La La Land incorrectly announced as Best Picture, Moonlight takes out top gong at Oscars.

Janelle Monae reacts as the cast and crew accept the award for best picture for "Moonlight" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Janelle Monae reacts as the cast and crew accept the award for best picture for "Moonlight" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 Source: Invision

The most coveted award of the Oscars has descended into chaos, with La La Land mistakenly named the Best Picture winner, instead of Moonlight.

Winners list in full

Best film                - Moonlight

Best director         - Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Best actress          - Emma Stone (La La Land)

Best actor              - Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea)

Best supporting actress - Viola Davis (Fences)

Best supporting actor - Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Best cinematography - Linus Sandgren (La La Land)

Best original score - Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

Best original song - Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land)

Best foreign language film - Asghar Farhadi (The Salesman)

Best film editing - John Gilbert (Hacksaw Ridge)

Best visual effects - Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (The Jungle Book)

Best production design - David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds Wasco (La La Land)

Best animated film - Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer (Zootopia)


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By Madhura Seneviratne
Source: SBS News


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