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Mahershala Ali, Casey Affleck, Emma Stone and Viola Davis backstage during the live ABC Telecast of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, Feb. 26. (Photo by Jeff Lipsky/©A.M.P.A.S.)
Mahershala Ali, Casey Affleck, Emma Stone and Viola Davis backstage during the live ABC Telecast of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, Feb. 26. (Photo by Jeff Lipsky/©A.M.P.A.S.)

Oscars: 'Moonlight' named best picture ... eventually

Mon, Feb 27th 2017 09:00 am

Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Academy Awards on Sunday, live from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. The 89th Oscars telecast was broadcast live on the ABC Television Network. It was shown in more than 225 countries worldwide.

"Moonlight" was named Best Picture, after a snafu wherein "La La Land" was initially declared the winner.

The following took home the Oscar at Sunday's Academy Awards presentation:

Actor in a Leading Role

Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight"

Actress in a Leading Role

Emma Stone, "La La Land"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Viola Davis, "Fences"

Animated Feature Film

"Zootopia," Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

Cinematography

"La La Land," Linus Sandgren

Costume Design

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," Colleen Atwood

Directing

"La La Land," Damien Chazelle

Documentary (Feature)

"O.J.: Made in America," Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow

Documentary (Short Subject)

"The White Helmets," Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Film Editing

"Hacksaw Ridge," John Gilbert

Foreign Language Film

"The Salesman," Iran

Makeup and Hairstyling

"Suicide Squad," Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

Music (Original Score)

"La La Land," Justin Hurwitz

Music (Original Song)

"City of Stars," from "La La Land"; music by Justin Hurwitz; lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Production Design

"La La Land," production design: David Wasco; set decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Short Film (Animated)

"Piper," Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Short Film (Live Action)

"Sing," Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy

Sound Editing

"Arrival," Sylvain Bellemare

Sound Mixing

"Hacksaw Ridge," Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace

Visual Effects

"The Jungle Book," Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"Moonlight," screenplay by Barry Jenkins; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"Manchester by the Sea," written by Kenneth Lonergan

Best Picture

"Moonlight," Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, producers

Grammy- and Tony-nominated singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles delivered the "In Memoriam" performance.

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