL SONG
Audition (The Fools Who Dream) from La La Land
Can't Stop the Feeling! from Trolls
WINNER: City of Stars from La La Land
The Empty Chair from Jim: The James Foley Story
How Far I'll Go from Moana
ORIGINAL SCORE
Jackie
WINNER: La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arrival
WINNER: La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ennemis Intérieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
WINNER: Sing
Timecode
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe's Violin
Watani: My Homeland
WINNER: The White Helmets
FILM EDITING
Arrival
WINNER: Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
VISUAL EFFECTS
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
WINNER: The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
WINNER: La La Land
Passengers
ANIMATED FEATURE
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
WINNER: Zootopia
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
WINNER: Piper
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Land of Mine, Denmark
A Man Called Ove, Sweden
WINNER: The Salesman, Iran
Tanna, Australia
Toni Erdmann, Germany
SOUND MIXING
Arrival
WINNER: Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
SOUND EDITING
WINNER: Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
DOCUMENTARY
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
WINNER: O.J.: Made in America
13th
COSTUME DESIGN
Allied
WINNER: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land