If you were watching the awards ceremony live and were rooting for La La Land, you would have had reason to cheer, at least for a few moments. Co-presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway took their time to announce the winner for the category, and Dunaway finally announced that La La Land had won.
However, even as the cast members and team from La La Land got up on stage and began to celebrate, audiences at home, the folks at the Dolby Theatre and everyone else involved got a shocker.
According to
LA Times,
La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz caught the mistake and called it out. Horowitz, the report said, showed the winners card, which said that Moonlight had won, to the camera. Subsequently, the cast and crew from
Moonlight made their way to the stage.
Of course, given the nature of the mix-up, Twitter had something to say about it all:
Sorry for the confusion, Lalaland won the popular vote but Moonlight the electoral college. #Oscars
— Benjamin Haddad (@benjaminhaddad)
February 27, 2017
DEAR LORD WHY COULDN'T THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE ELECTION
— ((( Rachel Sklar ))) (@rachelsklar)
February 27, 2017 
 "Moonlight wins best picture award at the Oscars")