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Moonlight Surprises with Best Picture Oscar Upset
At the Academy Awards Moonlight won best picture in a stunning upset after producers of La La Land were mistakenly announced as winners. Barry Jenkins thanked his team including Tarell Alvin McCraney and discussed the film's modest budget. Emma Stone, Denzel Washington, Mahershala Ali, and Anousheh Ansari contributed to a night marked by both celebration and political statements.
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Los Angeles
Barry Jenkins
Stone
Jenkins
Jimmy Kimmel
Moonlight
Damien Chazelle
Chazelle
Olivia Hamilton
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Academy
ACLU
Jenkins Kenneth Lonergan
New York
Margaret
Lonergan
Casey Affleck
Affleck
Denzel Washington
Hostel
America
Meryl Streep
Sweeting
Streep
Davis
August Wilson
Fences
Mahershala Ali
Farhad
Kimmel
Gael Garcia Bernal
Tarell
Alvin McCraney
Dolby Theatre