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Oscars 2017: Not ‘La la Land’ but 'Moonlight' emerges 'Best Picture' winner after announcement blunder

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One of the most prestigious film awards ceremony - the 89th Academy Awards was held at Hollywood`s Dolby Theatre. The gala event attended by the who's who of Hollywood was hosted by late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

27 February 2017
10:43 AM

The winner of Best Picture is 'Moonlight'

10:32 AM

The nominees for the Best Picture are being announced. 

10:23 AM

Leonardo DiCaprio in on stage to present the award for the Best Actress in a leading role. And the award goes to Emma Stone for 'La La Land'.

10:17 AM

The nominees for the Actor in a leading role are being announced. And the Best Actor award goes to Casey Affleck for 'Manchester by the Sea'.

10:10 AM

Halle Berry is on stage to present the award to the Best Director. And the award goes to Damien Chazelle for 'La La Land'.

10:02 AM

Amy Adams is all set to present the award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the award goes to Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney for 'Moonlight'.

10:01 AM

The award for Best Original Screenplay goes to 'Manchester by the Sea'.

09:59 AM

Matt Damon is on stage to present the award for Best Original Screenplay.

09:48 AM

'City of Stars' from 'La La Land' bags Best Original Song.

09:46 AM

Scarlett Johansson is on stage to present the award for Best Original Song.

09:44 AM

The award for Best Original Score goes to Justin Hurwitz for 'La La Land'.

09:41 AM

Samuel L. Jackson is on stage to present the next set of awards.

09:35 AM

John Legend is performing now.

09:33 AM

Emma Watson and Ryan Gosling are on stage announce John Legend's performance. 

09:31 AM

The trolls online are being "acknowledged" by celebrities. They are reading out mean tweets!

09:28 AM

Meryl Streep announces Best Cinematography award. Linus Sandgren bags award for ‘La La Land’. 

09:27 AM

Meryl Streep is on stage now.

09:20 AM
09:19 AM

Kimmel takes a dig at President Donald Trump by showing audiences a glimpse of his Twitter timeline.

09:17 AM

And the Oscar for Best Live Action Short for 'Sing'

09:13 AM

The award for Best Documentary Short Subject goes to 'The White Helmets'

09:08 AM

Jimmy Kimmel interacts with Sunny Pawar, the child artist in 'Lion'.

09:06 AM

John Gilbert wins Best Film Editing for 'Hacksaw Ridge'

09:00 AM

The award for Achievement in Visual Effects goes to 'The Jungle Book'.

08:59 AM

The nominees for the Achievement in Visual Effects are being annnounced.

08:44 AM

'La La Land' bags first award for 'Best Production Design'

08:42 AM

Nominations for Best Production Design are being announced.

08:39 AM

The Oscar for Best Animated Feature goes to 'Zootopia'.

08:36 AM

The award for Best Animated Short goes to 'Piper'

08:31 AM

Sting performs 'The Empty Chair' from 'Jim: The James Foley Story'

08:22 AM

The award for Best Foreign Language film goes to Iran's 'The Salesman'

08:09 AM

The award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Viola Davis for 'Fences'

08:06 AM

Vince Vaughn is on stage to present the next award.

07:59 AM

The award for Achievement in Sound Mixing goes to 'Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace for 'Hacksaw Ridge'

07:58 AM

And the awards for Achievement in Sound Editing goes to Sylvain Bellmare for 'Arrival'

07:51 AM

Sofia Boutella and Chris Evans are on stage to present the award for Achievement in Sound Editing.

 

07:45 AM

Auli’i Cravalho and Lin-Manuel Miranda are on stage to perform 'How Far I’ll Go' from Moana.

07:43 AM

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is the next presenter. 

07:38 AM

And the award for Best Documentary Feature goes to Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow for 'O.J.: Made in America'

07:37 AM

The nominees for the Best Documentary Feature are being announced.

 

07:30 AM

The award for Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling goes to Colleen Atwood for 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'.

07:28 AM

The award for Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling goes to Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini & Christopher Nelson for 'Suicide Squad'.

07:21 AM

Jason Bateman is here to present the Awards for Achievement in Costume Design and Makeup and Hairstyling.

07:17 AM

And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor goes to Mahershala Ali for 'Moonlight'.

07:15 AM

The nominees for the Best Supporting Actor are being announced. 

 

07:13 AM

Kimmel greets Meryl Streep in the funniest way and congratulates her for her 20th Oscar nomination. 

07:10 AM

It couldn't have started on a better note. Jimmel is making everyone wear a broad smile. His way of acknowledging the nominees seated among the audiences is fabulous. 

07:07 AM

Kimmel reaches out to Matt Damon, with whom he has always had "problems" with.

07:05 AM

Jimmy Kimmel is at his wittiest best. He welcomes everyone with his impeccable sense of humour.

07:02 AM

Timberlake sets the mood with a foot-tapping number. Everyone in the audience is enjoying the song.

07:00 AM

The event begins with a breathtaking performance by Justin Timberlake.