I thought it nice touch to have Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway announce the Best Picture award at the Oscars in honor of the 50th anniversary of Bonnie & Clyde.
Both seemed unsteady with their words. Beatty took the longest time after opening the envelope & before giving it to Dunaway who announced that La La Land had won Best Picture. The crew of La La Land came up to accept the honor, but moments later one of the film's producers Jordan Horowitz took a look at the envelope and saw that Moonlight had actually won the honor, emphasized he was not joking and welcomed their crew to the stage.
I immediately thought of Steve Harvey and the Miss Universe debacle. But before I could tweet it, Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel invoked his name.
Beatty came back to stage and explained that he had opened the paper with Emma Stone winning Best Actress for La La Land.
An embarrassed Kimmel said he would go back to his regular job and never come back again. I hope he's joking because he was pretty good.
But poor Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Most of the audience doesn't know about Bonnie & Clyde or Chinatown, Shampoo, Network or Reds. Beatty and Dunaway will forever be remembered for this flub which shouldn't overshadow their wonderful careers.
I have a feeling that the folks with La La Land would like to ambush Beatty & Dunaway in the same way they were ambushed as Bonnie & Clyde.
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