Jordan Horowitz, producer of “La La Land,” shows the envelope revealing “Moonlight” as the true winner of best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Presenter Warren Beatty, center, and host Jimmy Kimmel look on.
Jordan Horowitz, producer of “La La Land,” shows the envelope revealing “Moonlight” as the true winner of best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Presenter Warren Beatty, center, and host Jimmy Kimmel look on. Chris Pizzello Invision
Jordan Horowitz, producer of “La La Land,” shows the envelope revealing “Moonlight” as the true winner of best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Presenter Warren Beatty, center, and host Jimmy Kimmel look on. Chris Pizzello Invision

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Oops: Academy Awards ends on a shocking note

By Noel Harris

nharris@sacbee.com

February 26, 2017 11:04 PM

The winner for best picture is ... not what was originally announced.

On Sunday night at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced that “La La Land” had won due to an envelope mix-up. However, “Moonlight” was later acknowledged as the correct winner.

The incident sent social media into a frenzy. Here’s a sampling:

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