Big Highlights From The 89th Oscars – MOONLIGHT, LA LA LAND, Jimmy Kimmel, Viola Davis

Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney poses backstage with the Oscar® for Adapted screenplay, for work on “Moonlight”

“This is not a joke. MOONLIGHT has won Best Picture. “Moonlight,” Best Picture [He holds up the card announcing the winner]”

After the “Cinderella, little-movie-that-could, made for only $1.5M with zero stars,”  won Best Picture at the 89th Oscars, MOONLIGHT easily became our first pick of one of the many highlights from Sunday’s show.

Back in the pressroom director/producer Barry Jenkins said about the mixup, “No explanation. Things just happen, you know? But I will say I saw two cards. And so things just happen, you know? I did ‑‑ but ‑‑ and because ‑‑ I wanted to see the card to see the card. And Warren refused to show the card to anybody before he showed it to me. And so he did. He came upstairs, and he walked over to me, and he ‑‑ he showed the card. Everybody was asking, Can I see the card? And he’s like, No, Barry Jenkins has to see the card. I need him to know. And he showed it to me, and I felt better about what had happened. I will say to all you people, please write this down: The folks from LA LA LAND were so gracious. I can’t imagine being in their position and having to do that. We spent a lot of time together over the last six months, and I can’t imagine being in their position and having to do that. So it’s why ‑‑ I wasn’t speechless because we won. I was speechless because I ‑‑ it was so gracious of them to do that.” He went onto add “it’s unfortunate that things happened the way they did. But hot damn, we won Best Picture.” – Barry Jenkins, director of MOONLIGHT.”

Jordan Horowitz presents the Oscar® for Best motion picture of the year to “Moonlight”

Presenter Warren Beatty onstage during The 89th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 26, 2017.

The Twist Ending, followed by the apology from PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS.

We sincerely apologize to “Moonlight,” “La La Land,” Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for Best Picture. The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered, was immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred.

We appreciate the grace with which the nominees, the Academy, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel handled the situation.

—PwC

Even M. Night Shyamalan got in on the snafu.

I wrote the ending of the academy awards 2017. @jimmykimmel we really got them!

— M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) February 27, 2017

2. Opening number by Justin Timberlake. Can he be Oscar host next?

3. Viola Davis becoming the only African-American actress to win an Oscar, Emmy and a Tony. ” I became an artist, and thank god I did, because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life.”

Viola Davis poses backstage with the Oscar® for Performance by an actress in a supporting role, for work on “Fences”

4. Mahershala Ali becomes first Muslim to win an Academy Award. “I just feel very, very blessed to have had this award season and this experience.”

Mahershala Ali poses backstage with the Oscar® for Performance by an actor in a supporting role, for work on “Moonlight”

5. The tourist bus folks, parachutes and the on-going hilarious feud between Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel.

Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks with tourists during The 89th Oscars.

Candy parachutes from the ceiling during the live ABC Telecast

Jimmy Kimmel talks to Oscar nominees Matt Damon and Casey Affleck

6. Michael J Fox should be on the Oscar telecast every year.

Presenters Michael J. Fox and Seth Rogen onstage

7. Emma Stone’s dress was a work of flowing, fluid art.

Emma Stone poses backstage with the Oscar® for Performance by an actress in a leading role, for work on “La La Land”

8. Damien Chazelle becomes the youngest winner with his win for LA LA LAND in the Best Director category.

Damien Chazelle poses backstage with the Oscar® for Achievement in directing, for work on “La La Land”

9. HACKSAW RIDGE win ends 20 nomination losing streak for sound mixer Kevin O’Connell.

Kevin O’Connell accepts the Oscar® for Achievement in sound mixing, for work on “Hacksaw Ridge”

Andy Wright, Kevin O’Connell Peter Grace and Robert Mackenzie pose backstage with the Oscar® for Achievement in sound mixing, for work on “Hacksaw Ridge”

10. Host Jimmy Kimmel, class act. “Well, I don’t know what happened. I blame myself for this. Let’s remember, it’s just an awards show. I mean, we hate to see people disappointed but the good news is, we got to see some extra speeches. We had some great movies. I knew I would screw this show up, I really did. Thank you for watching. I’m back to work tomorrow night at my regular show. I promise I’ll never come back. Good night.”

Host Jimmy Kimmel onstage during The 89th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 26, 2017.

Contributed by Melissa Thompson and Michelle McCue