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“There’s a mistake. ‘Moonlight,’ you guys won best picture.”

And with those words, producer Jordan Horowitz of “La La Land,” told the cast and crew of a competing film that it had won the Oscars’ biggest award.

Presenters¹ Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the wrong category’s envelope before they went on stage.

They may have been given the back-up envelope for the “best actress” award, which earlier was given to Emma Stone of “La La Land.”

Beatty was clearly confused about what he saw when he opened the envelope, but Dunaway read the name of the film listed below Stone’s name.

The actors and producers from “La La Land” left their seats and filled the stage to accept their Oscar statues.

They gave many speeches before Horowitz interrupted.

“This is not a joke. Moonlight has won best picture,” he said.

He took the card from Beatty and held it up for the cameras. “Moonlight. Best Picture,” he said as the camera moved closer.

The show’s host, comedian² and late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel, made the best of the situation. He went up to Beatty, and exclaimed “Warren. What did you do?”

Kimmel also said, “personally, I blame Steve Harvey.”

That was in reference³ to the mistake Harvey made in 2015 at the Miss Universe pageant⁴.

He announced the wrong winner, first saying it was the contestant⁵ from Colombia, and then realizing the correct winner was actually from the Philippines.

Once order had been restored, Beatty tried to explain what happened, saying he had been given the wrong envelope.

Barry Jenkins is the writer and director of “Moonlight.”

Once he reached the stage, he said “even in my dreams, this cannot be true.”

Stone, happy to have won the best actress award, later said “is that the craziest Oscar moment of all time? Cool!”

Many people are wondering how the mistake was made. The accounting⁶ firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has been handling Oscar votes for over 80 years without any problems.

The firm apologized to all of the people who were made uncomfortable by the mistake. It promised to investigate what caused the error.

Horowitz is being credited for staying calm and stopping the show to correct the error.

People are calling him “gracious⁷,” “a great producer,” and “classy.”

Even Jenkins said “much respect to that dude.”

A story from USA Today detailed⁸ the backstage moments of the show. The newspaper said people could be heard shouting “Best show ever!” at the end of the night.

The other major award winners will always remember their victorious⁹ night because of the best picture mix-up.

They included: Viola Davis and Mahershala Ali for their supporting roles in “Fences” and “Moonlight;” “Manchester by the Sea,” for best original screenplay and “Moonlight” for best adapted screenplay; Casey Affleck for best actor and Damien Chazelle for best director. “The Salesman,” a film from Iran, won the award for best foreign film.

Director Asghar Farhadi did not attend the ceremony. He wrote a letter that said he chose not to attend in protest of President Donald Trump’s attempts to ban immigrants to the United States from a number of majority Muslim countries, including Iran.

Words in This Story

back-up – n. a person or thing that can be used to replace or support another person or thing

confused – adj. a person or thing that can be used to replace or support another person or thing

pageant – n. a beauty contest, in which people judge a group of women or girls and decide which one is the most beautiful

restore – v. to give back or return something

cool – adj. often used to show approval in a general way

firm – n. a business organization

gracious – adj. very polite in a way that shows respect

classy – adj. showing impressive character : very good, kind, etc.

dude – n. a man — used especially by young people

adapt – v. to change (a movie, book, play, etc.) so that it can be presented in another form

1 presenters   

n.节目主持人，演播员( presenter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Each week presenters would put the case for their favourite candidate. 每个星期主持人推出他们最喜欢的候选人。 来自互联网
• Karaoke was set up to allowed presenters to sing on the stage. 宴会设有歌唱舞台，可让出席者大演唱功。 来自互联网

2 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

3 reference   

n.提到，说到，暗示，查看，查阅

参考例句：

• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
• I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。

4 pageant   

n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧

参考例句：

• Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
• The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。

5 contestant   

n.竞争者，参加竞赛者

参考例句：

• The company will furnish each contestant with a free ticket.公司将为每个参赛者免费提供一张票。
• The personal appearance and interview of the contestant is another count.参加比赛者的个人仪表和谈话也是一项。

6 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

7 gracious   

adj.亲切的，客气的，宽厚的，仁慈的

参考例句：

• She was a very gracious lady.她是一位非常和蔼可亲的女士。
• She was gracious enough to show us round her home.她彬彬有礼地领我们参观了她的家。

8 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

9 victorious   

adj.胜利的，得胜的

参考例句：

• We are certain to be victorious.我们定会胜利。
• The victorious army returned in triumph.获胜的部队凯旋而归。