Anyone who was watching the Oscars (or tuned in right at the end to watch the final award of the evening), saw how many were praising La La Land’s win for Best Picture of the Year as the producers gave their acceptance speeches. This win, however, lasted a good 10 seconds, until announcers Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway pulled a Steve Harvey on the year’s most anticipated award show, as it was revealed that Moonlight was the real Best Picture winner. Here’s a list of the best Twitter reactions we can relate to towards the sudden turn of events:
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4. Not even Meryl could handle this
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6. No one was more dumbfounded than the stars
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10. This hopeful tweet
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15. They definitely stole the show this time.
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18. This short-lived Wikipedia post
19. There’s a new guy in town to ruin huge award ceremonies
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Regardless of who you were rooting for, all movies nominated this year for Best Picture were great ones. The 89th Academy Award’s will be one that’ll shake pop culture to its core, and we were blessed enough to experience it live.
**Thumbnail provided a screenshot on ABC News’ coverage of the unfortunate event.